He was born in Milam Co., TX and died in Cedar Point, Erath Co., TX.
John Turner, son of William Burl Leatherman and Mary Elizabeth Pruett was born Oct. 14, 1857 , in Claiborne Parish, LA. John Turner and parents moved to Bell County, Tx in 1860 and settled in Milam County, Tx. John married Mary Helen Walker Oct. 11, 1883 in Milam Co., Tx. Their first three children were born in Milam Co. They were Estelle Geneva in 1884, Morris Elkin in 1886 and Burrell Octavus in 1888. They moved to the Sisk community near the Ed Miller place east of Stephenville in Erath Co. Tx in 1890. They lived in a one room cabin where the other five children were born. Samuel Burton in 1890, Johnnie Guy in 1892, Peter Marshall in 1894, Paul Conrad in 1895 (he only lived eleven months) and Prentiss Dee in 1899. Over the years John & Mary acquired several hundred acres of land, including their home and store, known as Cedar Point Store, across from the present location of the Cedar Point Baptist Church, east of Stephenville on FM205, and their home was about one quarter mile east of the store on the south side of FM205. John farmed several acres of cotton, corn and other feed for their livestock. Farmers those days would hand shell their corn, and had the corn meal ground at a grist mill, and paid for the grinding with corn. They saved most all of their seeds, needed for their planting. They grew most all of their basic food on the farms, just buying their staple items. There were very few hospitals. The Doctors made rural weekly visits in a buggy checking on their patients, and emergency house calls. There were several people had switch boards in their homes, with party lines, crank wall phones, and with crank codes. Most people back in those days visited, treasured and loved their neighbors. John Turner died April 15, 1927, and was buried in the Indian Creek Cemetery, south of Stephenville, in Erath Co., Tx. Mary Helen died March 17, 1938 and was buried in the Indian Creek Cemetery also.
(Published in the Leatherman Newsletter, Vol. 4, No. 1; June 2000 - submitted by: Elmo Leatherman.)
John Turner, son of William Burl Leatherman and Mary Elizabeth Pruett was born Oct. 14, 1857 , in Claiborne Parish, LA. John Turner and parents moved to Bell County, Tx in 1860 and settled in Milam County, Tx. John married Mary Helen Walker Oct. 11, 1883 in Milam Co., Tx. Their first three children were born in Milam Co. They were Estelle Geneva in 1884, Morris Elkin in 1886 and Burrell Octavus in 1888. They moved to the Sisk community near the Ed Miller place east of Stephenville in Erath Co. Tx in 1890. They lived in a one room cabin where the other five children were born. Samuel Burton in 1890, Johnnie Guy in 1892, Peter Marshall in 1894, Paul Conrad in 1895 (he only lived eleven months) and Prentiss Dee in 1899. Over the years John & Mary acquired several hundred acres of land, including their home and store, known as Cedar Point Store, across from the present location of the Cedar Point Baptist Church, east of Stephenville on FM205, and their home was about one quarter mile east of the store on the south side of FM205. John farmed several acres of cotton, corn and other feed for their livestock. Farmers those days would hand shell their corn, and had the corn meal ground at a grist mill, and paid for the grinding with corn. They saved most all of their seeds, needed for their planting. They grew most all of their basic food on the farms, just buying their staple items. There were very few hospitals. The Doctors made rural weekly visits in a buggy checking on their patients, and emergency house calls. There were several people had switch boards in their homes, with party lines, crank wall phones, and with crank codes. Most people back in those days visited, treasured and loved their neighbors. John Turner died April 15, 1927, and was buried in the Indian Creek Cemetery, south of Stephenville, in Erath Co., Tx. Mary Helen died March 17, 1938 and was buried in the Indian Creek Cemetery also.
(Published in the Leatherman Newsletter, Vol. 4, No. 1; June 2000 - submitted by: Elmo Leatherman.)
He was born in Milam Co., TX and died in Cedar Point, Erath Co., TX.
John Turner, son of William Burl Leatherman and Mary Elizabeth Pruett was born Oct. 14, 1857 , in Claiborne Parish, LA. John Turner and parents moved to Bell County, Tx in 1860 and settled in Milam County, Tx. John married Mary Helen Walker Oct. 11, 1883 in Milam Co., Tx. Their first three children were born in Milam Co. They were Estelle Geneva in 1884, Morris Elkin in 1886 and Burrell Octavus in 1888. They moved to the Sisk community near the Ed Miller place east of Stephenville in Erath Co. Tx in 1890. They lived in a one room cabin where the other five children were born. Samuel Burton in 1890, Johnnie Guy in 1892, Peter Marshall in 1894, Paul Conrad in 1895 (he only lived eleven months) and Prentiss Dee in 1899. Over the years John & Mary acquired several hundred acres of land, including their home and store, known as Cedar Point Store, across from the present location of the Cedar Point Baptist Church, east of Stephenville on FM205, and their home was about one quarter mile east of the store on the south side of FM205. John farmed several acres of cotton, corn and other feed for their livestock. Farmers those days would hand shell their corn, and had the corn meal ground at a grist mill, and paid for the grinding with corn. They saved most all of their seeds, needed for their planting. They grew most all of their basic food on the farms, just buying their staple items. There were very few hospitals. The Doctors made rural weekly visits in a buggy checking on their patients, and emergency house calls. There were several people had switch boards in their homes, with party lines, crank wall phones, and with crank codes. Most people back in those days visited, treasured and loved their neighbors. John Turner died April 15, 1927, and was buried in the Indian Creek Cemetery, south of Stephenville, in Erath Co., Tx. Mary Helen died March 17, 1938 and was buried in the Indian Creek Cemetery also.
(Published in the Leatherman Newsletter, Vol. 4, No. 1; June 2000 - submitted by: Elmo Leatherman.)
John Turner, son of William Burl Leatherman and Mary Elizabeth Pruett was born Oct. 14, 1857 , in Claiborne Parish, LA. John Turner and parents moved to Bell County, Tx in 1860 and settled in Milam County, Tx. John married Mary Helen Walker Oct. 11, 1883 in Milam Co., Tx. Their first three children were born in Milam Co. They were Estelle Geneva in 1884, Morris Elkin in 1886 and Burrell Octavus in 1888. They moved to the Sisk community near the Ed Miller place east of Stephenville in Erath Co. Tx in 1890. They lived in a one room cabin where the other five children were born. Samuel Burton in 1890, Johnnie Guy in 1892, Peter Marshall in 1894, Paul Conrad in 1895 (he only lived eleven months) and Prentiss Dee in 1899. Over the years John & Mary acquired several hundred acres of land, including their home and store, known as Cedar Point Store, across from the present location of the Cedar Point Baptist Church, east of Stephenville on FM205, and their home was about one quarter mile east of the store on the south side of FM205. John farmed several acres of cotton, corn and other feed for their livestock. Farmers those days would hand shell their corn, and had the corn meal ground at a grist mill, and paid for the grinding with corn. They saved most all of their seeds, needed for their planting. They grew most all of their basic food on the farms, just buying their staple items. There were very few hospitals. The Doctors made rural weekly visits in a buggy checking on their patients, and emergency house calls. There were several people had switch boards in their homes, with party lines, crank wall phones, and with crank codes. Most people back in those days visited, treasured and loved their neighbors. John Turner died April 15, 1927, and was buried in the Indian Creek Cemetery, south of Stephenville, in Erath Co., Tx. Mary Helen died March 17, 1938 and was buried in the Indian Creek Cemetery also.
(Published in the Leatherman Newsletter, Vol. 4, No. 1; June 2000 - submitted by: Elmo Leatherman.)
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