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Female Emily Midkiff Click to view Emily Midkiff in the family tree

Emily was born in 1817 in Grainger, TN.  Emily's father was Isaac Preston Midkiff and her mother was Susannah HOWELL.  Her paternal grandfather was Isaiah MIDKIFF and her paternal grandmother is Mary Kimble; her maternal grandparents were Benjamin Henry HOWELL and Elizabeth BROOKS. She had three brothers and three sisters, named Henry, Isaac Jefferson, John M., Candace, Margaret and Pleasant D..  She was the second youngest of the seven children.  She died at the age of 43 in May 1860 in Western District, Trinity, TX.


Emily's family with Samuel B. Turner

‌Emily and Samuel B. were married in a religious ceremony on August 9th, 1839 in , Nacogdoches, TX.  They had four sons and three daughters, named Samuel Houston, Moses K., William Cecil, Pleasant D., Mary A. Elizabeth, Emily and Candis Perndis.


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