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Facts and Events
Dennis Walsh has George W. Turner (I didnÕt have W., previously).
1860 census, per Dennis, has George (22, NY) & Miranda (24, OH) Turner, listed next to Lott Triplet, in Cameron P.O., Floyd twp, Warren County, IL.
George, per Dennis, was a Civil War veteran per his wifeÕs tombstone inscription. Among the various Illinois CW records is a George W. Turner, residence: Monmouth, Warren co, IL. Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 05 August 1862. Enlisted in Company A, 83rd Infantry Regiment Illinois on 21 August 1862. Transferred from Company A, 83rd Infantry Regiment Illinois on 18 May 1864. Lose track of further CW records. No pension record located.
1870 census, per Dennis, Greenburh P.O., Berwick Twp, Warren Co, IL, has George W. Turner, 28, Scotland, Miranda, 28, OH, Ella A M, 10, IL, Mary V, 9?, IL, Richard V?, 2, IL. The gap in the childrenÕs birth years seems explained by GeorgeÕs service in the Civil War.
1880 census, per Dennis, Lincoln wo, Montgomery Co, IA, has George W., 41, Scot, of Scotch parents, and wife Minnie Turner, 42, OH, of Welsh parents, with children: Mary V, 16, IL, Richmond V, 12, IL and George E, 8, IL. This was where Simeon Triplett was living. Daughter Ella had apparently married John Patterson about 1880.
1895 Dennis finds, in James, Pottawatamie Co, IA, a Richard Turner, 25, IL, listed with h is widowed mother Minnie, 62, OH. The name is indexed under Tamer at Ancestry.com.
Born ÒAt Sea, ScotlandÓ based on entries in daughterÕs census records.
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