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William
Crawford
Turk
Born in Adair County, Kentucky
Ancestors 
Son of Hiram Kerr Turk
and Nancy (Moore) Turk
Brother of
Margaret Malvina (Turk) Allen and Christopher Columbus Turk
Husband of
Jane (Gilmer) Turk
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Father of
William Luther Turk
Died
at age 74
in Adair County, Kentucky
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Mar 2020
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Biography
Colonel William Turk served with the United States Army during the Mexican-American War
Service Started: 1846
Unit(s):
Service Ended: 1848
Service Started: 1846
Unit(s):
Service Ended: 1848
Mexican-American War Veteran, Captain Squires' Company armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848.
William was born in 1828. He was the son of Hiram Turk and Nancy Moore. He passed away in 1902.
Husband of Jane Gilmer 1832–1919
2 Children of William and Jane:
Sarah Alice Turk Walker 1851–1946
William Luther Turk 1858–1914
Sources
BURIAL: Columbia Cemetery in Columbia, Adair County, Kentucky
Find A Grave: Memorial #89450460 William Crawford Turk
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~1.56%
Desmond Gillespie
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
Dorothy (Judge) Callaway :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dorothycallaway36
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~0.39%
Jack Graham :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A128024 [compare], Ancestry member jgg111
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~0.39%
Don Byars :
AncestryDNA
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Categories: Columbia Cemetery, Columbia, Kentucky | Captain Squires' Company, Mexican-American War