Samuel Porter Turk
1863–1944
BIRTH 20 NOV 1863 • Cumberland, Clinton, Kentucky, USA
DEATH 18 APR 1944 • Dinuba, Tulare, California, USA
FATHER: Christopher Columbus Marion Turk (1836-1912)
MOTHER: Lusara "Lucy" Gilmer (1841-1923)
SPOUSE: Harriet "Hattie" Mitchell (1867-1954)
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)
Sam and his family left Clinton, Missouri in a covered wagon with wife, Hattie [Mitchell] and his parents, 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."
Sam and Hattie settled in the farm community of Dinuba in the early 1900's and grew citrus and other fruit.
Samuel Porter Turk died on 18 Apr 1944 in Dinuba, was buried in the Smith Mountain Cemetery, Dinuba, Tulare County, California.
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1863–1944
BIRTH 20 NOV 1863 • Cumberland, Clinton, Kentucky, USA
DEATH 18 APR 1944 • Dinuba, Tulare, California, USA
FATHER: Christopher Columbus Marion Turk (1836-1912)
MOTHER: Lusara "Lucy" Gilmer (1841-1923)
SPOUSE: Harriet "Hattie" Mitchell (1867-1954)
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)
Sam and his family left Clinton, Missouri in a covered wagon with wife, Hattie [Mitchell] and his parents, 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."
Sam and Hattie settled in the farm community of Dinuba in the early 1900's and grew citrus and other fruit.
Samuel Porter Turk died on 18 Apr 1944 in Dinuba, was buried in the Smith Mountain Cemetery, Dinuba, Tulare County, California.
Contributor:
riverrock
Samuel Porter Turk
1863–1944
BIRTH 20 NOV 1863 • Cumberland, Clinton, Kentucky, USA
DEATH 18 APR 1944 • Dinuba, Tulare, California, USA
FATHER: Christopher Columbus Marion Turk (1836-1912)
MOTHER: Lusara "Lucy" Gilmer (1841-1923)
SPOUSE: Harriet "Hattie" Mitchell (1867-1954)
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)
Sam and his family left Clinton, Missouri in a covered wagon with wife, Hattie [Mitchell] and his parents, 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."
Sam and Hattie settled in the farm community of Dinuba in the early 1900's and grew citrus and other fruit.
Samuel Porter Turk died on 18 Apr 1944 in Dinuba, was buried in the Smith Mountain Cemetery, Dinuba, Tulare County, California.
Contributor:
riverrock
1863–1944
BIRTH 20 NOV 1863 • Cumberland, Clinton, Kentucky, USA
DEATH 18 APR 1944 • Dinuba, Tulare, California, USA
FATHER: Christopher Columbus Marion Turk (1836-1912)
MOTHER: Lusara "Lucy" Gilmer (1841-1923)
SPOUSE: Harriet "Hattie" Mitchell (1867-1954)
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)
Sam and his family left Clinton, Missouri in a covered wagon with wife, Hattie [Mitchell] and his parents, 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."
Sam and Hattie settled in the farm community of Dinuba in the early 1900's and grew citrus and other fruit.
Samuel Porter Turk died on 18 Apr 1944 in Dinuba, was buried in the Smith Mountain Cemetery, Dinuba, Tulare County, California.
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SAMUEL P. TURK
NOV. 20, 1863
APR. 18, 1944
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