Mordecai Turner was born between 1815 and 1816 at
Kentucky.
4,5 He was the son of
Thomas Turner and
Elizabeth Newland.
2,3 Mordecai Turner married
Arathusa Jane Hubbard, daughter of
Durnett Hubbard, on 15 October 1840 at
Boone County, Missouri.
6 Mordecai died on 18 April 1899 at age 83 years, 5 months and 15 days at
Audrain County, Missouri.
7 He was buried at
in Boone County, Missouri.
8 Mordecai Turner was named as an heir in the will of
Thomas Turner on 1 September 1836 at
Boone County, Missouri.
9 Mordecai moved to Missouri from Kentucky in 1839.
7 The seventh United States census was taken in 1850. Mordecai was enumerated as "Mordecai Turner", head of a household at Boone County, Missouri. His given age was 34 and his given place of birth was Kentucky. He was a farmer and the value of his real estate was $750. Also enumerated in his household were
Arathusa Jane Turner,
Mary Frances Turner,
Sarah A. Turner,
Elizabeth N. Turner and
James Perry Turner.
1 The eighth United States census was taken in 1860. Mordecai was enumerated as "Mordica Turner", head of a household at Boone County, Missouri. His given age was 45 and his given place of birth was Kentucky. He was a farmer. The value of his real estate was $3,000 and the value of his personal estate was $3,000. Also enumerated in his household were
Arathusa Jane Turner,
Mary Frances Turner,
Sarah A. Turner,
Elizabeth N. Turner,
James Perry Turner,
Durret T. Turner,
George W. Turner,
Eliza J. Turner and
Amanda T. Turner.
5 His obituary appeared on 21 April 1899 in the newspaper "Columbia Missouri Herald" at
Columbia, Boone County, Missouri.
10 His obituary also appeared on 21 April 1899 in the newspaper the
Daily Intelligencer at
Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri. Following is a transcription of the obituary:
Mortica Turner died at his home five miles south of here, this afternoon of grip, after a brief illness. He came to Boone Co. from Kentucky 50 years ago.
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