Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-13


home at this period became the nursery
of an interesting group OF children-hVe
sons and four daughters-amidst the ten
der care of whom, mingled with domestic
iovs and public duties and honors. Mr.
Thornton died in December, 1869. aged ~
wears. once elegant ana massive soihp
over his grave lies now In scattered Tas
r,ents beneath a tree. smitten by the
ugbtninz or blown down by storm
Much of the inscription Is lrreVocaoiy
lost. including his name and the OATES.
After a painstaking search ana eHolI W
combine the fragments OF broken MAI
I could only make out the iet1eiiHs %
follows r.,.
zone OF the Council Of state ior Inns
Colony.
These Important Stations he flileo u 'He
Publick Emolument
And His Own Reputa Cion)
Having Thus Enjoyed the Chiet Hohols
Of His Country.
Ia Denarted This Life the sth Day OF
December Q769), in the 4Sth year
of His (Age)."
IOYALIsT DAME.
Al the time when Mr.. Thornton diea
tho clouds OF danger hung heavily,
threatening war between the COLONIES
and England. In Anticipation OF the con-
alct impending, Mrs. Thornton resoiveu
Ia cast in her lot and that OK her cHil-
dren with the Mother Country. she az
cordirply hacked up her goods, mauo
readv her household and set san Aoi
London. where she was warmly sleetou'
and n prolonged widowhood was comlot'
ably spent. Two of her sons entered tno
Roval navy and another enlisted IN tne
british army. Their oaths were given
1 .Iar n
and accepted with the undersldilulne
| that their swords were not 10 DC va"
against the American Colonies. one %
| -, charles Wade-signaliZed himsell
I'm battle, and saved the NE OIL tle IN
| ~ York He subsequently received sew
] oral high and honorable promotions anu
/ bacane finally Northumberland Oh
| Hull. -,,,.,od he
,u,een the United States and Great BIZ
lain. two Of the young Ihorhtohs
TUNED 10 their Virginia home JoIia
rravloe the younger, established hlrhseiL
ON the banks of Coan river, Where nc
died I'm 1871. and was buried in the grave
ard ar "Kennersley," a mile or two as
fant from the place Of his blrth'
THE elder brother, Captain fresly
Thornton, who inherited the parehtal
home. lived here for few years WIZ
his wife. Susan. and his daughter, ma
lotto and in 1871 he sold the estate ~ I
prominent Philadelphia, whom Uens' - -
Washington had appointed Collector u
C,'atn,,,s for that port. Captain Thorn
80, having accepted a commission IL
tho United States army, was stauoneC
Co.. time on the Canadian border' am
than settled in Genesee, n. Y, where III
, died in 1907. His daughter, Charlotte
was married July %, 1905, to Johh Id -,
Iomax. who subsequently became - 70
! fo.sor of Law at the University Oh VII
oinia and later proved himsell ohe y
) sba abIest and most upright jurists WhoS
: Ives have adorned the judicial annai
. | of the State. ~, prae1,
[ Of the three daughters OF Hon. Fle9l!
? Thornton, whose tender years were pa99
: cd AZ Northumberland House nay
| found no further trace than the aie0 ~
ate mention made Of them III IL, liz
q, satbar,s will. Their names were Ellza
beth, Winifred, and Chariotte' 49, an,
their early troths were phghteu' d"
4, hot homes their later womanhoo
o eraced are questions TO be answered
D Drobably beyond the Atlantic
COLONEL JAMES MOORE.
; yh.r Tho property passed from IN
Y ownership Of Captain Thornton NS tt C,
] nbio who paid for it e16,OCo eurren
r rnorev The daughter Of Mr.. Delany'
A raignine belle OF Philadelphia, had
r ebort time before been married TO ColD
f reI lanes Moore a gallant ReVolutiO nv
z or, oficer who had fought under SUN
: ,,ar WAYNE. and Green, and taken Par
8 IN the battles of Brandywine, German
v town Monmouth, Charleston, Savanna
:. and yorktown. Colonel Moore was
% this time an opulent vine anu llque
2 merchant, doing business at the COZ ~
{. Of Second and Market streets III - -
; ,artnersbin OF Goldthwaite 81 Moore. II
: was free and open-hearted IN ms nosp
8 tality. and extravaganza In MS nlanti'
/ 90 living. General washington was II
o,,ast vhen In philadelphia during u
eIttIne of the Constitutional CONVEX
tJon and Is said TO have Jared sunpI'
II ouslv A financial crash came upon COZ
! mel Moore's business in 1877, ana the g
"a workmanship was dissolved. his lIlehu
q as suraties. were heavily involved on u
! ocoount and he, IN chagrin and mortlhcI
u tion Ieft the city with his wife and eisl
. small children and found retreat
tbis did home I'm a secluded spot on Il
potomac. His retirement was "IdpP'
:, in secrecy, and so little was known
!, the place of his settlement that "hen
- few wears later MS dldiS VIZ
20 and the sum Of 81 300 found to MS creul
:. s. was invested by order Of the court /
- the benefit of his heirs. Not TIL near
a century had passed, and the $l'SV" ne
h' Increased with accruing interest TO oV
:: 500 COO was 1t authOritatiyely ascertain
- what had become Of Colonel Moore o.
~ who were entitled to his money.
During the retirement or the MOO
family at Northumberland House the
20 we're added to the eight children prous
~ from Philadelphia five others so u
y IN 1907 they had attained to patriarch
u, nrofusIon--five sons and nine daushtei
10 The elder daughter, Margaret, haVll
u married Mr.. Thomas Towles, or La
- caster county, her two elder sons ~
heen added 10 the household here, VINE
ne in the spring Of 1913, Colonel Moore
u cbeckered career was ended, and
sr bodv found resting-place at the roc
% of the old sycamore-tree in the ram
nc burial-ground. \ marble slab marks
~ crave. inscribed as follows:
al In Memory of
or COLONEL JAMES MOORE,
ne An officer Of l
Oh the Revolutionary Army.
or who Departed This Life
he May 20 1873;
a Aged So Years.
Troubles came not singly to the sorro
W ing widow Of Colonel Moore, since so
so - british fleet. uQO