Turner Brashears Turnbull Jr. (1851 - 1908)

Born 22 Nov 1851 in Atoka, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States

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Died 20 Apr 1908 at age 56 in Caddo, Bryan County, Oklahoma, USA

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Turner B. Turnbull, Jr., a leading member of the Choctaw Tribe, was born on November 22, 1851. Full Blood Choctaw. He received his education in the Choctaw National School at Mt. Pleasant, in Blue County, OK He studied the problems that effected the Choctaw people and was active in public affairs - schools.

On April 26th, 1879 he married Adeline Dwight. He served several terms as Representative from Blue County in the Choctaw Legislature. He was elected Ranger and served in this office until 1888, when he was elected District Trustee of the Third Judicial District of the Choctaw Nation. In 1892 he was elected Sheriff of Blue County and served in that office for four years. After that, he was appointed by Governor Green McCurtain as enumerator of Indigent Choctaws for Blue County before his agricultural experiences. He operated a large stock farm and also had many acres in cultivation and was active in business affairs, being a director of the First National Bank of Bokchito, OK. He died at Caddo, Oklahoma, on the 20th day of April, 1908 and was buried in the Turnbull Cemetery on his farm about 10 miles East of Caddo, Oklahoma.

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• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 August 2019), memorial page for Turner Brashears Turnbull, Jr (22 Nov 1851–20 Apr 1908), Find A Grave Memorial no. 13594122, citing Turnbull Cemetery, Bentley, Atoka County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by Lesa Pfrommer (contributor 46527276) .