John Thomas Thornton
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Parents
Ida May Shepherd
Ida May Shepherd
1865 - 1902
Spouse
Winnie Alice Shelton
Winnie Alice Shelton
1900 - 1993
Children
Siblings

1917


Jun 5
Age: 21y
1917 • An anti-prostitution drive in San Francisco occurs and police close about 200 prostitution houses.

1922


Age: 26y

birth of child


Wesley Thornton
1922 Irish Republican Army agents assassinate British Army field marshal Sir Henry Wilson in London; the assassins are sentenced to death on July 18.

1926


Age: 30y
1926 Francisco Franco becomes General of Spain.

1927


Age: 31y
1927 • The actual carving begins at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota.

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