A Narrative History of "The People of Iowa" The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1931; page 48
WILLIAM V. THORNBURG is a physician and surgeon now practicing at Guthrie Center, and has been favorably known both as a man and a doctor in Guthrie County since early manhood.
He was born in Dallas County, Iowa, November 12, 1879, son of Thomas A. and Jennie (Vestal) Thornburg. His father was born in Indiana, April 9, 1847, and came to Iowa with his parents in 1856. The Thornburgs were pioneers, since practically all the families that came before the Civil war had to go through the era of hardships in improving the land and establishing the facilities of civilization. Thomas A. Thornburg in 1864, when he was seventeen years of age, enlisted in the Union army and served until the close of the war. He was numbered among the substantial representatives of the farming industry in Dallas County for many years, and was elected and served as a state representative in the General Assembly in the Twenty-second and the Twenty-third Sessions. He died July 1, 1912. His wife was born October 27, 1848, in Indiana, was brought to Commerce, Iowa, where she was reared, and they wee married October 11, 1871 at Linden, where she still has her home, being now eighty-two years of age. Their family consisted of five sons and one daughter, and the three sons now living beside Doctor Thornburg are: Mark G., state secretary of agriculture at Des Moines; Carroll K., a farmer at Linden; and Thomas H., a farmer at Dallas Center, Iowa.
William V. Thornburg grew up on a farm, but completed his education in Des Moines, where he graduated from the Oak Park High School, then spent two years in Highland Park College, and in June, 1905, took his M. D. degree at the University of Iowa, at Iowa City. Doctor Thornburg in September of 1906, engaged in private practice at Yale in Guthrie County, and in September, 1928, moved his home and office to Guthrie Center, but still does a large practice among his former patients around Yale, He is a member of the Guthrie County, Iowa State and American Medical Associations. Doctor Thornburg is much interested in Masonry and is district deputy grand lecturer. He belongs to the Lodge, the Scottish Rite bodies of the Consistory and the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the Lions Club.
Doctor Thornburg married, June 30, 1920, Miss Adele Sonaglia. She was born at Brazil, South America, was graduated from high school in Hibbing, Minnesota and completed the nurses' training course in Saint Joseph's Hospital at Saint Paul, Minnesota, graduating in 1917. For one year she was an army nurse at Ft. Des Moines Hospital. Doctor and Mrs. Thornburg have one daughter, Mafalda Jane, born at Yale June 30, 1921, now attending school at Guthrie Center.
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WILLIAM V. THORNBURG is a physician and surgeon now practicing at Guthrie Center, and has been favorably known both as a man and a doctor in Guthrie County since early manhood.
He was born in Dallas County, Iowa, November 12, 1879, son of Thomas A. and Jennie (Vestal) Thornburg. His father was born in Indiana, April 9, 1847, and came to Iowa with his parents in 1856. The Thornburgs were pioneers, since practically all the families that came before the Civil war had to go through the era of hardships in improving the land and establishing the facilities of civilization. Thomas A. Thornburg in 1864, when he was seventeen years of age, enlisted in the Union army and served until the close of the war. He was numbered among the substantial representatives of the farming industry in Dallas County for many years, and was elected and served as a state representative in the General Assembly in the Twenty-second and the Twenty-third Sessions. He died July 1, 1912. His wife was born October 27, 1848, in Indiana, was brought to Commerce, Iowa, where she was reared, and they wee married October 11, 1871 at Linden, where she still has her home, being now eighty-two years of age. Their family consisted of five sons and one daughter, and the three sons now living beside Doctor Thornburg are: Mark G., state secretary of agriculture at Des Moines; Carroll K., a farmer at Linden; and Thomas H., a farmer at Dallas Center, Iowa.
William V. Thornburg grew up on a farm, but completed his education in Des Moines, where he graduated from the Oak Park High School, then spent two years in Highland Park College, and in June, 1905, took his M. D. degree at the University of Iowa, at Iowa City. Doctor Thornburg in September of 1906, engaged in private practice at Yale in Guthrie County, and in September, 1928, moved his home and office to Guthrie Center, but still does a large practice among his former patients around Yale, He is a member of the Guthrie County, Iowa State and American Medical Associations. Doctor Thornburg is much interested in Masonry and is district deputy grand lecturer. He belongs to the Lodge, the Scottish Rite bodies of the Consistory and the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the Lions Club.
Doctor Thornburg married, June 30, 1920, Miss Adele Sonaglia. She was born at Brazil, South America, was graduated from high school in Hibbing, Minnesota and completed the nurses' training course in Saint Joseph's Hospital at Saint Paul, Minnesota, graduating in 1917. For one year she was an army nurse at Ft. Des Moines Hospital. Doctor and Mrs. Thornburg have one daughter, Mafalda Jane, born at Yale June 30, 1921, now attending school at Guthrie Center.
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A Narrative History of "The People of Iowa" The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1931; page 48
WILLIAM V. THORNBURG is a physician and surgeon now practicing at Guthrie Center, and has been favorably known both as a man and a doctor in Guthrie County since early manhood.
He was born in Dallas County, Iowa, November 12, 1879, son of Thomas A. and Jennie (Vestal) Thornburg. His father was born in Indiana, April 9, 1847, and came to Iowa with his parents in 1856. The Thornburgs were pioneers, since practically all the families that came before the Civil war had to go through the era of hardships in improving the land and establishing the facilities of civilization. Thomas A. Thornburg in 1864, when he was seventeen years of age, enlisted in the Union army and served until the close of the war. He was numbered among the substantial representatives of the farming industry in Dallas County for many years, and was elected and served as a state representative in the General Assembly in the Twenty-second and the Twenty-third Sessions. He died July 1, 1912. His wife was born October 27, 1848, in Indiana, was brought to Commerce, Iowa, where she was reared, and they wee married October 11, 1871 at Linden, where she still has her home, being now eighty-two years of age. Their family consisted of five sons and one daughter, and the three sons now living beside Doctor Thornburg are: Mark G., state secretary of agriculture at Des Moines; Carroll K., a farmer at Linden; and Thomas H., a farmer at Dallas Center, Iowa.
William V. Thornburg grew up on a farm, but completed his education in Des Moines, where he graduated from the Oak Park High School, then spent two years in Highland Park College, and in June, 1905, took his M. D. degree at the University of Iowa, at Iowa City. Doctor Thornburg in September of 1906, engaged in private practice at Yale in Guthrie County, and in September, 1928, moved his home and office to Guthrie Center, but still does a large practice among his former patients around Yale, He is a member of the Guthrie County, Iowa State and American Medical Associations. Doctor Thornburg is much interested in Masonry and is district deputy grand lecturer. He belongs to the Lodge, the Scottish Rite bodies of the Consistory and the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the Lions Club.
Doctor Thornburg married, June 30, 1920, Miss Adele Sonaglia. She was born at Brazil, South America, was graduated from high school in Hibbing, Minnesota and completed the nurses' training course in Saint Joseph's Hospital at Saint Paul, Minnesota, graduating in 1917. For one year she was an army nurse at Ft. Des Moines Hospital. Doctor and Mrs. Thornburg have one daughter, Mafalda Jane, born at Yale June 30, 1921, now attending school at Guthrie Center.
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WILLIAM V. THORNBURG is a physician and surgeon now practicing at Guthrie Center, and has been favorably known both as a man and a doctor in Guthrie County since early manhood.
He was born in Dallas County, Iowa, November 12, 1879, son of Thomas A. and Jennie (Vestal) Thornburg. His father was born in Indiana, April 9, 1847, and came to Iowa with his parents in 1856. The Thornburgs were pioneers, since practically all the families that came before the Civil war had to go through the era of hardships in improving the land and establishing the facilities of civilization. Thomas A. Thornburg in 1864, when he was seventeen years of age, enlisted in the Union army and served until the close of the war. He was numbered among the substantial representatives of the farming industry in Dallas County for many years, and was elected and served as a state representative in the General Assembly in the Twenty-second and the Twenty-third Sessions. He died July 1, 1912. His wife was born October 27, 1848, in Indiana, was brought to Commerce, Iowa, where she was reared, and they wee married October 11, 1871 at Linden, where she still has her home, being now eighty-two years of age. Their family consisted of five sons and one daughter, and the three sons now living beside Doctor Thornburg are: Mark G., state secretary of agriculture at Des Moines; Carroll K., a farmer at Linden; and Thomas H., a farmer at Dallas Center, Iowa.
William V. Thornburg grew up on a farm, but completed his education in Des Moines, where he graduated from the Oak Park High School, then spent two years in Highland Park College, and in June, 1905, took his M. D. degree at the University of Iowa, at Iowa City. Doctor Thornburg in September of 1906, engaged in private practice at Yale in Guthrie County, and in September, 1928, moved his home and office to Guthrie Center, but still does a large practice among his former patients around Yale, He is a member of the Guthrie County, Iowa State and American Medical Associations. Doctor Thornburg is much interested in Masonry and is district deputy grand lecturer. He belongs to the Lodge, the Scottish Rite bodies of the Consistory and the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the Lions Club.
Doctor Thornburg married, June 30, 1920, Miss Adele Sonaglia. She was born at Brazil, South America, was graduated from high school in Hibbing, Minnesota and completed the nurses' training course in Saint Joseph's Hospital at Saint Paul, Minnesota, graduating in 1917. For one year she was an army nurse at Ft. Des Moines Hospital. Doctor and Mrs. Thornburg have one daughter, Mafalda Jane, born at Yale June 30, 1921, now attending school at Guthrie Center.
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