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Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Susan Turpin ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Turpin, Susan
LAST NAME: Turpin FIRST NAME: Susan MIDDLE NAME:  NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: F TITLE: 
BORN: 15 Mar 1817 DIED: 13 Jun 1885 BURIED:  (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Virginia
DEATH PLACE: Oregon
NOTES: 

MARRIAGE – John L. Turpin & Susannah White md 14 Mar 1835, Chariton Co, Missouri

1860 MO CENSUS – Susan Turpin (43y, b Virginia) enumerated with Jno S. (44y, b Kentucky, occupation farmer), Francina (15y, b Missouri), Mary (12y, b Missouri), Nancy (10y, b Missouri), Laura (8y, b Missouri), Byron (16y, b Missouri) and James (12y, b Missouri)

NOTE – John S. Turpin died intestate in Linn Co, Missouri, where his estate was admitted to probate on 30 June 1863 [Linn Co, Missouri probate records, Ancestry.com]

1870 OR CENSUS – Susan Turpin (53y, b Virginia) enumerated with John Gillanders (30y, b New Hampshire, works in saw mill), Laura A. Gillanders (18y, b Missouri), Etta Mae Gillanders (b May 1870, Oregon) and Lyman Bachelder (16y, b Missouri)

NOTE – John Gilanders and Laura Turpin married 1869 in Multnomah Co, Oregon

1880 OR CENSUS – Susan Turpin (63y, b Virginia, widowed) enumerated as boarder [actually Laura’s mother] with John Gilanders (43y, b New Hampshire, occupation farmer), his wife Laura (28y, b Missouri), their 3 children, all born in Oregon, Ettie (9y), John E. (4y) and Minnie P. (5y) and another boarder Horace Cox (23y, b Indiana, occupation laborer)

NOTE – Susan was probably a sister of James Henry White  

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

N/A

OBITUARY: 
INSCRIPTION: 

Susan
Wife of
John Turpin
Died
June 13, 1885
Aged
68 Y's 2 M's 17 D's
Gone But Not Forgotten

SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs

Missouri Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

1860 MO CENSUS (Linn Co, FA#279)

1870 OR CENSUS (Multnomah Co, Portland, FA#1058)

1880 OR CENSUS (Yamhill Co, Dayton, ED 135, FA#145)

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