Researching the Turner family of Davidson and Montgomery Counties. Would like to make contact with others who are researching the same and/or affliliated families. Would love to know the surname of Eli's first wife Mary and who his parents might be. Will take anything you got. ;-) Eli TURNER: He was born in 1819 in North Carolina (possibly in Rowan County, probably in Davidson County), and he died AFT. 1900 in Davidson County, North Carolina. He married Mary [--?--] BEF. 1840, and had the following children: William (1840), Mary (1842), John Spencer (ABT. 1846), Ann (1850), and Patsy (ABT. 1852). He married Roanda RUSSELL on 30-OCT-1882 in Davidson County, North Carolina. William Lee TURNER: He was born on 18-AUG-1840 in Davidson County, North Carolina, and he died on 4-DEC-1896 in North Carolina, possibly in Montgomery County, North Carolina. He married Elizabeth Louisa REEVES on 4-FEB-1866 in Montgomery County, North Carolina, and had the following children: Martha (1867), Nancy (1868), Lorenzo (1870), Udora (1873), Chesley (BET. 1872 - 1875), Lewis (1877), Bulia (1881), and James (1881). He married Geneary T CHANDLER on 6-AUG-1893 in North Carolina, and had the following children: Polly (1891), John (1895), and Eli (1896). Mary Jane TURNER: She was born on 15-SEP-1842 in North Carolina, and she died on 27-SEP-1869 in North Carolina. John Spencer TURNER: He was born in ABT. 1846 in Davidson County, North Carolina, and he died in GSEST. 1909 in (perhaps North Carolina). He married Martha ELLIOTT on 30-OCT-1867 in Montgomery County, North Carolina, and had the following children: Zebulon (ABT. 1870), William (ABT. 1872), Corsey (ABT. 1875), Belvin (ABT. 1880), and Hester (ABT. 1883). Ann M E TURNER: She was born in 1850 in North Carolina, and she died in GSEST. 1906 in (perhaps North Carolina). Patsy S TURNER: She was born in ABT. 1852 in North Carolina, and she died in GSEST. 1919 in (perhaps North Carolina). She married Pastell TALBERT on 29-SEP-1882 in Davidson County, North Carolina, and had the following children: Moss (1887), Kate (1891), and Jennie (1898). -- Lee Anders <dailee@gmail.com> Inman, South Carolina 29349 <http://www.dailee.com>