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From: "Jim Turner" <>
Subject: Many descendants of Elisha TURNER
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 10:23:00 -0800


According to family tradition, Elisha TURNER was born in England and immigrated

to the U.S. with his brother after the Revolutionary War. He was an orphan who

was adopted by John BICE (possibly BOICE or BYCE). As BICE is a peculiarly
Cornish name, Elisha may have been raised in Cornwall.

Elisha settled in Colchester twp., Delaware co., NY in the 1790s. He married
Patience COVEL, probably in 1797 or 1798. Patience was the daughter of James
and Sarah [HALL] COVEL, who were descendants of some of the earliest settlers
of
Cape Cod, MA.

Elisha and Patience had two sons: John Bice TURNER (b: 14 Jan 1799) and James
Covel TURNER (b: 22 Mar 1800). Elisha disappeared while returning from
Philadelphia to Colchester in the Spring of 1801. He was believed to have been

murdered for the money he was carrying. A few months later, Patience married
Arnold HUNTER. Patience let Arnold's sister Elizabeth and her husband David
POWERS adopt her son John. David and Elizabeth POWERS raised John B. Turner in

Amenia, Dutchess co., NY and Malta twp., Saratoga co., NY. Patience and Arnold

HUNTER took her son James C. TURNER with them when they settled in Tioga co.,
PA.

Arnold and Patience HUNTER had 6 children: Eliza b: 13 May 1802, Enoch b: 1 Mar

1804, George b: 19 Sep 1806, Susan b: 11 Jun 1810, William C. b: 6 Aug 1812,
and
Cyrus b: 18 Aug 1814.

I've listed many of Elisha and Patience TURNER's descendants in outline form
below. Please email me at:
if you would like to exchange information on any of these people.

Jim Turner

Descendants of Elisha and Patience TURNER

1 Elisha TURNER b: England d: 1801 Delaware River valley
. +Patience COVEL b: 24 Mar 1779 NY m: Abt 1798 d: 9 Dec 1815
Westfield, Tioga, PA

2 John Bice TURNER b: 14 Jan 1799 Colchester, Delaware, NY d: 26 Feb
1871 Chicago, Cook, IL
... +Martha VOLUNTINE b: 7 Oct 1798 Saratoga, NY m: 1819 Malta,
Saratoga, NY d: 11 Mar 1853 Chicago, Cook, IL

... 3 Elizabeth Jane TURNER b: 12 Aug 1819 Malta, Saratoga, NY d: 13
Oct 1910
...... +William D. WHITNEY b: 15 Aug 1815 Cayuga, NY m: 7 Oct 1841
Troy, NY d: 13 Nov 1863 Chicago, Cook, IL
..... 4 Charles Turner WHITNEY b: 13 Nov 1842 NY d: 7 Mar 1867 IL
..... 4 Elizabeth Watkins WHITNEY b: 4 Oct 1852 IL d: 8 Dec 1891
..... 4 Mary Clarissa WHITNEY b: 2 Dec 1853 Chicago?, IL
........ +Edward Fisher CHAPIN

... 3 LaFayette TURNER b: 20 Jun 1821 Malta, Saratoga, NY d: 19 Jul
1867 Chicago, Cook, IL
...... +Berthenia A. WOOD b: Abt 1826 WI d: 7 Mar 1881 Chicago, Cook, IL
..... 4 George C. TURNER b: Abt 1849 Milwaukee, WI d: Bef 1930
..... 4 Francis H. TURNER b: Sep 1852 Chicago, Cook, IL d: Abt 1916
Bear Lake, Manistee, MI
........ +Mary MYERS b: Mar 1855 Ohio m: Abt 1873 Manistee, MI
........ 5 William TURNER b: Abt 1875 Onekama, Manistee, MI
........... +Eliza b: Abt 1876 MI
.......... 6 Reva TURNER b: Abt 1898
.......... 6 Russell TURNER b: Abt 1903
........ 5 Frank TURNER, Jr. b: Jan 1876 Onekama, Manistee, MI
........... +Daisy D. b: Abt 1876 MI
........ 5 Charles TURNER b: Feb 1879 Onekama, Manistee, MI
..... 4 John Bice TURNER b: May 1856 Chicago, Cook, IL d: Bef 1916
........ +Anna b: Apr 1851 Wisconsin m: Abt 1880
..... 4 William Cullen TURNER b: 14 Dec 1858 Chicago, Cook, IL d: 18
Nov 1930 Elmhurst, DuPage, IL
........ +Harriet HORWOOD b: 24 Sep 1859 New York, NY m: 26 Sep 1880
Chicago, Cook, IL d: 14 Dec 1939 Elmhurst, DuPage, IL
........ 5 Bethana Sarah TURNER b: 13 Aug 1881 Chicago, Cook, IL d: 21
Nov 1887 Chicago, Cook, IL
........ 5 Lillian Eliza TURNER b: 4 Apr 1885 Chicago, Cook, IL d: May
1952 Elmhurst, DuPage, IL
........... +William O'NEILL b: 8 Jan 1883 Belle Plaine, Benton, IA m:
19 May 1907 d: 13 Feb 1960 Elmhurst, DuPage, IL
........ 5 Voluntine Cullen TURNER b: 22 Oct 1886 Cicero, Cook, IL d:
7 Dec 1941 Lily Lake, Kane, IL
........... +Anna Marie Elizabeth HULSEBERG b: 27 Jun 1888 Chicago,
Cook, IL m: 12 Jun 1912 Oak Park, Cook, IL d: 28 Sep 1976 D
........ 5 William Horwood TURNER b: 30 May 1890 Chicago, Cook, IL d:
24 Oct 1977 Maywood, Cook, IL
........... +Ruth ALLEN b: 13 Jan 1891 d: Apr 1976 IL
.......... 6 Allen Harvey TURNER b: 2 Oct 1917 IL d: 12 Dec 1988 IL
............. +Mildred JESCHKE
.......... 6 Everett TURNER b: 6 May 1928
............. +Willie Jo
........ 5 George Albert TURNER b: 26 Mar 1893 Chicago, Cook, IL d: 18
Oct 1959 Elmhurst, DuPage, IL
........... +Emma PANKOW b: 18 Oct 1894 m: 10 Dec 1924 Elmhurst,
DuPage, IL d: 18 Mar 1977

... 3 Voluntine Covel TURNER b: 25 Feb 1823 Malta, Saratoga, NY d: 2
Dec 1899 Chicago, Cook, IL
...... +Eliza SMITH b: 6 Dec 1828 NY m: May 1851 d: 9 Jun 1885
... *2nd Wife of Voluntine Covel Turner:
...... +M. Evelina (GREEN) m: Aft 1885 d: Aft 1899
Chicago, Cook, IL

... 3 Martha Ann TURNER b: 29 Jun 1828 Malta, Saratoga, NY d: 23 Nov 1904
...... +Julian Sydney RUMSEY b: 3 Apr 1823 Batavia, Genesee, NY m: 31
Jul 1848 Chicago, Cook, IL d: 20 Apr 1886
..... 4 George Dole RUMSEY b: 20 May 1849 Chicago, Cook, IL d: 1928
........ +Alice Cary GARFIELD b: 1851 m: 13 Jun 1878 Chicago d: 1915
..... 4 Amelia Vernon RUMSEY b: 11 Aug 1850 Chicago, IL d: 23 Apr 1877
........ +[1] Samuel Hickox WHEELER m: 17 May 1876 Chicago, Cook, IL
..... 4 Martha Turner RUMSEY b: 4 Jan 1852 Chicago, IL d: 6 Sep 1933
........ +Nathan Hack SKINNER m: 22 Oct 1884 Chicago, Cook, IL
..... 4 Laura Magill RUMSEY b: 25 Jan 1854 Chicago, IL d: 12 Sep 1854
..... 4 Juliette Kinzie RUMSEY b: 19 Feb 1855 Chicago, IL d: 1911
........ +John Ashmead ELLIS m: 26 Jun 1879 Linn, Walworth, WI
..... 4 Julian Magill RUMSEY b: 14 Oct 1856 Chicago, IL d: 6 Jan 1920
..... 4 Ada Williams RUMSEY b: 5 Dec 1857 Chicago, IL d: 7 Jun 1951
........ +Treat CAMPBELL b: 23 Jan 1855 m: 28 Nov 1883 d: Feb 1903
..... 4 John Turner RUMSEY b: 15 Jan 1859 Chicago, IL d: 9 Jun 1900
........ +Fannie Matie DOANE m: 16 Jan 1889 Chicago, Cook, IL
..... 4 Elizabeth Theodora RUMSEY b: 8 Aug 1860 Chicago, Cook, IL
d: 1959 Fairfield, Connecticut
........ +[1] Samuel Hickox WHEELER m: 18 Jun 1884 Lake Geneva, WI
..... 4 Emily Sheldon RUMSEY b: 21 Sep 1862 Chicago, IL d: 3 May 1925
..... 4 Eliza Voluntine RUMSEY b: 7 Oct 1865 Chicago, IL d: 26 Jun 1949

... 3 John Wesley TURNER b: 19 Jul 1833 Malta, Saratoga, NY d: 8 Apr
1899 St. Louis, MO
...... +Blanche Agnes SOULARD b: 14 Dec 1844 St. Louis, MO m: 22 Sep
1869 St. Louis, St. Louis, MO d: 5 Nov 1927 St. Louis, MO
..... 4 Voluntine Covel TURNER b: 2 Aug 1870 St. Louis d: 29 Jan 1933
........ +Beatrice Chouteau CLARK b: 15 Jul 1870 St. Louis, MO m: 1895
d: 22 Jun 1944
........ 5 Blanche Rose TURNER b: 3 Jul 1896 St. Louis d: 24 Oct 1967
........... +Eston RANDOLPH b: 4 Mar 1888 Danville, VA m: 1922 d: 26
Jul 1973
........ 5 Beatrice Chouteau TURNER b: 8 Jan 1898
........... +Horatio POTTER b: 4 Jul 1894 St. Louis m: 1927 d: 21 Aug 1961
........ *2nd Husband of Beatrice Chouteau Turner:
........... +Edmund F. GORMAN m: 1965 d: 15 May 1973
........ 5 Mary Soulard TURNER b: 19 Mar 1902 St. Louis d: 5 Jul 1989
........... +Richard Sion BULL b: 29 Oct 1901 St. Louis, MO m: 1926 d:
1 Jan 1972
..... 4 Marie Soulard TURNER b: 21 Apr 1872 St. Louis, MO d: 1 Apr 1957
........ +William Palmer CLARKSON b: 13 Feb 1867 Essex Co., VA m: 1897
d: 27 Dec 1940
..... 4 Gaston Soulard TURNER b: 8 Jun 1877 St. Louis, MO d: Abt 1929
........ +Julia Worth GREEN b: 10 Sep 1883 m: 1911 d: 9 Apr 1959
........ 5 Gaston Soulard TURNER Jr. b: 26 Mar 1912 Ft. Leavenworth, KS
d: 19 Apr 1944
........... +Dorothy Elizabeth JOHNSON b: 12 Feb 1913 Phoenix, AZ m:
1935 d: 14 May 1962
..... 4 John Bice TURNER b: 28 Feb 1879 St. Louis, MO d: 2 Jun 1914
........ +Jane Moulton GREEN b: 22 Jul 1881 St. Louis, MO m: 1905 d:
15 Oct 1957
........ 5 John Wesley TURNER b: 26 Dec 1906 St. Louis d: 19 Sep 1984
........... +Wilhelmina KORTENBEUTEL b: 4 Sep 1908 New York, NY m: 1938
d: 12 Nov 1982
........ 5 William Green TURNER b: 20 Feb 1913 St. Louis, MO
........... +Helen GERMAN b: 1 Aug 1919 Ogelsby, IL d: 8 Sep 1986
..... 4 George Engelmann TURNER b: 31 Jan 1882 St. Louis, MO d: 10 Nov
1938 Redlands, CA
........ +Edith BROWN b: 8 Mar 1885 Governor's Island, NY m: 1908 d:
22 Aug 1978
........ 5 George Engelmann TURNER, Jr. b: 8 Aug 1909 San Francisco, CA
d: 7 Sep 1951
........ 5 Edith TURNER b: 22 Feb 1911 Fort Rutger, HI
........ 5 Edward Brown TURNER b: 30 Jan 1919 Portland d: 27 Sep 1940
..... 4 Robert Patterson TURNER b: 3 Feb 1884 St. Louis d: 26 Sep 1973
........ +Elsie Burhans DAUMONT b: 23 Apr 1884 Jersey City, NJ m: 1909
d: 16 Apr 1971
........ 5 Robert Patterson TURNER, Jr. b: 26 Apr 1912 St. Louis, MO
........... +Josephine Margaret VESPER b: 14 Dec 1914 St. Louis m: 1935
........ 5 Harriet Daumont TURNER b: 6 Sep 1914 St. Louis, MO
........... +Howard Douglas CAMPBELL II b: 15 Aug 1912 Philadelphia m: 1939
..... *2nd Wife of Robert Patterson Turner:
........ +Margaret Grier HERSH b: 20 Jan 1897 York, PA m: 1927 d: 21
Feb 1989
..... 4 Blanche Agnes TURNER b: 18 Apr 1887 St. Louis d: 17 Jan 1919
........ +Kelton Ewing WHITE b: 19 Jun 1879 St. Louis m: 1917 d: 1 Dec 1975

... 3 Theodora Amelia TURNER b: 12 Sep 1838 NY d: 10 Jan 1898
...... +Henry A. TOWNER b: 14 Jun 1832 NY d: 1 Jul 1909
..... 4 Elizabeth W. TOWNER b: 18 Oct 1858 d: 7 Nov 1940
..... 4 Martha R. TOWNER b: Abt 1862
........ +DEANE
..... 4 Henry A. TOWNER, Jr. b: Aug 1868 d: 13 Aug 1956
..... 4 John De Koven TOWNER b: 14 Sep 1875 d: 7 Jun 1934 CA

*2nd Wife of John Bice Turner:
... +Adeline WILLIAMS b: Abt 1798 CN m: Abt 1855 Chicago, Cook, IL
d: 10 Jul 1890

2 James Covel TURNER b: 22 Mar 1800 Colchester, Delaware, NY d: 3 May
1838 Westfield, Tioga, PA
... +Elizabeth SEELY b: 22 Feb 1800 d: 15 Mar 1838 Westfield, Tioga, PA

... 3 Eliza TURNER b: 25 Sep 1823 Westfield, Tioga, PA d: 7 Sep 1900
Falconer, NY
...... +Andrew MALLORY d: 5 Nov 1906 Harrison Valley, Potter, PA
..... 4 Franklin H. MALLORY b: 30 Sep 1850 d: 6 Oct 1900
..... 4 Alvernon L. MALLORY b: 1857
..... 4 James T. MALLORY b: 1867

... 3 Ann TURNER b: 15 Oct 1829 d: 16 Aug 1913 Westfield, Tioga, PA
...... +Jacob KELTS b: 1820 d: 7 Dec 1908 Lindley, Steuben, NY
..... 4 James KELTS b: 5 Jan 1848 d: 23 Feb 1849
..... 4 Adelaide KELTS b: 1849
..... 4 Luther R. KELTS b: 24 Feb 1851 d: 22 Mar 1852
..... 4 Roland R. KELTS b: 15 Jan 1853 d: 12 Nov 1935
..... 4 Rixford C. KELTS b: 1855
..... 4 Charles F. KELTS b: 1858 d: 9 Feb 1902
..... 4 Nettie A. KELTS b: 1859
..... 4 Gordie KELTS b: 15 Jul 1861 d: 2 May 1862
..... 4 Harriet A. KELTS b: 17 May 1863 d: 17 Sep 1890
..... 4 Eliza KELTS b: 1 Jul 1866 d: 31 Mar 1890
..... 4 Nellie B. KELTS b: 23 Aug 1869 d: 1890

... 3 Harriett TURNER b: 15 Nov 1831 Westfield, Tioga, PA d: 1 Jun
1910 Harrison, Potter, PA
...... +Amos ENGLISH b: 17 Jun 1821 near Ithaca, NY m: 1845 d: 25 Apr
1875 Harrison, Potter, PA
..... 4 Thomas A. ENGLISH b: 1847 d: 1923
..... 4 Edward Barber ENGLISH b: 2 Aug 1849 d: 12 Aug 1880
..... 4 William H. ENGLISH b: 5 Jan 1851 d: 13 Dec 1884
..... 4 James ENGLISH b: 4 Jan 1854 d: 15 Nov 1935

... 3 Elisha TURNER b: 1832 Westfield, Tioga, PA d: 25 Oct 1880
Paw Paw, Lee, IL
...... +Harriet NEWELL m: 16 Dec 1860 Paw Paw, Lee, IL d: 4 Jan 1925

... 3 James TURNER b: Mar 1836 Westfield, Tioga, PA d: 25 Nov 1899
Westfield, Tioga, PA

... 3 Elizabeth TURNER b: 15 Mar 1838 Westfield, Tioga, PA d: 14 Aug
1915 Gold, Potter, PA
...... +Guy EASTMAN m: 1858
..... 4 Carrie EASTMAN
..... 4 James EASTMAN
..... 4 Leon EASTMAN
..... 4 C. C. EASTMAN

Compiled by James C. Turner - November 1997

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