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Finding Aid for the Turley Family Papers, 1819-1992 (bulk 1865-1940)


MS-2554

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, July 27, 2006.

Summary Information
Title: Turley Family Papers

Date/Date Range :   1819-1992 (bulk 1865-1940)

Extent: 1.0 linear feet

Abstract:
The Turley Family Papers contain 19th-20th century papers of the Turley family of Tennessee. Included are letters, contracts, receipts, account books, genealogies, and family history research. The papers generally cover the time between 1860 and 1920 and the 1970s and 1980s.

Call number: MS-2554

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
Collection donated in April 2005 by Mary McFarland Wilson (Mrs. Robert D. Franklin), daughter of Charles M. and Mary M. (Turley) Wilson and granddaughter of William H. and Mary A. (McFarland) Turley.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Turley Family Papers, MS-2554. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of one box divided into two series: Papers of Family Members and Genealogical Research Material.


Biography / History

Col. William Holliday Turley, lawyer and TN State Senator, was born on Aug. 23, 1826, to Thomas and Desdemona (Taylor) Turley. He was first married on Oct. 7, 1857 to Elizabeth Cocke (b. Oct. 31, 1835, daughter of Col. William N. Cocke, nephew of Robert Massengill. She died February 21, 1859, leaving no children. During the Civil War, Union soldiers captured him while selling cotton to the Confederates and imprisoned Turley in Johnson's Island, Ohio, for three years. On May 21, 1866, Turley married Mary Ann McFarland (1839-1876), daughter of Robert McFarland III and Hannah Barton. The couple had seven children: Mary McFarland, Margaret, Jessie, Annie, William H. Jr., Emma, and Ellen "Nellie." Col. Turley died Sept. 20, 1899.

Mary McFarland Turley (1868-1943) married Charles McRee Wilson (1870-1919) on Dec. 17, 1896. Charles died at the Mayo Clinic after surgery for intestinal cancer. They had a daughter named Mary McFarland "Mary Mac" Wilson in 1908. She married Robert Dumont Franklin on August 9, 1934.

Margaret "Maggie" Turley (1869-1945) married Edward Mark Grant, mayor of Morristown (1903-06, 1911-14), on Nov. 13, 1888. They had two daughters, Jesse Frances (Mrs. George) in 1890 and Gladys Turley (Mrs. George Temple Harris) in 1894.

Jesse Lee Turley (1870-1888) married A. Syd Nelson on Dec. 16, 1884. The couple had a daughter named Margaret J. on Dec. 28, 1886.

Annie Turley (1872-1946) never married.

William H. "Willie" Turley, Jr. was born about March 4, 1873, and died around July 4, 1874.

Emma Turley (1874-1956) married on Nov. 3, 1898 to Jerome E. Harrison, who died in Jan. 1942 after being hit by a truck in Dec. 1941. They had one daughter, Dorothy Turley, on Oct. 12, 1899. She married Carl Robert Williams on Jan. 20, 1919, and divorced him Oct. 7, 1922. The family moved to Florida, where Dorothy married John C. Stanley on Jan. 31, 1939. Dorothy died shortly after her mother on July 18, 1956.

Ellen Folsom "Nell" / "Nellie" Turley (b. 1876) married L. Bascom Williams on Oct. 15, 1900. They had a daughter named Sara Ellen on July 12, 1901. She married Charles Couch.


Collection Scope and Content Note

The Turley Family Papers contains 19th-20th century papers of the Turley family of Tennessee. Included are letters, contracts, receipts, account books, genealogies, and family history research. The papers generally cover the time between 1860 and 1920 and the 1970s and 1980s.

The collection consists of two series: Series I: Papers of Family Members and Series II: Genealogical Research Material. The first series, consisting mainly of documents dated from 1860-1920, contains the collected papers of members of the Turley family. The second series pertains to the donor Mary (Wilson) Franklin's research on her family's history.

Subject Terms

  • Turley family.
  • Tennessee -- History.
  • Tennessee -- Genealogy.
Contents List
   

Series I: Papers of Family Members, 1819-1977
   

Sub-Series A: William H. Turley Papers, 1857-1899
   

Sub-Sub-Series 1: Correspondence, 1865-1899
Box   1     Folder   1    
with the firm of Eld & Langhein, 1865-1867
Box   1     Folder   2    
with James Allen, 1867-1869
Box   1     Folder   3    
with others, 1866-1899
   

Sub-Sub-Series 2: Books, 1865-1899
Box   1     Folder   4    
Account book, 1865-1883
Box   1     Folder   5    
Two Account books, 1857-1869
Box   1     Folder   6    
Houghtaling's Hand-book of Useful Information , 1887-1899
   
Sub-Sub-Series 3: Financial Documents, 1861-1899
Box   1     Folder   7    
Tax receipts and receipts, with yellow envelope, 1861-1877
Box   1     Folder   8    
Receipts, acct. statements, etc., with an 1899 receipt for C.M. Wilson, 1865-1899
   

Sub-Series B: Mary A. McFarland (Mrs. William H. Turley), 1862-circa 1870
Box   1     Folder   9    
Original letters, 1862-1866
Box   1     Folder   10    
Copied letters, with folder they were found in, 1862-circa 1870
   

Sub-Series C: Mary M. Turley (Mrs. Charles M. Wilson), 1881-1950
   
Sub-Sub-Series 1: Correspondence, 1881-1921
Box   1     Folder   11    
from W.H. Turley, 1883-1893
Box   1     Folder   12    
Condolence letters concerning W.H. Turley's death, 1899
Box   1     Folder   13    
from others (mostly from family before her marriage), 1881-1921
   

Sub-Sub-Series 2: Miscellaneous, 1881-1950
Box   1     Folder   14    
Letters, articles, etc. on her marriage & death, with folder, 1881-1950
Box   1     Folder   15    
Letters, articles, etc. on her girlhood, with folder, 1884-1945
   

Sub-Series D: Mary M. Wilson (Mrs. Robert D. Franklin) Correspondence, 1945-1993
Box   1     Folder   16    
from Aunt Annie Turley, with part of will, 1945-1949
Box   1     Folder   17    
from Others, 1975-1993
   

Sub-Series E: Harrison Family, 1898-1955
Box   1     Folder   18    
Correspondence, 1898-1955
Box   1     Folder   19    
Marriage and divorce materials, 1898-1939
Box   1     Folder   20    
Concerning the death of Jerome Harrison, with folder series was found in, 1942
   

Sub-Series F: Massengill Family Correspondence, 1819-1849
Box   1     Folder   21    
to Robert Massengill, 1819-1843
Box   1     Folder   22    
to others, 1831-1849
   

Series G: Articles, 1876-1990
Box   1     Folder   23    
Articles, 1876-1990
   
Sub-Series H: Deeds and Contracts, 1890-1931
Box   1     Folder   24    
Deeds & Contracts, 1890-1926
Box   1     Folder   25    
Harrison Family Contracts, 1921-1931
   

Sub-Series I: Other Turley Family Documents, 1820-1977
Box   1     Folder   26    
Documents include poems, contracts, etc. (mostly for W.H. Turley), 1820-1899
Box   1     Folder   27    
M.A. Turley Luggage Plate, undated
Box   1     Folder   28    
Misc., includes pictures, UT Library pamphlet, etc., circa 1820-1977
   

Series II: Genealogical Research Material, 1849-1992
   

Sub-Series A: Turley Family History, 1849-1985
Box   1     Folder   29    
Documents, 1849-1888
Box   1     Folder   30    
Articles, 1876-1992
Box   1     Folder   31    
Correspondence, 1867-1985
Box   1     Folder   32    
Genealogies and Family History, with folder, undated
   

Sub-Series B: McFarland Family History, 1875-1947
Box   1     Folder   33    
Correspondence, 1875-1947
Box   1     Folder   34    
Articles, circa 1890-1942
Box   1     Folder   35    
Genealogies and Family History, with folder, undated
   

Sub-Series C: Wilson Family History, 1896-1982
Box   1     Folder   36    
Correspondence with Charles M. Wilson, circa 1896-1919
Box   1     Folder   37    
About Illness/Death of C.M. Wilson, 1919
Box   1     Folder   38    
Letters to "Mary Mac" Franklin, 1909-1982
Box   1     Folder   39    
Genealogies & Family History, undated
Box   1     Folder   40    
Miscellaneous, with folder series was found in, 1896-1982
   

Sub-Series D: Other Genealogical Research Materials, 1884-1990
Box   1     Folder   41    
Correspondence, 1884-1990
Box   1     Folder   42    
Family history, mainly the Turleys, includes letters to "Mary Mac" Franklin about the family, undated
Box   1     Folder   43    
McFarland Family History, undated
Box   1     Folder   44    
Wilson Family History, undated
Box   1     Folder   45    
Genealogical charts, undated
Box   1     Folder   46    
Blank genealogical charts, with folder, undated