George Berry THORNE
Page last updated 20 August 2022.
Birth: 29 July 1877 in Accokeek, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Death: 30 May 1926 in Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Burial: 2 June 1926 at Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Plot F-4
Headstone Text: THORNE // GEORGE BERRY / 1877 – 1926 // CORA ROBERTA / 1881 – 1939
Section Cornerstones: T [are at each corner of the plots for Cornelius, Sarah, Cora and George]
Parents: Cornelius Smith THORNE and Sarah Catherine THORNE (m. BERRY)
Parents’ Children:
I have not found evidence of him ever being married or having children.
Employment: George worked as an Attendant and Supervisor (West Side) at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Washington, D.C.; he and two of his siblings – Lillian and Troy – were named in the 1907 publication “Report of the Special Committee on Investigation of the Government Hospital for the Insane: Hearings May 4-December 13, 1906”. He was also named as the Friendly, Maryland, Post Master on August 10, 1907. At the time of his death, George was a Farmer.
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: George and his sister, Cora, share a headstone at Plots F-3 and F-4. Also buried in this cemetery are their parents – Cornelius and Sarah. Buried in the Old Providence cemetery are: their grandparents – George and Elizabeth; their sister – Myrtle.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#33211455), FamilySearch website (#LD76-PLL), GenealogyBank, and family records.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society [Sargent, Jean A. editor]. (1984). Stones and Bones: Cemetery Records of Prince George’s County Maryland.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society. (2012). Murray Funeral Home Records, Washington, DC, volumes 1-5, 1890-1945.
m. = maiden name
Death: 30 May 1926 in Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Burial: 2 June 1926 at Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Plot F-4
Headstone Text: THORNE // GEORGE BERRY / 1877 – 1926 // CORA ROBERTA / 1881 – 1939
Section Cornerstones: T [are at each corner of the plots for Cornelius, Sarah, Cora and George]
Parents: Cornelius Smith THORNE and Sarah Catherine THORNE (m. BERRY)
Parents’ Children:
- George Berry THORNE
- Lillian Frances SAULS (m. THORNE)
- Cora Roberta THORNE
- Troy Cornelius THORNE
- Columbus Dennis THORNE
- Murray Ebbsworth THORNE
- Myrtle Eva THORNE
- Carlton Eugene THORNE
- Sadie Iola THORNE (m. THORNE)
- Pearl Susan THORNE (m. CREEL)
I have not found evidence of him ever being married or having children.
Employment: George worked as an Attendant and Supervisor (West Side) at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Washington, D.C.; he and two of his siblings – Lillian and Troy – were named in the 1907 publication “Report of the Special Committee on Investigation of the Government Hospital for the Insane: Hearings May 4-December 13, 1906”. He was also named as the Friendly, Maryland, Post Master on August 10, 1907. At the time of his death, George was a Farmer.
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: George and his sister, Cora, share a headstone at Plots F-3 and F-4. Also buried in this cemetery are their parents – Cornelius and Sarah. Buried in the Old Providence cemetery are: their grandparents – George and Elizabeth; their sister – Myrtle.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#33211455), FamilySearch website (#LD76-PLL), GenealogyBank, and family records.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society [Sargent, Jean A. editor]. (1984). Stones and Bones: Cemetery Records of Prince George’s County Maryland.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society. (2012). Murray Funeral Home Records, Washington, DC, volumes 1-5, 1890-1945.
m. = maiden name