Source: turner family tree_2011-08-24 Owner: c_satoski
Family Documents
James Bigham was probably about two years old when his parents and six year old brother Adam moved from South Carolina to Greene Co, Ohio. When James Bigham was about 5 years old, he began to acquire more brothers beginning with William born in 1819, Francis born in 1822, and John in 1824. The next thing we know about James Bigham is his marriage to Martha Russell Andrew about 1840. Martha was born 19 Sept 1820, which means she was almost exactly six years younger than James Bigham who was born on 14 Sept 1814. Martha died at the age of 20 years, 6 months, 7 days on 26 March 1841. She is buried with an infant son in Old Massies Cemetery in Cedarville twp, Greene Co, Oh.
James Bigham Turner and Matilda Jane Adams were married on 30 June 1842 in Xenia, Greene, Oh. Matilda Jane was also about 6 years younger than James Bigham. She was born in Chartiers, Washington, Pa on 2 July 1820. By the time this family left Ohio, they had six children. Margaret Joanna, 12; James Martin, 9; Martha Jane, 7; Elizabeth Ann, 4; and the twins Andrew Williamson and Henry Blaire, less than a year old.
Part 1 info:
The first presence of the James Bigham family in western Illinois is the 1855 Illinois State Census for Warren Co and Twp 12 N. In the census there are a total of eight people in the family with one eligible for the militia. The total value of the family's livestock is $470. The first purchase of land by James bigham didn't take place until the end of 1857 in Warren Co, Twp 12N. Since the 1855 census record and the 1857 land purchase were both in the same twp. It could have been that James Bigham was leasing land in 1855 the he purchased in 1857.
Part 2 info:
James Bigham and Matilda James Turner had eight children; 6 were born in Ohio and two were born in Illinois. Their youngest son, Thomas Leander Turner, was born 20 Oct 1857, less than two months before the family purchased land in Spring Grove Twp. No birth record was found.
Part 3 info:
On 3 Feb 1860, Jesse H Turner, the youngest child, was born to James Bigham and Matilda Jane Turner. No record of this birth was found. On 20 April 1860, James Bigham Turner, no longer owned lots 1 & 2 in Section #16 in Spring Grove twp. The 1860 Federal Census Records show James B Turner with a real estate value of $3200 and a personal estate value of $450.
John Turner, his family, and his family, James II Turner were living in the same neighborhood with the James Bigham family when the 1860 Federal Census was taken. By 1862, John Turner was in possession of Lots 1 & 2 in Section 16 that were formerly owned by his brother, James Bigham. The brothers were only neighbors until October 1863 when John sold Lots 1 & 2. James II Turner didn't die until 1868; it's not clear with whom he lived after John Turner sold out.
On 9 April 1864, the oldest child of James Bigham and Matilda Jane, Maggie J Turner, married John F Henderson in Warren Co, Ill.
According to the 1870 Federal Census Records, James B Turner's real estate value had increased to $4ooo. His personal estate value had increased to $800. James Martin, age 24, doesn't appear as a member of the James Bigham Turner family. James Martin is not listed anywhere in the 1870 Federal Census Records.
Part 4 No info:
Part 5 Info:
It looks like James Martin and his brother Henry were farming James Bigham Turner's 160 acres in sec. 16, the school section. They had post office boxes in Spring Grove. Evidently, James Bigham was living in Alexis. Two years later on 11 April 1879, James Bigham Turner sold Lot 3.
The last 1870's event in the James Bigham Turner family for which we have a document is the marriage between H.B. Turner and Mary M Webb on 8 August 1879. Henry's mother was referred to as Moody, not Matilda. The marriage took place in Aleda, not Norwood or Spring Grove. According to local historians, Aledo had an amusement park which became a favorite spot for weddings.
Part 6 info:
By 1880, James Bigham Turner had sold off 240 acres of his original 320 acres of land which left the farm with 80 acres. It is mystifying to read in the Agricultural Census of 1880 that the farm had 255 acres of land. Of the 255 acres, 125 acres was tilled including fallow and grass in rotation, 18 acres was in permanent meadows, pasture, orchards, vineyards, and 12 acres was unimproved woodlands and forests. In 1880, the value of the land, fences and buildings was $6400, value of farm implements and machinery was $265, and the value of the livestock was $800. In the year previous to 1880, the farm paid $50 for 8 weeks of farm labor excluding dairy and housework. In 1879, the farm used 2 bushels of clover seed and mowed 14 acres which produced 21 tons of hay. On 1 June 1880, the farm had 6 horses, 2 mules and asses, 5 milk cows and 3 other cattle. In 1879, 5 calves had been born, 5 living cattle had been sold, and 1 had been slaughtered. The farm made 500 lbs of butter but no cheese. No sheep were raised.
On the 1880 Census, James Bigham (65) was listed as having Dyspepsia. An abdominal disorder or occasionally cancer. On 22 July 1880, about six weeks after the 1880 Federal Census was taken, James Bigham died of '"shthisi". According to the death certificate, the duration of the disease was 3 years. The cause of death must be misspelled. James Bigham is buried in the Norwood Cemetery in western Ill. Upon further investigation it was figured that James Bigham died of tuberculosis "phthisis", a Greek word. When ill, one tends to worry, which could have caused the abdominal pain.
Matilda Jane (Adams) Turner died almost exactly 7 years later in 1887 of TB.
Part 7 info:
About 6 months before James Bigham died, the family welcomed their 6th grandchild. The first 5 grandchildren were born to John and Maggie (Turner) Henderson, who were married on 9 April 1864. They are as follows; Jennie, born 16 August, 1866 in Cedar Creek, Il; Leonard, born 16 Nov, 1867 in Monmouth, Il; Guy, born 14 Oct, 1871, in Monmouth; Clyde, born 8, 1873 in Monmouth; and Fred born 3 Sept, 1876 in Il.
The 6th grandchild was Minnie E Turner, born on 19 Feb 1880 to Mary Margaret (Webb) and Henry Blair Turner. Minnie is the first grandchild we have a birth record for.
A couple of months after James Bigham died, his daughter Martha Jane was married to Thomas A Hood. They were married on 8 Sept, 1880, in Spring Grove, Il. This was the second marriage for Thomas.
Part 8 info:
On 3 may, 1881, James Martin Turner, the oldest of the deceased James Bigham and Matilda Jane Turner was married.
Part 9 info:
After James Bigham Turner died, his family began to scatter. Elizabeth Ann Turner was in Iowa when sh married Lewis Evans Wolcott on 15 March, 1882. Mary Margaret and Henry B Turner were still in Warren Co, Il for the birth of their second child, Earl W Turner, on 15 June, 1882. But by 1886, they were in Nebraska for the birth of their son, Howard. Andrew Williamson Turner and Thomas Leander Turner were both in Orchard, when they married. Andrew married Anna Minerva Smith on 15 Sept, 1886. A day later his brother Thomas married Maggie Celia Morrow on 16 Sept, 1886. Jessie H Turner was in Manitou Springs, Colorado when she married Robert Franklin Cooper on 6 Oct, 1887.
With the Turner family gone from western Ill., the last of their land, Lot 4 in school section #16 in the Spring Grove Twp, was released by the sheriff to the mortgage holder on 2 Feb, 1887. (Mar 2015)
Family Documents
James Bigham was probably about two years old when his parents and six year old brother Adam moved from South Carolina to Greene Co, Ohio. When James Bigham was about 5 years old, he began to acquire more brothers beginning with William born in 1819, Francis born in 1822, and John in 1824. The next thing we know about James Bigham is his marriage to Martha Russell Andrew about 1840. Martha was born 19 Sept 1820, which means she was almost exactly six years younger than James Bigham who was born on 14 Sept 1814. Martha died at the age of 20 years, 6 months, 7 days on 26 March 1841. She is buried with an infant son in Old Massies Cemetery in Cedarville twp, Greene Co, Oh.
James Bigham Turner and Matilda Jane Adams were married on 30 June 1842 in Xenia, Greene, Oh. Matilda Jane was also about 6 years younger than James Bigham. She was born in Chartiers, Washington, Pa on 2 July 1820. By the time this family left Ohio, they had six children. Margaret Joanna, 12; James Martin, 9; Martha Jane, 7; Elizabeth Ann, 4; and the twins Andrew Williamson and Henry Blaire, less than a year old.
Part 1 info:
The first presence of the James Bigham family in western Illinois is the 1855 Illinois State Census for Warren Co and Twp 12 N. In the census there are a total of eight people in the family with one eligible for the militia. The total value of the family's livestock is $470. The first purchase of land by James bigham didn't take place until the end of 1857 in Warren Co, Twp 12N. Since the 1855 census record and the 1857 land purchase were both in the same twp. It could have been that James Bigham was leasing land in 1855 the he purchased in 1857.
Part 2 info:
James Bigham and Matilda James Turner had eight children; 6 were born in Ohio and two were born in Illinois. Their youngest son, Thomas Leander Turner, was born 20 Oct 1857, less than two months before the family purchased land in Spring Grove Twp. No birth record was found.
Part 3 info:
On 3 Feb 1860, Jesse H Turner, the youngest child, was born to James Bigham and Matilda Jane Turner. No record of this birth was found. On 20 April 1860, James Bigham Turner, no longer owned lots 1 & 2 in Section #16 in Spring Grove twp. The 1860 Federal Census Records show James B Turner with a real estate value of $3200 and a personal estate value of $450.
John Turner, his family, and his family, James II Turner were living in the same neighborhood with the James Bigham family when the 1860 Federal Census was taken. By 1862, John Turner was in possession of Lots 1 & 2 in Section 16 that were formerly owned by his brother, James Bigham. The brothers were only neighbors until October 1863 when John sold Lots 1 & 2. James II Turner didn't die until 1868; it's not clear with whom he lived after John Turner sold out.
On 9 April 1864, the oldest child of James Bigham and Matilda Jane, Maggie J Turner, married John F Henderson in Warren Co, Ill.
According to the 1870 Federal Census Records, James B Turner's real estate value had increased to $4ooo. His personal estate value had increased to $800. James Martin, age 24, doesn't appear as a member of the James Bigham Turner family. James Martin is not listed anywhere in the 1870 Federal Census Records.
Part 4 No info:
Part 5 Info:
It looks like James Martin and his brother Henry were farming James Bigham Turner's 160 acres in sec. 16, the school section. They had post office boxes in Spring Grove. Evidently, James Bigham was living in Alexis. Two years later on 11 April 1879, James Bigham Turner sold Lot 3.
The last 1870's event in the James Bigham Turner family for which we have a document is the marriage between H.B. Turner and Mary M Webb on 8 August 1879. Henry's mother was referred to as Moody, not Matilda. The marriage took place in Aleda, not Norwood or Spring Grove. According to local historians, Aledo had an amusement park which became a favorite spot for weddings.
Part 6 info:
By 1880, James Bigham Turner had sold off 240 acres of his original 320 acres of land which left the farm with 80 acres. It is mystifying to read in the Agricultural Census of 1880 that the farm had 255 acres of land. Of the 255 acres, 125 acres was tilled including fallow and grass in rotation, 18 acres was in permanent meadows, pasture, orchards, vineyards, and 12 acres was unimproved woodlands and forests. In 1880, the value of the land, fences and buildings was $6400, value of farm implements and machinery was $265, and the value of the livestock was $800. In the year previous to 1880, the farm paid $50 for 8 weeks of farm labor excluding dairy and housework. In 1879, the farm used 2 bushels of clover seed and mowed 14 acres which produced 21 tons of hay. On 1 June 1880, the farm had 6 horses, 2 mules and asses, 5 milk cows and 3 other cattle. In 1879, 5 calves had been born, 5 living cattle had been sold, and 1 had been slaughtered. The farm made 500 lbs of butter but no cheese. No sheep were raised.
On the 1880 Census, James Bigham (65) was listed as having Dyspepsia. An abdominal disorder or occasionally cancer. On 22 July 1880, about six weeks after the 1880 Federal Census was taken, James Bigham died of '"shthisi". According to the death certificate, the duration of the disease was 3 years. The cause of death must be misspelled. James Bigham is buried in the Norwood Cemetery in western Ill. Upon further investigation it was figured that James Bigham died of tuberculosis "phthisis", a Greek word. When ill, one tends to worry, which could have caused the abdominal pain.
Matilda Jane (Adams) Turner died almost exactly 7 years later in 1887 of TB.
Part 7 info:
About 6 months before James Bigham died, the family welcomed their 6th grandchild. The first 5 grandchildren were born to John and Maggie (Turner) Henderson, who were married on 9 April 1864. They are as follows; Jennie, born 16 August, 1866 in Cedar Creek, Il; Leonard, born 16 Nov, 1867 in Monmouth, Il; Guy, born 14 Oct, 1871, in Monmouth; Clyde, born 8, 1873 in Monmouth; and Fred born 3 Sept, 1876 in Il.
The 6th grandchild was Minnie E Turner, born on 19 Feb 1880 to Mary Margaret (Webb) and Henry Blair Turner. Minnie is the first grandchild we have a birth record for.
A couple of months after James Bigham died, his daughter Martha Jane was married to Thomas A Hood. They were married on 8 Sept, 1880, in Spring Grove, Il. This was the second marriage for Thomas.
Part 8 info:
On 3 may, 1881, James Martin Turner, the oldest of the deceased James Bigham and Matilda Jane Turner was married.
Part 9 info:
After James Bigham Turner died, his family began to scatter. Elizabeth Ann Turner was in Iowa when sh married Lewis Evans Wolcott on 15 March, 1882. Mary Margaret and Henry B Turner were still in Warren Co, Il for the birth of their second child, Earl W Turner, on 15 June, 1882. But by 1886, they were in Nebraska for the birth of their son, Howard. Andrew Williamson Turner and Thomas Leander Turner were both in Orchard, when they married. Andrew married Anna Minerva Smith on 15 Sept, 1886. A day later his brother Thomas married Maggie Celia Morrow on 16 Sept, 1886. Jessie H Turner was in Manitou Springs, Colorado when she married Robert Franklin Cooper on 6 Oct, 1887.
With the Turner family gone from western Ill., the last of their land, Lot 4 in school section #16 in the Spring Grove Twp, was released by the sheriff to the mortgage holder on 2 Feb, 1887. (Mar 2015)
Source: turner family tree_2011-08-24 Owner: c_satoski
Family Documents
James Bigham was probably about two years old when his parents and six year old brother Adam moved from South Carolina to Greene Co, Ohio. When James Bigham was about 5 years old, he began to acquire more brothers beginning with William born in 1819, Francis born in 1822, and John in 1824. The next thing we know about James Bigham is his marriage to Martha Russell Andrew about 1840. Martha was born 19 Sept 1820, which means she was almost exactly six years younger than James Bigham who was born on 14 Sept 1814. Martha died at the age of 20 years, 6 months, 7 days on 26 March 1841. She is buried with an infant son in Old Massies Cemetery in Cedarville twp, Greene Co, Oh.
James Bigham Turner and Matilda Jane Adams were married on 30 June 1842 in Xenia, Greene, Oh. Matilda Jane was also about 6 years younger than James Bigham. She was born in Chartiers, Washington, Pa on 2 July 1820. By the time this family left Ohio, they had six children. Margaret Joanna, 12; James Martin, 9; Martha Jane, 7; Elizabeth Ann, 4; and the twins Andrew Williamson and Henry Blaire, less than a year old.
Part 1 info:
The first presence of the James Bigham family in western Illinois is the 1855 Illinois State Census for Warren Co and Twp 12 N. In the census there are a total of eight people in the family with one eligible for the militia. The total value of the family's livestock is $470. The first purchase of land by James bigham didn't take place until the end of 1857 in Warren Co, Twp 12N. Since the 1855 census record and the 1857 land purchase were both in the same twp. It could have been that James Bigham was leasing land in 1855 the he purchased in 1857.
Part 2 info:
James Bigham and Matilda James Turner had eight children; 6 were born in Ohio and two were born in Illinois. Their youngest son, Thomas Leander Turner, was born 20 Oct 1857, less than two months before the family purchased land in Spring Grove Twp. No birth record was found.
Part 3 info:
On 3 Feb 1860, Jesse H Turner, the youngest child, was born to James Bigham and Matilda Jane Turner. No record of this birth was found. On 20 April 1860, James Bigham Turner, no longer owned lots 1 & 2 in Section #16 in Spring Grove twp. The 1860 Federal Census Records show James B Turner with a real estate value of $3200 and a personal estate value of $450.
John Turner, his family, and his family, James II Turner were living in the same neighborhood with the James Bigham family when the 1860 Federal Census was taken. By 1862, John Turner was in possession of Lots 1 & 2 in Section 16 that were formerly owned by his brother, James Bigham. The brothers were only neighbors until October 1863 when John sold Lots 1 & 2. James II Turner didn't die until 1868; it's not clear with whom he lived after John Turner sold out.
On 9 April 1864, the oldest child of James Bigham and Matilda Jane, Maggie J Turner, married John F Henderson in Warren Co, Ill.
According to the 1870 Federal Census Records, James B Turner's real estate value had increased to $4ooo. His personal estate value had increased to $800. James Martin, age 24, doesn't appear as a member of the James Bigham Turner family. James Martin is not listed anywhere in the 1870 Federal Census Records.
Part 4 No info:
Part 5 Info:
It looks like James Martin and his brother Henry were farming James Bigham Turner's 160 acres in sec. 16, the school section. They had post office boxes in Spring Grove. Evidently, James Bigham was living in Alexis. Two years later on 11 April 1879, James Bigham Turner sold Lot 3.
The last 1870's event in the James Bigham Turner family for which we have a document is the marriage between H.B. Turner and Mary M Webb on 8 August 1879. Henry's mother was referred to as Moody, not Matilda. The marriage took place in Aleda, not Norwood or Spring Grove. According to local historians, Aledo had an amusement park which became a favorite spot for weddings.
Part 6 info:
By 1880, James Bigham Turner had sold off 240 acres of his original 320 acres of land which left the farm with 80 acres. It is mystifying to read in the Agricultural Census of 1880 that the farm had 255 acres of land. Of the 255 acres, 125 acres was tilled including fallow and grass in rotation, 18 acres was in permanent meadows, pasture, orchards, vineyards, and 12 acres was unimproved woodlands and forests. In 1880, the value of the land, fences and buildings was $6400, value of farm implements and machinery was $265, and the value of the livestock was $800. In the year previous to 1880, the farm paid $50 for 8 weeks of farm labor excluding dairy and housework. In 1879, the farm used 2 bushels of clover seed and mowed 14 acres which produced 21 tons of hay. On 1 June 1880, the farm had 6 horses, 2 mules and asses, 5 milk cows and 3 other cattle. In 1879, 5 calves had been born, 5 living cattle had been sold, and 1 had been slaughtered. The farm made 500 lbs of butter but no cheese. No sheep were raised.
On the 1880 Census, James Bigham (65) was listed as having Dyspepsia. An abdominal disorder or occasionally cancer. On 22 July 1880, about six weeks after the 1880 Federal Census was taken, James Bigham died of '"shthisi". According to the death certificate, the duration of the disease was 3 years. The cause of death must be misspelled. James Bigham is buried in the Norwood Cemetery in western Ill. Upon further investigation it was figured that James Bigham died of tuberculosis "phthisis", a Greek word. When ill, one tends to worry, which could have caused the abdominal pain.
Matilda Jane (Adams) Turner died almost exactly 7 years later in 1887 of TB.
Part 7 info:
About 6 months before James Bigham died, the family welcomed their 6th grandchild. The first 5 grandchildren were born to John and Maggie (Turner) Henderson, who were married on 9 April 1864. They are as follows; Jennie, born 16 August, 1866 in Cedar Creek, Il; Leonard, born 16 Nov, 1867 in Monmouth, Il; Guy, born 14 Oct, 1871, in Monmouth; Clyde, born 8, 1873 in Monmouth; and Fred born 3 Sept, 1876 in Il.
The 6th grandchild was Minnie E Turner, born on 19 Feb 1880 to Mary Margaret (Webb) and Henry Blair Turner. Minnie is the first grandchild we have a birth record for.
A couple of months after James Bigham died, his daughter Martha Jane was married to Thomas A Hood. They were married on 8 Sept, 1880, in Spring Grove, Il. This was the second marriage for Thomas.
Part 8 info:
On 3 may, 1881, James Martin Turner, the oldest of the deceased James Bigham and Matilda Jane Turner was married.
Part 9 info:
After James Bigham Turner died, his family began to scatter. Elizabeth Ann Turner was in Iowa when sh married Lewis Evans Wolcott on 15 March, 1882. Mary Margaret and Henry B Turner were still in Warren Co, Il for the birth of their second child, Earl W Turner, on 15 June, 1882. But by 1886, they were in Nebraska for the birth of their son, Howard. Andrew Williamson Turner and Thomas Leander Turner were both in Orchard, when they married. Andrew married Anna Minerva Smith on 15 Sept, 1886. A day later his brother Thomas married Maggie Celia Morrow on 16 Sept, 1886. Jessie H Turner was in Manitou Springs, Colorado when she married Robert Franklin Cooper on 6 Oct, 1887.
With the Turner family gone from western Ill., the last of their land, Lot 4 in school section #16 in the Spring Grove Twp, was released by the sheriff to the mortgage holder on 2 Feb, 1887. (Mar 2015)
Family Documents
James Bigham was probably about two years old when his parents and six year old brother Adam moved from South Carolina to Greene Co, Ohio. When James Bigham was about 5 years old, he began to acquire more brothers beginning with William born in 1819, Francis born in 1822, and John in 1824. The next thing we know about James Bigham is his marriage to Martha Russell Andrew about 1840. Martha was born 19 Sept 1820, which means she was almost exactly six years younger than James Bigham who was born on 14 Sept 1814. Martha died at the age of 20 years, 6 months, 7 days on 26 March 1841. She is buried with an infant son in Old Massies Cemetery in Cedarville twp, Greene Co, Oh.
James Bigham Turner and Matilda Jane Adams were married on 30 June 1842 in Xenia, Greene, Oh. Matilda Jane was also about 6 years younger than James Bigham. She was born in Chartiers, Washington, Pa on 2 July 1820. By the time this family left Ohio, they had six children. Margaret Joanna, 12; James Martin, 9; Martha Jane, 7; Elizabeth Ann, 4; and the twins Andrew Williamson and Henry Blaire, less than a year old.
Part 1 info:
The first presence of the James Bigham family in western Illinois is the 1855 Illinois State Census for Warren Co and Twp 12 N. In the census there are a total of eight people in the family with one eligible for the militia. The total value of the family's livestock is $470. The first purchase of land by James bigham didn't take place until the end of 1857 in Warren Co, Twp 12N. Since the 1855 census record and the 1857 land purchase were both in the same twp. It could have been that James Bigham was leasing land in 1855 the he purchased in 1857.
Part 2 info:
James Bigham and Matilda James Turner had eight children; 6 were born in Ohio and two were born in Illinois. Their youngest son, Thomas Leander Turner, was born 20 Oct 1857, less than two months before the family purchased land in Spring Grove Twp. No birth record was found.
Part 3 info:
On 3 Feb 1860, Jesse H Turner, the youngest child, was born to James Bigham and Matilda Jane Turner. No record of this birth was found. On 20 April 1860, James Bigham Turner, no longer owned lots 1 & 2 in Section #16 in Spring Grove twp. The 1860 Federal Census Records show James B Turner with a real estate value of $3200 and a personal estate value of $450.
John Turner, his family, and his family, James II Turner were living in the same neighborhood with the James Bigham family when the 1860 Federal Census was taken. By 1862, John Turner was in possession of Lots 1 & 2 in Section 16 that were formerly owned by his brother, James Bigham. The brothers were only neighbors until October 1863 when John sold Lots 1 & 2. James II Turner didn't die until 1868; it's not clear with whom he lived after John Turner sold out.
On 9 April 1864, the oldest child of James Bigham and Matilda Jane, Maggie J Turner, married John F Henderson in Warren Co, Ill.
According to the 1870 Federal Census Records, James B Turner's real estate value had increased to $4ooo. His personal estate value had increased to $800. James Martin, age 24, doesn't appear as a member of the James Bigham Turner family. James Martin is not listed anywhere in the 1870 Federal Census Records.
Part 4 No info:
Part 5 Info:
It looks like James Martin and his brother Henry were farming James Bigham Turner's 160 acres in sec. 16, the school section. They had post office boxes in Spring Grove. Evidently, James Bigham was living in Alexis. Two years later on 11 April 1879, James Bigham Turner sold Lot 3.
The last 1870's event in the James Bigham Turner family for which we have a document is the marriage between H.B. Turner and Mary M Webb on 8 August 1879. Henry's mother was referred to as Moody, not Matilda. The marriage took place in Aleda, not Norwood or Spring Grove. According to local historians, Aledo had an amusement park which became a favorite spot for weddings.
Part 6 info:
By 1880, James Bigham Turner had sold off 240 acres of his original 320 acres of land which left the farm with 80 acres. It is mystifying to read in the Agricultural Census of 1880 that the farm had 255 acres of land. Of the 255 acres, 125 acres was tilled including fallow and grass in rotation, 18 acres was in permanent meadows, pasture, orchards, vineyards, and 12 acres was unimproved woodlands and forests. In 1880, the value of the land, fences and buildings was $6400, value of farm implements and machinery was $265, and the value of the livestock was $800. In the year previous to 1880, the farm paid $50 for 8 weeks of farm labor excluding dairy and housework. In 1879, the farm used 2 bushels of clover seed and mowed 14 acres which produced 21 tons of hay. On 1 June 1880, the farm had 6 horses, 2 mules and asses, 5 milk cows and 3 other cattle. In 1879, 5 calves had been born, 5 living cattle had been sold, and 1 had been slaughtered. The farm made 500 lbs of butter but no cheese. No sheep were raised.
On the 1880 Census, James Bigham (65) was listed as having Dyspepsia. An abdominal disorder or occasionally cancer. On 22 July 1880, about six weeks after the 1880 Federal Census was taken, James Bigham died of '"shthisi". According to the death certificate, the duration of the disease was 3 years. The cause of death must be misspelled. James Bigham is buried in the Norwood Cemetery in western Ill. Upon further investigation it was figured that James Bigham died of tuberculosis "phthisis", a Greek word. When ill, one tends to worry, which could have caused the abdominal pain.
Matilda Jane (Adams) Turner died almost exactly 7 years later in 1887 of TB.
Part 7 info:
About 6 months before James Bigham died, the family welcomed their 6th grandchild. The first 5 grandchildren were born to John and Maggie (Turner) Henderson, who were married on 9 April 1864. They are as follows; Jennie, born 16 August, 1866 in Cedar Creek, Il; Leonard, born 16 Nov, 1867 in Monmouth, Il; Guy, born 14 Oct, 1871, in Monmouth; Clyde, born 8, 1873 in Monmouth; and Fred born 3 Sept, 1876 in Il.
The 6th grandchild was Minnie E Turner, born on 19 Feb 1880 to Mary Margaret (Webb) and Henry Blair Turner. Minnie is the first grandchild we have a birth record for.
A couple of months after James Bigham died, his daughter Martha Jane was married to Thomas A Hood. They were married on 8 Sept, 1880, in Spring Grove, Il. This was the second marriage for Thomas.
Part 8 info:
On 3 may, 1881, James Martin Turner, the oldest of the deceased James Bigham and Matilda Jane Turner was married.
Part 9 info:
After James Bigham Turner died, his family began to scatter. Elizabeth Ann Turner was in Iowa when sh married Lewis Evans Wolcott on 15 March, 1882. Mary Margaret and Henry B Turner were still in Warren Co, Il for the birth of their second child, Earl W Turner, on 15 June, 1882. But by 1886, they were in Nebraska for the birth of their son, Howard. Andrew Williamson Turner and Thomas Leander Turner were both in Orchard, when they married. Andrew married Anna Minerva Smith on 15 Sept, 1886. A day later his brother Thomas married Maggie Celia Morrow on 16 Sept, 1886. Jessie H Turner was in Manitou Springs, Colorado when she married Robert Franklin Cooper on 6 Oct, 1887.
With the Turner family gone from western Ill., the last of their land, Lot 4 in school section #16 in the Spring Grove Twp, was released by the sheriff to the mortgage holder on 2 Feb, 1887. (Mar 2015)
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Buried: 12/06/1887, Source: City of Colo Spgs cemetery data 3/20/09
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