Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameJohn W. Turkle 
Birth1832, Ohio
Census9 Jul 1860, Richland Twp, Belmont Co, OH
Memoroll#936, pg 47
Census14 Jul 1870, Oxford Twp, Guernsey Co, OH
Memoroll#1206, pg 555
CensusJun 1880, Oxford Twp, Guernsey Co, OH
Memoroll#1020, pg 221
OccupationFarmer
Misc. Notes
Listed as John M. Turkle (28, OH) in the 1860 census with his new wife, 37 in 1870 census for Guernsey Co with his wife and sons Thomas (10), John (5), and Charles (3). He is listed as divorced (47) with sons Thomas M. (20) and John W. (15) in the 1880 census.
He was appointed Postmaster in Guernsey County in 1887.
He was appointed Postmaster in Guernsey County in 1887.
Spouses
Birth21 May 1837, Belmont Co, OH
Death13 May 1917, Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH
MemoVolume #2276, Certificate #34888
BurialFairview Corporation Cem, Fairview, Guernsey Co, OH
Misc. Notes
daughter of Matthew Clark (1806-1855) born in Ireland and Sarah Troutman Moore (1798-1865) born in Scotland.
Married to John W. Turkle on 2 Oct 1859 in Belmont Co, OH; where they are listed in 1860.
Listed in 1870 under Tenkle, with her husband John (37, OH) a farmer, as Nancy (33, OH) with children Thomas (10), John (5) and Charles (3). They had a boarder and a servant living with them.
She and John Turkle apparently divorced, as she remarried John W. Wells in Guernsey Co on 10 Dec 1879 and is listed with him and his children in 1880, while John Turkle is listed alone with their children.
The 1900 census says that she had 4 children, 3 of whom were living - most of them from her former marriage, since she was 42 when married to John Wells.
1910 census lists her parents as being born in Ireland, and says she had 5 children, 4 living.
Married to John W. Turkle on 2 Oct 1859 in Belmont Co, OH; where they are listed in 1860.
Listed in 1870 under Tenkle, with her husband John (37, OH) a farmer, as Nancy (33, OH) with children Thomas (10), John (5) and Charles (3). They had a boarder and a servant living with them.
She and John Turkle apparently divorced, as she remarried John W. Wells in Guernsey Co on 10 Dec 1879 and is listed with him and his children in 1880, while John Turkle is listed alone with their children.
The 1900 census says that she had 4 children, 3 of whom were living - most of them from her former marriage, since she was 42 when married to John Wells.
1910 census lists her parents as being born in Ireland, and says she had 5 children, 4 living.
Marriage2 Oct 1859, Belmont Co, OH
Divorce
ChildrenJohn William (1865-1914)