Children
Helene-Marthe Mumm von Schwarzenstein married James Worth Thornton and had issue:
- Henry Hermann Mumm Thornton (born 1932); married Rita Daphne Sellar and had issue:
- a) Dr. Sandra Christine Thornton married Sheldon Whitehouse, US Senator from Rhode Island
- 1) Mary Elena Whitehouse
- 2) Alexander Whitehouse
- b) Elena Martha Thornton married Michael Case Kissel, 3rd great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt
- 1) Siena Kissel
- 2) Lucy Kissel
- 3) Rosalie Kissel
- c) Nina Rosalie Thornton married Joseph Michael McMann of Martha's Vineyard
- a) Dr. Sandra Christine Thornton married Sheldon Whitehouse, US Senator from Rhode Island
- A) Married to Deborah Anne Speno, granddaughter of Frank Speno, founder of Speno Railroad Ballast Cleaning Co. and had issue:
- a) James Speno Mumm Thornton married Sara Lynn Russell of Connecticut
- 1) Keely Mumm Russell-Thornton
- 2) Henry Hart Russell-Thornton
- a) James Speno Mumm Thornton married Sara Lynn Russell of Connecticut
Married to Edmund Wilson and had issue:
- Helen Miranda Wilson, artist, public servant and beekeeper
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“In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God.”
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