Iowa Family Group Sheet for the George W. Turner Family

Submitted by: J. D. Mahar 


HUSBAND: George W. Turner
Birth date: c1843
Birthplace: Indiana
Death date: c1922
Place of death: Washington Co., Iowa
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Other Spouse: Sarah E. Griffin
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Marriage date: abt 1871
Marriage place: Indiana

WIFE: Sarah E. Griffin
Birth date: c1842
Birthplace: North Carolina
Death date: 1915-1920
Place of death: Washington Co., Iowa
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CHILDREN

Child No. 1: David Turner
Sex: M
Birth date: c1871
Birthplace: Iowa
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Place of death: Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
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Child No. 2: James Turner
Sex: M
Birth date: 00 Jul 1872
Birthplace: Iowa
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Spouse's name: Elizabeth Hale
Marriage date: c1900
Marriage place: Washington Co., Iowa

Child No. 3: Fred Turner
Sex: M
Birth date: 00 Oct 1874
Birthplace: Iowa
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Child No. 4: Theodore Turner
Sex: M
Birth date: 00 Sep 1878
Birthplace: Washington Co., Iowa
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Spouse's name: Jessie E. Jones
Marriage date: c1919
Marriage place: Washington Co., Iowa

Child No. 5: Willis Raymond Turner
Sex: M
Birth date: 29 Jan 1883
Birthplace: Washington Co, Iowa
Death date: after 1900
Place of death: Cedar Rapids, Lee, Iowa
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Spouse's name: Lily Jane Jones
Marriage date: c1903
Marriage place: Washington Co., Iowa
 


Documentation and Sources:
This family is an African American Family. They are listed as mulatto on the 1880 Census.  
George Turner may be the same man found as the son of Free Black carpenter Bedford Turner of Cass Co., 
Indiana and his wife Harriet. George Turner was a paper hanger by trade and lived on 2nd Street 
a block from the central part in Washington County. Most of his sons remained in Washington County.  
The primary source for this information is the various US and Iowa Censuses.


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