BIRTH 17 FEB 1867 • Clinton, Henry Co., Missouri, USA
DEATH 24 APR 1954 • Fresno, Fresno, California, USA
FATHER: William Fithian Mitchell (1824-1882) CIVIL WAR SOLDIER
MOTHER: Sally Mosier (1826-1906)
SPOUSE: Samuel Porter Turk (1863-1944)
Married 1887
CHILDREN:
Sallie Mosher (1888-1968)
Unnamed Infant Girl (1888-1888)
Unnamed Infant Girl (1890-1890)
Irene Mitchell (1890-1893)
Louise Rowe (1891-1893)
Samuel "Sammie" (1892-1893)
Samuel Wallace (1898-1977)
Harriet (1905-1982)
Mary Louise "Marlouise" (1907-1977)
Hattie and her family left Clinton, Missouri in a covered wagon with husband, Sam Turk and her in-laws, Christopher Columbus Turk and Lusara [Gilmer] Turk, and headed for California in the spring of 1893. They joined family already working in the booming Camp Badger logging camp.
Shortly after arriving in Camp Badger, Sam's and Harriet's two youngest daughters, Louise Rowe Turk and Irene Mitchell Turk, and their son, Sammie Turk, all died in their Camp Badger cabin. The eldest, Sally Mosher Turk b.1888, survived. 5-year old Sally would grow up to marry Louis Burton Lindley and give birth to Louis B Lindley, Jr. who would grow up to be the actor "Slim Pickens."
Hattie and Sam settled in the farm community of Dinuba in the early 1900's and grew citrus and other fruit.
After Sam's death in 1944, she lived with two of her daughters, both nurses, Harriet and Marlouise, in Fresno, California.
Hattie died on 24 Apr 1944 and was buried in the Smith Mountain Cemetery, Dinuba, Tulare County, California.
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BIRTH 17 FEB 1867 • Clinton, Henry Co., Missouri, USA
DEATH 24 APR 1954 • Fresno, Fresno, California, USA
FATHER: William Fithian Mitchell (1824-1882) CIVIL WAR SOLDIER
MOTHER: Sally Mosier (1826-1906)
SPOUSE: Samuel Porter Turk (1863-1944)
Married 1887
CHILDREN:
Sallie Mosher (1888-1968)
Unnamed Infant Girl (1888-1888)
Unnamed Infant Girl (1890-1890)
Irene Mitchell (1890-1893)
Louise Rowe (1891-1893)
Samuel "Sammie" (1892-1893)
Samuel Wallace (1898-1977)
Harriet (1905-1982)
Mary Louise "Marlouise" (1907-1977)
Hattie and her family left Clinton, Missouri in a covered wagon with husband, Sam Turk and her in-laws, Christopher Columbus Turk and Lusara [Gilmer] Turk, and headed for California in the spring of 1893. They joined family already working in the booming Camp Badger logging camp.
Shortly after arriving in Camp Badger, Sam's and Harriet's two youngest daughters, Louise Rowe Turk and Irene Mitchell Turk, and their son, Sammie Turk, all died in their Camp Badger cabin. The eldest, Sally Mosher Turk b.1888, survived. 5-year old Sally would grow up to marry Louis Burton Lindley and give birth to Louis B Lindley, Jr. who would grow up to be the actor "Slim Pickens."
Hattie and Sam settled in the farm community of Dinuba in the early 1900's and grew citrus and other fruit.
After Sam's death in 1944, she lived with two of her daughters, both nurses, Harriet and Marlouise, in Fresno, California.
Hattie died on 24 Apr 1944 and was buried in the Smith Mountain Cemetery, Dinuba, Tulare County, California.
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FEB. 17 1867
APR 24 1954
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