Pa Dill Turnbow has well over 100 descendents in Texas, mainly in
Haskell, Arlington, Austin area, Abilene, Midland, Weatherford, Wichita Falls; some in Louisiana, and some as far west as California! Dillahunt had 4 brothers & 4 sisters. They were: Josiah, Eason, Nancy Turnbow Rogers, Louis Andrew, Martha Turnbow Kittrell, John, Margaret Turnbow Roden and Mary Turnbow Fraley. My oldest Aunt Loney shared many old family history details with me. She actually remembered Pa Dill very well, when she grew up in his home on Trace Creek, with her parents and siblings. She also stated Pa Dill owned & ran a saw-mill and a country store he built on to his home, and had quite a business from his rural neighbors in the Trace Creek area. She had a very interesting book she wrote and had published about her early life there on Trace Creek, published in the 1970s. It has been said that Mrs. George Turnbow, Jr. had in mind a prominent Tennessee statesman who's last name was Dillahunty, when she gave his son this name. He was very popular with the local people of Lewis County in the mid 19th Century, and had done a great deal of good deeds for its citizens. Our cousin Tony Turnbow says Pa Dill's true name actually was Dillahunty. Dillahunt Turnbow's great-grandaughter Janene Turnbow Perry (through Dillahunt's son Jeff) is the aunt of Texas Governor Rick Perry.
Though Pa Dill died while visiting his children in Texas, (just prior to this event) - his last request to his sons, was that they bring his body back home on the train, for burial in the Turnbow Family Cemetery, at Trace Creek, Lewis Co., just outside Hohenwald, TN. He is buried at the foot of his older brother Eason Turnbow.
In 1994, his great-grandson Steven (son of Bob & Gene), contributed & took up a collection among his aunts, uncles & cousins in Haskell county, TX; for a gravestone to be placed on Dillahunt's grave. Steven traveled to the Turnbow Reunion in Hohenwald in 1994 & 1995, and very much enjoyed visiting with his Turnbow cousins there, and was happy to see the gravestones had been placed in the family cemetery for both Dillahunt, as well as for Dillahunt's father: George Turnbow, Jr.
With the help of Steven's U.S. Congressman, who he had the honor of serving as a Congressional Intern for, in Washington, DC, in 1987; he was able to obtain a Confederate memorial stone, which he had placed in the Turnbow Cemetery for George Jr., in 1994.
Haskell, Arlington, Austin area, Abilene, Midland, Weatherford, Wichita Falls; some in Louisiana, and some as far west as California! Dillahunt had 4 brothers & 4 sisters. They were: Josiah, Eason, Nancy Turnbow Rogers, Louis Andrew, Martha Turnbow Kittrell, John, Margaret Turnbow Roden and Mary Turnbow Fraley. My oldest Aunt Loney shared many old family history details with me. She actually remembered Pa Dill very well, when she grew up in his home on Trace Creek, with her parents and siblings. She also stated Pa Dill owned & ran a saw-mill and a country store he built on to his home, and had quite a business from his rural neighbors in the Trace Creek area. She had a very interesting book she wrote and had published about her early life there on Trace Creek, published in the 1970s. It has been said that Mrs. George Turnbow, Jr. had in mind a prominent Tennessee statesman who's last name was Dillahunty, when she gave his son this name. He was very popular with the local people of Lewis County in the mid 19th Century, and had done a great deal of good deeds for its citizens. Our cousin Tony Turnbow says Pa Dill's true name actually was Dillahunty. Dillahunt Turnbow's great-grandaughter Janene Turnbow Perry (through Dillahunt's son Jeff) is the aunt of Texas Governor Rick Perry.
Though Pa Dill died while visiting his children in Texas, (just prior to this event) - his last request to his sons, was that they bring his body back home on the train, for burial in the Turnbow Family Cemetery, at Trace Creek, Lewis Co., just outside Hohenwald, TN. He is buried at the foot of his older brother Eason Turnbow.
In 1994, his great-grandson Steven (son of Bob & Gene), contributed & took up a collection among his aunts, uncles & cousins in Haskell county, TX; for a gravestone to be placed on Dillahunt's grave. Steven traveled to the Turnbow Reunion in Hohenwald in 1994 & 1995, and very much enjoyed visiting with his Turnbow cousins there, and was happy to see the gravestones had been placed in the family cemetery for both Dillahunt, as well as for Dillahunt's father: George Turnbow, Jr.
With the help of Steven's U.S. Congressman, who he had the honor of serving as a Congressional Intern for, in Washington, DC, in 1987; he was able to obtain a Confederate memorial stone, which he had placed in the Turnbow Cemetery for George Jr., in 1994.
Pa Dill Turnbow has well over 100 descendents in Texas, mainly in
Haskell, Arlington, Austin area, Abilene, Midland, Weatherford, Wichita Falls; some in Louisiana, and some as far west as California! Dillahunt had 4 brothers & 4 sisters. They were: Josiah, Eason, Nancy Turnbow Rogers, Louis Andrew, Martha Turnbow Kittrell, John, Margaret Turnbow Roden and Mary Turnbow Fraley. My oldest Aunt Loney shared many old family history details with me. She actually remembered Pa Dill very well, when she grew up in his home on Trace Creek, with her parents and siblings. She also stated Pa Dill owned & ran a saw-mill and a country store he built on to his home, and had quite a business from his rural neighbors in the Trace Creek area. She had a very interesting book she wrote and had published about her early life there on Trace Creek, published in the 1970s. It has been said that Mrs. George Turnbow, Jr. had in mind a prominent Tennessee statesman who's last name was Dillahunty, when she gave his son this name. He was very popular with the local people of Lewis County in the mid 19th Century, and had done a great deal of good deeds for its citizens. Our cousin Tony Turnbow says Pa Dill's true name actually was Dillahunty. Dillahunt Turnbow's great-grandaughter Janene Turnbow Perry (through Dillahunt's son Jeff) is the aunt of Texas Governor Rick Perry.
Though Pa Dill died while visiting his children in Texas, (just prior to this event) - his last request to his sons, was that they bring his body back home on the train, for burial in the Turnbow Family Cemetery, at Trace Creek, Lewis Co., just outside Hohenwald, TN. He is buried at the foot of his older brother Eason Turnbow.
In 1994, his great-grandson Steven (son of Bob & Gene), contributed & took up a collection among his aunts, uncles & cousins in Haskell county, TX; for a gravestone to be placed on Dillahunt's grave. Steven traveled to the Turnbow Reunion in Hohenwald in 1994 & 1995, and very much enjoyed visiting with his Turnbow cousins there, and was happy to see the gravestones had been placed in the family cemetery for both Dillahunt, as well as for Dillahunt's father: George Turnbow, Jr.
With the help of Steven's U.S. Congressman, who he had the honor of serving as a Congressional Intern for, in Washington, DC, in 1987; he was able to obtain a Confederate memorial stone, which he had placed in the Turnbow Cemetery for George Jr., in 1994.
Haskell, Arlington, Austin area, Abilene, Midland, Weatherford, Wichita Falls; some in Louisiana, and some as far west as California! Dillahunt had 4 brothers & 4 sisters. They were: Josiah, Eason, Nancy Turnbow Rogers, Louis Andrew, Martha Turnbow Kittrell, John, Margaret Turnbow Roden and Mary Turnbow Fraley. My oldest Aunt Loney shared many old family history details with me. She actually remembered Pa Dill very well, when she grew up in his home on Trace Creek, with her parents and siblings. She also stated Pa Dill owned & ran a saw-mill and a country store he built on to his home, and had quite a business from his rural neighbors in the Trace Creek area. She had a very interesting book she wrote and had published about her early life there on Trace Creek, published in the 1970s. It has been said that Mrs. George Turnbow, Jr. had in mind a prominent Tennessee statesman who's last name was Dillahunty, when she gave his son this name. He was very popular with the local people of Lewis County in the mid 19th Century, and had done a great deal of good deeds for its citizens. Our cousin Tony Turnbow says Pa Dill's true name actually was Dillahunty. Dillahunt Turnbow's great-grandaughter Janene Turnbow Perry (through Dillahunt's son Jeff) is the aunt of Texas Governor Rick Perry.
Though Pa Dill died while visiting his children in Texas, (just prior to this event) - his last request to his sons, was that they bring his body back home on the train, for burial in the Turnbow Family Cemetery, at Trace Creek, Lewis Co., just outside Hohenwald, TN. He is buried at the foot of his older brother Eason Turnbow.
In 1994, his great-grandson Steven (son of Bob & Gene), contributed & took up a collection among his aunts, uncles & cousins in Haskell county, TX; for a gravestone to be placed on Dillahunt's grave. Steven traveled to the Turnbow Reunion in Hohenwald in 1994 & 1995, and very much enjoyed visiting with his Turnbow cousins there, and was happy to see the gravestones had been placed in the family cemetery for both Dillahunt, as well as for Dillahunt's father: George Turnbow, Jr.
With the help of Steven's U.S. Congressman, who he had the honor of serving as a Congressional Intern for, in Washington, DC, in 1987; he was able to obtain a Confederate memorial stone, which he had placed in the Turnbow Cemetery for George Jr., in 1994.
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