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Ralph Tyler Mims1,2,3

#16857, (1880 - 1958)
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Parents

Key Events:

  • Ralph Tyler Mims was born on 11 Sep 1880 in Douglassville, Cass Co., Texas.4,5,6
  • Ralph married Maggie Arena Bradford, daughter of W. M. Bradford and Eliza Holly, ca. 1902.7,8,9,10
  • Ralph died on 7 Sep 1958 in Sweetwater, Nolan Co., Texas, at age 77, at his home.3,11
  • He was buried on 9 Sep 1958 in Sweetwater, Texas.3
Ralph also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Maggie Arena Bradford:

  • William Marvin Mims
  • Susan E. Mims
  • Luetta Mims

Citations

  1. Ralph Tyler Mims, Ralph Tyler, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  2. Linah Mims household, 1900 U.S. Census, Nolan Co., Texas, shows name as Ralph Mims.
  3. Ralph Tyler Mims, Ralph Tyler, Certificate of Death.
  4. Ralph Tyler Mims, Ralph Tyler, Certificate of Death, shows date, town, county, and state.
  5. Linah Mims household, 1900 U.S. Census, Nolan Co., Texas, shows month, year, age 19 and state.
  6. Ralph Tyler Mims, Ralph Tyler, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, shows date.
  7. Ralph T. Minns household, 1910 U.S. Census, Nolan Co., Texas, shows married 8 years.
  8. Ralph Mims household, 1920 U.S. Census, Nolan Co., Texas, shows married.
  9. Ralph M. Mims household, 1930 U.S. Census, Nolan Co., Texas, shows married, with his first marriage at age 21 and hers at 17.
  10. Ralph Mims household, 1940 U.S. Census, Nolan Co., Texas, shows married.
  11. Ralph T. Mims, Ralph T. obituary, The Citizens Journal, shows died Sunday, at his home, and town.

Cooper Turner1,2,3

#16858, (1871 - 1961)
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Parents

  • Father: William A. Turner
  • Mother: Ann Eliza Jones

Key Events:

  • Cooper Turner was born on 5 Jan 1871 in LaGrange, Fayette Co., Tennessee.4,5,6
  • Cooper married Elizabeth Tuck Bacon, daughter of Matthew Lyddall Bacon and Martha Washington Tuck, on 5 Oct 1899 in Shelby Co., Tennessee, with R. D. Surratt officiating.7,8
  • Cooper died on 2 Oct 1961 in 1637 Eastmoreland, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee, at age 90, from a fall down the stairs at his home.9,10
  • He was buried on 3 Oct 1961 in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee, in his wife's parents' lot in the Miller Circle section.11,12
Cooper also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Elizabeth Tuck Bacon:

Citations

  1. Cooper Turner and Elizabeth T. Bacon, marriage bond.
  2. (unnamed) Turner, birth registration, shows name as Cooper Turner.
  3. Cooper Turner, Cooper, Sr., Certificate of Death.
  4. Cooper Turner, Cooper, Sr., Certificate of Death, shows date, city, and state.
  5. Matthew Lyddall & Martha W. Bacon family monument, Elmwood Cemetery, shows date, with month as Jan.
  6. Mrs. M Bacon household, 1900 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows month, year, age 29 and state.
  7. Cooper Turner and Elizabeth T. Bacon, marriage bond, shows date and officiant.
  8. Mrs. M Bacon household, 1900 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows married 8 months.
  9. Cooper Turner, Cooper, Sr., Certificate of Death, shows date, address, city, county, and cause of death.
  10. Matthew Lyddall & Martha W. Bacon family monument, Elmwood Cemetery, shows date.
  11. Matthew Lyddall & Martha W. Bacon family monument, Elmwood Cemetery.
  12. Cooper Turner, Cooper, Sr., Certificate of Death, shows date and cemetery.

Martha Bacon Turner1,2,3

#16859, (1900 - 1974)
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Parents

Key Events:

  • Martha Bacon Turner was born on 17 Nov 1900 in 1288 Poplar, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee.4,5,6
  • Martha died on 6 Mar 1974 at age 73.5,7
  • She was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee, in her grandparent's family plot.8
Martha also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.

Citations

  1. Matthew Lyddall & Martha W. Bacon family monument, Elmwood Cemetery, shows name as Martha Bacon Turner.
  2. Cooper Turner household, 1910 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows name as Martha B. Turner.
  3. Cooper Turner household, 1920 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows name as Martha B. Turner.
  4. (unnamed) Turner, birth registration, shows parent's first child, date, number and street, and ward.
  5. Matthew Lyddall & Martha W. Bacon family monument, Elmwood Cemetery, shows date.
  6. "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Martha Turner, Soc. Sec. No. 411-58-7630, shows date.
  7. "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.
  8. Matthew Lyddall & Martha W. Bacon family monument, Elmwood Cemetery.

Cooper Turner Jr.1,2,3

#16860, (1905 - 1974)
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Parents

Key Events:

  • Cooper Turner Jr. was born on 9 Dec 1905 in Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee.4,5,6
  • Cooper married Eugenia Amelia Morrison, daughter of John J. Morrison and Amelia K., on 29 Jun 1937 in Shelby Co., Tennessee, with Rev. Marion Schwaller officiating.7,8,9
  • Cooper died on 13 Jun 1974 in Shelby Co., Tennessee, at age 68.10,11,12
  • He was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee, in his grandparent's family plot.1
Cooper also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Eugenia Amelia Morrison:

  • Cooper Ann Turner
  • Jerome Turner
  • baby girl Turner

Citations

  1. Matthew Lyddall & Martha W. Bacon family monument, Elmwood Cemetery.
  2. Cooper Turner, Cooper Jr., Delayed Certificate of Birth.
  3. Cooper Turner household, 1910 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
  4. Cooper Turner, Cooper Jr., Delayed Certificate of Birth, shows date, city, and county.
  5. Cooper Turner, Cooper, Sr., Certificate of Death, shows city and state.
  6. Cooper Turner household, 1910 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows age 4 and state.
  7. Cooper Turner and Eugenia Amelia Morrison, marriage register, shows date and officiant.
  8. Matthew Lyddall & Martha W. Bacon family monument, Elmwood Cemetery, they appear together on one face of the monument, apparently as husband and wife.
  9. Cooper Turner, Cooper, Sr., Certificate of Death, shows them as her parents.
  10. Matthew Lyddall & Martha W. Bacon family monument, Elmwood Cemetery, shows date.
  11. Shelby County - Death Records 1949-2005, online, record for Cooper Turner, shows date, age 68, county and state.
  12. "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Cooper Turner, Soc. Sec. No. 408-98-7228, shows month, year, and last residence as 38104 Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee.

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