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- from "The Houston Chronicle", 27 Sep 1902
During the illness of King Edward preceding the coronation one of Houston's brightest boys, now at Sewanee, Mr. Pendleton Turner, Jr., wrote a most beautiful letter to the sick ruler. The natal day of King Edward and that of Master Pendleton being the same., the the exuberance of lealth, youth and most kindly feeling, the missive was an expression of sympathy and good wishes for his majesty's recovery. To this came very promptly the reply, "The private secretary is commanded by the king to thank Mr. E.P. Turner, Jr., for his letter and kind wishes." Buckingham Palace, with date, crest, etc. When the Price of Wales, now King Edward, was in the United States, Captain E.P. Turner, then at Harvard, was one of three students to show the prince through the institution.
- from "The Houston Post" 18 Dec 1904
Mr. Pendleton Turner arrived home form Sewanee, Tenn., where he is attending the University of the South, to spend his vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.P. Turner
- from "The Washington D.C. Evening Star in By the Way by Beth Blaine column", 1 Sep 1939 (genealogybank.com)
Pendleton Turner is your man for breaking the ice at the very dignified and somewhat stuffy party. He will amuse with offending - and is certain to break down the most austere and proper guest and make them like it! It is said that he recently told the President a story on himself while the other guest sat on bated breath - and that the president bowled with delight at is conclusion.
- from "The Danville VA Bee", 2 Nov 1937
Virginian Asks $108,000 of Washington Man He Charges Stole Wife's Love
WASHINGTON, Nov, 2. - John S. Barber Daingerfield, emever of a Virginia family, has filed suit charging E. Pendleton Turner, Washington sociality, with aliencation of Mrs. Daingerfield's affections. Daingerfield asked $108,000 damages. He accused Turner of inducing Mrs. Daingerfield to leave him and to bar him from the home here he had given her. Mrs. Daingerfield filed suit for the limited divorce on September 19. Daingerfield said in his petition he and Mrs. Daingerfield lived happily and contentedly until early in 1926 when Turner began to acquire "an improper influence" over Mrs. Daingerfield. The husband charged that in Washington, Cape May, N.J., Keswick, Va., Florida, and in "various other places," Turner carried on a secret correspondence with Mrs. Daingerfield, "cajoled and flattered her," and had various clandestine automobile rides, meals and meetings with her. As a result, he alleged, Mrs. Daingerfield's affections for him were destroyed.
- from "The Nashville Tennessean", 8 Apr 1957 (newspapers.com)
EDMUND P. TURNER
Edmund Pendleton Turner, 71, insurance agent of Washington, D.C., died Friday at his home after a year of illness. Mr. Turner had many friends in Nashville and made frequent visits here. Funeral services will be conducted in Washington Wednesday, with burial in Arlington National cemetery. Mr. Turner was a native of Houston, Texas, son of Edmund Pendleton and Mary Van Alstyne Turner. He was a veteran of World War I and a graduate of the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. There are no immediate survivors.
- At time of death, Next of Kin was Elizabeth B Beach of Washington DC (a cousin)
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1886 - 1957 (70 years)
