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  • ID: I127
  • Name: Edna Lenora TURNER
  • Given Name: Edna Lenora
  • Surname: TURNER
  • Sex: F
  • _UID: 8F361CAB5D51F04389BA0EC24C4E9A964A43
  • Change Date: 3 APR 2011
  • Birth: 22 JUN 1874 in Tennessee 1 2 3
  • Census: 6 JUN 1900 Hillsboro, Hill, Texas
  • ADDR: JP 1 4 5 5 6 7 8 4 4
  • _SHAR:
  • Name: James Arthur /MATTHEWS/
  • Date: 8 DEC 2012
  • Date: 13 DEC 1875Place: Hillsboro, Hill, TexasPage: Name: James Arthur MatthewsDeath date: 06 Jun 1953Death place: Rural Precinct 3, Harrison Co., TexasBirth date: 13 Dec 1875Birth place: Hillsboro, TexasAge at death: 77 years 5 months 23 daysGender: MaleMarital status: WidowedRace or color: WhiteSpouse na
  • Text: Name: James Arthur MatthewsDeath date: 06 Jun 1953Death place: Rural Precinct 3, Harrison Co., TexasBirth date: 13 Dec 1875Birth place: Hillsboro, TexasAge at death: 77 years 5 months 23 daysGender: MaleMarital status: WidowedRace or color: WhiteSpouse na
    Name: James Arthur MatthewsDeath date: 06 Jun 1953Death place: Rural Precinct 3, Harrison Co., TexasBirth date: 13 Dec 1875Birth place: Hillsboro, TexasAge at death: 77 years 5 months 23 daysGender: MaleMarital status: WidowedRace or color: WhiteSpouse naPage: Name: James Authur Matthews Sr.City: Not StatedCounty: HarrisonState: TexasBirth Date: 13 Dec 1875Race: WhiteRoll: 1953526DraftBoard: 0[Entry Recording Date : 27 MAY 2008]
  • Type: Military
  • Date: 12 SEP 1918Place: Marshall, Harrison, TexasPage: Name: James Authur Matthews Sr.City: Not StatedCounty: HarrisonState: TexasBirth Date: 13 Dec 1875Race: WhiteRoll: 1953526DraftBoard: 0[Entry Recording Date : 27 MAY 2008]
  • Date: 5 JAN 1920Place: Harrison County, TexasPage: Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Justice Precinct 3, Harrison, Texas; Roll: T625_1815; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 52; Image: 762.
  • Text: age 44, born in Texas
    [Entry Recording Date : 27 MAY 2008]
  • Date: 23 APR 1930Place: Harrison County, TexasPage: Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 3, Harrison, Texas; Roll: 2354; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 15; Image: 412.0.
  • Text: age 53, born in Texas
    [Entry Recording Date : 27 MAY 2008]
  • Date: 22 APR 1940Place: Harrison County, TexasPage: Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: , Harrison, Texas; Roll: T627_4057; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 102-16.
  • Date: 6 JUN 1953Place: Harrison County, TexasPage: Name: James Arthur MatthewsDeath date: 06 Jun 1953Death place: Rural Precinct 3, Harrison Co., TexasBirth date: 13 Dec 1875Birth place: Hillsboro, TexasAge at death: 77 years 5 months 23 daysGender: MaleMarital status: WidowedRace or color: WhiteSpouse na
  • Text: Name: James Arthur MatthewsDeath date: 06 Jun 1953Death place: Rural Precinct 3, Harrison Co., TexasBirth date: 13 Dec 1875Birth place: Hillsboro, TexasAge at death: 77 years 5 months 23 daysGender: MaleMarital status: WidowedRace or color: WhiteSpouse na
    Name: James Arthur MatthewsDeath date: 06 Jun 1953Death place: Rural Precinct 3, Harrison Co., TexasBirth date: 13 Dec 1875Birth place: Hillsboro, TexasAge at death: 77 years 5 months 23 daysGender: MaleMarital status: WidowedRace or color: WhiteSpouse na
  • Date: 10 JUN 1953Place: Marshall, Harrison, TexasPage: Name: James Arthur MatthewsDeath date: 06 Jun 1953Death place: Rural Precinct 3, Harrison Co., TexasBirth date: 13 Dec 1875Birth place: Hillsboro, TexasAge at death: 77 years 5 months 23 daysGender: MaleMarital status: WidowedRace or color: WhiteSpouse na
  • Text: Name: James Arthur MatthewsDeath date: 06 Jun 1953Death place: Rural Precinct 3, Harrison Co., TexasBirth date: 13 Dec 1875Birth place: Hillsboro, TexasAge at death: 77 years 5 months 23 daysGender: MaleMarital status: WidowedRace or color: WhiteSpouse na
    Name: James Arthur MatthewsDeath date: 06 Jun 1953Death place: Rural Precinct 3, Harrison Co., TexasBirth date: 13 Dec 1875Birth place: Hillsboro, TexasAge at death: 77 years 5 months 23 daysGender: MaleMarital status: WidowedRace or color: WhiteSpouse na
  • ROLE: spouse 5 9 10 5 6 10
  • _SHAR:
  • Name: James Arthur /MATTHEWS/
  • Date: 19 MAR 2012
  • Date: 17 MAR 1900Place: Hill County, Texas
  • Text: Name: James Arthur Matthews Jr.
    City: Not Stated
    County: Harrison
    State: Texas
    Birth Date: 17 Mar 1900
    Race: White
    Roll: 1953526
    DraftBoard: 0
    [Entry Recording Date : 26 MAY 2008]Page: Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Hill, Texas; Roll: T623_1644; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 39.
  • Text: Name: James Arthur Matthews
    Social Security #: 0
    Sex: MALE
    Birth Date: 17 Mar 1901
    Birthplace: Texas
    Death Date: 22 Jun 1953
    Death Place: Alameda
    Mother's Maiden Name: Turner
    FATHER'S SURNAME:
    [Entry Recording Date : 26 MAY 2008]
  • Type: Military
  • Date: 12 SEP 1918Place: Marshall, Harrison, Texas
  • Text: Name: James Arthur Matthews Jr.
    City: Not Stated
    County: Harrison
    State: Texas
    Birth Date: 17 Mar 1900
    Race: White
    Roll: 1953526
    DraftBoard: 0
    [Entry Recording Date : 26 MAY 2008]
  • Date: 13 JAN 1920Place: Marshall, Harrison, TexasPage: Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Marshall, Harrison, Texas; Roll: T625_1815; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 57; Image: 942.
  • Date: 22 JUN 1953Place: Alameda County, California, United States
  • Text: Name: James Arthur Matthews
    Social Security #: 0
    Sex: MALE
    Birth Date: 17 Mar 1901
    Birthplace: Texas
    Death Date: 22 Jun 1953
    Death Place: Alameda
    Mother's Maiden Name: Turner
    FATHER'S SURNAME:
    [Entry Recording Date : 26 MAY 2008]
  • ROLE: child 11
  • Death: of cancer 11 AUG 1907 in Hillsboro, Hill, Texas
  • ADDR: at home 12 13
  • Event: Funeral CA 12 AUG 1907 Abbott, Hill, Texas
  • ADDR: First Baptist Church 12
  • Burial: CA 12 AUG 1907
  • _SDATE: 13 AUG 1907 Hill County, Texas
  • ADDR: Chatt-Jessie Cemetery 12 14



    Father: Isaac TURNER b: 25 DEC 1827 in Wilson County, Tennessee
    Mother: Sarah Sharpe VANCE b: 25 FEB 1838 in Lebannon, Wilson, Tennessee

    Marriage 1 James Arthur MATTHEWS b: 13 DEC 1875 in Hillsboro, Hill, Texas
    • Note: married at First Baptist Church, Abbott, TX by Rev Milton Glass- per Turner Bible
    • Married: 20 JAN 1895 in Abbott, Hill, Texas 15 16
    Children
    1. Has Children Sarah Elvira MATTHEWS b: 20 OCT 1895 in Hill County, Texas
    2. Has No Children Ira MATTHEWS b: 7 JUN 1898 in Hill County, Texas
    3. Has No Children Isaac MATTHEWS b: 7 JUN 1898 in Hill County, Texas
    4. Has No Children James Arthur MATTHEWS b: 17 MAR 1900 in Hill County, Texas
    5. Has No Children Sena Mae MATTHEWS b: 5 AUG 1902 in Hill County, Texas
    6. Has No Children Fred Bowie MATTHEWS b: 13 JUN 1904 in Hillsboro, Hill, Texas

    Sources:
    1. Abbrev: Turner Family Bible remnants
      Title: unknown, Turner Family Bible remnants (digital photographs of original document) (unknown)
      Note:
      4 pages from the Turner Family Bible, ca 1855, survive, in fair condition, repaired with clear tape which distorted some of the writing, at least 2 writing styles, 2 writing instruments used, 1st entry 1855, last entry believed to be 1901


      Repository:
        Name: RAS Private Collection (scan/digital photo of original image)

      Quality: 3
      Text: E. L Turner was Born June 22nd 187?
      [Entry Recording Date : 27 MAY 2008]
    2. Abbrev: 1900 United States Federal Census
      Title: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls., 1900 United States Federal Census (scans of original images) (Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.)
      Note:


      Repository:
        Name: RAS Private Collection (scan/digital photo of original image)

      Page: Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Hill, Texas; Roll: T623 1644; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 39.
      Quality: 2
      Text: born Jun 1874, age 25, born in Tennessee
      [Entry Recording Date : 27 MAY 2008]
    3. Abbrev: Chatt-Jessie Cemetery- Digital Photographs
      Title: RAS, Chatt-Jessie Cemetery- Digital Photographs (Cemeteries of Hill County, Texas)
      Text: Digital photographs of Chatt-Jessie Cemetery taken 27 Jun 2006 by RAS.
      There is space for 5-6 graves in thre Isaac Turner plot.
      Believed to be buried here are: Isaac Turner, Sarah Turner, Wiliam C Turner,
      Isaac T Turner, Daniel V Turner, Hattie S Turner
      Repository:
        Name: RAS Private Collection (original digital photograph)

      Page: Edna Matthews headstone
      Quality: 3
      Text: Born June 22, 1874
      Died Aug 11, 1907
      (Woodman Circle memorial)
      "She was all that a wife and mother could be"
      [Entry Recording Date : 27 MAY 2008]
    4. Abbrev: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
      Title: Familysearch.org, Family Search Labs Record Search- Texas Deaths 1890-1976 (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/
      Note:

      Repository:
        Name: RAS Private Collection (scan/digital photo of original image)
    5. Abbrev: World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
      Title: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.)
      Note:


      Repository:
        Name: RAS Private Collection (scan/digital photo of original image)
    6. Abbrev: 1920 United States Federal Census
      Title: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1920. T625, 2,076 rolls., 1920 United States Federal Census (scans of original images) (Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.)
      Note:

      Repository:
        Name: RAS Private Collection (scan/digital photo of original image)
    7. Abbrev: 1930 United States Federal Census
      Title: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls., 1930 United States Federal Census (scans of original images) (Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002.)
      Note:


      Repository:
        Name: RAS Private Collection (scan/digital photo of original image)
    8. Abbrev: 1940 United States Federal Census
      Title: 1940 United States Federal Census.
      Repository:
        Name: Ancestry.com
        Provo, Utah
        USA
        Note:
        (downloaded digital image)
    9. Abbrev: 1900 United States Federal Census
      Title: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls., 1900 United States Federal Census (scans of original images) (Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.)
      Note:


      Repository:
        Name: RAS Private Collection (scan/digital photo of original image)
    10. Abbrev: California Death Index, 1940-1997
      Title: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics., California Death Index, 1940-1997 (Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.)
      Note:


      Repository:
        Name: RAS Private Collection (from compiled online database)
    11. Abbrev: 1900 United States Federal Census
      Title: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls., 1900 United States Federal Census (scans of original images) (Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.)
      Note:


      Repository:
        Name: RAS Private Collection (scan/digital photo of original image)

      Page: Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Hill, Texas; Roll: T623_1644; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 39.
      Quality: 3
    12. Abbrev: "Mrs. James Matthews Dead"
      Title: "Mrs. James Matthews Dead" (Hillsboro Mirror, Vol XXVII, No 8, P 1, Wed, Aug 14, 1907)
      Text: Hillsboro Mirror, Vol XXVII, No 8, P 1
      Wed, Aug 14, 1907
      "Mrs. James Matthews Dead"
      Mrs. James Matthews died at her home in this city Sunday morning at 11:35 o'clock after an operation at the Davis Sanitarium. Mrs. Matthews had been an invalid for years, and for the past fourteen months has been confined to her bed. The disease which caused her death was an internal cancer. She was 33 years of age. The funeral was held at the First Baptist church at 9 o'clock a.m., the service being conducted by the pastor of the church, Rev. W. B. McGarity, after which the remains were conveyed to Jessie for interment in the cemetery there.
      Repository:
        Name: RAS Private Collection (scan/digital photo of original image)

      Quality: 3
      Text: Hillsboro Mirror, Vol XXVII, No 8, P 1
      Wed, Aug 14, 1907
      "Mrs. James Matthews Dead"
      Mrs. James Matthews died at her home in this city Sunday morning at 11:35 o'clock after an operation at the Davis Sanitarium. Mrs. Matthews had been an invalid for years, and for the past fourteen months has been confined to her bed. The disease which caused her death was an internal cancer. She was 33 years of age. The funeral was held at the First Baptist church at 9 o'clock a.m., the service being conducted by the pastor of the church, Rev. W. B. McGarity, after which the remains were conveyed to Jessie for interment in the cemetery there.
      [Entry Recording Date : 27 MAY 2008]
    13. Abbrev: Chatt-Jessie Cemetery- Digital Photographs
      Title: RAS, Chatt-Jessie Cemetery- Digital Photographs (Cemeteries of Hill County, Texas)
      Text: Digital photographs of Chatt-Jessie Cemetery taken 27 Jun 2006 by RAS.
      There is space for 5-6 graves in thre Isaac Turner plot.
      Believed to be buried here are: Isaac Turner, Sarah Turner, Wiliam C Turner,
      Isaac T Turner, Daniel V Turner, Hattie S Turner
      Repository:
        Name: RAS Private Collection (original digital photograph)

      Page: Edna Matthews headstone
      Quality: 2
      Text: Born June 22, 1874
      Died Aug 11, 1907
      (Woodman Circle memorial)
      "She was all that a wife and mother could be"
      [Entry Recording Date : 27 MAY 2008]
    14. Abbrev: Chatt-Jessie Cemetery- Digital Photographs
      Title: RAS, Chatt-Jessie Cemetery- Digital Photographs (Cemeteries of Hill County, Texas)
      Text: Digital photographs of Chatt-Jessie Cemetery taken 27 Jun 2006 by RAS.
      There is space for 5-6 graves in thre Isaac Turner plot.
      Believed to be buried here are: Isaac Turner, Sarah Turner, Wiliam C Turner,
      Isaac T Turner, Daniel V Turner, Hattie S Turner
      Repository:
        Name: RAS Private Collection (original digital photograph)

      Quality: 3
      Text: Born June 22, 1874
      Died Aug 11, 1907
      (Woodman Circle memorial)
      "She was all that a wife and mother could be"
      [Entry Recording Date : 27 MAY 2008]
    15. Abbrev: Turner Family Bible remnants
      Title: unknown, Turner Family Bible remnants (digital photographs of original document) (unknown)
      Note:
      4 pages from the Turner Family Bible, ca 1855, survive, in fair condition, repaired with clear tape which distorted some of the writing, at least 2 writing styles, 2 writing instruments used, 1st entry 1855, last entry believed to be 1901


      Repository:
        Name: RAS Private Collection (scan/digital photo of original image)

      Text: ? Arthru Matthews & Edna Lea? were Married Jan 20th 1895 at First Baptist Church Abbott Tex ?? Rev. John Milton Glass
      [Entry Recording Date : 27 MAY 2008]
    16. Abbrev: Texas Marriages, 1837-1973
      Title: Texas FamilySearch, FamilySearch Record Search, "texas vital records index," database, familysearch. index entries derived from digital copies of originals housed in various repositories throughout texas. (http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html# : accessed ), .
      Repository:
        Name: RAS Private Collection (from compiled online database)

      Page: accessed; 3 April 2011; Texas Marriages, 1837-1973 for J. A. MatthewsGroom's Name: J. A. MatthewsGroom's Birth Date: Groom's Birthplace: Groom's Age: Bride's Name: Edna TurnerBride's Birth Date: Bride's Birthplace: Bride's Age: Marriage Date: 20 Jan 1895Marriage Place:
      Text: accessed; 3 April 2011; Texas Marriages, 1837-1973 for J. A. MatthewsGroom's Name: J. A. MatthewsGroom's Birth Date: Groom's Birthplace: Groom's Age: Bride's Name: Edna TurnerBride's Birth Date: Bride's Birthplace: Bride's Age: Marriage Date: 20
      accessed; 3 April 2011; Texas Marriages, 1837-1973 for J. A. MatthewsGroom's Name: J. A. MatthewsGroom's Birth Date: Groom's Birthplace: Groom's Age: Bride's Name: Edna TurnerBride's Birth Date: Bride's Birthplace: Bride's Age: Marriage Date: 20
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