Milburn Theodore THORNBURG

1901 - 1987  (85 years)

• Name	Milburn Theodore THORNBURG  [1, 2]
  Birth	9 Nov 1901	, Randolph, Indiana, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	18 May 1926	Farmland, Randolph, Indiana, USA   [4]
  	Farmer at time of his marriage to Pauline
  Census	1930	Center Twp., Delaware, Indiana, USA   [5]
  	Milburn T. Thornburg household
  	Thornburg, Milburn T., head, rents, valuedat $25, male, white, age 29, married at age 24, able to read and write, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born Indiana, speaks English, chemist at Wire Mill, not actually at work, no military service
  		1930 U.S. Census - Richison Indiana. Delaware co. - Milburn T. Thornburg
  Occupation	Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA   [6]
  	in a factory, Kitselman's Wire Mill, in the 1920's
  Occupation	1920-1933	Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA   [6]
  	Bootlegger
  Death	4 Jan 1987	Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA   [7]
  Burial	Windsor, Randolph, Indiana, USA   [7]
  Person ID	I548	richison
  Last Modified	29 Dec 2012

  
  

  Father	L. O. THORNBURG,   b. , Randolph, Indiana, USA
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Bessie MILLS,   b. , Randolph, Indiana, USA
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F3541	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Modjiska Pauline RICHISON,   b. 25 Sep 1907, Portland, Jay, Indiana, USA d. 21 Mar 1989, Seattle, King, Washington, USA (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	18 May 1926	, Delaware, Indiana, USA   [8, 9]
  		Marriage license & return - Richison Thornburg-Richison marriage, 1926
  Marriage License	18 May 1926	, Delaware, Indiana, USA   [4, 8]
  Divorce	Between 1930-1940	prob. , Delaware, Indiana, USA
  	24 Apr 1930, Pauline was listed in the census as the wife of Thornburg. By 12 Apr 1940 she is listed as the wife of Paul E. Armstrong, living in Noble Twp., Wabash Co., Indiana.
  Family ID	F35	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Dec 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 9 Nov 1901 - , Randolph, Indiana, USA Occupation - Farmer at time of his marriage to Pauline - 18 May 1926 - Farmland, Randolph, Indiana, USA Marriage - 18 May 1926 - , Delaware, Indiana, USA Marriage License - 18 May 1926 - , Delaware, Indiana, USA Occupation - in a factory, Kitselman's Wire Mill, in the 1920's - - Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Occupation - Bootlegger - 1920-1933 - Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Death - 4 Jan 1987 - Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA Burial - - Windsor, Randolph, Indiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1901] Marriage, 22 Dec 2010. "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959," database, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: accessed 22 Dec 2010), marriage of Milburn Theodore Thornburg, 18 May 1926, Delaware County; citing FHL microfilm 2,069,413. [S1901] Marriage, 13 Sep 2012. Delaware County, Indiana Marriage Records, bk.35:278, Thornburg-Richison, 1926; Carnegie Library (Muncie, IN) microfilm, Delaware County, Marriage Records, v.34-35, 1924-1926. [S390] Courtney, Elias and Mary (Pavy), 1988. Richison, Joyce Ann, compiler, "The Genealogy of Elias and Mary Pavy Courtney." Vertical files, donated by Jeanice Parker Isaacson, Delaware County Historical Society, Muncie, Indiana. [S1901] Marriage, 13 Sep 2012 (Reliability: 3). Delaware County, Indiana Marriage Records, bk.35:278, Thornburg-Richison, 1926; Carnegie Library (Muncie, IN) microfilm, Delaware County, Marriage Records, v.34-35, 1924-1926. [S1831] 1930 U.S. Census, 20 Mar 2011 (Reliability: 2). 1930 U.S. census, Delaware County, Indiana, population schedule, Center twp, Muncie, enumeration district (ED) 20, sheet 33B & 34A, dwelling 748-49, family 801-2, Milburn T. Thornburg, digital image, Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.com, accessed 11 Apr 2008); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 583. Also living with them: 3) Graham, Bert, lodger, male, white, age 50 divorced, married at age 24, able to read and write, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, speaks English, painter at glass factory, miliary service, phil? 4) Gains, earl, lodger, male, white, age 40, single, able to read and write, born Kentucky, father born Kentucky, mother born Kentucy, speaks English, laborer at glass factory, military service, WW 5) Hillyard, Warren, lodger, male, white, age 33, divorced, married at age 18, able to read and write, born Indiana, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana, speaks English, laborer at Bridge Works, no military service A notation on the second page in the margin says "above restaurant" and on the first page it appears to say "12th and Burlington." There has been a restaurant at that location in Muncie for many years. When we moved to Muncie in the 50s it was called the Pig Stand but changed to something else later on. Pauline's niece, Betty Jean Richison, worked there as a waitress at one time. [S384] Richison Corre - Frank Vaughn Richison, (to Shirley Fields,), RICHISON - Correspondence: 13. May 29, 1989 Dear Shirley: I received your package with the certificated and the photo-copies, and I sincerely appreciated it. I am now awaiting the death-certificate from the State of Washington. My next step is to see a lawyer to cut the red tape involved with the safe deposit box. I will keep you informed of the progress as it goes along. I do not believe that Westchester is a typographical error, as you opined, because there is small cross-roads town northeast of Portland off of route 27, almost due east of another small town called Antiville just south of Bryant. [I had questioned if Dallas Ray Richison and Olive Alexander's marriage notice in the paper should have said Winchester rather than Westchester.] I have been told that my father operated a small restaurant or café near Bryant in his younger days, and it could have been in Westchester, I don't know. Another item of interest is the write-up about their wedding which stated that they were making their home in Ohio. My father did work for the National Cash Register in Dayton Ohio for less than a year because they came back to Jay Co. when Pauline was born, and so far as I know he never worked out of the state, except that he did do some work involving army barracks in some back-woodsy place in Kentucky, called Sitson-Stitson or whatever-- World War I . They did not move to Winchester until I was 3 or 4 years age, which would make it about 1923 or 1924. We lived at 631 Stone Street in Winchester until we moved to the house on the hill about 1930 or 1931. I hadn't really thought about it, but I don't recall ever have met or seen any of my grandmother's side of the family, the Davis's. So far as I know they were never at any of the family gatherings. So they are a complete blank to me. Just for the record, I would to list my sister's husbands: #1. Milburn Theodore (Ted) Thornberg - Farmland Indiana - deceased #2. Paul Arnstrong - Wabash Indiana - deceased [ think this should be Armstrong] #3. Elwood Thompson - Grants Pass Oregon (Killed in action in the Korean War in 1952). #4. James Jackson - Atwater California - deceased Do not believe married to him. #5. William Cleary - Livingston California - do not know if still living. #6. First name unknown Rohrs - Seattle Wasington-deceased In so far as I know there were no children. I vaguely remember that I was told that she had miscarried one child. Pauline did some work on the geneology of the Richison family. She told me that in time that the sons were given the mother's maiden name as their middle name. I remember her talking of the Ayres, Priests, Websters, Stausbergs, Princes etc, and I now see the connection of them with the family. I noted that Ted Thornberg's occupation was listed as that of a farmer, but do know that he worked at Kistleman's Wire Mill in Muncie for a good many years. He also bootlegged booze during prohibition which was a great source of turmoil with my sister, with the comings and goings at all hours of the day and night, & all the hush-hush bit. I just came back with the mail and got a very nice letter from your mother. I am enclosing an item of interest to you. Unless my mind has taken a walk, I think that I have some other items you would like to see but I'm not sure where they are, if I still have them. If I run across them I will see that you get the information. I hope you will excuse my typing, but on the other hand would have problems reading my handwriting, because I have a tendency to wander from a straight line downwards in spite of my efforts to keep it straight. Sincerely and with love Your Uncle Frank RICHISON - Correspondence: 14 [S1869] Deaths, 29 Dec 2012. Misplaced obituary for Thornburg. [S1901] Marriage, 22 Dec 2010 (Reliability: 2). "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959," database, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: accessed 22 Dec 2010), marriage of Milburn Theodore Thornburg, 18 May 1926, Delaware County; citing FHL microfilm 2,069,413. [S1901] Marriage, 13 Sep 2012. Delaware County, Indiana Marriage Records, bk.35: 278, Thornburg-Richison, 1926; Carnegie Library (Muncie, IN) microfilm, Delaware County, Marriage Records, v.34-35, 1924-1926.