Person:Silas Turnbo (1)

Birth: May 26, 1844
Taney County
Missouri, USA
Death: Mar. 15, 1925
Broken Arrow
Tulsa County
Oklahoma, USA

SILAS TURBO served in the Civil War, C.S.A. Company A, 27th Arkansas Infantry.

The Silas C. Turnbo manuscripts are a collection of approximately eight hundred short tales, stories and vignettes that reflect life along the White River Valley in northwest Arkansas and southwest Missouri during the latter half of the 19th century.

Turnbo traveled extensively in the region and wrote down the stories and reminiscenses of the region's pioneers.

A 28 Volume set of Turnbo's writing are digitally reproduced on the internet at the following website.

http://thelibrary.org/lochist/turnbo/toc.html

Silas and Mary Matilda "Tilda" Holt Turnbo children:
1. Elizabeth E. Turnbow, b. 15 Jun 1870, Marion County, AR; d. 5 Feb 1944; Pontiac, Ozark County, MO; Memorial #22041539; m. Jessee E. Herd; Memorial #22041540
2. James Fielding, b. 8 Oct 1871, Marion County, AR; d. 1951, Montoya, New Mexico; Memorial #10254756
3. Mary Ann, b. 1872, Marion County, AR; d. 1943, Tulsa County, OK; Memorial #10253081; m. Gilford Lafate (Fate) Jones; Memorial #10245359
4. Fannie, b. 6 Feb 1875, Marion County, AR; d. 28 Mar 1956; Memorial #10257877; m. Frank Jones; Memorial #27663209
5. George, b. 1878, Marion County, AR; d. 1916, Big Cabin, Craig County, OK


"Turnbo's Tales of the Ozarks:
Biographical Stories"
edited by Desmond W. Allen, 1987, page 49-50

"The writer's people on his father's side were Pennsylvania Dutch. They settled in the State of Pennsylvania many years before the breaking out of Revolutionary War. Some of them went from that section into Virginia where my grandfather, James Turnbo, was born March 23, 1788. He left Virginia when he was quite young and made his way into east Tennessee, and after living there several years he married Felicia Coffee, an English woman who lived in middle Tennessee and settled in Maury County. I was told that they lived on the Sugar Prong of Big Bigby Creek that runs into Duck River and some five miles from Mt. Pleasant.

It is said that Sugar Creek derived its name from a wagon that was drawn along on the creek in an early day that was loaded with sugar and the wagon turned over here and part of the sugar was wasted in the dirt and hence the name. Here on this farm on Sugar Creek, my father, James Coffee Turnbo, was born February 13, 1820. There were nine children in all, four boys and five girls. The oldest child was Mary who was born in 1816. The names of the other seven children were Margarette, Andrew J., Gracy M., Elizabeth, William Clairborne, and Nancy A."

Family links:
Parents:
James Coffee Turnbo (1820 - 1870)
Eliza Onstott Turnbo (1828 - 1868)

Spouse:
Mary Matilda Holt Turnbo (1849 - 1922)

Children:
James Fielding Turnbo (1871 - 1951)*
Mary Ann Turnbo Jones (1872 - 1943)*
Fannie D Turnbo Jones (1875 - 1956)*
George A. Turnbo (1877 - 1916)*

Siblings:
Silas Claiborne Turnbo (1844 - 1925)
Jasper Newton Turnbo (1847 - 1925)*
Layfette L. Turnbo (1848 - 1868)*
Mary Lucy Turnbo (1855 - 1869)*
Grace Elmira Turnbo Nave (1857 - 1935)*
Grace Elmira Turnbo Nave (1857 - 1935)*
James David Turnbo (1860 - 1900)*

*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Park Grove Cemetery
Broken Arrow
Tulsa County
Oklahoma, USA
Plot: Section H, Block 23, Lot 1, Grav
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Originally Created by: Allen Hearrean
Record added: Nov 17, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 5966867

John P. Owens of Kansas is listed as a descendant of Silas Claiborne Turnbo, Sgt. 27th AR Inft. Co A.

https://thelibrary.org/lochist/turnbo/

The Turnbo Manuscripts
by Silas Claiborne Turnbo
1844-1925

"Fanny Clark was distant kin to Silas through his mother's Holt family".
..."Silas, however, knew who would treat him friendly, and always found a welcome hand at the John and Fanny Brightwell home".
Hillary and the rest of the children called Silas C. Turnbo "Uncle Clabe".

information from Lynn Morrow's article "I Am Nothing But a Poor Scribler: Silas Turnbo and His Writings" http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/turnbo/morrow.html 16 Jan 2003. slw[fain0002 w SW merges.FTW]

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"Fanny Clark was distant kin to Silas through his mother's Holt family".
..."Silas, however, knew who would treat him friendly, and always found a welcome hand at the John and Fanny Brightwell home".
Hillary and the rest of the children called Silas C. Turnbo "Uncle Clabe".

information from Lynn Morrow's article "I Am Nothing But a Poor Scribler: Silas Turnbo and His Writings" http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/turnbo/morrow.html 16 Jan 2003. slw

American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Silas Turnbo
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Arkansas
Sources: 425,235
Source Citation
Side served: Confederacy; State served: Arkansas
Source Information
Historical Data Systems, comp.. American Civil War Soldiers [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
Name: Silas C Turnbo
Issue Date: 25 Jan 1892
Acres: 160
Meridian: 5th PM
State: Arkansas
County: Marion
Township: 21-N
Range: 17-W
Section: 21
Accession Number: AR2580__.027
Metes and Bounds: No
Land Office: Harrison
Canceled: No
US Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: May 20, 1862: Homestead EntryOriginal (12 Stat. 392)
Document Number: 7954
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.

1900 United States Federal Census

Name: Silas C Turnbo
Age: 56
Birth Date: May 1844
Birthplace: Missouri
Home in 1900: Keesee, Marion, Arkansas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mary M Turnbo
Marriage Year: 1870
Years Married: 30
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Illinois
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Silas C Turnbo 56
Mary M Turnbo 51

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Silas C Turnbow
Age in 1910: 65
Birth Year: abt 1845
Birthplace: Missouri
Home in 1910: Fry, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Father-in-law
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mary M Turnbow
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Illinois
Native Tongue: English
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 40
Survivor of Union or Confederate Army or Navy: CA
Household Members:
Name Age
Gilferd F Jones 54
Mary A Jones 37
William C Jones 16
Verna E Jones 10
Basil R Jones 6
James A Jones 3
Porter F Jones 21
Silas C Turnbow 65
Mary M Turnbow 61
George A Turnbow 32

U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
Name: Silas C Turnbo
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Arkansas
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company A, Arkansas 27th Infantry Regiment.
Sources: Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service RecordsResearch provided by HDS subscriber
Source Information
Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Silas E. Turnbo
Age: 36
Birth Year: abt 1844
Birthplace: Missouri
Home in 1880: Franklin, Marion, Arkansas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mary M. Turnbo
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Illinois
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Farmer
Cannot read/write:

Blind:

Deaf and dumb:

Otherwise disabled:

Idiotic or insane:

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Household Members:
Name Age
Silas E. Turnbo 36
Mary M. Turnbo 31
Eliza Turnbo 10
James Turnbo 9
Mary Turnbo 6
Fanny Turnbo 4
George Turnbo 2
Elizabeth Turnbo 14

U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Silas C . Turnbo
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Arkansas
Regiment: 27th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry
Company: A
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private
Film Number: M376 roll 23
Other Records: Learn More about this Regiment
Source Information
National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online <http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/>, acquired 2007.

CONFEDERATE ARKANSAS TROOPS
27th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry
OVERVIEW:
27th Infantry Regiment was formed during the late summer of 1862 with men from the northern section of the state. It was placed in Colonel R. H. Shaver's and General Tappan's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and in the spring of the 1864 united with the 38th Regiment. The unit fought at Prairie Grove, Bayou Fourche, and Jenkins' Ferry where the consolidated command reported 4 killed and 22 wounded. It was included in the surrender in June, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Beal Gaither and James R. Shaler, and Lieutenant Colonels A. J. Magenis and James M. Riggs.

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Claiborne Turnbo
Age: 16
Birth Year: abt 1844
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Place: Missouri
Home in 1860: Sugarloaf, Marion, Arkansas
Post Office: Dubuque
Family Number: 1
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Claiborne Turnbo 16

Not sure why Ancestry lists him as a separate household. If you look at the original, you can see James, Eliza, Claiborn, Jasper, LaFayette, Margaret, Mary, Elmirah, and James as a family unit.

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: C Tunbole
[C Turnbo]
[Turnbo]
Age: 3
Birth Year: abt 1847
Birthplace: Missouri
Home in 1850: Swan, Taney, Missouri, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 64
Household Members:
Name Age
J C Tumbole 29
E Tumbole 25
C Tunbole 3
N Pumbole 3
R R Pumbole 1

Oklahoma State Vital Records Index
Last Name First Name Middle Name Gender Death County Death Month Death Day Death Year
TURNBO SILAS C M Tulsa 3 15 1925

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Arkansas on Fold3