Mary Symmes Harrison Thornton
(1809-1842)
BIRTH
1809
PLACE
Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana, United States of America
DEATH
1842
PLACE
North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States
FAMILY
MOTHER
Anna Harrison
(1775-1864)
SISTER
Anna Tuthill Harrison Taylor
(1813-1865)
BROTHER
Carter Bassett Harrison
(c. 1756-1808)
SISTER
Marie
(dates unknown)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Mary Symmes Harrison Thornton was born at Vincennes in 1809, a daughter of William Henry Harrison and Anna Symmes. She married John Henry Fitzhugh Thornton in 1829 and lived in Ohio, where family records identify several children, including William Henry and Anna. She died in 1842 and was buried at North Bend. Accounts agree on her family relationships and lifespan, but differ on the number of children; the exact total remains qualified pending review of original records.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Mary Symmes Harrison’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Mary Symmes Harrison is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Mary Symmes Harrison died in 1842, in North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. Mary Symmes Harrison Thornton was born at Vincennes in 1809, a daughter of William Henry Harrison and Anna Symmes. She married John Henry Fitzhugh Thornton in 1829 and lived in Ohio, where family records identify several children, including William Henry and Anna. She died in 1842 and was buried at North Bend. Accounts agree on her family relationships and lifespan, but differ on the number of children; the exact total remains qualified pending review of original records. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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