Another Turley Branch

Another Turley Branch

James

 TURLEY
OF
SANGAMON COUNTY, ILLINOIS

''^'^ 10. JAMESl TURLEY was born 8 January 1761 and died 4 June 1836 ,>,
in Sangamon County, Illinois. On 10 flay 1781 he married Agnes Kirby."^
She was born 3 May 1763 and died 26 December 1832.

Thus the descendants of "Sangamon James" Turley began to separate.
Perhaps more than any other of the eighteenth century Turleys, this
James typifies the restless pioneer spirit of the westward movement.
He had been moving on since he left Fairfax County, Virginia, when
he was seventeen. His last move was to Sangamon County, Illinois,
when he was fifty-nine. The motivation was surely largely economic
but the courage cannot be denied. James Turley lived in four states
and the fractional number of his descendants now known range over
the entire country.
of James and Agnes (Kirby) Turley:
Sarah Turley b. 13 April 1782
David Turley b. 26 December 1783
Elizabeth Turley b. 29 January 1786
Samuel Turley b. 10 January 1788
Charles Turley b. 16 December 1789
William Turley b. 29 November 1791
John Turley b. 16 January 1794
James Turley b. 11 February 1796
George Washington Turley b. 5 March 1798
there were a total of 14 children
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55. CHARLES2 TURLEY (Jamesl) was/born 16 December 1789,^^^ probably
in Franklin County, Virginia.Ir^ He moved \o Kentucky with his
parents in 1795. ^'72 About 1811 he married Elizabeth Cheatham. ^''^
She was the daughter o£ David Cheathaml^^ and was born about 1790}''^
probably in Halifax County, Virginia, l''^ Charles Turley died 14
September 1839 in Logan County. Illinois^'''^ and Elizabeth (Cheatham)
Turley died there 1840-1850.1/° Both are said to be buried in the
Carlyle Cemetery, Logan County, Illinois,l'^^ but their graves have
not been located.
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In 1812 Charles Turley was first taxed in Montgomery County, Kentucky,
and he continued to be taxed through 1822.181 Only in 1821
was he taxed as a landowner. The land, 100 acres on Harper's Creek,
entered by Peter Harper, was actually owned by his father, James Turley,
having been purchased from Betty Harper 23 August 1803.182
On 14 December 1822 Charles Turley of Montgomery County, Kentucky,
appointed his brother, John Turley, his attorney to transact his
business in Kentucky and to sell a tract of land in Arkansas, purchased
by them jointly from Giles Ro.l83 if Charles Turley and John
Turley had considered moving to Arkansas, the plan was abandoned.
They may have bought the land purely for speculative purposes.
In 1823 Charles Turley and his family of six children settled in
Sangamon County, Illinois, four miles from the present village of
Elkhart in the present Logan County.184 Two more children were subsequently
born. Charles Turley entered land in Elkhart Township in
1828.185
A volunteer in the Black Hawk War of 1831-1832, Charles Turley
served in Captain Dawson's Company, Old Battalion Spies, Whitesides
Brigade, Mounted Volunteers of the Illinois Militia. 86
Charles Turley made nine purchases at the sale of his father's
estate 1 July 1836: one lot of old iron, a pair of "Speckticles,"
a jug, a side of "Soal" leather, a "Powder Gourd," a pair of bgJtchles,
two barrels of lime, a basket of sundries and a razor.1°'
Considered one of the pioneers of Logan County, Illinois, it was
said of Charles Turley, "Mr. Turley had his share of trials and hardships
incident to the life of a pioneer. In his last days he united
himself with the Christian church...He was a genial generous-hearted
man and had a host of warm friends."188
Children of Charles and Elizabeth (Cheatham) Turley:189
+257 i. James Osben Turley b. 1812
258 ii. Marshall Turley b. 1810-1820,1^° a resident in 1886 of
Council Bluffs, Iowa, "noted for his valuable inventions."
191
+259 iii. Sanford Turley b. c. 1815
+260 iv. Grisenda Turley b. c. 1817
+261 V. Eranda Turley b. c. 1819
+262 vi. Charles Turley b. 12 November 1822
vii. Commodore Perry Turley b. c.

262. CHARLES^ TURLEY (Charles2 James^) was born 12 November 1822
in Montgomery County, Kentucky.772 He died 31 July 1892 in Sangamon
County, Illinois, and is buried in the Walnut Hill Cemetery near
Williamsville, Illinois.773 On 6 April 1843 Charles Turley married
Louisa F. England in Sangamon County, Illinois.774 she was born 18
September 1824775 near Cantrall in Sangamon County, Illinois,776 the
daughter of David and Margaret (Higgins) England.7/7 Louisa (England)
Turley died 21 March 1909 and is buried in the Walnut Hill
Cemetery.778
Charles Turley moved west of Mt. Pulaski, Illinois, within Elkhart
before 1839 and to Williamsville, Sangamon County, Illinois,
in 1855.779 in 1866 he was ordained a deacon in the Christian Church
at Williamsville.780 After the death of her husband Louisa Turley
went to live with her daughter, Amanda Taylor in Williamsville where
she died in 1909. 781
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882. JAMES PERRY4 TURLEY (Charles3, Charles2, Jamesl) was born 6 April 1856 in Williamsville,
Sangamon County, Illinois.1891 He died 15 March 1925, probably in Williamsville.
1892 James Perry Turley married Anna Shick.1893 she was born in April, 1854,
in Pennsylvania,189'* and died in 1925.1895 Both are buried in the Walnut Hill Cemetery,
near Williamsville, Sangamon County, Illinois.1896 AS far as known, James Perry Turley
was a farmer in Williamsville, Illinois, throughout his life.
Children of James Perry and Anna M. (Shick) Turley:1897
2115 i. Bessie Turley b. November, 1879,1898 „!. ^Taylor
2116 ii. Earl Franklin Turley b. 1882, d. 1968, m. 1907 Ethel Daigh; Ch: Elizabeth
Turley m. Wagner - ch. John Wagner; James Daigh Turley; Harold Turley;
1899 Ruth Turley m. ^Lawrence; Charles Robert Turleyl900
2117 iii. Ralph James Turley

Then of course
Charles Robert Turley 1928-2001