TURPIN, Clyde

Date of birth:  27 Jun 1879 – Indiana
Date of death: 19 Jul 1899

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, July 21, 1899,
Volume XL Number 2, page 1 column 3

Local and Personal.

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Clyde Turpin, who was accidentally shot while hunting, as related last week, died Wednesday night at 12 o’clock from lockjaw. The wound was an ex­ceedingly bad one, the muscles being torn in a terrible manner. Tuesday mor­ning the physicians in charge noticed symptoms that convinced them that the worst might be expected. These devel­oped rapidly. Wednesday morning he arose to have his arm dressed, remark­ing to his parents that it would be the last time he would get up. About noon he had become unconscious and con­tinued in that condition until his death. Funeral services will be held this after­noon from the residence, conducted by Rev. C. R. Hudson.

Link to Clyde Turpin’s grave

The 1880 US Federal Census for Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana records eleven-month-old Clide [sic] Turpin, his three-year-old, Indiana-born sister Dellie May Turpin, and his twenty-six-year old, Indiana-born mother Mattie Turpin as living in the household of Clyde’s grandparents, sixty-one-year-old, Kentucky-born Enoch Turpin and fifty-six-year-old, Kentucky-born Sallie J. Turpin.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson