Martha Bacon Turner1,2,3

ID# 16859, (1900 - 1974)
FatherCooper Turner4,5,6 (5 Jan 1871 - 2 Oct 1961)
MotherElizabeth Tuck Bacon4,7,8 (5 Oct 1874 - 14 Feb 1964)

Key Events:

Birth: 17 Nov 1900, 1288 Poplar, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee9,10,11
Death: 6 Mar 197410,12
Burial: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee13
ChartsDescendants of Dr. Davis Green Tuck
Descendants of David Dutt/Toot
AncestryThe Dutt/Toot Family
The Tuck Family

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Martha Bacon Turner was born on 17 Nov 1900 in 1288 Poplar, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee.9,10,11
     She appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee, in the household of her parents, Cooper Turner and Elizabeth Tuck Bacon.5 She appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Memphis, Tennessee in the household of her parents.6 She appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Memphis, Tennessee in the household of her parents.14
     She was a teacher in an art school in 1930, and in the public schools by 1940. That year she reported she had worked 30 hours the last week of March, and had worked 48 weeks the prior year, earning $1,225 in 1930.14,15
     She appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee, in the household of her parents.15
     Martha died on 6 Mar 1974 at age 73.10,12 She was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee, in her grandparent's family plot.13

Citations

  1. [S1284] Matthew Lyddall & Martha W. Bacon family monument, Elmwood Cemetery, shows name as Martha Bacon Turner.
  2. [S1210] Cooper Turner household, 1910 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows name as Martha B. Turner.
  3. [S1211] Cooper Turner household, 1920 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows name as Martha B. Turner.
  4. [S1214] (unnamed) Turner, birth registration, shows their first child.
  5. [S1210] Cooper Turner household, 1910 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
  6. [S1211] Cooper Turner household, 1920 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
  7. [S1210] Cooper Turner household, 1910 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows the child as the daughter of Elizabeth's husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  8. [S1211] Cooper Turner household, 1920 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows the child as the daughter of Elizabeth's husband.
  9. [S1214] (unnamed) Turner, birth registration, shows parent's first child, date, number and street, and ward.
  10. [S1284] Matthew Lyddall & Martha W. Bacon family monument, Elmwood Cemetery, shows date.
  11. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Martha Turner, Soc. Sec. No. 411-58-7630, shows date.
  12. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Martha Turner, Soc. Sec. No. 411-58-7630, shows month, year, and last residence as 38104 Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee.
  13. [S1284] Matthew Lyddall & Martha W. Bacon family monument, Elmwood Cemetery.
  14. [S1213] Cooper Turner household, 1930 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
  15. [S4168] Cooper Turner Sr. household, 1940 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee.