Martha F. (Jones) Turrentine (1815 - 1880)

Born 23 May 1815 in Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Wilson Turrentine — married 16 Mar 1830 in Morgan County, Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Dec 1880 at age 65 in Illinois, United States

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Biography

Martha F. (Jones) Turrentine was born 23 May 1815 in Virginia. She died 25 December 1880 in Illinois. ^[1]

Martha married 16 March 1830 in Morgan County, Alabama to James Wilson Turrentine

Martha is alleged to have been born in Virginia and moved with her family to Alabama. She married 16 March 1830 in Morgan County, Alabama to James Wilson Turrentine. They had a total of 15 children, 4 of which died before reaching adulthood, and one, Martin Francis Turrentine, died at age 22 while serving in the Union Army during the Civil war. Martin was a member of the 1st Alabama Cavalry, Union. It was made up of men who left Alabama in 1862 to fight for the Union, After the men left for the north, the women suffered at the hands of their neighbors and according to family legend fled during the night to reach a Union gunboat which transported them up the Mississippi to Illinois. She spend the rest of her life in Illinois, dying there in 1880.

1880 Census

Name: Martha Furrentine [Martha Turrentine] Age: 65 Birth Date: Abt 1815 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1880: Knights Prairie, Hamilton, Illinois, USA Dwelling Number: 208 Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital status: Married Spouse's Name: James W. Furrentine Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Occupation: Keeping House Cannot Read: Yes Cannot Write: Yes Neighbors: Household Members: Name Age James W. Furrentine 72 Martha Furrentine 65 James M. Brown 30 Mary J. Brown 32 Joseph Brown 6 Clayton Furrentine 18

DNA

The following Turrentine cousins are matches confirmed by AncestryDNA test with Joyce (Moore)Hodges Double 4th cousins 2 MRCA couples James Wilson Turrentine and Martha F. Jones)Turrentine and William Grey and Sarah M. (Burnum) Grey

Gvn, 58 cM, 4 seg, Very High

D Turrentine, 22 cM, 2 seg, Good

Single MCRA couple James Wilson Turrentine and Martha F. Jones)Turrentine

Coxbt, 4th cousin, 33 cM, 1 seg, High

Pmgabbys, 3rd cousin once removed, 16.9 cM, 1 seg, Good

There is also a match between Joyce (Moore)Hodges and a descendant of Martha's sister Mary Ann (Jones) Long.

Sources

1. ↑ "Find a Grave", database and images accessed 18 January 2021), memorial page for Martha F. Jones Turrentine (1815–1880), Find A Grave: Memorial #9078738, citing Union Hall Cemetery, McLeansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by The Family Business (contributor 48094388) .

See also:

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH58-85V : 20 December 2020), Martha Turrentine in household of James Turrentine, Morgan, Alabama, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDX-BXM : 10 November 2020), Martha Turrentine in entry for James N Turrentine, 1860.
• “Martha Turrentine in the 1870 United States Federal Census.” https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=try&h=16499587&db=1870usfedcen. Accessed 9 Dec. 2019.
• “Martha Furrentine in the 1880 United States Federal Census.” https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=try&h=30048960&db=1880usfedcen. Accessed 9 Dec. 2019.
• Martha incorrectly transcribed as Furrentine in the 1880 United States Federal Census
• Cemetery headstone Union Hall Cemetary