I have spent many years researching the Turnidges, as it is my maiden name. The following information is part of what I have found. Vincent and Amanda are my g-g-grandparents. I have only found one record that mentions Amanda's birth location (other than the state) and that is son David Allen's birth certificate, which says she was born near Kansas City, in Lawrence County, Missouri. This would make sense as that is where her parents were living in the 1850 through 1870 census. Some ancestry trees have a different birth location, but I have no idea what that source would be. I have looked at some of those trees, and could see no sources for that birth location, so I wonder where it originated? If someone puts something on their tree, others will copy it whether it is accurate or not, so I always strive for as much accuracy as possible.

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Amanda was the fourth of eleven children for William C. and Synthia (Connell) Pennington. Her childhood was spent in Lawrence County, Missouri.

Amanda married Vincent Jasper Turnidge 6 Sep 1866 in Lawrence County, Missouri. They had 9 children: Mary Josephine; Martha Ann; John Calvin; William Ace; Cynthia R.; David Allen; Joseph Preston; Nancy Viola; Sirrilda.

They lived in Lawrence County, Missouri until Sep 1874 when they moved to Salem, Oregon. By 1880 they were living in Jackson, Oregon and by 1910 they were in Willamina, Oregon. Her husband was a Primitive Baptist Minister and he had also served in the Civil War, where he was wounded in the foot, forcing him to wear a peg leg.

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The Oregon Daily Journal 16 Jan 1913, Thu · Page 5

Veteran Lives To See Fourth Generation

*under the heading is a pic - caption says "Four generations of Turnidge family - Vincent J. Turnidge and wife Mrs. Amanda Turnidge, their daughter Mrs. M. J. Coonrad; her daughter Mrs. Nora Wonderly, and her son Ersel Wonderly"

Dallas, Or., Jan. 16 - Vincent J. Turnidge of Dallas, a Civil War veteran, has lived to see hls family perpetuated to the fourth generation. His wife, Mrs. Amanda Turnidge, also still is living. The four generations are Mr. and Mrs, Turnidge, their daughter (Mary Josephine), Mrs. Nora Wonderly, and her son, Ersel Wonderly.

Mr. Turnidge was born In Caldwell County, Missouri, June 1, 1847. In the spring of 1866 he moved with his parents to Lawrence County, Missouri, at which place he met and married the present Mrs. Amanda Turnidge.

The couple remained In Missouri until September, 1874, when they came to Oregon and settled at Salem; from there they moved to Dallas and bought land and built the house that is now being used as offices by the Dallas Lumber & Logging Company and the Salem Fails City & Western Railroad Company.

After several years they moved to a farm near Dallas, where they lived until a few months ago when they moved to'a farm near Wlllamina, OR.

Mr. and Mrs. Turnidge have seven children living, four boys and three girls; 20 grandchildren, and one great grand child, all living in the vicinity of Dallas.

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Telephone Register 24 Feb 1928 p. 7

Mrs. Turnidge, 80, Dies at Willamina

Woman Long Time Resident of Community; Well Respected There

Feb. 23 - Mrs. Amanda Turnidge died at her home, February 15, at the age of 80 years. Funeral services were held at the M.E. Church, Feb. 17, and were conducted by Elder I. D. Brown, of Sheridan. Mrs. Turnidge lived in this community for a number of years, and was loved and respected by all who knew her. Besides her husband, she leaves several children and a host of friends to mourn her death.

NOTE: the obit was ordered from the Yamhill County Gen. Society Apr 2010. Obit was on microfilm at the McMinnville Public Library.