Hancock-Holmes County OhArchives Biographies.....Thornburg, Robert 1832 - 
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Author: Warner & Beers (1886)

   ROBERT THORNBURG, farmer, P. 0. Findlay, was born in Holmes County, Ohio,
February 12, 1832, the eldest of twelve children, eight of whom are now living:
Robert, Ruth A., Martha J., Matilda, Elizur J., Oliva F., Enos R. and Elmer.
John W. and Elizur J. served in the war of the Rebellion, the former being a
lieutenant in an Indiana regiment, and sustained injuries at the battle of
Gettysburg, and the latter a member of the One Hundred and Second Ohio Volunteer
Infantry. The parents of these children were William and Beriah (Loveland)
Thornburg, natives, respectively, of Pennsylvania and Ohio, the former of whom,
a farmer and bridge-builder, helped to construct the Ohio Canal. He was a son of
Robert Thornburg, a pioneer of Holmes County, Ohio. The subject of this sketch
came to this county from Holmes County, Ohio, in October, 1860. He had taught
school in early years, and had served as deputy sheriff of Holmes County, Ohio,
but during his residence in this county he has devoted his attention to his
farming interests, having a farm of 115 acres of land, besides an interest in
the old estate. Mr. Thornburg is a justice of the peace of Allen Township, this
county, which capacity he has filled for eighteen years. He was married, April
19, 1860, to Miss Gennette Rockwell, daughter of P. V. Rockwell, formerly a
miller of this county. Our subject and wife have seven children: Annie B.,
Catherine O., Malinda, George W., Jessie, James E. and Mary. In politics Mr.
Thornburg is a Democrat.

Additional Comments:
Book Title: History Of Hancock County
Allen Township


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