Bismarck Hendricks Turner was born 2 Jun 1885 in Lebanon, TN to Marion Hendricks Turner (1847-1913) & Sallie Massey (1867-1913).
Inmate: #849 Mexico State Prison
Rec: 11 Apr 1919
Crime: Safe Keeping (This means they were holding him for another agency that held a warrant for him).
Inmate: #193868 Leavenworth
Rec:1919
Bismarck was married to Elizabeth Bell (1885-1970) and they had the following children.
Rowena Turner
1908–1996
Bismarck H Turner Jr.
1914–1995
Carrie Bell Turner
1917–2002
Sarah Agatha Turner
1919–1999
Frances Elfleda Turner
1924–1999
He worked as a Postmaster, I found a newspaper article.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61878756/bismark-h-turner/
in the U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971
Name: Bismarck H Turner
Post Office Location: Hobbs, Lea, New Mexico
Appointment Date: 10 Jul 1916
Volume #: 90
Volume Year Range: 1896-1930
I found lots of newspaper articles on his life he seemed to of learned his lesson because I didn't find anymore crimes.
1915 New Mexico
1917 New Mexico
1965 Spokane, WA
Bismarck died 18 Jan 1981 in Pend Oreille, WA.
I love his name, as I am from Bismarck, ND my hometown, loved it and miss it and will return someday. I was there for 39 years.
Bismarck seemed to have had a moment of weakness thinking he could get away with stealing money orders and cashing them. His wife had their daughter Sarah 11 Jun 1919 and then they had another child after his release. He must of been a good man that just mad a bad decision and once he wrote out one check it was even easier to write out the second and so on.
Bismark was my grandfather. How fun to see the information you have gathered. The 1950 article "Lubbock County Man Returns" is about my uncle B.H.Turner Jr. and not my grandfather. The rest of the article is sound.
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