Virgil Turney: Our Family History

Generation: 1

Virgil Turney was born on 7 Apr 1899 in Cherokee Co, Texas (son of Joe D. Turney and Mary Alice Priestly); died on 17 Nov 1961 in Turney, Cherokee Co, Texas.

Virgil married Elizabeth Chandler about 1923. Elizabeth was born on 29 Nov 1902 in Cherokee Co, Texas; died on 11 Feb 1989 in Jacksonville, Cherokee Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Billie Sue Turney was born on 24 May 1926 in Cherokee Co, Texas; died on 17 Sep 2012 in Tyler Co, Texas.
Brenda Erma Turney was born on 27 Aug 1943 in Turney, Cherokee Co, Texas; died on 12 Nov 2012 in Dallas, Texas.

Generation: 2

2.	Joe D. Turney was born about 1876 in Texas; died after 1899. Joe married Mary Alice Priestly. Mary (daughter of James Polk Priestly and Catherine T. Davis) was born on 12 Nov 1874 in Texas; died on 8 Oct 1914. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Alice Priestly was born on 12 Nov 1874 in Texas (daughter of James Polk Priestly and Catherine T. Davis); died on 8 Oct 1914.

Children:

1. Virgil Turney was born on 7 Apr 1899 in Cherokee Co, Texas; died on 17 Nov 1961 in Turney, Cherokee Co, Texas.

Generation: 3

6.	James Polk Priestly was born on 1 Dec 1844 in Sabine Co, Texas (son of James Priestly and Elizabeth Ann Ragsdale); died on 13 Jun 1926. James married Catherine T. Davis. Catherine was born on 17 Apr 1857 in Texas; died on 2 Nov 1925. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Catherine T. Davis was born on 17 Apr 1857 in Texas; died on 2 Nov 1925.
Children:

3. Mary Alice Priestly was born on 12 Nov 1874 in Texas; died on 8 Oct 1914.

Generation: 4

12.

James Priestly was born on 10 Apr 1817 in York, South Carolina; died on 30 Apr 1884 in Jacksonville, Cherokee Co, Texas.

James married Elizabeth Ann Ragsdale on 25 Sep 1838 in Rutherford Co, Tennessee. Elizabeth (daughter of Nimrod Ragsdale and Ann Chapple) was born on 11 Sep 1819 in South Carolina; died on 4 Jun 1860 in Dewitt Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Elizabeth Ann Ragsdale was born on 11 Sep 1819 in South Carolina (daughter of Nimrod Ragsdale and Ann Chapple); died on 4 Jun 1860 in Dewitt Co, Texas.

Children:

6. James Polk Priestly was born on 1 Dec 1844 in Sabine Co, Texas; died on 13 Jun 1926.