Thornton T. MCLEOD

1795 - 1868  (73 years)

• Name	Thornton T. MCLEOD  [1]
  Born	1 Mar 1795	Frederick Co., Va
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Nov 1868	Frederick Co., Va   [2]
  Person ID	I253	Josh E. Taylor Jr. Tree
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	William MCLEOD,   b. 9 Jul 1757, Scotland (Ross & Cromarty?) ,   d. 4 Mar 1825, Frederick Co., Va  (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jane BOWMER,   b. Abt 1759,   d. 26 May 1827  (Age ~ 68 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	26 May 1780	Fauquier Co., Va   [3]
  Notes	Date is for Bond: Warrenton Clerk's Office, Fauquier Co., Va.
  Family ID	F168	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth RITENOUR,   b. 17 May 1799,   d. 11 Sep 1848  (Age 49 years)
  Married	26 Sep 1823  [4]
  Children	1. George MCLEOD,   b. Abt 1826  [natural]   2. Margaret MCLEOD,   b. Abt 1828  [natural]   3. Susan MCLEOD,   b. Abt 1832  [natural]   4. Harriet MCLEOD,   b. Abt 1835  [natural]   5. Joseph MCLEOD,   b. Abt 1836  [natural]   6. Jane MCLEOD,   b. Abt 1838  [natural]   7. Elisha MCLEOD,   b. Abt 1840  [natural]   8. Louisa MCLEOD,   b. Abt 1842, Frederick County, Virginia ,   d. 18 May 1936, Marion Co. Missouri  (Age ~ 94 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Age at death was 73 years, 8 mos., 12 days. He is listed as a wagon maker and as a widower in the death registry. His death from cancer was reported by his brother John McLeod, page 23, line 25 -- Frederick County, Virginia death registry, 1853-1870, p. 27 "Obviously the Stephens family was involved in the selling of land, for they sold lots in the limits of Stephens City. But the Stephens family was involved in other types of commerce. With the land they owned they were involved in farming. And they were involved in the wagon trade. It cannot now be explained why it was that the villages of Newton (Stephens City) and Front Royal became more prominent as identified with the wagon trade (from Baltimore first to the town of Knoxville, Tennessee, and then from Winchester to Knoxville) than any other parts of Maryland or Virginia. This was particularly so with Newtown (Stephens City), which, for more than half a century retained the supremacy in building and fitting out the immense wagons capable of sustaining forty-five hundred to five thousand pounds of freight. The wood work of the best material was often made by the same man who had them ironed. The pitch in front and rear of the bodies, surmounted by bows and sheet, was such that four or five men could shelter under the projection. The harness was very heavy and all the iron used was of the best bar. They cost from one hundred and fifty to two hundred dollars. The horses, six to a wagon, were of the heaviest and best at the day costing from seventy-five to one hundred and twenty-five dollars. The most prominent builders of these wagons in Newtown were John Grove, Thornton McLeod, Jacob Cline, John Long, John Crider, Moses Barker, Peter Keeding, William Frailey, Jacob Lemley, John Stevens (Stephens), and Abraham Piper. The names on the end gate advertised the makers extensively. From six to eight of the wagons traveled in company, and the long trains presented a very picturesque spectacle.....But railroads put an end to the wagon trade and with its decadence all the related industries (Harness, blacksmiths, etc.) declined in activity." Robert Duane Stephens quoted by Elva Gillespie Bowles (daughter of Effie Lovelace Bowles Taylor) in an undated letter to Gene Taylor.

  
  

• Sources

  [S45] Family group sheet prepared by Joshua Eugene Taylor and Willa C. McConnel, deceased. [S52] Frederick Co., Va. Death Register. [S93] Marriage Register #1 Frederick, Co., Va. [S38] Family group sheet prepared by Joshua Eugene Taylor.