Freelove Turner (1839 - 1922)

Born 10 Nov 1839 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Ellen (Gowens) Turner — married 20 Nov 1858 (to 27 Sep 1880) in Mills Co., Iowa, USA

Husband of Mary R (Baxter) Talley — married 28 May 1881 in Mills Co., Iowa, USA

Descendants

Died 28 Dec 1922 at age 83 in Glenwood, Mills Co., Iowa, USA

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Biography

Private Freelove TURNER was born 10 Nov 1839 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England.

Freelove married ^[1]Elizabeth GOWENS 19 Nov 1859 in Mills Co., Iowa, USA.

Freelove married ^[2] Mary R GOWENS 28 May 1881 in Mills Co., Iowa, USA.

Freelove died ^[3][4] 28 Dec 1922 in Glenwood, Mills Co., Iowa, USA.

Freelove at age 15, he immigrated with parents to Iowa, first settling at St Marys, then Plattsmouth.

On 20 Nov 1858, Freelove married Elizabeth Ellen Gowens. Eight children were born of this marriage.

At the start of the Civil War, Freelove moved his family to Nebraska Territory where he joined the Nebraska Volunteers, 2nd Calvary. Freelove served as a Private from Nov 1862 to Dec 1863. Freelove then moved to Oak twp, Mills County, Iowa where he raised his family.

In 1880, a typhoid outbreak took his wife Elizabeth and 12 year old son George. Freelove remarried to widow of Elizabeth's brother, Mary Gowens in 1881. Five children were born of this marriage, Minerva, John Earl, Benjamin Franklin, Luther Daniel, and Clarence Curtis. Freelove outlived his second wife, and lived with his son in Council Bluffs in his remaining years.

Occupation: Farmer

Inscription: Freelove Turner. Co. H, 12 Neb. Cav.

Burial - Glenwood Cemetery, Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa, USA

Children:

• Mary Francis Turner Dosh (1861 - 1944)
• George William Turner (1868 - 1880)
• John Earl Turner (1885 - 1960)

Sources

1. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLW4-XL8 : 8 March 2016), Freeluf Turner and Elizabeth Gowens, 1859.
2. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLWH-MX8 : 8 March 2016), George F Turner in entry for Freelove Turner and Mary R Goens, 1881.
3. ↑ "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHZF-P22 : 17 May 2016), Freelove Turner, .
4. ↑ "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2MK5-KN1 : 12 December 2014), Freelove Turner, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,636,334.

See also:

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDL3-BPB : 14 July 2016), Freelove Turner, Oak, Mills, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 127, sheet 260B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0356; FHL microfilm 1,254,356.
• "Iowa State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HDFH-V2M : 15 November 2014), Frelof Turner, Oak, Mills, Iowa; citing p. 32, 1885, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,021,498.
• "Iowa State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTQS-L5W : 17 November 2014), Frelove Turner, Mills, Iowa, United States; citing p. 139, 1895, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,022,083.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M92Y-H82 : accessed 10 December 2016), Freelove Turner, Glenwood Township Glenwood city Ward 1-3, Mills, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 94, sheet 5B, family 123, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,448.
• "Iowa State Census, 1905", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23BK-3Z4 : 22 August 2016), Freelove Turner, 1905.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLF-6BCV : 13 December 2015), Freelove Turner, 1922; Burial, Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, United States of America, Glenwood Cemetery; citing record ID 95889959, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Acknowledgments

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