This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thornton Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/1551 Message Board Post: Barry Adage, Barry, Pike Co. IL, Friday, Aug. 22, 1890, p5 col 4: "Mrs. Nettie Thornton, wife of Mr. N.E. Thornton, died at her home in this city at a late hour Wednesday night. She has been afflicted with a cancerous tumor for months and for the past few weeks her condition has been critical. On Tuesday she submitted to a surgical operation as a last resort, but the case could not be thus mastered. Mrs. Thornton was 54 years of age and has spent most of her days in this place. The funeral will take place at 2 pm today from the M.E. church." (I am not related to Mrs. Thornton - only copied the obituary while researching my family.)