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Turpin Cemetery
located in Section 36 of South Wheatland Township. 
To locate this cemetery drive south on Route 51 to South Shores Shopping Center, east of South
Franklin Street Road following County Highway 31 to Turpin Station, turn down the lane behind the elevator at Turpin Station and go about one-half mile to a grove of trees.
Proceed on foot across two gullies on either side of a railroad track, through a field to another grove of trees.
The land was owned by Jeremiah Turpin.
Many stones were broken or overturned and what was readable is as follows:

I have added notes here and there to other links so please watch for the. ~ Sharon

       
B. B.       (initials only)
Lemasters, Nancy R.   1851 Dec. 7 ae 29 yrs. w/o Wm. Lemasters
L. J. T.       (initials only)
Turpin, Adela   1871 Sep. 16 ae 1 yr. 1 mo. 7 das. d/o J. A. & H. A. Turpin
Turpin, Calvin A.   1839 Aug. 30 ae 1 yr. 7 mos. 5 das. s/o J. & L. J. Turpin
Turpin, Charlotte O. (C?)   18_5 May 29    
Turpin, Elvina M.   1881 Feb. 28 ae 2 yrs 1 mo. 29 das. d/o J. A. & H. A. Turpin (only stone standing in this cemetery)
Turpin, Henrietta C.   1844 Mar. 18 ae 16 yrs. 5 mos. 27 das. d/o J. H. & C. C. Turpin
Turpin, John   1854 Jan. 25 ae 56 yrs. 3 mos 16 das.  
Turpin,   1871 Jun. 1 ae 27 yrs. s/o J. H. Turpin
Turpin, Leacy   1861? Jun. 13 ae 22 yrs. 5 mos. 12 das. w/o J. Turpin
Turpin, Robert W.   1888 Jun. 1 (1883?) ae 87 yrs. 7 mos. 22 das. (top half of stone is gone)
Bozarth, Rebecca   1864 May 11 ae 74 yrs. 4 mos. 4 das. w/o William Bozarth
(Top half of stone gone)

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