Frances J Turner (abt. 1840 - aft. 1880)

Born about 1840 in Alabama

Descendants

Died after 1880 after about age 40 in Arkansas

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Robert Seale [send private message]

Biography

Frances J Turner born ca. 1840, Alabama,^[1] daughter of William S Turner (1802-1868) and Nancy (possibly Galbraith). William married a second time in 1849 to Tabitha Brewer Ginn in St Clair Co. Alabama.^[2]

She was at home with that family in 1850. William died before 1860. In 1860 Frances/Fannie was working as a domestic in the household of James Randler.

Frances married Lewis A Seale in the mid-1860s. Their first child was born about 1867.

Frances made the move to Arkansas in 1878 and appeared in the 1880 census, but was deceased prior to 1900.

Death

Her death date is uncertain, but before 1900. She is buried in Brushy cemetery, Howard, Arkansas. She has a primitive stone marker inscribed "Fannie Seales" with no dates. ^[3][4]

Timeline

1850: Federal Census, District #40, St Clair Alabama, USA.^[5] William Turner, St Clair, age 47 born South Carolina
•Tabitha, 47, born South Carolina
• Elisha, 16, born Alabama
• Frances J, 10, born Alabama
• John 9, born Alabama
• Phebe 8, born Alabama
• Jesse Ginn 23, born Tennessee,
• Caroline Ginn 20, born Tennessee.
• Jackson Ginn, 13, born Alabama
• Reuben Ginn, 10, born Alabama
• Elizabeth Brewer, 12, born Alabama
• Mary Ginn, 7, born Alabama

1860 Federal Census, Townships 16, 17, and 18, St. Clair, Alabama; ^[6] Frances Turner, age 20, born Alabama, domestic. in the household of James Randler

1870 Federal Census, pct 12, St Clair, Alabama, USA.^[7]
•Lewis A Seales, 23, farmer, born Alabama
• Frances, 25, born Alabama
• John E, 3, born Alabama -Lewis lived next door to his brother James.

1878: An announcement in the Shelby Sentinel noted that “Mr. L A Seales has moved to Arkansas,”^[8]

1880 he was recorded in Blackwood, Howard co. Arkansas census.^[9]
“Lewis A Seales, 32, farmer;
Fannie J, 35,
John E, 12;
Mary E,7;
William E, 3
- all born Alabama. Lewis' brother James is on the adjacent farm

Sources

1. ↑ census data
2. ↑ Personal communication of Judy Hackworth, 2003
3. ↑ Brushy Cemetery, in Dierks, near Athens, Howard, Arkansas on Parsons Road, visited by RHSeale MD|May 2003, (34.256413621, -93.981865737). Uploaded photo of headstone taken at that time.
4. ↑ Additional photo available on-line at Arkansas Gravestones.org
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6781-9H?cc=1401638&wc=95RF-GPV%3A1031324201%2C1031501201%2C1032305201 : 9 April 2016), Alabama > St. Clair > St. Clair county > image 44 of 135; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBL-Q4Y?cc=1473181&wc=7QJZ-P3Y%3A1589422203%2C1589422644%2C1589423013 : 24 March 2017), Alabama > St Clair > Township 16-18 > image 40 of 75; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6WQ3-3K?cc=1438024&wc=KGRV-SP8%3A518661001%2C519640901%2C519422201 : 6 June 2019), Alabama > St. Clair > Precinct 12 > image 13 of 36; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
8. ↑ The Shelby Sentinel, 17 Jan 1878, cited in Shelby Hist. Society Quarterly, Apr 2000 p14.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YB8-Y4S?cc=1417683&wc=X4HR-6TL%3A1589394996%2C1589395588%2C1589395619%2C1589395012 : 24 December 2015), Arkansas > Howard > Blackwood > ED 113 > image 16 of 17; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)