Thorton Family, Liberty & St. Joseph, MO, a Talk by Sheridan Logan, 1970
Entry/Object ID
AM2020.1.393
Scope and Content
Thorton Family, Liberty & St. Joseph, MO, a Talk by Sheridan Logan, 1970. Transcript of a talk given by Sheridan Logan to Clay County Museum Association, Concerning John Thornton, one of the first judges in Clay Count.
One of his daughters married Robert W. Donnell, a St. Joseph business man who helped induce Russell, Majors & Waddell to choose St. Joseph has the eastern terminus of the Pony Express. In 2020, St. Joseph still has a downtown building, Donnell Court on Francis St.
The 11 page report lists many other connections of this family with St. Joseph and details those persons.