My fifth cousin 3 times removed.
Born: 1 April 1811, Marengo, VA. 1 2
Parents: THOMAS TURNER AND ELIZABETH CARTER RANDOLPH
Graduated: 1834, West Point. 1
Married: 1 Feb. 1841, St. Louis Co., MO. 6
Death: 16 Dec. 1881, 1706 Locust St., St. Louis Co., MO 1 7 CANCER OF THE STOMACH & ESOPHA. 7
Burial: 1881, Calvary Cemetery. 7
Notes:
Promoted to Captain, USA, 1838; Brevet Major for gallantry in battles in California and was wounded at San Pasqual; resigned 1848; settled in St. Louis, MO, and was a member of the House of Representatives 1859. 1
Listed as a farmer in the 1850 Federal Census, District 82, St Louis, MO.
Listed as a farmer in the 1860 Federal Census, Central, St Louis, MO.
Listed as a banker in the 1870 Federal Census, St Louis Ward 5, St Louis (Independent City), MO (indexed H. S. Smith).
Listed without occupation in the 1880 Federal Census, Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO; death certificate listed him as a Capitalist.
Wife Julia listed as a widow and a landlady in the 1900 Federal Census, Central, St Louis, MO; indicates seventeen children born, seven surviving; widowed daughter Susie Turner-Bryan living in the household with her three children.
Spouse: JULIA M. HUNT b. June 1821, St. Louis Co., MO 5 7 d. 14 Nov. 1900, Normandy, MO. 7
CHILDREN OF HENRY SMITH TURNER AND JULIA M. HUNT:
(my sixth cousins twice removed)
THOMAS THEODORE TURNER b. about 1842, Missouri.
HARRY BURGWYN TURNER died in infancy. 1
WILSON P. HUNT TURNER b. about 1844, MO 2 d. 28-30 Aug. 1862, killed, second battle of Manassas. 1
JULIA M. TURNER b. 4 Dec. 1845, St. Louis, MO d. 13 Feb. 1923, St. Louis Co., MO.
HENRY STEPHEN TURNER died in infancy. 1
WILLIAM FITZHUGH TURNER died in infancy. 1
CHARLES HUNT TURNER b. 14 Dec. 1849, MO d. 22 Feb. 1906, New York, NY.
ANN ELIZA TURNER died in infancy. 1
WILLIAM MOFFETT TURNER b. about 1852, MO 3 d. about 1867, age 15. 1
JAMES LUCAS TURNER b. about 1855, MO d. after 1883.
THEODOSIA HUNT TURNER died in infancy. 1
ANN THEODOSIA TURNER b. about 1857, MO 3 d. 19 Oct. 1884, Normandy, MO. 7
ELIZA RANDOLPH TURNER b. about 1858, MO 3 m. George M. Paschall. 1
HENRY VICTOR TURNER b. 3 Feb. 1860, St. Louis, MO d. 17 April 1921, MO.
MARY DELPHINE TURNER b. about 1862, MO 4 m(1) Col Edward M. Heyl m(2) Col Charles H. Heyl. 1
WILSON PELHAM HOXTON TURNER b. 28 Oct. 1862, St. Louis, MO d. 30 June 1915, St. Louis, MO.
SUSAN OR SARA VIRGINIA TURNER b. July 1866, MO 5 m. Dr. John H. Bryan. 1
Sources:
1. Genealogies of Virginia Families, from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, Baltimore, 1981.
2. 1850 Federal Census, District 82, St Louis, MO.
3. 1860 Federal Census, Central, St Louis, MO.
4. 1870 Federal Census, St Louis Ward 5, St Louis (Independent City), MO.
5. 1900 Federal Census, Central, St Louis, MO.
6. Missouri Marriage Records, Jefferson City, Missouri State Archives; microfilm (indexed Henry T. Turner and Julia T. Hunt).
7. Missouri Death Records, Jefferson City, Missouri State Archives; microfilm.
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