TAGS: <\/strong>Turner\u00a0<\/strong>Family; Pine Mountain Settlement School; Pine Mountain Community; PMSS Workers; PMSS Boarding School Students; PMSS Community School Students<\/p>\n Members of the Turner Family lived in the community of Pine Mountain since very early years. Many were among the student body and workers at Pine Mountain Settlement School. According to the\u00a0DEAR FRIEND LETTER 1911 [Hindman]<\/span><\/a>, they are\u00a0descendants of the four original settlers of Greasy Creek, Kentucky \u2014 Minyards, Napiers, <\/b>Turners <\/b>and Chappels<\/b>. <\/span><\/p>\n For additional assistance in locating histories of families in Eastern Kentucky see:<\/p>\n Harlan County, Kentucky, Genealogy – FamilySearch\/Wiki<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Early Settlers on the Poor Fork of the Cumberland River, Harlan County Kentucky and Adjoining Counties<\/span><\/i> by Jackie Owen (1990) [out of print – Contains information on the<\/span> Creech Family<\/b><\/a> and related families as well as black-and-white photos, and an index. It also includes family charts, pages for recording births, marriages, and deaths and information on the families of: Adams, Ball, Blair, Branson, Caudill, Chadwell, Collier, <\/span>Creech<\/b>,<\/span> Day<\/b><\/a>, Ely, Ewing,<\/span> Howard<\/b><\/a>, Kelly, <\/span>Napier<\/b><\/a>, <\/span>Nolan<\/b>, Parker, Posey, Scott, Sims, Spencer, <\/span>Turner<\/b>, and others.]<\/span><\/p>\n Alice Boggs Turner<\/b> is identified in a photo [see below: ephemera_002xx.jpg<\/em>] by Grace Lewis Creech, writing that Alice was <\/span>Coburn Turner<\/b>[‘s] mother in a letter to Geoff Marietta, 2016. GRACE LEWIS CREECH Biography.<\/span><\/p>\n Alice Turner <\/b>assisted with an operation on Miss Gallagher\u2019s lungs at Pine Mountain in 1928, according to Evelyn Wells\u2019 history of health care at PMSS. INFIRMARY (HILL HOUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n Alonzo Turner, Creed Turner <\/b>and<\/span> Luther Turner <\/b>were participants in the 1950 COMMUNITY FAIR DAY.\u00a0Alonzo Turner<\/b> was one of the participants in the \u201csword dance\u201d at the 1979 Homecoming. 1970s ALUMNI RELATIONS. (See also ALONZO TURNER Biography.) At the 1983 Homecoming,\u00a0Alonzo E. Turner<\/b> was recognized for his \u201cmany years of dedication in teaching Country Dancing at Pine Mountain.\u201d See photo of Alonzo below: [pmss_archives_alonzo_ turner.jpg]\u00a0<\/em><\/span>1983 ALUMNI RELATIONS<\/span><\/p>\n Alta Collins Turner<\/b> was listed as among the 1981 Homecoming attendees, along with her husband <\/span>Chad Turner<\/b> and granddaughter Kary<\/strong>, all from Piqua, Ohio. 1981 ALUMNI RELATIONS<\/span><\/p>\n Andy Turner<\/b> and<\/span> Carmen Huff<\/b>, are described in a 1916 (?) Marguerite Butler letter, as \u201cboth age fifteen. They are here on trial for a month having promised not to leave the school land so as to get “nary a drop of moonshine,” for they have been drinking frightfully. Miss Pettit is taking charge of their physical training and care, taking charge of their baths, etc., but has handed them to me for mental and moral training, They are two of the most interesting boys I ever worked with and I do think there are great prospects for them.\u201d 1916 MARGUERITE BUTLER LETTERS, Letter 5.<\/span><\/p>\n Anna Ruth Turner<\/b> is listed as a PMSS student in CONIFER 1949.<\/span><\/p>\n Ethel de Long, on a 1911 trip from Hindman to Pine Mountain to search for a school location, spent 5 days with <\/span>Aunt Judy Turner <\/b>and her 8 sons and 1 daughter who lived at the mouth of Big Laurel on Greasy. De Long, impressed at the devotion the children showed their parents, listened to stories Aunt Judy told of her girlhood. Later, she joined a meeting, led by <\/span>Hiram Turner,<\/b> where she met other mountain people eager for a school. DEAR FRIEND LETTER 1911 [Hindman], pages 3-6. Aunt Judy Turner\u2019s funeralizing is described in a Katherine Pettit letter of September 26, 1930. KATHERINE PETTIT CORRESPONDENCE 1930<\/span><\/p>\n In her 1917 narratives about PMSS staff, Evelyn K. Wells described a knitting party that was attended by \u201c<\/span>Aunt<\/b> Judy Turner<\/b>, the first settler in these parts, [who] had come up Greasy on her ‘pieded’ horse.” Also attending was <\/span>Mrs. John Turner<\/b> and her baby. \u00a0(See photo below:\u00a0[nesb_026_mod.jpg]]<\/em> EVELYN K. WELLS 1917 Excerpts from Letters Home<\/span><\/p>\n Ava Turner Boggs<\/b> and Virgil Boggs were parents of Alvin Boggs who was born in Big Laurel, KY, in 1924. Rev. L. Alvin Boggs, a former PMSS student, a college graduate and an ordained minister, was a PMSS teacher of vocational subjects in the 1950s and PMSS Director from 1973 to 1983. ALVIN BOGG Biography<\/span><\/p>\n Several Turners played parts in the 1933 production of the play, \u201cH.M.S. Pinafore,\u201d a two-act operetta written by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan: <\/span>Bennie Turner<\/b> (\u201cDramatis personae\u201d) and 3 in the Women\u2019s and Men\u2019s Chorus: <\/span>Polly Turner<\/a>, Delia Turner,<\/b> and <\/span>Alonzo Turner<\/b><\/a>. \u201cH.M.S. PINAFORE PRODUCTIONS<\/span><\/p>\n Christine Turner<\/b> is listed as one of the ninth-grade students in a 1938 letter to Gladys Hill. GLADYS HILL CORRESPONDENCE<\/span><\/p>\n Creed Turner <\/b>was one of the attendees who sang at a funeral described by Helen Little i<\/span>n an August 1925 letter to Miss Pettit. HELEN F. LITTLE Biography<\/span><\/p>\n Delphia Turner<\/b>\u2019s coverlids and their purchase are discussed in Harriet Crutchfield\u2019s letters to her mother. HARRIET CRUTCHFIELD JOURNAL IV TRANSCRIBED<\/span><\/p>\n Dillard Turner <\/b>at Geneva Conference is referred to in a letter (#024-025) from Hubert Handley to Katherine Pettit. <\/span>KATHERINE PETTIT CORRESPONDENCE 1930<\/span><\/p>\n Grace Turner<\/strong> was a PMSS boarding school student in the early 1930s. GRACE TURNER CORRESPONDENCE (in progress).<\/p>\n When Dr. Evelyn Holt arrived to work at the Big Laurel Medical Center for the summer of 1928, <\/span>Harmon Turner<\/b> met her at the railroad station to bring her to PMSS by horseback. He was described by Evelyn Wells as \u201cthe in waiting for Big Laurel.\u201d Dr, EVELYN HOLT Biography.<\/span><\/p>\n Harriet Turner<\/b> is listed as a trustee from 1953-1954 in files related to Burton Rogers\u2019 tenure as PMSS teacher, principal and director. GUIDE TO BURTON ROGERS FILES<\/span><\/p>\n Burton Rogers, describing a return trip from visiting the Northwest U.S. in a 1960 letter to Edith Cold, wrote of staying \u201cone night with <\/span>Miss Harriet Turner<\/b>, who was then at home on vacation on her farm near Quincy, Illinois.\u201d EDITH COLD CORRESPONDENCE IV, 1959-1963.<\/span><\/p>\n Mrs. Harvey Turner<\/b> received a letter from Katherine Pettit in April 1920 inviting her to visit for a week to \u201cjust sit on my front porch with me and help me mend and sew. KATHERINE PETTIT CORRESPONDENCE 1920<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHen\u201d Turner<\/b>‘s blacksmith shop at Rockhouse Creek was among the sights along a walk taken by Glyn Morris and his friend and described in Morris\u2019 book \u201cLess Travelled Roads.\u201d SUSIE HALL ANGEL<\/span><\/p>\n Hiram Turner <\/b>of Big Laurel, his daughter <\/span>Nance Turner,<\/b> Lewis Turner<\/b>\u2019s store, and\u00a0<\/span>Johanna Turner<\/b>\u2019s horse are mentioned in a narrative by Clara Davis, a PMSS nurse in 1913. CLARA DAVIS Biography<\/span><\/p>\n Howard Turner<\/b> represented the EVARTS JUNIOR HIGH AND SENIOR HIGH FACULTY at the 1963 RURAL YOUTH GUIDANCE INSTITUTE REPORT (pp. 1-25)<\/span><\/p>\n Ila Turner<\/b> attended the 1983 Homecoming. <\/span>Alice Turner Ball<\/b> could not attend but donated money to the Emergency Water Fund, <\/span>Maxine Turner<\/b> was among the kitchen help that provided the food for the event. <\/span>1983 ALUMNI RELATIONS<\/span><\/p>\n Fee, Holly. “Devil Jim Turner<\/strong>: Of Harlan County, Kentucky” Harlan, KY: Footprints P & R, 1990. Print. (A book about James Turner <\/b><\/strong>(b. 1837)\u00a0BIBLIOGRAPHY HARLAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY.<\/span><\/p>\n In the winter of 1916, Evelyn Wells and another co-worker walked three miles in the snow down Greasy to <\/span>Joanna Turner\u2019<\/b>s, \u201cwhere we collected her horse.\u201d EVELYN K. WELLS 1916 Excerpts from Letters Home<\/span><\/p>\n John L. Turner <\/b>and<\/span> W. H. Turner<\/b> \u201cwill donate land\u201d for the Pine Mountain Settlement School, according to A.E. Boggs letter to K. Pettit, dated November 13, 1911. CREECH LETTERS 1911<\/span><\/p>\n Justus Turner<\/b>\u2019s student letter to Katherine Pettit was quoted in a \u201cDear Friend\u201d fundraising letter written by Ethel de Long Zande in 1923. DEAR FRIEND LETTERS 1923, page 3.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>Lee-Turner house<\/b>\u201d is mentioned in a letter (#007) to Katherine Pettit dated February 7, 1930. <\/span>KATHERINE PETTIT CORRESPONDENCE 1930<\/span><\/p>\n Lewis Turner<\/b>, General Merchant, \u201cNotions, Shoes & Candies,\u201d of Jane, KY, wrote several letters to Miss Katherine Pettit, Hindman, KY, in 1911. In an August letter, he explains why the people want Pettit to create a good school and invites Pettit to return. (Pettit had visited Turner at Big Laurel in spring 1911 to talk about a proposed local school.) In August, A.E. Boggs wrote to Miss Pettit that land at Big Laurel would be donated by his company and <\/span>the Turners<\/b>. KATHERINE PETTIT CORRESPONDENCE 1919<\/span><\/p>\n Lloyd Turner<\/b> of Pine Mountain, Kentucky, is listed as a member of the \u201cLocal Advisory Board\u201d in a 1914 (?) \u00a0brochure titled <\/span>\u201c<\/span>The Pine Mountain Settlement School in the Making.\u201d 1915 BROCHURE: “THE PINE MOUNTAIN SETTLEMENT SCHOOL IN THE MAKING”<\/span><\/p>\n Mrs. Lloyd Turner<\/b> is mentioned in a story written by Evelyn K. Wells\u2019 1918 narrative as \u201chuge woman with the build and features of an Indian, wearing a bright red waist and bright blue skirt.\u201d EVELYN K. WELLS 1918 Excerpts from Letters Home<\/span><\/p>\n Mrs. Marie R. Turner<\/b>, Superintendent, Breathitt County Schools, Jackson, Ky., was listed among the \u201cconsultants\u201d on the page for 1937 RURAL YOUTH GUIDANCE INSTITUTE – FINDINGS and 1948 RURAL YOUTH GUIDANCE INSTITUTE<\/span><\/p>\n Marion Turner<\/b> accompanied the PMSS Girls\u2019 Octet on a promotional tour in 1937 that included a visit with President and Mrs. Roosevelt. Marion called the figures for the Kentucky Running Set which was part of the performance. PMSS GIRLS\u2019 OCTET 1936-1937<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nTurner Family: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PMSS COLLECTIONS<\/h3>\n