Brief Life History of Clark E
When Clark E Turner was born in March 1863, in Indiana, United States, his father, Robert Turner, was 34 and his mother, Rebecca Gibson, was 25. He married Mary Berdella Driscoll on 18 January 1889, in Delaware, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Salem Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States in 1920 and Monroe Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States in 1930. He died in 1940, at the age of 77, and was buried in Muncie, Center Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States.
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- Clark Turner, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Clark E. Turner - Government record: birth: March 1863; Indiana, United States
- Clark E Turner, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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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