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%^TWt CRARLXROI MAIL. WtteeMir. Mr I. \mFought for The SouthJ.C. Turner•«/'/.Casualty at' V u s/.-lt;^''.: lt;- ■ ■'vjWildernessA descwtJen; of 9 promineni BxtSiTdver Twp. faniily is one of the few district residents who can claim to have been killed in ine Civd War.This lt;is not so rare in itseli since many of the valley ^o-peer residents can ciaun CivilWar represeniation.However I his man was killedas a Confederate soldier.He was James Calvin Turnergrandfather of the late .^ihurtBuddy; Turner, Priccdalc Democratic leader and a former Westmoreland County Chief ofCosntv^hvoaodoali Home The Shennndwh. lhai historic valley of ihe Old EofTUnion of Virginia, v^ns I he orfninal home of the family of which John W. Turner, Buddys faihcr. and bis brother John E.. both lormerlj of Pricedale, were members.The elder Turner was a Con-fcderare :lt;/Micr, 'crfn^ i?. th? 12tb Regiineni of the Virginia Volunteer Cavaln'. 2nd w a sClfkilled :tlav 6. \tU, in the third ^bc younger children. jand in Ihe autumn pf 1W2 re-,day's fight in the bailie of ihej At ihc age of 24 he came (o'f^ned 10 Pricedale. puichasedWiWemoss. . Westmoreland Connly with $ns^Prop^rly and spent the rest ofHe was buried in Wi!liaa*in C2sh. and with a wife and;his life. jChilds* o.'*char(i- near Richmond ^children to support. His first' He married Anna Belle, daugh* and some U month? later hh‘home was in a lillle frame house | Icr of David and Sarah Ann body was removed and iak.cn loj^n 0 farm near Ihe old stone i ^McGurei Hayden, of Allegheny his home in Warren County, Va.J church at fcllsburg, ia Rostra-i County. Mrs. Turner's faiher,where it w*as inlerred in a littleTv.p, |George McClure, lived nearcountry* churchyard in HowelLs l He worked for neighboring l^^'^hslcr and was one of (he first ville. His wife, who survived, j farmers, i*nd seven years laieri utidertakers in Westmoreland was Mehina Beatty. . jmoscd lo M'chsler, where for Gbuney.CaifK^ at Age 24 $ two years he was a teamster. Mr. and Mrs. Turner were-John W. Turner, son of James i He then moved to the present'the parents of 13 children. TheyCalvin and ilclvina 'Bcaityjjate of Monessen. where he was included: Mrs. George tEva) Turner, was Urn Dec. 20, 1853, j a rent farmer for some six Jordan. Jt^n E., Mrs, Clareoce on the historic estate known as'years. At the end of that time.'Elizabeth' Evans, formerly ofIhe old Cannon farm, and at the j he moved tu Priwdalc, and cn- Webster; Mrs. Harvey (Lillie)time of his father's death was!gaged in farming for seven but II years old. years.Being the eldest child at horw,lie v.«js from this period a fac-Bush, of BrowTKvjjle; Grover. Wiiliam, Calvin, Arthur tBuddy)His next ventore was the pur- and Grace, all deceased, andch^ of a hotel in Beaver Falls, j Hattie Michael and Ida, wholor in the rearing of the family' w'hicb he conducted for (me yeaf.JslIll survive.
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Charleroi, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Jul 06, 1960
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