During the Civil War EBER C. TURLEY served as a private in company C, 3rd Missouri Cavalry. He appeared on the roll of prisoners of war of a detachment of troops of the Confederate States Army who surrendered at New Orleans, LA., 26 May 1865 (he would have been 22 years old)and paroled at Alexandria, LA. 11 Sep 1865.
Eber C. Turley was appointed postmaster at Summit, Mo., 19 Jan 1887 and served until 1889. He had a mercantile business and General Store and "mineral."
Lived in St. Louis from 1891-1897 where he owned a hotel until it burned, then moved to Bonne Terre in 1897 and died in 1916.
From St. Francois Co. maggiage register vol 2 1852-1876 pg.183: Ebro Turley and Lavinia Yargin both of St. Francois Co.,MO. married on 11 April 1867 by Peter W. Murphy, JP of Perry Town, St. Francois Co., MO.
bib. Referred to as EBER C. 5 TURLEY in the Turley Family records book. The book has a Library of Congress Catalog Card number 80-54409
Note: Often Eber C. is confused with Eber (his Uncle) or Ephraim (his father) because of a misprinted Obit in the Lead Belt News
Eber C. Turley is my GGGrandfather and I wish people would quit deleting him in their database
During the Civil War EBER C. TURLEY served as a private in company C, 3rd Missouri Cavalry. He appeared on the roll of prisoners of war of a detachment of troops of the Confederate States Army who surrendered at New Orleans, LA., 26 May 1865 (he would have been 22 years old)and paroled at Alexandria, LA. 11 Sep 1865.
Eber C. Turley was appointed postmaster at Summit, Mo., 19 Jan 1887 and served until 1889. He had a mercantile business and General Store and "mineral."
Lived in St. Louis from 1891-1897 where he owned a hotel until it burned, then moved to Bonne Terre in 1897 and died in 1916.
From St. Francois Co. maggiage register vol 2 1852-1876 pg.183: Ebro Turley and Lavinia Yargin both of St. Francois Co.,MO. married on 11 April 1867 by Peter W. Murphy, JP of Perry Town, St. Francois Co., MO.
bib. Referred to as EBER C. 5 TURLEY in the Turley Family records book. The book has a Library of Congress Catalog Card number 80-54409
Note: Often Eber C. is confused with Eber (his Uncle) or Ephraim (his father) because of a misprinted Obit in the Lead Belt News
Eber C. Turley is my GGGrandfather and I wish people would quit deleting him in their database
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