Grace Eliza (Beardsley) Turner (1877 - 1971)

Born 13 May 1877 in Sandy Creek, New York

Ancestors

Wife of Raymond Comstock Turner — married 9 Oct 1900 in Oswego, New York

Died 20 Apr 1971 at age 93 in Sparta, Alleghany County, North Carolina

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Grace (Beardsley) Turner is a descendant of the immigrants William Beardsley and Mary Harvie.

Biography

Grace was born in 1877. She was the daughter of Anson Beardsley and Emma Hall. She passed away in 1971.^[1]

Marriage Announcement

Turner – Beardsley

On October 9, 1900, the interior of the West Baptist Church, Oswego, NY, became a veritable botanical garden. Across it’s front was a mammoth arch of various colored geraniums, beautiful asters, white phlox, and anemones, with a background of fir twigs and pine needles. Sprays of the wax berry formed a large wedding bell suspended from its center. Above the middle aisle entrance at the rear was a small arch of maple and oak leaves. The organ and choir station were tastily decorated with cut flowers. The platform was a beautiful garden of handsome foliage plants and cut flowers. The baptistery was a perfect sylvan bower of palms oak and maple branches.

The occasion was the marriage of Dr. Raymond Comstock Turner (’'99) and Miss Grace Eliza Beardsley, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anson F. Beardsley of Oswego, NY. The function was one of the most elaborate select and ornate in the history of the church. For half an hour before the ceremony, organ selections of classical music were rendered. At 7:30 pm, the bridal party entered to the strains of Lohengrin's Bridal March. The ceremony was performed by Rev. C.S. Savage, the pastor assisted by Rev. S.W. Brown, pastor of the First Methodist Church. During the ceremony, the organ rendered softly De Koven's O’ Promise Me, and when retiring, Mendelssohn's Wedding March.

The maid of honor was Miss Emma E. Devendorf, the bridesmaid Miss Jessie E. Cogswell, the best man Dr. Ira Jerome Coe (’'99) of Baldwinsville NY, and Clyde A. Rowlingson, master of ceremonies. A reception was held after the ceremony at the home of the bride's parents after which the happy pair left on an extended bridal tour. Both are popular and well known in Oswego as many beautiful bridal gifts testify. [The Stomatoligist]

Sources

• Beardsley Genealogy: The Family of William Beardsley, One of the First Settlers of Connecticut. Compiled and edited by Nellie Beardsley Holt and Charles Eleazer Holt. Published at West Hartford, Connecticut, 1951. Grace is the daughter of Anson F. Beardsley, Holt Record #1094, Pg. 409.
• 1880 US Census: Boylston, Oswego County, NY, Jun 1880, Enumeration District 230, Pg. 1
• 1900 US Census: Goshen, Orange County, NY, 3 Jun 1900, Enumeration District 13, Sheet 2A
• The Stomatoligist; published by the Philadelphia Dental College, Vol. IV, No/ 1, January 1900, 'Wedding Bells', Turner - Beardsley, Pg. 161
• 1910 US Census: Oswego, Oswego County, NY, 20 Apr 1910, Enumeration District 133, Sheet 1A
• 1920 US Census: Oswego, Oswego County, NY, 8 Jan 1920, Enumeration District 166, Sheet 6B
• 1930 US Census: Oswego, Oswego County, NY, 14 Apr 1930, Enumeration District 36, Sheet 12A
• 1940 US Census: Oswego, Oswego County, NY, 17 Apr 1940, Enumeration District 38-44, Sheet 10A
• North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975: Grace Beardsley Turner
• Social Security Death Index: Grace Turner

Footnotes

1. ↑ Information from Beardsley family researcher Nick Dann, 28 Jun 2015.