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David Turvey
10 Dec 1829 – 31 Mar 1901
| Birth | 10 Dec 1829 |
| Death | 31 Mar 1901 |
| Cemetery | Lincoln Center Cemetery Lincoln Center , Adams County , Iowa , USA |
| Added by | Michael Wayne Ritchie on 24 Mar 2021 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42115194 |
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The death of David Turvey occurred Sunday at his home in Lincoln Township, the cause being heart disease. Mr. Turvey, who was an old resident of this township, had not been well for some time. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon, the services being conducted by Rev. S. H. Coleman. Deceased was about 70 years of age and the widow ad a number of children are left to mourn his death. He was an excellent man and neighbor and a good citizen and will be greatly missed in the community. He was an old soldier with an honorable record. Adams County Free Press, Corning, Iowa, Wednesday, April 3, 1901, page 8 David Turvey was born in Licking County, Ohio on December 10, 1829, and lived there until 1853, when he removed to Illinois. He was married three years later to Miss Mary G. Stevenson. The family removed to Lincoln Township where Mr. Turvey died. Twelve children were born to them, six of whom are living, James, D. J., Charles, Mrs. D. T. Embree, Mrs. Callie Sadler, and Mrs. Lizzie Shields. All except Charles live in Lincoln Township or vicinity. Mr. Turvey was an old soldier and one who took a great interest in the G.A.R. work. He enlisted at Amboy, Illinois in 1862 and was mustered out at Nashville three years later. He participated in the battle of Chicamauga and during a part of his service was forage master of the third division fourth corps. He was chaplain of Jacob Miller Post G.A.R. of Briscoe and was buried by the post with military honors. Adams County Free Press, April 10, 1901, page 8 In Memory of David Turvey By an answer to the last roll call, Jacob Miller Post has lost by death one of its most valued and esteemed members. Comrade David Turvey, a faithful soldier of the republic, a man who throughout a long and honorable career commanded the respect of all his comrades and of all with whom he came in contact. He was a man who held such views of right and justice to all as endorsed him to his comrades and the example set by him in his daily fife as an honorable, straight, forward, and upright man, and as an indulgent and consistent husband and father is not only worthy of admiration but emulation. We comrades of Jacob Miller Post respect his memory, deplore his death, and we tender his widow and family our condolence in their irreparable loss. Resolved that copy of this be published and a copy be sent to Mrs. David Turvey and family at Hayes, Iowa, also be spread upon the minute book of Jacob Miller Post. W. D. Shaw, D. C. Matthews, Com. Adams County Free Press, July 10, 1901, page 2
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- James Stevenson Turvey 1856–1938
- Mary Marinda Turvey Embree 1861–1949
- Elizabeth E. Turvey Akin 1870–1939
- Charles Edwin Turvey 1872–1945
- Wilda J. Turvey 1874–1878
- Callie Emma Turvey Sadler 1879–1956
- Bertie Turvey 1883–1883
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