Turner Clanton THOMAS^[1]

1881 - 1937  (55 years)

• Name	Turner Clanton THOMAS
  Birth	20 Sep 1881	Augusta, Richmond Co, GA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1900, 1910 - 1937  [2, 3]
  	Turner was working as a telegraph messenger during June 1900. By 1910, he was employed by the Southern Railway Company. He worked first as a fireman and then for years as a locomotive engineer.
  Death	23 Jul 1937	Hopkins, Richland Co, SC   [1]
  	Turner died in Hopkins, South Carolina at 9:35am on 23 July 1937. He was 55 years old. Cause of death was noted as "acute ulcerative hemorrhagic pyelonephritis and cystitis" [inflammation of the kidney and bladder].
  Burial	24 Jul 1937	Columbia, Richland Co, SC   [1]
  	His remains were interred at Crescent Hill Park Cemetery in Columbia, South Carolina on 24 July 1937.
  Person ID	I64286	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Jonathan Pinckney THOMAS,   b. c. 1838, Georgia d. 1888 (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Mary Luke CLANTON,   b. Jan 1841, Georgia d. 1912 (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	23 Feb 1860	Richmond Co, GA   [4]
  	The couple was married later that same day in Richmond County, Georgia by Rev. Joseph R. Wilson.
  Notes	The 1900 census notes that Mary had given birth to 8 children, of whom 6 were living.
  Family ID	F1174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Margaret ELLISON,   b. 18 Jun 1876, Atlanta, Fulton Co, GA d. 20 Nov 1949, Lexington Co, SC (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	c. 1902  [3]
  Notes	Lizzie had a daughter from a previous marriage.
  Children	1. Lottie THOMAS,   b. c. 1907, South Carolina
  Family ID	F7674	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: June 1900, Augusta, Richmond County, GA Resided: April 1910, Columbia, Richland County, SC Resided: January 1920, Edgewood, Richland Co, SC Resided: April 1930, Columbia, Richland County, SC

  
  

• Sources

  [S3821] Turner C. Thomas, South Carolina death certificate no. 11268 (1937). [S3794] 1900 US Census / Thomas, Mary C. [S3820] 1910 US Census / Thomas, Turner C. [S3774] J. Pinkney Thomas - Mary L. Clanton, Richmond Co, GA marriage license & minister's return (1860). .