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THORNTON, P. H., M. D. Was born in Tennessee, fifty miles east of Memphis, January 13, 1836. He received his
education at Chalmers Institute, in Mississippi, graduating in 1852. In 1853 he commenced the study of medicine
in Louisville, Kentucky, where he graduated in 1856, and in 1857 commenced the practice of medicine near Memphis,
Tennessee, which he continued until 1861, when he joined the army, serving as medical inspector and surgeon under
General Hardee until the retreat from Tollaheoma, Tennessee; then under Lieutenant General Wheeler as chief surgeon
to all the infantry, until the surrender of Lee. He then returned to Memphis and engaged in the commission business
for one year. Then practiced medicine until the fall of 1873, when he was compelled to retire from practice on
account of, failing health. In 1875 he came to California, and, after a residence of about four months in San Jose,
he came to Lake County and located at Lakeport, where he is at present engaged in the practice of his profession.
Dr. Thornton married, January 13, 1869, Miss Bell J. Dockery, a native of Columbia, Tennessee. They have two living
children: Mary H. and Bruce P.; and have lost two: Percy and Glover.
From:
History of Napa and Lake Counties, California
Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers
San Francisco, California 1881
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