1. Thornton (16 Mar 1799 - 6 Dec 1854) Lived in Mason County all his life
2. Francis Triplett (19 Sep 1797 - May 1866) Well known Kentucky Attorney
3. Caroline
4. Annie
5. Eliza
6. Abner (1801 - 1873)
7. Lewis (? - 1837 in Vicksburg, Mississippi)
8. William McClure

1. William (Served as a Pvt. in the 13th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment)
2. Betsy Hegman
3. Hedgman
4. Robert
5. Francis E.

For some brilliant research work on this part of the Triplett family, see JTRs Triplett family notes.

More information is available for Elias Hord and his ancestors in the Early American Hords and Eastern Kentucky Hords pages of this site.

1. Robert Bolling (1821)
2. Mary Ann (1822)
3. Eliza (Elizabeth?) (1826)
4. Anthoret (Anthet or Patsy?) (1829)
5. Nancy (1831)
6. George Washington (1833)
7. Samuel Smith*** (1836)
8. Francis (Frank) Triplett (24 Jan 1838**** - 21 Oct 1912) - birthdate from Web resources
9. Jesse Lewis (1840)
10. Henry Clay (1846)

*Some indication that Mr. Thornton Hord's middle name was Francis but I think that highly unlikely. The name association is more likely from his father-in-law, Mr. Francis Triplette.
**Mrs. Hord was the daughter of Robert Bolling and Mary Smith of Virginia.
***Samuel was the father of Mary Viola (Hord) Sabins who was the mother of Burza Sabins Jones who was the mother of Caroline Jones who married Forrest Hord, the grandson of Francis.
****Francis' birthday is different on his headstone in Lexington, MO. See the notes on Francis' family for date on headstone.

1. Francis (Frank) Thornton Hord (1874-1948)
2. George Anderson Hord (1869-1942) Never married.
3. Margaret Hord (1880-1963) Never married.
4. William L. Hord (19 Jul 1885 - 15 Oct 1972) Never married

Mr. and Mrs. Hord and their children are all buried in Lexington, Missouri cemetary. The dates above are from their headstones. Mr. Hord took part in the battle of Lexington and was present at the Confederate reunion in 1911.

From Vital Historical Records of Jackson County Missouri - Salem Baptist Church (Independence, MO) records: Adah Hord joined on 28 July 1870 and Frank Hord joined 31 Jul 1870.

From The Genealogy of the Hord Family - Mr. Hord served as a Lt. in the 10th Arkansas during the War Between the States.

1. Forrest Thornton Hord (20 Dec 1905 - 6 Jun 1989)
2. Virginia (still living in Ray County Missouri)
3. William F. Hord (8 Dec 1909 - 29 Sep 1962) Cpl 379 Base Unit AAF, WWII

Mr. Hord worked as a construction contractor in Ray County MO. He and his brother, George Hord, laid the streets of brick in Lexington, MO and helped in the levee project for the Missouri River valley in the Ray County area. He also helped in the construction of many bridges and railroads in the area.

Mrs. Hord sometimes changed the order of her first and middle names so it is uncertain which was really which. Her parents were William Stone and Mary Barnes.

1. John Thornton Hord, Henrietta, Missouri

Mr. Hord was the great great grandson of Thornton through Francis Hord and Mrs. Hord was the great great great granddaughter of Thornton through Samuel Hord.

1. LIVING Hord (10 Nov 1959 - ), Lexington, Missouri

Mr. Hord's second marriage was to LIVING Lawson of Kansas.

Mrs. Hord's second marriage was to LIVING Beeler of Slator, Missouri.

Mr. Hord and Miss Carlson were married in Norwich, Connecticut by Rev. Kurt Carlson. After their marriage, they reenacted the ceremony in the home of Miss Carlson's parents in Westerly, Rhode Island

They have resided in Norwich, Connecticut; Westerly, Rhode Island; New Lebanon, New York; Brick, New Jersey; Richmond, Missouri.

1. LIVING Hord (3 Dec 1984 - ) Westerly, Rhode Island
2. LIVING Hord (2 Apr 1985 - ) Pittsfield, Massachusetts
3. LIVING Hord (7 Dec 1986 - ) Red Bank, New Jersey
4. LIVING Hord (1 Aug 1987 - ) Red Bank, New Jersey

1. LIVING Hord (Oct 1963 -)
2. LIVING Hord (10 Aug 1966 - )
3. LIVING Hord (15 May 1972 - ) m.______ LIVING ______ in Xenia, Ohio.

1. LIVING Beeler (Oct 1969), Higginsville, Missouri