NINTH GENERATION

2655. James William Thorn was born on 9 Sep 1854 in West Virginia. He died on 19 Dec 1931 in West Virginia. James William Thorn was born on 9 Sep 1854 in West Virginia. He died on 19 Dec 1931 in West Virginia. James William Thorn lived at Thorn's Run, Wirt County, West Virginia

2nd wife, Eva Enoch, was daughter of Henry Enoch and Mary Bumgarner

John L. Thorn caught measles with his brother Gilbert, they both were buried the same day.

Gilbert died on 8 Apr 1892.

Shirley A. THORN died in Oct 1958.

He was married to Mary Addie Sheppard (daughter of Long Jonathan Sheppard) on 7 Dec 1875 in Wirt County, WV. Mary Addie Sheppard was born in 1852. She died on 4 Nov 1884 in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, Wirt Co, WV. Mary Addie Sheppard Thorn died due due a difficult childbirth, along with daughter Mattie, when only a few days old. Other reference shows Ann Sheppard

Mary Addie Sheppard was daughter of Long Jonathan Sheppard. Mary Addie died due due a difficult childbirth, along with daughter Mattie, when only a few days old. James William Thorn and Mary Addie Sheppard had the following children:

+3477 i. Elma Ada Thorn.
3478 ii. Mattie Thorn was born in Preston County, VA. She died in Preston County, VA. Mattie Thorn died when just a few days old, along with mother due to childbirth problems. Both little Mattie Thorn & her mother died as a resilt of birth complications.

He was married to Eva Enoch (daughter of Henry Enoch and Mary BumGarner) on 29 Oct 1885. Eva Enoch was born in 1863. She died in 1951 in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, Wirt Co, WV. James William Thorn and Eva Enoch had the following children:

3479 i. John L. Thorn was born on 12 Dec 1889 in Preston County, VA. He died on 11 Apr 1892 in Preston County, VA. caught measeles with his brother gilbert, they both were buried the same day.
3480 ii. Gilbert C. Thorn was born on 23 Oct 1891. He died on 8 Apr 1892 in Preston County, VA. Gilbert Thorn died of measles & was buried the same day as brother John L. Thorn.
+3481 iii. Paul C. Thorn.
+3482 iv. Enoch Rector Thorn.
3483 v. Shirley A. Thorn was born on 7 Jan 1895. She died in Oct 1958.
+3484 vi. Michael Kenneth Thorn.