Dr. William Patton Thornton (February 6, 1817 – October 10, 1883) was a physician, educator, author, and politician.
[1] After graduation he spent five years in Houston, Mississippi, where he began to specialize in diseases of the trachea and larynx.
After retiring from practice in 1877, Thornton served as mayor of College Hill, Ohio, until his death.
He was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
In 1841, William Thornton married Electa Bacon in Indianapolis, Indiana.