Louise and Irene Turk Obituary
1893, Badger Pass Logging Camp, California
Obituary of sisters, Louise and Irene Turk. They had 2 brothers and 5 other sisters. Published in Clinton, Missouri on August 5, 1893. Came from Missouri by covered wagon in1893 with sisters and brothers and parents, Hattie [Mitchell] and Samuel Porter Turk. The little sisters were traveling with their grandparents, Christoper Columbus and Lusara Gilmer Turk as well. Voter Registration showed Christopher Columbus Turk in Camp Badger in 1894.
"NOTE: Both children died in their California "mountain home" near Badger Pass in June of 1893. Note: A boy, Sammie Turk, also died in 1983."
TURK, Irene Mitchell
b: 1890
d: 1893
See TURK, Louise Rowe
TURK, Louise Rome [Rowe]
b: 1891
d: 1893
Clinton MO, Aug 5 1893 - "But to how few happy households does the death angel come twice and doubly wring the hearts of father and mother and others near and dear by the snatching away of two idolized children. Yet before me lies the sorrowful announcement: Irene Mitchell Turk, died June 2nd, 1893, aged 3 years, 3 months; Louise Rome [Rowe] Turk, died June 23, 1893, aged 18 months. A picture rises before me which I beheld just one short year since, when this household was an unbroken band. Sallie, Irene and Louise, beautiful in appearance, each appealing to the eye of the beholder in a different way, their beauty set off by their dresses of pure and dainty white. They were the cynosure of all eyes and the interest they excited on this occasion was well expressed by one, a stranger, who said: "I want to meet the mother of these lovely children." And now the younger two of them, who in life were inseparable, are no more. Grief and anguish is the portion of those who loved them. Their lives were short but will never be forgotten. Their merry baby prattle is hushed; their eyes forever closed in death but open, thank God, to a brighter, happier life in the kingdom above. There is a loneliness in the mountain home; a little sister bereft of those she loved; two lonely graves in the beautiful California valley. Yet, we sorrow not as those who have no hope for God took them."Daughter of Samuel and Hattie Turk
1893, Badger Pass Logging Camp, California
Obituary of sisters, Louise and Irene Turk. They had 2 brothers and 5 other sisters. Published in Clinton, Missouri on August 5, 1893. Came from Missouri by covered wagon in1893 with sisters and brothers and parents, Hattie [Mitchell] and Samuel Porter Turk. The little sisters were traveling with their grandparents, Christoper Columbus and Lusara Gilmer Turk as well. Voter Registration showed Christopher Columbus Turk in Camp Badger in 1894.
"NOTE: Both children died in their California "mountain home" near Badger Pass in June of 1893. Note: A boy, Sammie Turk, also died in 1983."
TURK, Irene Mitchell
b: 1890
d: 1893
See TURK, Louise Rowe
TURK, Louise Rome [Rowe]
b: 1891
d: 1893
Clinton MO, Aug 5 1893 - "But to how few happy households does the death angel come twice and doubly wring the hearts of father and mother and others near and dear by the snatching away of two idolized children. Yet before me lies the sorrowful announcement: Irene Mitchell Turk, died June 2nd, 1893, aged 3 years, 3 months; Louise Rome [Rowe] Turk, died June 23, 1893, aged 18 months. A picture rises before me which I beheld just one short year since, when this household was an unbroken band. Sallie, Irene and Louise, beautiful in appearance, each appealing to the eye of the beholder in a different way, their beauty set off by their dresses of pure and dainty white. They were the cynosure of all eyes and the interest they excited on this occasion was well expressed by one, a stranger, who said: "I want to meet the mother of these lovely children." And now the younger two of them, who in life were inseparable, are no more. Grief and anguish is the portion of those who loved them. Their lives were short but will never be forgotten. Their merry baby prattle is hushed; their eyes forever closed in death but open, thank God, to a brighter, happier life in the kingdom above. There is a loneliness in the mountain home; a little sister bereft of those she loved; two lonely graves in the beautiful California valley. Yet, we sorrow not as those who have no hope for God took them."Daughter of Samuel and Hattie Turk
Louise and Irene Turk Obituary
1893, Badger Pass Logging Camp, California
Obituary of sisters, Louise and Irene Turk. They had 2 brothers and 5 other sisters. Published in Clinton, Missouri on August 5, 1893. Came from Missouri by covered wagon in1893 with sisters and brothers and parents, Hattie [Mitchell] and Samuel Porter Turk. The little sisters were traveling with their grandparents, Christoper Columbus and Lusara Gilmer Turk as well. Voter Registration showed Christopher Columbus Turk in Camp Badger in 1894.
"NOTE: Both children died in their California "mountain home" near Badger Pass in June of 1893. Note: A boy, Sammie Turk, also died in 1983."
TURK, Irene Mitchell
b: 1890
d: 1893
See TURK, Louise Rowe
TURK, Louise Rome [Rowe]
b: 1891
d: 1893
Clinton MO, Aug 5 1893 - "But to how few happy households does the death angel come twice and doubly wring the hearts of father and mother and others near and dear by the snatching away of two idolized children. Yet before me lies the sorrowful announcement: Irene Mitchell Turk, died June 2nd, 1893, aged 3 years, 3 months; Louise Rome [Rowe] Turk, died June 23, 1893, aged 18 months. A picture rises before me which I beheld just one short year since, when this household was an unbroken band. Sallie, Irene and Louise, beautiful in appearance, each appealing to the eye of the beholder in a different way, their beauty set off by their dresses of pure and dainty white. They were the cynosure of all eyes and the interest they excited on this occasion was well expressed by one, a stranger, who said: "I want to meet the mother of these lovely children." And now the younger two of them, who in life were inseparable, are no more. Grief and anguish is the portion of those who loved them. Their lives were short but will never be forgotten. Their merry baby prattle is hushed; their eyes forever closed in death but open, thank God, to a brighter, happier life in the kingdom above. There is a loneliness in the mountain home; a little sister bereft of those she loved; two lonely graves in the beautiful California valley. Yet, we sorrow not as those who have no hope for God took them."Daughter of Samuel and Hattie Turk
1893, Badger Pass Logging Camp, California
Obituary of sisters, Louise and Irene Turk. They had 2 brothers and 5 other sisters. Published in Clinton, Missouri on August 5, 1893. Came from Missouri by covered wagon in1893 with sisters and brothers and parents, Hattie [Mitchell] and Samuel Porter Turk. The little sisters were traveling with their grandparents, Christoper Columbus and Lusara Gilmer Turk as well. Voter Registration showed Christopher Columbus Turk in Camp Badger in 1894.
"NOTE: Both children died in their California "mountain home" near Badger Pass in June of 1893. Note: A boy, Sammie Turk, also died in 1983."
TURK, Irene Mitchell
b: 1890
d: 1893
See TURK, Louise Rowe
TURK, Louise Rome [Rowe]
b: 1891
d: 1893
Clinton MO, Aug 5 1893 - "But to how few happy households does the death angel come twice and doubly wring the hearts of father and mother and others near and dear by the snatching away of two idolized children. Yet before me lies the sorrowful announcement: Irene Mitchell Turk, died June 2nd, 1893, aged 3 years, 3 months; Louise Rome [Rowe] Turk, died June 23, 1893, aged 18 months. A picture rises before me which I beheld just one short year since, when this household was an unbroken band. Sallie, Irene and Louise, beautiful in appearance, each appealing to the eye of the beholder in a different way, their beauty set off by their dresses of pure and dainty white. They were the cynosure of all eyes and the interest they excited on this occasion was well expressed by one, a stranger, who said: "I want to meet the mother of these lovely children." And now the younger two of them, who in life were inseparable, are no more. Grief and anguish is the portion of those who loved them. Their lives were short but will never be forgotten. Their merry baby prattle is hushed; their eyes forever closed in death but open, thank God, to a brighter, happier life in the kingdom above. There is a loneliness in the mountain home; a little sister bereft of those she loved; two lonely graves in the beautiful California valley. Yet, we sorrow not as those who have no hope for God took them."Daughter of Samuel and Hattie Turk
Inscription
LOUISE R TURK - DIED 1893 - AGE 2 YRS
IRENE M TURK - DIED 1893 - AGE 3 YRS
GONE SO SOON
GPS Latitude: 36.63132, Longitude: -118.99472
Gravesite Details
The sisters share the same headstone.
LOUISE R TURK - DIED 1893 - AGE 2 YRS
IRENE M TURK - DIED 1893 - AGE 3 YRS
GONE SO SOON
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