THORNTON OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri
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THORNTON, Mariah L. WILLIAMS GRANT GATEWOOD ATKINSON 1816 - 1887

Clinton MO, Jun 4 1887 - Mrs. Marah L. Thornton died at her home in Clinton 
Thursday at 12:30, having been confined to her bed the greater portion of the 
spring from rheumatism, often suffering intensely. Mrs. Thornton was among the 
most influential and highly-respected women in our community. She devoted a 
large portion of her time superintending the education and attending to the 
proper settlement in life of her grandsons, Sam and James Atkinson, who were 
reared in our midst but now are respected and rising businessmen at Nevada. 
These young men and their sister, Fannie, are the heirs of their grandmother's 
property as well as noble qualities. she had lived the three score and ten, 
reaching her 71st brithday in April; born in 1816 in Montgomery county, Ky., 
joined the Christian Church at 12 years of age; married the first time at 16 to 
John Grant, but his death left her a widow in a few years and after two years, 
she married Chas. Gatewood, who lived less than a year. Several years passed and 
she married S. W. Atkinson, whose death left her a widow before the war. She 
remained in Kentucky until 1868, until she became the wife of Dr. W. T. Thornton 
and came to Clinton. Dr. Thornton preceded her to the better land in 1874. Burial 
at Oak Grove.

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