Nancy Filer Follett was the youngest child of Oran Follett and his first wife, Nancy Filer.
In 1830, when young Nancy was just an infant, her mother died. Her father married Eliza Gill Ward on November 22, 1832, so it seems likely that Eliza Follettwas the only mother that Nancy Filer Follett ever knew. By 1840,
In 1853 Nancy Follett married George Thornton, a successful businessman in
Nancy Follett Thornton served on the first Board of Managers of the Library Association of Sandusky, known fondly as the "Ladies' Library Association." The December 1900 issue of the Firelands Pioneer stated that Mrs. George Thornton was the kind adviser and secretary of the Ladies Library Association. She made several strong appeals to the residents of
