hmtl5 William Ribelin Turley b. 24 Apr 1813 Montgomery County, Kentucky d. 22 Sep 1877 Logan County, Illinois: Hedges Genealogy

William Ribelin Turley

Male 1813 - 1877  (64 years)

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  • Name William Ribelin Turley 
    Birth 24 Apr 1813  Montgomery County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Occupation farmer  [4
    Census 1850  Logan County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Elkhart, Logan County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 22 Sep 1877  Logan County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Burial Carlyle Cemetery, Mount Pulaski, Logan County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Person ID I5528  Hedges
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2025 

    Father David Harrison Turley,   b. 3 Dec 1783, Henry, Franklin County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1825, Montgomery County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Mother Mary Ribelin,   b. 15 Oct 1784   d. 23 Feb 1866, Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Family ID F252  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Eurana Mary Mitchell,   b. Abt 1821, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1876, Logan County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage 21 Nov 1856  Montgomery County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Family ID F2405  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Mar 2025 

    Family 2 Mary "Polly" Hanna,   b. 1814, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1853 (Age 39 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1836  [3
    Family ID F2406  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Mar 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 24 Apr 1813 - Montgomery County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - Logan County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 21 Nov 1856 - Montgomery County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Elkhart, Logan County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 22 Sep 1877 - Logan County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Carlyle Cemetery, Mount Pulaski, Logan County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • note on Find a Grave:
      When William Ribelin Turley was born on April 24, 1813, in Montgomery, Kentucky, his father, David, was 29 and his mother, Mary, was 28. He married Mary Hanna and they had seven children together. He then married Uraney and they had one daughter together. He died on September 22, 1877, in Logan, Illinois, at the age of 64.
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    • WILLIAM R. TURLEY was born about 1813 in Montgomery County, Kentucky. He died 23 September 1877 in Logan County, Illinois, and is buried in the Carlyle Cemetery. About 1836 he married Mary ___ She was born in 1814 in Kentucky and died 30 October 1853 in Logan County, Illinois. she is buried in the Carlyle Cemetery. On 11 November 1855 William R. Turley married his first cousin, Uraney, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Turley) Cheatham, in Montgomery County, Kentucky. She was born in 1820 in Montgomery County and married Boone Mitchell about 1845. Uraney Turley died 8 October 1876 in Logan County, Illinois, and is buried in the Carlyle Cemetery.

      William R. Turley moved from Kentucky to Illinois in 1840 and settled at Lake Bank in Logan County. On 9 January 1858 "Uraney Turley" was listed as an heir of James Cheatham, deceased, on an affidavit sworn in Callaway County, Missouri. In 1860 Uraney's son by her first marriage, William B. Mitchell, age thirteen, was living with her and William R. Turley. A directory of Logan County, published in 1878 and after William R. Turley had died, listed him as a farmer in Elkhart Township on Section 22, a Democrat and a member of the Christian Church. in 1870 a Mary Turley, age seventeen, was listed in the census in the home of William R. Turley as a domestic servant. She may have been Mary Turley (George Washington, John, James) although she was also listed in the home of her father.

      Children of William R. and Mary ( ) Turley:
      Amanda J. Turley, b. c.1837
      Louisa Turley, b. c.1838
      Mary H. Turley, b. c.1840
      John Turley, b. c.1845
      William J. Turley, b. c.1847
      Sarah Ann Turley, b. 1849, d. 18 Mar 1870, buried Carlyle Cemetery, Logan county, Illinois. M. 15 Sept 1866 Edward H. Goff in Logan County.
      Martin L. Turley, b. Aug 1851
      William R. and Uraney (Cheatham) Turley's children
      Martha E. Turley, b. c.1859, d. probably bef. 1870.

      Turley Family Record, page 367-368.
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  • Sources 
    1. [S6] Find a Grave.

    2. [S108] Beth MItchell, et al., Turley Family Records, (Turley Family Historical Research Association), page 350, http://www.turleyfamily.net/genealogy/TurleyFamilyRecords.pdf.

    3. [S108] Beth MItchell, et al., Turley Family Records, (Turley Family Historical Research Association), page 367-368, http://www.turleyfamily.net/genealogy/TurleyFamilyRecords.pdf.

    4. [S25] Census.

    5. [S90] Marriage record.