Johann Turner

1813 - 1859  (46 years)

• 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]
  Notes	--- Father --- Nottingham, England http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/e/r/Karen--Herrera/GENE7-0002.html 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

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• 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.