Edmund Pendleton Turner

1886 - 1957  (70 years)

• Name	Edmund Pendleton Turner
  Birth	9 Nov 1886	Houston, Harris, TX
  Gender	Male
  Census	2 Jun 1900	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 13, born 9 Nov 1886 in TX, at school, living with parents
  Census	16 Apr 1910	Richmond, Henrico, VA ; age 22, born TX, single, living with widowed mother
  WW1 Reg Card	5 Jun 1917	Washington, DC ; age 30, born 9 Nov 1886 in Houston TX, single, Insurance Agt for Mutual Life Ins Co
  Census	13 Apr 1940	Washington, DC ; age 53, born TX, C4 ed, residing here in 1935, single, insurance salesman
  WW2 Reg Card	1942	Washington, DC ; age 55 1/2, born 9 Nov 1886 in Houston TX, employed by Dept of State, NOK Mrs. Samuel F Beech of Washington DC
  Death	5 Apr 1957	Washington, DC
  Burial	10 Apr 1957	Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
  Person ID	I11627	Family Tree
  Last Modified	12 May 2018

  
  

  Father	Capt Edmund Pendleton Turner,   b. 20 Dec 1835, New Kent Co, VA d. 31 Jul 1907, Sewanee, Franklin, TN (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Mary Ashley Van Alstyne,   b. 30 Jun 1848, Houston, Harris, TX d. 21 Dec 1913, Richmond, Richmond, VA (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	19 Dec 1874	Harris Co, TX
  Notes	from "Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965" (Ancestry.com) On 19 Dec 1874 in Harris Co, TX, E.P. Turner married Mary A Cowen
  Family ID	F2985	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Edmund Pendleton Turner Gravestone EDMUND PENDLETON / TURNER / TEXAS / SGT / WORLD WAR I / NOV 9 1886 / APR 5 1957 Plot: Sec: 34, Site: 3846

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Houston Chronicle", 27 Sep 1902 During the illness of King Edward preceding the coronation one of Houston's brightest boys, now at Sewanee, Mr. Pendleton Turner, Jr., wrote a most beautiful letter to the sick ruler. The natal day of King Edward and that of Master Pendleton being the same., the the exuberance of lealth, youth and most kindly feeling, the missive was an expression of sympathy and good wishes for his majesty's recovery. To this came very promptly the reply, "The private secretary is commanded by the king to thank Mr. E.P. Turner, Jr., for his letter and kind wishes." Buckingham Palace, with date, crest, etc. When the Price of Wales, now King Edward, was in the United States, Captain E.P. Turner, then at Harvard, was one of three students to show the prince through the institution. from "The Houston Post" 18 Dec 1904 Mr. Pendleton Turner arrived home form Sewanee, Tenn., where he is attending the University of the South, to spend his vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.P. Turner from "The Washington D.C. Evening Star in By the Way by Beth Blaine column", 1 Sep 1939 (genealogybank.com) Pendleton Turner is your man for breaking the ice at the very dignified and somewhat stuffy party. He will amuse with offending - and is certain to break down the most austere and proper guest and make them like it! It is said that he recently told the President a story on himself while the other guest sat on bated breath - and that the president bowled with delight at is conclusion. from "The Danville VA Bee", 2 Nov 1937 Virginian Asks $108,000 of Washington Man He Charges Stole Wife's Love WASHINGTON, Nov, 2. - John S. Barber Daingerfield, emever of a Virginia family, has filed suit charging E. Pendleton Turner, Washington sociality, with aliencation of Mrs. Daingerfield's affections. Daingerfield asked $108,000 damages. He accused Turner of inducing Mrs. Daingerfield to leave him and to bar him from the home here he had given her. Mrs. Daingerfield filed suit for the limited divorce on September 19. Daingerfield said in his petition he and Mrs. Daingerfield lived happily and contentedly until early in 1926 when Turner began to acquire "an improper influence" over Mrs. Daingerfield. The husband charged that in Washington, Cape May, N.J., Keswick, Va., Florida, and in "various other places," Turner carried on a secret correspondence with Mrs. Daingerfield, "cajoled and flattered her," and had various clandestine automobile rides, meals and meetings with her. As a result, he alleged, Mrs. Daingerfield's affections for him were destroyed. from "The Nashville Tennessean", 8 Apr 1957 (newspapers.com) EDMUND P. TURNER Edmund Pendleton Turner, 71, insurance agent of Washington, D.C., died Friday at his home after a year of illness. Mr. Turner had many friends in Nashville and made frequent visits here. Funeral services will be conducted in Washington Wednesday, with burial in Arlington National cemetery. Mr. Turner was a native of Houston, Texas, son of Edmund Pendleton and Mary Van Alstyne Turner. He was a veteran of World War I and a graduate of the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. There are no immediate survivors. At time of death, Next of Kin was Elizabeth B Beach of Washington DC (a cousin)