Nancy Bathsheba Turner

Brief Life History of Nancy Bathsheba

When Nancy Bathsheba Turner was born on 2 March 1880, in Tennessee, United States, her father, William Franklin Turner Sr, was 23 and her mother, Sarah Jones, was 25. She married Horace Overal Young on 10 September 1897. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in DeKalb, Tennessee, United States for about 5 years and Civil District 25, DeKalb, Tennessee, United States in 1940. She died on 14 January 1958, in McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Whorton Springs Cemetery, Smithville, DeKalb, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Horace Overal Young
1876–1951
Nancy Bathsheba Turner
1880–1958
Marriage: 10 September 1897
Arthur Bryan Young
1898–1986
M. P. Young
1900–
Venie Belle Young
1901–1970
Doak Young
1904–
Lou Jeannie Young
1905–1906
Malcolm Patterson Young
1907–1992
Sarah Elizabeth Young
1909–1985
Martha Delma Young
1913–1971
Wilson Doak Young
1916–1969
Ida Geneva Young
1919–2007
Jerry Grant Young
1921–1994
Harvey Firestone Young
1927–1928

Sources (24)

  • Nannie Young, "United States, Census, 1940"
  • Nannie Turner, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
  • Nannie Turner, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Middle English t(o)urnour, turner ‘turner’ (Old French to(u)rn(e)our), mainly denoting someone who fashioned small objects of wood, metal, or bone on a lathe, but also a variety of other occupations, including turnspit and translator or interpreter. This surname may have become confused with Toner . In North America, it is also very common among African Americans.

English: occasionally perhaps a nickname from Middle English turn-hare, a compound of Middle English tournen ‘to turn, direct, steer’ + hare ‘hare’, a name for someone in charge of the greyhounds in hare coursing or an exaggerated compliment for someone who could run fast. See also Turnbull .

English: perhaps also from Middle English t(o)urn(e)our ‘jouster, one who takes part in a tournament’ (Old French tornoieor, tournoieur).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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