Seth TURNER

(b. 26 September 1831 , Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA d. 27 November 1899 , Houston, Texas, USA )
Cause of Death: blood poisoning from hand cut on barbed wire fence

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Seth TURNER was born 26 September 1831 in Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA

Seth TURNER was the child of Seth TURNER and Lydia JONES and the grandchild of: (paternal) Samuel Vinton TURNER and Abigail WILD

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Seth married Emily Augusta HOLMES 17 April 1856 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Emily Augusta HOLMES was born 24 December 1832 in Massachusetts, USA. Emily Augusta was the child of Jesse HOLMES and Nancy Dale DECARTERET.

Seth TURNER died 27 November 1899 in Houston, Texas, USA.
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Emily Augusta HOLMES-- Date: 17 April 1856 Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Emily Augusta HOLMES was the child of Jesse HOLMES and Nancy Dale DECARTERET

Name: Seth Turner Jr.
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Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 17 Apr 1856
Event Place: , Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Spouse's Name: Emily A. Holmes
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Spouse's Age: 23
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Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1833
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Reference ID: 39
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Digital Folder Number: 004279213
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Children of Seth TURNER and Emily Augusta HOLMES:

Mabel TURNER (b.16 May 1865, Onarga, Iroquois, Illinois, USA d. 3 December 1943, Chicago, Illinois, USA)
m. Thomas Howard PEARSE 18 September 1889 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

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1831 Birth
26 September 1831
Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 Milton, Massachusetts
Name: Seth Jr Turner
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Race: White
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Birth Year (Estimated): 1831
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Household ID: 27
House Number: 19
Line Number: 4
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 331
GS Film Number: 443550
Digital Folder Number: 004199360
Image Number: 00366

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Seth Turner M 47 Massachusetts
Lydia Turner F 45 Massachusetts
Seth Jr Turner M 19 Massachusetts
Charlotte J Turner F 14 Massachusetts
Charles Henry Turner M 8 Massachusetts

1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1856 Marriage / Partner
Seth TURNER and Emily Augusta HOLMES 17 April 1856, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

He was 24 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1865 Birth of Child
Mabel TURNER was born 16 May 1865, Onarga, Iroquois, Illinois, USA

Seth was 33 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 Wilmington, Illinois
Name: Seth Turner
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Illinois, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 39
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1830-1831
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Page Number: 3
Household ID: 19
Line Number: 14
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M593
GS Film number: 000545791
Digital Folder Number: 004263294
Image Number: 00514

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Seth Turner M 39 Massachusetts
Emily Turner F 37 Massachusetts
William Turner M 12 Massachusetts
Jessie Turner F 11 Illinois
Mabel Turner F 5 Illinois
Isabella Holmes F 26 Massachusetts
Richard Sweet M 19 Ohio

1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1889 Marriage of Child
Mabel TURNER married 18 September 1889, Chicago, Illinois, USA to Thomas Howard PEARSE

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1899 Death
27 November 1899
Houston, Texas, USA

He died at the age of 68.

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