Source: Past and Present of Appanoose County, Iowa
Their story
What the record says
First wife of Mr. Turner, Centerville granite/marble dealer.
Married 19 Nov 1870.
Daughter of John A. Martin (English-born PA coal miner).
Her mother died when Ruth was four.
Mrs. Turner died March 1877 after a two weeks' illness.
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