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Columbus Thornton 1899 - 1975

Columbus Thornton of Sharon, Madison County, Mississippi was born on March 2, 1899, and died at age 76 years old in June 1975.

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In 1899, in the year that Columbus Thornton was born, the meaning of Chinese "oracle bones" was rediscovered. Farmers in China had been turning up the bones in their fields for generations but most often they were ground up and sold as medicine. The chancellor of the Imperial Academy and a friend noticed, before they ground the bones, that they had writing. The bones had been used around the second millennium BC for divination.
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In 1921, at the age of 22 years old, Columbus was alive when on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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Thornton, Amos (Born Nov 27, 1833) Thornton-Cooper, Georgia? (Born Oct 1856) Thornton, Todd Thornton, Jessica (Born c. Feb 17) Thornton, Randall (Jun 29, 1906 - Sep 22, 1988) Thornton, John (Feb 10, 1895 - Feb 1971) Thornton, Albert (Feb 6, 1900 - Feb 17, 1988) Thornton, Adelbert (Oct 6, 1903 - Jan 29, 1988) Thornton, Marion (Jun 1, 1919 - Oct 15, 2000) Thornton, Norman (Sep 12, 1916 - Feb 1976)
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