Bessie Thornton

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Bessie Thornton

Bessie was born in 1896.¹ Bessie's father was Andrew Matthew Thornton and her mother was Elizabeth Susan Comer. Her maternal grandparents were Jacob Comer and Elizabeth Meadows. She had five brothers and four sisters, named Walter, William, Chester, John Anderson, Roy, Florence, Elizabeth, Dorae and Eva. She is the third youngest of the ten children.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Andrew Matthew Thornton
  - b.14 Apr 1853 in Pulaski Co., Virginia d.04 Nov 1925
  
  Bessie Thornton
  - b.1896
  
  Jacob Comer
  - b.1788 in Monroe Co., Virginia d.20 Sep 1880 in Mercer Co., West Virginia
  
  Jacob Comer
  - b.30 Nov 1827 in Monroe County, West Virginia d.10 Jan 1911 in Mercer County, West Virginia
  
  FRANCIS M. Meadows ^*
  - b.~  1738 in Orange Co., Virginia d.11 Apr 1820 in Greenbrier River, Monroe Co., Virginia
  
  Jacob Meadows
  - b.~  1766
  
  MARY Kesiah Bell ^*
  - b.20 Nov 1736 in Orange Co., Virginia d.<  1818 in Virginia
  
  Elizabeth Ann Meadows
  - b.1792 in Monroe Co., Virginia d.BET 1860 AND 1870 in Mercer Co., West Virginia
  
  MARY ARRINGTON
  
  Elizabeth Susan Comer
  - b.01 Apr 1861 in Mercer Co.,  Virginia d.30 Jan 1925
  
  FRANCIS M. Meadows ^*
  - b.~  1738 in Orange Co., Virginia d.11 Apr 1820 in Greenbrier River, Monroe Co., Virginia
  
  Jacob Meadows
  - b.~  1766
  
  MARY Kesiah Bell ^*
  - b.20 Nov 1736 in Orange Co., Virginia d.<  1818 in Virginia
  
  JORDAN Meadows
  - b.1798 in Bedford County, Virginia d.~  1870
  
  MARY ARRINGTON
  
  Elizabeth Meadows
  - b.05 Oct 1827 in Monroe County, West Virginia d.05 Mar 1900 in Mercer Co., West Virginia
  
  Susannah Payne
  - b.1805 in Giles County, Virginia d.WFT Est 1859-1898
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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Further source/citation:
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