Johann Turner
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Name Johann Turner Nickname John Born 1813 England Christened 22 Feb 1813 [1] Gender Male Military Service 25 Oct 1850 Fort Lincoln, Medina, TX, USA [2]
"Fort Lincoln on the Seco" Age: 37 Died 8 Feb 1859 Buried Saint Dominic Cemetery, D'Hanis, Medina, TX, USA [3]
Person ID I673 Martin Ancestry Last Modified 24 Aug 2007
Family Elisabeth Rudinger, b. 1827, Alsace, France , bur. Saint Dominic Cemetery, D'Hanis, Medina, TX, USA
Married 11 Nov 1857 St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina, TX, USA [4]
Census 10 Jun 1860 D'Hanis, Medina, TX, USA [5]
Census 11 Jul 1870 D'Hanis, Medina, TX, USA [6]
Census 1 Jun 1880 D'Hanis, Medina, TX, USA [7]
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Nottingham, England
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JOHN2 TURNER (JOSEPH1) was born 22 February 1813 in Nottingham, England, and died 08 February 1859 in D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas. He married ELIZABETH RUDINGER 23 February 1850 in D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas, daughter of FRANCOIS RUDINGER and MARIE BRAUN. She was born 18 November 1831 in Heiteron, Haut Rhin, Canton, Colmar, France, and died 24 September 1893 in D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas.
Children of JOHN TURNER and ELIZABETH RUDINGER are:
3. i. MARY ANN3 TURNER, b. 04 August 1851, D'Hanis, Medina, Texas; d. 05 November 1932, S.W. of Hondo, Medina County, Texas.
4. ii. JOSEPH TURNER, b. 24 May 1854, D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas; d. 10 January 1938, Texas.
iii. JOHN TURNER, JR., b. 17 April 1856, D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas; d. 09 May 1926, Tarpley, Texas; m. EPHROSINA SAUTER; b. 08 April 1864; d. 07 September 1958.
5. iv. ELIZABETH TURNER, b. 02 August 1858, D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas; d. 20 February 1951, D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas.
Children 1. Mary Turner, b. 1851, Medina, TX, USA 2. Joseph P Turner, b. May 1854, Medina, TX, USA , d. 10 Jan 1938, Uvalde, TX, USA
(Age ~ 83 years)
3. John Turner, b. 1856, Medina, TX, USA 4. Elisabeth Turner, b. 1858, Medina, TX, USA Last Modified 24 Aug 2007 Family ID F225 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/FF/qbf31.html
FORT LINCOLN. Fort Lincoln, on the west bank of Seco Creek a mile north of D'Hanis in west central Medina County, was named for Capt. George Lincoln, an officer of Company E, Eighth Infantry, who lost his life in the Mexican Warqv battle of Buena Vista. The fort was one of eight that formed the first line of permanent federal frontier defense in Texas from Eagle Pass on the Rio Grande to Coffee's Bend on the Red River. In 1848, at the conclusion of the Mexican War, a Texas Ranger company commanded by Charles S. DeMontelqv established a camp on Seco Creek a mile north of D'Hanis. On July 7, 1849, Fort Lincoln was established at the site used the year before by DeMontel. The 1,476-acre plot had been patented to the heirs of Milton Anderson on August 27, 1846.
The fort was built on the west bank of Seco Creek on high, open ground that provided a commanding view of the surroundings. Companies E and G of the Eighth United States Infantry,qv commanded by Maj. James Longstreet, were stationed at Fort Lincoln to repel and track down Indian raiders in protection of newly arrived European and American settlers and the commercial and military property transported on the Woll Road, an important trade route from San Antonio to Fort Duncan on the Rio Grande and points west. Longstreet's second in command, Lt. Richard Irving Dodge, was the man for whom Dodge City, Kansas, was named.
Water for the post was hauled from Seco Creek, at that time no more than a succession of standing pools. The builders of the fort made use of the locally abundant gray limestone in construction. In 1851 the installation had buildings for two companies, a commissary store, a storehouse for company property, a storehouse for the quartermaster's depot, and a hospital. The temporary buildings were of logs or poles, with roofs of shingles, thatch, or tarpaulins. Though the number of officers and men stationed at the fort was usually between 90 and 120, it reached 141 at one time. Longstreet was succeeded by Maj. Pitcairn Morrison, who was succeeded by Bvt. Capt. William Steelqv and Capt. Washington G. Newton.
Fort Lincoln was abandoned on July 20, 1852, after the frontier line had advanced westward. The buildings remained intact for some time, and the Texas Rangersqv made headquarters at the site. The barracks were torn down and transformed into residences east of Seco Creek at D'Hanis after being purchased by Irishman Richard Reily, who used the hospital building to raise his family. None of the buildings remains. On May 26, 1936, a dedication ceremony was held for the unveiling of a marker placed by the Texas Centennialqv Commission at the site.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Castro Colonies Heritage Association, The History of Medina County, Texas (Dallas: National Share Graphics, 1983). Cornelia and Garland Crook, "Fort Lincoln, Texas," Texas Military History 4 (Fall 1964). La Coste Leader, May 22, 1936.
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Sources - [S20] St. Dominic Cemetery, Medina County Texas, Margaret Meyer Simpson .
- [S7] 1850 US Federal Census, Fort Lincoln on the Seco, Medina, TX, USA: Page 831.
"Company G/J 8th Regiment Infantry"
Dwelling #9
Family #9
Name: John Turner
Age: 37
Sex: M
Profession: Private Comp G 8th Inf USA , England - [S20] St. Dominic Cemetery, Medina County Texas, Margaret Meyer Simpson .
Row: 9
#: 17
Name: Turner, Johann
Birth: 1813
Death: 1859
Notes: chris. 22 Feb 1813, d. 8 Feb 1859 - [S36] Marriage: Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002 , (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005).
Name: Elizabeth Rudinger
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 11 Nov 1857
Spouse: John Turner
Marriage city: Medina
Marriage State: Texas
Source: Texas Marriages, 1851-1900 - [S8] 1860 US Federal Census, D'Hanis, Medina, TX, USA: Pct 3, Page 24.
Dwelling #211
Family #184
Elisabeth Turner 28, F, farmer, 300, 75, France
Mary ", 9, F, Texas
Joseph ", 6, M, "
John ", 4, M, "
Elisabeth ", 2, F, "
Joseph Rudinger, 63, M, laborer, 20, 11, France, cannot read/write
* Recently widowed Elisabeth is living next door to brother Joseph Rudinger, Jr (dwelling #210).
* Elisabeth's father Joseph Rudinger, Sr is living with family likely due to recently deceased father John Turner. - [S9] 1870 US Federal Census, D'Hanis, Medina, TX, USA: Pct 4, Page 41 - 42.
Dwelling #311
Family #306
Elisabeth Turner, 36, F, W, Keeping house, 300, 360, France, mother and father of foreign birth, cannot write
Joseph Turner, 15, M, W, Texas, "
John Turner, 14, M, W, Texas, "
Elisa ", 12, F, W, ", ", school
Paulina ", 6, F, W, ", ",
Living next door to Elisabeth's brother and sister-in-law (Joseph and Agatha Rudinger) - [S10] 1880 US Federal Census, D'Hanis, Medina, TX, USA: Page 6, Dist 6, Enum Dist 113.
Dwelling #17
Elizabeth Turner, F, 48, widow, widowed, Keeping house, Alsace, Alsace, Alsace
Lizzie ", F, 21, Daughter, Keeping house, Texas, England, Alsace
Paulina Breedon, F, 16, Step Daughter, House Keeper, Texas, , Alsace
Elizabeth is living with son John and next door to brother Joseph Rudinger.
- [S20] St. Dominic Cemetery, Medina County Texas, Margaret Meyer Simpson .