Background
Thornton, Leland Wilbur was born on June 1, 1933 in Urbana, Ohio, United States. Son of Maynard S. and Esther L. (Baldwin) Thornton.
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The Michigan Eleventh Volunteer Infantry was recruited as May's Independent Regiment during the fall of 1861 in St. Joseph, Branch, Hillsdale, Lenawee, and Monroe counties. In 1862 the Michigan Eleventh was brigaded with the Eighteenth and Sixty-ninth Ohio and the Nineteenth Illinois as Stanley's Brigade. At the battle of Stones River, Stanley's brigade was the hinge on which Rosecrans' line bent and was in the vanguard of the counterattack on January 2, 1863. The Brigade under the command of Col. William L. Stoughton of the Eleventh were among the defenders of Snodgrass Hill at Chickamauga and were probably the last Federal unit to leave that bloody battlefield. The Regiment fought with distinction at Missionary Ridge and during the Atlanta campaign.
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Thornton, Leland Wilbur was born on June 1, 1933 in Urbana, Ohio, United States. Son of Maynard S. and Esther L. (Baldwin) Thornton.
Student, Wabash College, 1953. Bachelor of Science in Education, Ohio State University, 1956. Master of Arts, Michigan State University, 1959.
Master of Arts, Western Michigan University, 1985.
Teacher, Parma (Michigan) Western High School, 1956-1960; teacher, chairman social science department, Joliet (Illinois) Township H.S. and Junior College, 1960-1967; professor of history, Glen Oaks Community College, Centreville, Michigan, 1967-1995; vice president for academic affairs, Glen Oaks Community College, Centreville, Michigan, 1978-1979.
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Clerk Nottawa Township, Centreville, 1974-1997. Chairman St. Joseph County Bicentennial Committee, Centreville, 1975-1977. Member Rotary (president Three Rivers club 1989-1990), Phi Alpha Theta.
Married Ellen L. Bushong, August 17, 1957. Children: Matthew K., Elisabeth DeGraw, Paul M.