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Back to Ann Lewis's Table of Contents John Andrew Turley (1885-1951) The Theodore Turley Family Book, pp. 281-282 John Andrew Turley was born April 12, 1885 at Snowflake, Arizona. He was the son of Isaac and Sarah Greenwood Turley. At the age of two years, the boy moved with his parents to Colonia Dublan, Mexico, with the colonists of the LDS Church. Shortly after arrival there, his mother died and his oldest brother and wife, Theodore and Mary Flake Turley, went and brought him to Snowflake to live. With but a meager education, he went to work as a boy on the Snowflake reservoir, also freighting with the Willis Bros, to Fort Apache. He had to be on his own at 12 years of age. When the Roosevelt Dam was built, he hauled freight from Phoenix over the rugged mountains with six span of mules. Living and working in the vicinity of Snowflake, Woodruff, Holbrook, Flagstaff, and Joseph City, he met Electa Westover in 1908 and on August 15, 1910 they were married. They were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on Oct. 4, 1911. Electa Drucilla Westover was born Oct. 8, 1887 to Edwin Lycurgus and Joanna Matilda Erickson Westover in St. Joseph, Arizona. John Andrew was second counselor in the Sunday School organization to H. M. Larson, also ward teacher in the Joseph City Ward. He was associated for 15 years with R.C. Tanner in the road construction business; he later did construction business for himself until financial reverses during the depression years forced him out. He then worked for various firms and individuals, until he entered the poultry business for himself. He died May 5, 1951 of a heart ailment. He was buried in the Joseph City Cemetery on May 7, 1951.
Children of John Andrew and Electa Westover Turley: John Stanley Turley, born Nov. 12,1914 in Joseph City. Marjorie Turley Kircher, born Nov.8, 1916 in Joseph City. Robert Merton Turley born July 3,1920 in Joseph City. Thelma Turley Morris, born Febr. 23, 1924 in Joseph City.
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