Sarah Matilda (Whitfield) Turnipseed (abt. 1833 - abt. 1870)

Born about 1833 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

Wife of Felix Benjamin Turnipseed — married 4 May 1852 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

Descendants

Died about 1870 at about age 37 in Alabama, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Turnipseed Name Study.

Sarah was born about 1833. She died about 1870.

Parents: Benjamin A. Whitfield 1784 - 1864 and Caroline Matilda (Smith) Whitfield 1791 - 1874.

Spouse: Felix Benjamin Turnipseed 1830 - 1878. They were married 5/4/1852 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Per Alabama Marriages, 1816 - 1957. Findagrave #22761055

Children: 7 are listed on her FamilySearch page, link below.

Excerpt take from lifeinthepastln.blogspot.com"

This week I am focusing on a family mystery that will probably never be solved. It involves two brothers on my mother's paternal line, Newton LeGrande Turnipseed & his older brother Edward Scott Turnipseed.

Edward Scott "E. S. or Scott" Turnipseed, circa 1900, Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas. Both were sons of Dr Felix Benjamin Turnipseed & Sarah M. Whitfield. They fell in the middle & had two older brothers (Daniel & Benjamin), an older sister (Margaret), a younger brother (Bookter) & a younger sister (Nettie). Newton was named for his maternal uncle, Newton LeGrande Whitfield, who was an AL State Representative. Their mother died sometime between 1870 & 1876. Their father was a doctor who served in the Civil War. After their mother's death, he moved the family to MS where he remarried Aurelia Gregory & had one more daughter before dying during the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 in Grenada County, MS. In 1880, we find the two older brothers have married & started families of their own & the children of Felix Benjamin Turnipseed & Sarah M. Whitfield have scattered. Felix & Sarah's two daughters have died by the time of the 1880 Census. Newton & Edward are still unmarried & living in other households in Tallahatchie Co., MS; Edward with a cousin, R. B. Fedric, & Newton with the James & Nancy Quinn family. Bookter, the youngest brother is also missing & was never heard from or seen again in the historical record.

Sources

• 1860 Census: Sarah Turnupseed. Age: 26. Married, white, female. Home in 1860: Blockers Beat 19, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Birth date/place: 1834 in Alabama. Household members: T Turnupseed, 30 (SC). Sarah Turnupseed, 26 (AL). Margerate Turnupseed, 6 (AL). Benj Turnupseed, 5 (AL). Daniel Turnupseed, 3 (AL). Edward Turnupseed, 1 (AL).

• 1870 Census: Sarah M. Turnipseed. Age: 37. Married. Home in 1870: Election Precinct 19 Blocker, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Birth date/place: 1833 in Alabama. Household members: Felix B Turnipseed, 40 (SC). Sarah M Turnipseed, 37 (AL). Benjamin W Turnipseed, 15 (AL). Daniel Turnipseed, 13 (AL). Edward S Turnipseed, 11 (AL). Newton L Turnipseed, 9 (AL). Nettie L Turnipseed, 3 (AL).

• Sarah Matilda (Whitfield) Turnipseed: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K45B-SGZ Lists her parents, 3 siblings, spouse, 7 children, 8 sources/notes.

• Ancestry.com