John Columbus TurleyAge: 92 years1893–1985
- Name
- John Columbus Turley
- Given names
- John Columbus
- Surname
- Turley
 Birth | August 3, 1893 26 26 |
 Birth of a sister | Margaret Williams “Peg” Turley August 12, 1895 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Elizabeth “Bess” Turley March 23, 1898 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 9, 1900 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Roxie Lee “Bobbie” Turley November 2, 1900 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson February 11, 1903 (Age 9 years) Address: Near Boonville |
| Birth of a brother | William Pearson “Billy” Turley September 16, 1903 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Enola “Molly” Higgerson 1904 (Age 10 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Harry Pearson Turley — Iva “Ivy” Upton — View this family Type: Religious marriage November 15, 1906 (Age 13 years) |
 Marriage | Emma Evans Mosley — View this family November 18, 1914 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 22 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John Dade Turley August 22, 1917 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 23 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 24 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Frances Herndon May 15, 1920 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 36 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a father | Harry Pearson Turley September 11, 1948 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 56 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a sister | Jessie Enola “Nullie” Turley November 15, 1956 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a wife | Emma Evans Mosley March 10, 1970 (Age 76 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 52 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a sister | Mary Elizabeth “Bess” Turley November 28, 1978 (Age 85 years) |
| Death of a brother | Emmett Hall “Pete” Turley March 19, 1982 (Age 88 years) |
 Death | September 26, 1985 (Age 92 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Lamine Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Harry Pearson Turley Birth: November 8, 1866 36 31 — Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: September 11, 1948 — Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| mother |
Mary Enola “Molly” Higgerson Birth: April 1867 31 27 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: 1904 — Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: October 3, 1888 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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8 months elder sister |
Jessie Enola “Nullie” Turley Birth: May 25, 1889 22 22 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: November 15, 1956 — Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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20 months elder brother |
Emmett Hall “Pete” Turley Birth: January 9, 1891 24 23 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 19, 1982 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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3 years himself |
John Columbus Turley Birth: August 3, 1893 26 26 Death: September 26, 1985 |
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2 years younger sister |
Margaret Williams “Peg” Turley Birth: August 12, 1895 28 28 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: May 9, 1991 — Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Mary Elizabeth “Bess” Turley Birth: March 23, 1898 31 30 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: November 28, 1978 — Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Roxie Lee “Bobbie” Turley Birth: November 2, 1900 33 33 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: August 16, 1988 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
William Pearson “Billy” Turley Birth: September 16, 1903 36 36 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: January 24, 1994 — San Diego, California, United States |
| Father’s family with Iva “Ivy” Upton |
| father |
Harry Pearson Turley Birth: November 8, 1866 36 31 — Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: September 11, 1948 — Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| step-mother |
Iva “Ivy” Upton Birth: 1878 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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Marriage: November 15, 1906 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Emma Evans Mosley |
| himself |
John Columbus Turley Birth: August 3, 1893 26 26 Death: September 26, 1985 |
| wife |
Emma Evans Mosley Death: March 10, 1970 |
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Marriage: November 18, 1914 — |
John Columbus Turley has 13 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (13)
Parents Emmett Lee Higgerson + Ida May Lewis
Parents Eralus Dunn “Dump” Smith + Ida Belle Higgerson
Parents Abraham Douglas Swegle + Effie May Higgerson
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Harry Pearson Turley - Household
Lamine, Cooper, Missouri
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