Martin Van Buren Thornsberry b 1831 Floyd Co KY d 1900 KNott Co KY; s/o Isaac Thornsberry and Eleanor McCubbins. Martin Van Buren Thornsberry m. 1864 to Rutha Ann Hall b 1827 Floyd Co KY d 1880 Knott Co KY; d/o Gunsmith Billy Hall and Margaret Martha Johnson. Martin VAn Buren Thornsberry was a Private, 13th Ky., Cav. CSA (Confederate Army) with his brother Enoch Thormsberry; his occupation, farmer. Children of Martin Van Buren Thornsberry and Rutha Ann Hall;

1. Susanna Lusanna Thornsberry b 22 Jul 1853 Floyd Co KY d 22 Sept 1912

2. James Thornsberry b 23 Apr 1856 Knott Co KY d 29 Aug 1946 Floyd Co KY

3. Miles Thornsberry b 27 Dec 1857 Beaver Creek, Floyd Co KY d 7 Oct 1903

4. Martha Patsy Thornsberry b 1858 Floyd Co KY

5. Anna Anne Thornsberry b Dec 1860 Floyd Co KY d abt 1900 KY; m. abt 1883 to Elisha Johnson b 1861 Ashe Co NC d 1950 Pike Co KY; s/o Elisha Johnson and Lucy Austin. Elisha JOhnson m. Josephine Hamilton b abt 1870 d 1955 KY; d/o Jefferson Hamilton and Mandy Tackett.

6. William Bill Thornsberry b 1862 Floyd Co KY

7. Henry Thornsberry b 27 Mar 1865 Beaver Creek, Floyd Co KY d 27 Jan 1959 Beaver Creek, Floyd Co KY

8. Andrew Thornsberry b 1867 Floyd Co KY

9. Florence Thornsberry b 6 Nov 1870 Floyd Co KY d 4 Oct 1956; m. 17 Feb 1884 Floyd Co KY to Lee Dog Hall b 6 Oct 1861 Beaver Creek, Floyd Co KY d 3 Mar 1927 Hollybush, Knott Co KY; d/o Hog John Hall and Sarah Sally Johnson. Hog John Hall m. 17 Feb 1884 Floyd Co KY to Susannah M Bates b 18 Apr 1857 KY; d/o John Wallis Bates Jr and Elizabeth Hall.

10. John M Thornsberry b 1872 Floyd Co KY; m. Perthinia Thornsberry. Child of John M Thornsberry and Perthinia Thornsberry; i. John Martin Thornsberry; m. Elizabeth Hall b 1906 d OH; d/o Thomas Talton Hall and Sarah Evaline Hall.