John Gillenroy Turnbow

John Gillenroy was born on September 13th, 1833 in Hamburg, Perry, AL.¹ John Gillenroy's father was Samuel Turnbow and his mother was Sylvira Caroline Hart. His paternal grandparents were Isaac Turnbow and Margaret Tallkitten (Talk; his maternal grandparents were Warren Hart and Ellen Reese. He had six brothers and four sisters, named Issac, Warren, Robert Franklin, Milton Octavious, Samuel Joseph, Alma, Epsy Adeline, Sophronia Ellen Lenore, Laura Ann and Margaret Ann. He was the oldest of the eleven children. He had nine half-brothers and seven half-sisters, named William, Joseph Smith, Hyrum, Franklin, John, Levi, William Price, William, Hyrum, Caroline, Mariette, Letitia Kesley, Mary Susan, Caroline, Mariette and Mary. He died at the age of 74 on December 26th, 1907 in Kamas, Summit, UT. He was buried on December 30th, 1907 in Kamas, Summit, UT.¹¹