1866

Thoroughgood Clifford Thornton was born on 30 Mar 1866 in South Carolina, USA a child of Peter Hampton Thornton and Kesiah Eleanora Cooper Thornton.

1928

On August 27, 1928, T. C. Thornton was mentioned as a living son in the obituary of Peter H. Thornton.

1942

On April 24, 1942,  Mr. T. C. Thornton, Sr. was listed in the newspaper article “T. C. Thorntons Celebrate Golden Wedding.”

1943

Funeral services for T. C. Thornton, Sr., of 2302 Park Street, will be conducted from the Park Street Baptist church by the Rev. Paul Wheeler, pastor, at 4:30 this afternoon.

Mr. Thornton died at the Baptist hospital Friday evening, July 30, 1943 after having been ill for several months.

Interment will be in Elmwood cemetery.

A member of the Park Street Baptist church, Mr. Thornton was chairman of the board of registration for Richland county.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Leila McCreight Thornton; four daughters, Mrs. Y.D. Dreher, Mrs. F.W. Ketchen, Mrs. R.E.L. Park, and Miss Mildred Thornton, all of Columbia; two sons, T.C. Thornton, Jr., of Charleston, and W.A. Thornton of Columbia; one sister, Mrs. John Motley of Blaney; 13 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

Active pallbearers will be: H.G. Ward, Charles Dantzler, C.K. Leitner, Astor Cleveland, M.O. Youmans and Walter May.

Honorary pallbearers will be: Dr. G.M.S. Roof, A.Z. Bunch, Forrest Shealy, T. Alex Heise, W.M. Mobley, H.L. Seay, John M. Corbett, James L. Harrison, J.W. Blume, J.T. Starling, William Pope Cook, T.C. Graydon, Heyward Brockinton, P.H. Thornton, W.H. Thompson, Andrew Feagan, G. Duncan Bellinger, Richard Broome, H.H. Hinnant, C.E. Hinnant, W.H. Rawlinson, L.J. Campbell, F.W. Capplemann, A.F. Spigner, Thomas Watt, J.W. Jennings, R. Alex Wiles, Marion T. Burnside, deacons of Park Street Baptist church.

Active pallbearers will meet at the residence at 4 o’clock, and the honorary pallbearers at the church at 4:30.