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Edith Rebecca (BUCK) THORNE

​Page added 4 June 2026.

Kacie's Photography, 2016.

 
Birth:  23 June 1883 in Pennsylvania
Death:  19 December 1922 in Washington, D.C.
Burial:  21 December 1922 at St. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Fort Washington, Prince George's County, Maryland
Headstone Text:  THORNE / EDITH REBECCA / BELOVED WIFE OF / MILLARD THORNE / JUNE 23, 1883-Dec. 19, 1922

Parents:  Daniel BUCK and Susan Rebecca BUCK (m. ROBINSON)
Parents' Children: 

• Harry BUCK
• Bruce Louis BUCK
• William R. BUCK
• George Washington BUCK
• Edith Rebecca THORNE (m. BUCK)
• Grover Cleveland BUCK
• Nellie DOBSON (m. BUCK)
• Daniel R. BUCK

Spouse:  Millard Fillmore THORNE
Marriage:  6 April 1901 in Washington, D.C.
Children: 

• Daniel Richard THORNE
• Ruth Edith MAZUROWSKI (m. THORNE)
• Beatrice Mildred EARLY (m. THORNE)
• Millard Hurst THORNE
• Helen Rebecca HITCH (m. THORNE)
• Infant THORNE

 
Edith died due to childbirth. The infant was buried in her arms.
 
Employment:  Edith was a Housewife.
 
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery:  Millard and Edith have separate headstones. Also buried in this cemetery are: their sons – Millard, an infant; Millard’s parents -- William and Agnes; his siblings and their spouses – John and Frances, Lilias and Franklin, James and Sadie, Alfred and Annie.
 
Family Information Compiled From:  FindAGrave website (#21436976), FamilySearch website (#G99N-12K), GenealogyBank, and family records.
 
Documents Include: Evening Star -- obituary, probate; Prince George’s County Genealogical Society -- Murray Funeral Home Records, Stones and Bones.
 
Abbreviation Key:  
​m. = maiden name
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