I am searching for the wife of Silas R. Thornton, born 1828 in Alabama. She would also be the mother of Amanda Corperny Thornton, born 1851, in Hardin County. Amanda was my great-grandmother. Her father was Silas Thornton. Silas lived in Hardin County from about 1845 until about 1856. He is listed in the household of his parents, Josiah Priah Thornton and Frances in 1850. He is mentioned several times in Hardin County Court land and guardianship records. He had close connections with the family of Jesse Bobo Gant of Savannah, including brothers and sisters-in-law, guardianship, and land transactions. After 1856, several of the Thornton and Gant families moved together to Weakley County. My great-grandmother grew up in Hardin and Weakley Counties and in Texas. Can anyone help me identify who he married? Any help will be appreciated.