Thornton Graveyard

Shelby Township, Jefferson County
Between 7399 and 7485 East State Rd. 62
Canaan, Indiana

Thornton Graveyard
Photo by Jackie Owen, 2000.

This is the information off of the stones that was still readable
(with the help of the DAR list of 1941) on April 14, 2000.

Survey and photos by Jackie Owen, jeowen1@email.msn.com

Name	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Other Info.
Holley, Mary		Feb. 1, 1887
Ivor, Hance	Sept. 11, 1851	?
Ivor, Katie	Jan. 19, 1885	April 15, 1887	Daug. of H. & S. Ivor
Jarvis, Limajane		August 25, 1863	Wife of Milton T. -aged 20 yrs. 6 mos. 5 days
Thornton, Electa	April 10, 1817	Death date not given	Aged 8 yrs.
Thornton, George M.		Dec. 21, 1865	Son of Levi & Mary A. -aged 14 yrs. 18 days
Thornton, John C.		April 23, 1857	Son of Lyman & Margaret -aged 23 yrs. 11 d.
Thornton, Levi	Nov. 17, 1811	Jan. 27, 1892	Born in Kentucky
Thornton, Mary Ann	May 8, 1821	Feb. 13, 1901	Born in Kentucky
Thornton, Robert	Aug. 4, 1826	Death date not given	Aged 14 years
Voris, Laura	June 10, 1818	Feb. 18, 1913	Wife of Thos.
Voris, Mary S.		Nov. 9, 1865	Daug. of Thomas & Laura -aged 19 yrs. 25 days
Voris, Ruby Catherine		1857	Daug. of Thos. & Laura -aged 20 days
Voris, Thomas		Dec. 27, 1883	Aged 63 yrs. 11 days
Whitham, William Vernie	Dec. 27, 1893	Jan. 2, 1894	Son of Wm. H. & S.

There were foot stones for most of the graves. There was one stone that was not readable, and one stone must have been missing because there were 2 other names on the DAR list of 1941, those names are listed below.

Name	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Other Info.
Foster, Harrison		July 23, 1849	Son of Isaac & Althea -aged 1 yr. 3 mos.
Thornton, Emma Dean		June 18, 1862	Daug. of Levi & Mary A. -aged 6 yrs. 10 days

There was also this note on the DAR list:
"Bassett, Laura (buried recently-no stone) (Laura Thornton Voris Bassett)"

Survey and Photos by Jackie Owen, 2000.

Jefferson County Cemeteries