John Turner, Sr. and Elizabeth Simcox
Husband John Turner, Sr. 1 2
Born: 14 Jun 1798 - Jackson Center, Jackson Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: 9 Jan 1873 - Deer Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2 Buried:
Father: Alexander Turner (1762-1840) 3 4 Mother: Nancy Krickbaum ( -1824) 5
Marriage: Abt 1819
Wife Elizabeth Simcox 1 2
Born: Abt 1799 - Washington Co, PA Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Shedrick Simcox (Abt 1767-1832) 6 Mother: Eleanor Jones (1770-1859) 6
Children
1 M William Turner 1
Born: 23 Dec 1820 - Mineral Twp, Venango Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: 13 Aug 1835 1 Cause of Death: Measles Buried: - Peterson Cemetery, Crawford Co, PASpouse: Did Not Marry
2 M Shadrach Turner 1
AKA: Shedrick Turner 7 Born: 21 Nov 1822 - Mineral Twp, Venango Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: 27 Nov 1824 1 Buried: - Simcox Cemetery, Mineral Twp, Venango Co, PA 8Spouse: Did Not Marry
3 M John Turner, Jr. 1 2
Born: 24 May 1825 - Venango Co, PA 2 Christened: Died: 4 Aug 1908 - Deer Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2 Buried:Spouse: Rebecca Sergent ( - ) 1 2 Marr: 1849 2
4 M Alexander Turner 9
Born: 24 May 1827 - Mineral Twp, Venango Co, PA 9 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Emily L. Powell ( - ) 9 Marr: 1848 9
5 M Nathan S. Turner 10
Born: 27 Jun 1829 - Deer Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 10 Christened: Died: 3 Jun 1887 10 Buried: - Peterson Cemetery, Crawford Co, PASpouse: Matilda Goodge ( - ) 7 Marr: 18 Feb 1858 10
6 F Eleanor Turner 11
Born: 15 Sep 1831 - Deer Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 12 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Israel Stallsmith ( - ) 12 Marr: 1882 12
7 F Nancy Turner 7
Born: 6 Mar 1834 7 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Thomas G. Davis ( - ) 12 Marr: 6 Sep 1856 7
8 F Elizabeth Turner 7
Born: 21 Nov 1836 - Deer Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 7 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: George W. Dunn ( - ) 12 Marr: 18 Feb 1857 12
9 M Martin V. Turner 13
Born: 20 Jul 1840 - Deer Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 13 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Rebecca Chatley ( - ) 13 Marr: 13 Nov 1862 13
10 F Mary J. Turner 13
Born: 10 Sep 1842 - Deer Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 13 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Josiah Stallsmith ( - ) 13 Marr: 19 Nov 1863 13
General Notes: Husband - John Turner, Sr.
He fell in love with Miss Simcox asked her father to allow him to wed his daughter, but he, like a selfish churl, refused, giving as his reason, that he could not spare his daughter as her service was needed in the household. Result: They eloped and were married. This occurred about 1819. He then bought or traded for the farm on which his brother William was living, which was near his father-in-laws in Venango County, Pennsylvania. Her father seemed to have forgiven the young couple as freely as such a man could forgive another, but it still rankled in his bosom that John had cheated him out of a servant, in the form of a daughter. While they neighbored "back and forth" exchanging work, etc., yet when old Shadrach was "full" it would all come up fresh in his mind again. One night at a "husking bee," after the work was done and supper eaten-the joy of old rye having circulated pretty freely-the old gentleman took the jug and says, I must treat "Jockey Buck"-a name he had used pretty freely all evening. John says: I would like to know what you mean by "Jockey Buck." The old man steps up and draws off and makes a pass but John warded off the blow, then the old man said: "You stole my daughter." John replied: "If I did I got nothing with her-not a cent." Then her mother who was near chimed in with "What did you take her for?" John answered: "Because I thought she would make a good housekeeper and because I loved her-that's the reason."
Whether this little scene progressed any farther or whether it was the only one of the kind, tradition does not say. John sometime after this traded farms with his brother Samuel, who was living in Deer Creek, Mercer County, and became a resident of that township, so that the peace was not likely disturbed again.
This farm that John obtained was located adjoining the line of Crawford County, and was unimproved, but he went to work with a will, and soon he had a half dozen boys growing up around him, and, before his death, had as nice a farm as there was in the country.
1 Alexander Turner, A History of the Turner Family and Their Connections (Sheakleyville, PA: Press of W. R. English, 1890), Pg 33.
2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1045.
3 Alexander Turner, A History of the Turner Family and Their Connections (Sheakleyville, PA: Press of W. R. English, 1890), Pg 4.
4 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1044.
5 Alexander Turner, A History of the Turner Family and Their Connections (Sheakleyville, PA: Press of W. R. English, 1890), Pg 6.
6 Byron C. Allen, Simcox Family Group Sheets (Canfield, OH: Privately published, 1983).
7 Byron C. Allen, Simcox Family Group Sheets (Canfield, OH: Privately published, 1983), #2.
8 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 140.
9 Alexander Turner, A History of the Turner Family and Their Connections (Sheakleyville, PA: Press of W. R. English, 1890), Pg 36.
10 Alexander Turner, A History of the Turner Family and Their Connections (Sheakleyville, PA: Press of W. R. English, 1890), Pg 38.
11 Alexander Turner, A History of the Turner Family and Their Connections (Sheakleyville, PA: Press of W. R. English, 1890), Pg 39.
12 Alexander Turner, A History of the Turner Family and Their Connections (Sheakleyville, PA: Press of W. R. English, 1890), Pg 40.
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Alexander Turner, A History of the Turner Family and Their Connections (Sheakleyville, PA: Press of W. R. English, 1890), Pg 41.
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