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Notes for DAVID C THURSTON:
DAVID C. THURSTON, farmer, Section 13, Township 31, Range 20, P. O. Parsons, settled here May 10,
1866. He is a native of Mt. Gilead, Morrow Co., Ohio, born March 11, 1843, a son of Levi and Elizabeth
(Bastress) Thurston, father, of Pottsville, Pa., the mother, of Jersey Shore. They married and settled in
Morrow County, Ohio, in about 1830, where they still reside. The above gentleman enlisted April 21, 1861, in
Company G, Twentieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served some three months. In West Virginia,
August 29, 1861, enlisted in Company C, Fifteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Served until the close
of the war, being mustered out in Texas, and discharged, December, 1865, at Columbus, Ohio. He was united
in marriage, May 21, 1868, to Miss Elizabeth Barns, a native of Shelby County, Ohio, born October 7, 1841.
She died February 19, 1869. Mr. T. married a second time, April 16, 1871, to Miss Christina Bilby, a native
of Indiana, born November 7, 1853, died June 12, 1877, leaving three children - Levi H., Edward C., Alfred
A. Mr. T. married a third time July 14, 1878, Miss Rebecca Chapman, of Kentucky, but raised in Warren
County, Ill., born June 14, 1854. Mr. Thurston's farm consists of eighty acres of fine improved land.

David married Bilby, Christina on 16 Apr 1871. Christina was born on 7 Nov 1853; died on 12 Jun 1877. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Levi married Bastress, Elizabeth Rhodes on 2 Jun 1836 in Mount Gilead, Morrow County, OH. Elizabeth (daughter of Bastress, Solomon and Sloanaker, Elizabeth) was born on 16 Mar 1814 in Pottstown, Montgomery County, PA; died on 28 Jan 1892 in Main Twp., Columbia County, PA; was buried in Fisher Church Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Solomon had moved to Jersey Shore, Lycoming County in 1817 where he became a prominent citizen and a lifelong
resident. He had six children.
Among the early representative of Jersey Shore was Solomon Bastress. Born in Pottstown, Montgomery County
PA. January 20, 1788 and died at Jersey Shore, May 12, 1872., in his Eight-fourth year. Before locating here he
became interested with a company in the furnace business on Pine Bottom run. This was before 1814.
According to his obituary, Solomon served in the War of 1812, holding the commission of Lieutenant.
Mr. Bastress was a weaver and dyer by trade, but soon after settling here he became a surveyor and Scrivner. He
was sent to the legislature in 1827 and re-elected in 1828, 1829 and 1830, serving four years in succession. In
1846 he was chosen an associate Judge and served two terms of five years each.
When Susquehanna township was divided in 1854, his friends insisted that the new township should be name
after him and it was named " Bastress Township".
Solomon Bastress is buried in Lot 303 in Jersey Shore Cemetery (41°11'54.12"N, 77°15'56.13"W).

Solomon married Sloanaker, Elizabeth on 22 Nov 1807. Elizabeth was born on 31 Aug 1788 in Pottstown, Montgomery County, PA; died on 27 Nov 1880 in Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, PA; was buried in Jersey Shore Cemetery, Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes for ELIZABETH SLONAKER:
Elizabeth Bastress is buried in Lot 303 in Jersey Shore Cemetery (41°11'54.12"N, 77°15'56.13"W).