Hester Mariah Turner

3 February 1849–30 June 1928 (Age 79)
Grundy, Missouri, United States

The Life Summary of Hester Mariah

When Hester Mariah Turner was born on 3 February 1849, in Grundy, Missouri, United States, her father, Rev James Turner, was 40 and her mother, Jane Nordyke, was 35. She married John Daniel Boon on 4 February 1869, in Livingston, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Jefferson Township, Grundy, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Sampsel, Livingston, Missouri, United States in 1880. She died on 30 June 1928, in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Daniel Boon
1846–1913
Hester Mariah Turner
1849–1928
Marriage: 4 February 1869
Ammon Walter Boone
1861–1928
Mary Lucille Boone
1869–1900
Sarah Ann "Annie" Boon
1872–1942
James Maryland Boon
1874–1940
Edward Boon
1876–1904
Martha Alice Boon
1878–1940
Lillie Edith Boone
1879–1948
Edward Lee Boon
1881–
John Henry Boone
1884–1963

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    4 February 1869Livingston, Missouri, United States
    • Children

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (14)

    +9 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1860
    Age 11
    In 1860, the Pony Express used men riding on horseback to carry mail between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California.
    1863
    Age 14
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
    Age 21
    Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Trinder
    Toner
    Tarner
    Turney

    Sources (9)

    • Hester M Turner in household of James Turner, "United States Census, 1860"
    • Hester A Turner in entry for John A Boone, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
    • Mariah Turner in household of Emeline Shook, "United States Census, 1850"

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