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Elizabeth Desdemona Turley 1821–1889 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 December 1821

Birth Location: Beans, Grainger, Tennessee, United States

Death Date: 2 June 1889

Death Location: Rutledge, Grainger County, Tennessee, United States of America

Father: Thomas Turley

Mother: Desdemona Taylor

Spouse(s): William Lee

Children(s): Theodosia Lee

Elizabeth Desdemona Turley was born in 1821 in Beans, Grainger, Tennessee, United States, the child of Thomas Turley And Desdemona Taylor. Elizabeth Desdemona Turley married William Deadrick Lee, and had children including Theodosia Kathleen Lee. Elizabeth Desdemona Turley passed away in 1889 in Rutledge, Grainger County, Tennessee, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Elizabeth Desdemona Turley was born in 1821 in Beans, Grainger, Tennessee, United States, the child of Thomas Turley And Desdemona Taylor.
  • Elizabeth Desdemona Turley married William Deadrick Lee, and had children including Theodosia Kathleen Lee.
  • Elizabeth Desdemona Turley passed away in 1889 in Rutledge, Grainger County, Tennessee, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Turley
1782–1833
Birth Location: Grainger, Tennessee, United States
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Desdemona Taylor
1788–1877
Birth Location: Henry, Virginia, United States
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Spouses(s)

William Lee
1823–1889
Birth Location: Rogersville, Hawkins, Tennessee, USA
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Children(s)

Theodosia Lee
1857–1895
Birth Location: Sevier, Tennessee, USA
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Elizabeth Turley's Ancestors

Self
Elizabeth Turley
1821–1889
Birth Place: Beans, Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Parents
Thomas Turley
1782–1833
Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Desdemona Taylor
1788–1877
Henry, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Thomas Turley
1756–1788
Belfast, Antrim, , Ireland
Lucy Holliday
1760–1843
Maryland, United States
Daniel (Owen) Taylor
1761–1834
Cumberland, Virginia
Jane Rowland
1761–1843
Henry County, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Nancy Taylor
1738–1814
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Owen
1700–1794
Eleanor 6g)
1712–1794

Elizabeth Turley's Descendants

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Elizabeth (Desdemona) Turley (7 December 1821–2 June 1889) m. William (Deadrick) Lee (18 February 1823–21 July 1889)
  1. 1. Theodosia (Kathleen) Lee 1857–1895 m. Cleason (A) Emert 1854–1926
    1. 1. Pearl (Roger) Emert 1883–1953 m. Horace (Maynard) James 1859–1916 m. Charles (Franklin) Meacham 1873–1954
      1. 1. John (Fred) Meacham 1921–1998 m. Alma (J) Clark 1932–2012
      2. 2. Eva (Gertrude) James 1915–1988 m. Nick (Eugene) Black 1913–1971
        1. 1. David (Dean) Black 1937–2000
      3. 3. Amos (Herman) James 1906–1987 m. Mae Brady 1911–2010
      4. 4. Horace 1910–1958 m. Ruby Turley 1912–1985
        1. 1. Emert (Turley) James 1934–1934
      5. 5. Harriet (Lee "Hattie") James 1908–2000 m. earnest (milton) Tate 1901–1969
        1. 1. James (Roger) tate 1937–2013
        2. 2. Earnest (Norman) Tate 1931–2013
        3. 3. Frances (Laverne) Tate 1926–2024 m. William (Bill George) Carter 1925–1975

Elizabeth Turley's Timeline

2 Records

1821
7 December 1821
Birth of Elizabeth Desdemona Turley in Beans, Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Beans, Grainger, Tennessee, United States
1889
2 June 1889
Age 68
Death of Elizabeth Desdemona Turley in Rutledge, Grainger County, Tennessee, United States of America
Rutledge, Grainger County, Tennessee, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 December 1821
    Event Place: Beans, Grainger, Tennessee, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 June 1889
    Event Place: Rutledge, Grainger County, Tennessee, United States of America
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