Benjamin Franklin THORNE
Page last updated 31 July 2021.
Nickname: Frank
Birth: 28 July 1858 in Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia
Christened: 15 July 1866 in Broad Creek, Prince George's County, Maryland
Death: 4 January 1934 in Washington, D.C.
Burial: 6 January 1934 at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, Section 16, Lot 276, Site 1
Footstone Text: FATHER / FRANK THORNE / 1858-1934
Headstone Text: THORNE
Parents: William Thomas THORN and Agnes Isobel THORN (m. WATSON)
Parents' Children:
Spouse: Emma Virginia COOKE
Marriage: 28 November 1888 in Washington, D.C.
Children:
Employment: Benjamin was a Gardener.
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: Benjamin and Emma have separate headstones, buried in Section 16. Also buried in this cemetery are: their daughters and sons-in-law -- Willia and George, Ruth and Charles; her sister and brother-in-law -- Grace and Warren.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#120731767), FamilySearch website (#LHKJ-MP6), and family records.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society. (2012). Murray Funeral Home Records, Washington, DC, volumes 1-5, 1890-1945.
m. = maiden name
h1. = surname of first husband
Birth: 28 July 1858 in Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia
Christened: 15 July 1866 in Broad Creek, Prince George's County, Maryland
Death: 4 January 1934 in Washington, D.C.
Burial: 6 January 1934 at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, Section 16, Lot 276, Site 1
Footstone Text: FATHER / FRANK THORNE / 1858-1934
Headstone Text: THORNE
Parents: William Thomas THORN and Agnes Isobel THORN (m. WATSON)
Parents' Children:
- Benjamin Franklin THORNE
- John Watson THORNE
- William Thomas THORNE Jr.
- George THORNE
- Lilias May RAUM (m. THORNE, h1. LUSBY)
- Sarah Ellen TAYLOR (m. THORNE)
- Millard Fillmore THORNE
- Agnes Isabelle ROLAND (m. THORNE, h1. TAYLOR)
- Owen James THORNE
- Alfred THORNE
Spouse: Emma Virginia COOKE
Marriage: 28 November 1888 in Washington, D.C.
Children:
- Willia Agnes VAN SISE (m. THORNE)
- Ruth F. CORDER (m. THORNE)
Employment: Benjamin was a Gardener.
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: Benjamin and Emma have separate headstones, buried in Section 16. Also buried in this cemetery are: their daughters and sons-in-law -- Willia and George, Ruth and Charles; her sister and brother-in-law -- Grace and Warren.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#120731767), FamilySearch website (#LHKJ-MP6), and family records.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society. (2012). Murray Funeral Home Records, Washington, DC, volumes 1-5, 1890-1945.
m. = maiden name
h1. = surname of first husband