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Personal data Absolom Thornburg 

Source 1
  • He was born on July 3, 1801 in Virginia, Verenigde Staten.Source 2
  • Census in the year 1830, Center, Wayne, Indiana, Verenigde Staten.
  • Census in the year 1840, LaPorte Co., Indiana, Verenigde Staten.
  • Census in the year 1850, Scipio, LaPorte, Indiana, Verenigde Staten.
  • Census in the year 1856, Ludlow, Allamakee, Iowa, USA.
  • Census in the year 1860, Ludlow, Allamakee, Iowa, USA.
  • He died on January 11, 1864 in Iowa, Verenigde Staten, he was 62 years old.Source 2
  • This information was last updated on July 30, 2013.

Household of Absolom Thornburg

(1) He is married to Tacy Hague.


Indiana Marriages to 1850
Spouse 1: Hague, Tacy
Spouse 2: Thornburg, Absolum
Marriage Date: 9 Jan 1823
Marriage Location: Indiana
Wayne County

They got married on January 9, 1823 at Wayne Co., Indiana, Verenigde Staten, he was 21 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Lucinda H Thornburg  1823-1865
  2. Amanda M Thornburg  1826-> 1880 
  3. Jane L Thornburg  1828-1910
  4. Edward M Thornburg  1831-???? 
  6. Hannah A Thornburg  1835-????
  7. Moses S Thornburg  1836-????
  8. Aaron S Thornburg  1836-???? 
  9. Sarah E Thornburg  1842-????
  10. Mary M Thornburg  1846-????


(2) He is married to Lucy M Lewis.


Indiana Marriages to 1850
Spouse 1: Lewis, Lucy M
Spouse 2: Thornburgh, Absolem
Marriage Date: 15 Jan 1849
Marriage Location: Indiana
LaPorte County

They got married on January 15, 1849 at LaPorte Co., Indiana, Verenigde Staten, he was 47 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Theresa Thornburg  ± 1850-????
  2. Landon Thornburg  ± 1852-????
  3. Georgiana C Thornburg  ± 1854-????


Notes about Absolom Thornburg


United States Census, 1830
Name: Absalom Thornburg
Event Place: Center, Wayne, Indiana
Page Number: 156
Affiliate Publication Number: M19
Affiliate Film Number: 29
GS Film number: 0007718
Digital Folder Number: 004410755
Image Number: 00318

1830 United States Federal Census
Name: Abraham Shankniy [Absolom Thornbury] [Absalom Thornburg]
Home in 1830 (City, County, State):Center, Wayne, Indiana
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:3
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:1
Free White Persons - Under 20:4
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:2
Total Free White Persons:6
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):6

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United States Census, 1840
Name: Absolom Thornburgh
Event Place: Not Stated, La Porte, Indiana
Page Number: 142
Affiliate Publication Number: M704
Affiliate Film Number: 85
GS Film number: 0007727
Digital Folder Number: 004411340
Image Number: 00291

1840 United States Federal Census
Name: Absolom Thornburgh
Home in 1840 (City, County, State):La Porte, Indiana
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:2
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:2
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:2
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19:1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:1
Persons Employed in Agriculture:3
Free White Persons - Under 20:8
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:2
Total Free White Persons:10
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:10

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United States Census, 1850
Name: Absalom Thornburg
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: Scipio, La Porte, Indiana, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 49
Marital Status:
Race (Original):
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Birth Year (Estimated): 1801
House Number: 105
Family Number: 105
Line Number: 28
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 157
GS Film number: 442935
Digital Folder Number: 004192462
Image Number: 00615
HouseholdGenderAgeBirthplace
Absalom ThornburgM49 Virginia
Lucy M ThornburgF33 New York
Edward M ThornburgM19 Indiana
Jane ThornburgF21 Indiana
William ThornburgM16 Indiana
Hannah A ThornburgF15 Indiana
Moses ThornburgM13 Indiana
Aaron ThornburgM13 Indiana
Sarah E ThornburgF8 Indiana
Mary ThornburgF6 Indiana
Theresa ThornburgF0 Indiana
John Wm LewisM10 Indiana
Ellen M LewisF8 Indiana
Isabel LewisF5 Indiana

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Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925
Name: Absolom Thornburg
Birth Year: abt 1801
Birth Place: VA
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Census Date: 1856
Residence State: Iowa
Residence County: Allamakee
Locality: Ludlow
Roll: IA_48
Line: 17
Family Number: 3

Household Members:
NameAge
Absolom Thornburg55
Lucy M Thornburg38
Moses S Thornburg19
Aaron S Thornburg19
Landen G Thornburg4
Sarah E Thornburg14
Ellen Lewis14
Mary Ann Thornburg 12
Isabella S Lewis11
Georgiana C Thornburg2

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United States Census, 1860
Name: A Thornburg
Event Type:
Event Year:
Event Place:
Minor Civil Division: Ludlow Township, Allamakee, Iowa
Age (Expanded): 59 years
Birth Year (Estimated): 1801
Birthplace: VA
Gender:
Page: 169
Household ID:
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
GS Film number: 803310
Digital Folder Number: 4218031
Image Number: 00245

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The following is taken from Absolom Thornburg's Bible which, forty years ago, was in the possession of Mrs. Beryl Patchen, 429 Avenue B. East, Kingman, Kansas.

Absolom Thornburg, B. July 3, 1801, d. January 11, 1864
Tacy Hague Thornburg, B. May 25, 1805, d. may 16, 1846
Lucinda H. Thornburg, B. November 23, 1823, d. July 5, 1865
Amanda M. Thornburg, B. August 13, 1826
Jane L. Thornburg, B. February 15, 1828
Edward M. Thornburg, B. January 27, 1831
William H. H. Thornburg, B. December 9, 1832
Hannah A. Thornburg, B. October 29, 1835
Moses S. Thornburg, B. December 16, 1836, d. February 19, 1856 (???? I believe this year is mis-copied)
Aaron G. (also mis-copied, I believe should be "S") Thornburg, B. December 16, 1836
Sarah E. Thornburg, B. May 26, 1842
Mary M. Thornburg, B. May 9, 1846
Absolom and Tacy Hague Married January 8, 1823
Absolom and Lucy Lewis Married January 15, 1849
Lucinda H. Thornburg and Joshua J. Cooper Married March 31, 1849
Hannah A. Thornburg and Benjamin Woodward Married July ?, 1858
Edward M. Thornburg and Lucinda M. Brown Married (No date given)
William H. Thornburg and Oresta S. Curtis Married (No date given)
Moses S. Thornburg and Martha Gould Married (No date given)
Aaron G. (S.?) Thornburg and Mercy Gould Married (No date given)
Jane L. Thornburg and Jonathan Cos Married (No date given)

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http://genforum.genealogy.com/thornburg/messages/507.html
Dear Tracy: My name is William J. Thornburg, Jr. I was born April 7, 1925 in Calipatria, Imperial County, California and am the son of William James Thornburg, Sr. and Marguerite Ellen (nee Brown) Thornburg. William Sr. was born on March 24, 1884 in Modesto, California and was the son of William Henry Harrison Thornburg (but he never used the Henry) and Oresta Sally Curtis. William H. H. Thornburg was born December 9, 1832 in La Porte County, Indiana and was the son of Absolom Thornburg and Tacy (Tasa?) (nee Hague) Thornburg. Absolom was born July 3, 1801 in Virginia (I believe in what is now West Virginia). Tacy Hague was born May 25, 1805; she and Absolom were married January 8, 1823. Tacy died May 16, 1846 exactly one week to the day after the birth of her daughter Mary on May 9, 1846. Prior to Mary, Tacy and Absolom had produced Lucinda H. Thornburg on 11-23-1823, Amanda M. Thornburg on 8-13-1826, Jane L. Thornburg on 2-15-1828, Edward M. Thornburg on 1-27-1831, William H. H. Thornburg on 12-9-1832, Hannah A. Thornburg on 10-29-1835, twins Moses S. and Aaron S. Thornburg on 12-16-1836, Sarah E. Thornburg on May 26, 1842, and Mary mentioned above. Absolom was remarried on 1-15-1849 to Lucy Lewis. Some records indicate five children born of this union, but I know of only two, Landon and Garland Thornburg. The twins, Moses and Aaron, married sisters from the Thousand Islands area of New York. Moses married Martha Gould and Aaron married Mercy Gould.

The following is copied from the Mitchell County, Iowa Newspaper of Thursday February 22, 1912:

"MRS. AARON S. THORNBURG Born July 9, 1840, Died February 16, 1912. Death entered the home of one of the pioneer families of Mitchell Co. last Friday night and called Mrs. A. S. Thornburg of Orchard. The funeral services were held at the home Sunday afternoon and were conducted by Rev. Court of Osage. There was a large gathering of the friends and neighbors present, and every evidence manifested of the esteem in which she was heldby those who knew her for so many years, and of the deep sympathy felt for the bereaved husband and family. All of the children were present excet two who are living on the Pacific coast.
Mrs. Thornburg had been in poor health for about two years. The immediate cause of her death was a stroke of paralysis Wednesday evening from which she lapsed into unconsciousness and passed away in peaceful sleep. Mrs. Thornburg, whose maiden name was Mercy Gould, was born in Alexandra Bay, New York, July 9, 1840. She spent her girlhood on one of the beautiful Thousand Islands of the St. Lawrence river. She came west with her parents in 1855 and located on a farm in Mitchell county near a little settlement on the Cedar river called Watertown. Here she was married, Decemberr 13, 1858, to A. S. Thornburg who had also pioneered to the new state from the east. Shortly after their marriage they moved onto a farm just east of Orchard where she spent the remainder of her life.
Mr. and Mrs. Thornburg were the parents of nine children and grandparents of fourteen children. During a period of over fifty-three years with this large family, of two generations, this is the first death that has occurred.
Mrs. Thornburg was a quiet and unostentatious woman, who for these more than fifty years of married life did her full measure of faithful duty as a wife and mother. She was one of those sweet and even tempered souls, who found her greatest hapiness in her husband and children, who day by day and year by year gladly welcomed each day's work and duty as an opportunity for service for those she loved
Truly her husband will rejoice in her memory and the children shall call her blessed."

I dont think this is the right Absalom, I think this one married Delilah
http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=77044

Iowa, Cemetery Records, 1662-1999
Name: Absalom Thornburg
Birth Date: abt 1788
Death Date: 23 Jan 1865
Age: 77 1mo 13 days
General Burial Info: (Can this be 77?, VRD)
Source: Grave Records of Allamakee, Johnson, Howard and Lucas Counties, Adair, Gothrie, Madison, Marion Department of Ioma Des Moines
Page Number: 148

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Absolom Thornburg

Absolom Thornburg
1801-1864

(1) 1823

Tacy Hague
1805-1846

Lucinda H Thornburg
1823-1865
Amanda M Thornburg
1826-> 1880
Jane L Thornburg
1828-1910
Edward M Thornburg
1831-????
William Henry Harrison Thornburg
1832-1908
Hannah A Thornburg
1835-????
Moses S Thornburg
1836-????
Aaron S Thornburg
1836-????
Sarah E Thornburg
1842-????
Mary M Thornburg
1846-????
(2) 1849

Lucy M Lewis
????-

Theresa Thornburg
± 1850-????
Landon Thornburg
± 1852-????
Georgiana C Thornburg
± 1854-????

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  1. Indiana Marriages to 1850 (Web Site)
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Historical events

Birthday July 3, 1801

  • The temperature on July 3, 1801 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: zeer betrokken donder. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1801: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 1 » Ceres, the largest and first known object in the Asteroid belt, is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.
    • January 1 » The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is proclaimed.
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    • March 23 » Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death inside his bedroom at St. Michael's Castle.
    • July 11 » French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons makes his first comet discovery. In the next 27 years he discovers another 36 comets, more than any other person in history.

Day of marriage January 15, 1849

  • The temperature on January 15, 1849 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • From November 21, 1848 till November 1, 1849 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Kempenaer - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. J.M. de Kempenaer (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
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Day of death January 11, 1864

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  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • July 22 » American Civil War: Battle of Atlanta: Outside Atlanta, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill.
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