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article from the Confederate Veteran mag., dated July, 1930, page 276.
J.L. THORNE, of Dallas, Texas, one of the youngest Confederate veterans, died in this city on May 12, after a short illness.
He was the son of THOMAS THORNE of South Carolina and SARAH HIGHTOWER HUGHES, of Dublin, Ireland and was born in Burleson, Franklin Co., Ala., March 1, 1849. He served in the Confederate army under Captain Stakes Roberts, N.B. Forest's Cavalry, having enlisted in Feb., 1863, as a boy of 14. Before the close of the war, he was captured and held in a Federal prison. After the war he taught school in Alabama, coming to Texas in 1872 and settling in Leon County, where he taught school and afterward engaged in the merchantile business. He was married to Miss ELIZABETH BURKHALTER, June 27, 1872, at Jewett, Tex.
Comrade THORNE was prominent in early political affairs of Texas and had also taken a leading part in the Confederate veteran's organization. He was a charter member of Dallas Camp, No. 1853, U.C.V. and served as its quartermaster until his death. He also was Adjutant General and chief of staff of the Texas Division, U.C.V.
Survived by his wife and 8 children. His Confederate comrades were honorary pallbearers at his funeral and the active pallbearers were his sons and grandsons.
[ T.H. Craddock, Dallas, Tex.]
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