|
Isabel Elizabeth
Hill (225) was born on the Hill homestead, Fairfield Township,
Crawford County, Pennsylvania 1 August 1843. She is a daughter
of Timothy Hill (83) and Sarah Montgomery (84).
Orry M. Turner (258) was born in Potter County
30 August 1836, the youngest son of David
Turner (269) and Elizabeth
Atwood (270) pioneer residents of that part of the State.
He had a twin sister, Laura (743). Orry's older brother,
Nathan (527), married Isabel's
older sister, Mary (511).
When Orry was eight
years of age, the family moved to Cochranton, Crawford county.
In May 1857, nearly 21, he went to Mendotta, Illinois where he
engaged in farming. In September 1857 he went to Kingston, Lyme
County, Iowa where he was also engaged in farming. He returned
to Lamoille, Ill., in 1860, and enlisted in that town, September
17, 1861 in Captain E.A. Bowen's Company B, Fifty-second Illinois
infantry.
(Seefor information on the 52nd
Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, or visit the website of
the 52nd Ill)
Orry's first battle
experience was at Shiloh, April 6 and 7 1862. This was followed
by the siege of Corinth, May 1862, and the battles of Bear Creek
and Iuka in April 1863. Orry first had an attack of pain in his
head, side and shoulder blade at Corinth on 10 February 1863,
suffering also from loss of appetite, shortness of breath and
a suffocating feeling. A pain developed in his left eye in April
1863 developing into a cataract about June of that year. At the
beginning of September 1863, Orry was sent to a hospital in Memphis,
TN and in November to Benton Barracks Hospital in St. Louis,
MO. In January 1864, he was transferred to Lawson Hospital in
St. Louis. In March 1864, Orry was transferred to the Twenty-fourth
Veteran Reserve regiment, stationed at Washington, D.C. He received
a furlough in mid May, returning to Plumer, Venango County, PA.
He returned to the 24th on 10 July 1864, and after about three
weeks was assigned to the regimental hospital at Washington.
He was discharged there on 22 November 1864.
Orry came to Venango
County, Pennsylvania in February 1865, settling at Plumer. On
May 16 of that year, at Meadeville, he married Isabel E. Hill
(225), of Cochranton, Crawford County, PA. Orry and Isabel together
had six children: Sylvester W. (278), born 21 December
1866; Timothy Chapin (266),
born 1 September 1868; Charles H. (267), born 23 December
1869; Albertus M. (268), born 28 April 1875; Myrtle
V. (261), born 10 July 1881; and Arthur (260), birth
date unknown.
The family lived in
Plumer for about five years, then moved from there to Shamburg
in the spring of 1870. Orry and his family moved to Sutton, Clay
County, Nebraska in November, 1873. While there, his health declined
further. On 9 April 1877, the Turner's moved back to Petroleum
Center, PA. On January 1879, they moved to Oil City, PA. For
36 years, until his death, he lived on Pine street and for 35
years of this time was in the insurance business. For about 10
years he was in the grocery business on the south side, being
affiliated with insurance work at the same time.
Orry was one of the
original members of the First United Presbyterian Church in Oil
City. He was also a member of the Rutherford B. Hayes Post of
the G.A.R.
Orry Turner died Sunday,
26 November 1916 at 2:30 am. He is buried in Grove
Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania.
Isabel died at her
home in Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania, on 4 May 1922
and is buried in Grove
Hill Cemetery, Oil City, along with her family. The following
is her obituary from an.Oil City newspaper:
Funeral services
in memory of the late Mrs. Isabel Hill.Turner, whose death occurred
Thursday evening, were held at the family home, No. 213 Pine
st., Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. J.W. Watson, pastor
of the United Presbyterian church, assisted by Rev. H.C. Weaver,
pastor of.Trinity M.E. church. A short eulogy was delivered and
"I Shall be Satisfied" and "The Lord is My Shepherd"
were sung by a quartet composed of Mrs. A.E. MacIntosh, Mrs.
D.V. Urey, Clyde McClintock and Herbert Campbell.
The interment was
made in Grove Hill cemetery beside the body of her husband, the
late O.M.
Turner, with the following acting as pall bearers: Active:
Messrs W.B., C.A. and Arthur Hill, brothers of the deceased;
T.C., C.H. and B.M. Turner, sons of Mrs. Turner; Honarary: W.H.
Hilleman, J.M. Thomas, J.R. Steele, W.H. Hovis, A.W. Breckenridge
and J.H. Fulmer, members of Hayes Post, G.A.R.
The following relatives
from a distance were in attendance: Mr. and Mrs. W.B.
Hill and Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Allebach, Emlenton, Pa.; Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Hill, Earl Hill, John
Hill, Bert Hill, Mrs. L.M. Shreck, Mr. and Mrs. M.K. Byham, Phyllis
Byham, Mrs. G.S. Wagner, Lloyd Wagner, Alice Wagner, Frank L.
Hill, Paul E. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Coates, Meadeville, Pa.;
Mrs. J.H. DeFrance and Mrs D.H. Andrews, Sandy Lake, Pa.; Mr.
and Mrs. D.A. Foulke, Milledgeville, Pa.; Arthur Bikerstaff,
Coraopolis, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. E.M. Bikerstaff, James Bikerstaff,
Freda Bikerstaff, Linesville, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. G.K. Bigler,
Thelma Bigler, Jeanette Bigler, Franklin, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. W.K. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Hovis,
Cochranton, Pa.; Mrs. Ellis Wallace, Parkersburg, W. Va.; Mrs
Cora Allison, Verona, Pa.; C.A. Hill,
Pittsburgh, Pa.; J.M. Hill, Warren,
Pa.; Mrs. I.H. Brooks, Vera Brooks, Buella Brooks, Corry, Pa.;
Mrs. Emma Hickmott, Erie, Pa.; Miss Carrie Clark, Bradford, Pa.;
Mrs. Anna McCray, Mrs. I.K. Thomas, Petroleum Center, Pa.; Mrs.
C.B. Hutchinson, Kittanning, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. T.C. Turner, Frank
Turner, Titusville, Pa.
[HILL: GroveHillCemRec,
HillDyeLines, IEHillObit, MHAff30Aug1909, OMTurnerObit1, OMTurnerObit2,
Penn1860CenExt, PenClaimAdlEvid, PenDrop27Jul1922, PenQues8Jul1898]
|