Yuma County, Colorado Photographs

Yuma County Pioneer Photographs:

Sarah J. (Powell) Turman, Wray
She was born March 12, 1840 in Hollansburg, Darke County, Ohio, parents John Powell 1814-1897 dying in Livingston County, Illinois and Mary Polly Miller 1814-1899.

"John Powell was reared principally to farm life and pursued his early studies in the pioneer log cabin of sixty years ago. He was united in marriage, on the 25th of December, 1848, with Miss Mary Miller, who was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, April 25, 1814, and was the daughter of Christian and Susaimah Miller, natives of Pennsylvania and of German descent. Of this union there were born seven children, six now living and located as follows: Franklin A. is a resident of Thayer County, Neb. ; Newman J., of Pontiac ; John K., of Oregon; Sarah J., the wife of Samuel B. Turman, of Colorado, an engineer on the Kansas Pacific Railroad; : Laura is Mrs. J. D. Honeywell, of Monroe County. and Susannah L., the wife of Uriah Springer, of Pontiac Township, this county. Mr. Powell became a resident of Livingston County in 1851, locating first two and one-half miles northeast of Chenoa."

John is buried in Pontiac, Livingston County 1814-1897 # 118277962, with Mary (Miller) Powell 1814-1899 # 118277979.

Samuel B. Turman was in Warren County, Indiana in 1950, age 12, with Young Turman 38 and Rebecca 36. Margaret is 13, William H. 10, Susan 6, and Lucy K. 2.

Young F. Turman 1813-1877 is buried in Warren County # 102896907, with Rebecca (Campbell) Turman 1814-1881 # 59659494.
(Samuel's sister Margaret Elizabeth Turman Wagner 1837-1874 is buried in Warren County # 44960638.)

His brother William Henry Harrison Turman 1840-1930 is buried in Wray, Colorado # 45128933.

In 1860 Livingston County, Samuel B. Turman is a farm laborer, 21, with Sarah J. 20. They're living with John Powell 45 and Mary 45, Franklin 18, Newman J. 16, Kelso J. 14, Laura A. 12, Susan S. 9.

One tree said Samuel was born in Pine Village, Warren County, Indiana.

His brotherWilliam born 1840 and Sophia had Samuel E. Turman in Colorado in June 1889, marrying Vera L. in Kansas, Samuel and Vera had Fred E. 1918 and Philip M. 1919. William and Sophia had Florence L. (Florrie) in Colorad on November 1890.

In 1870 Nodaway County, Missouri, Samuel B. is a brick maker 31, born in Indiana, Sarah 30 Ohio, with Mary 6 born in Ilinois. Samuel was a locomotive engineer in Elbert County, Colorado in 1880, and a miner in 1900 Boulder County.

In 1895 Ellis County, Kansas, S.B Turman is 65, born in Indiana, S. J. 55 Ohio. Next household is John Juza 35 born in Wisconsin, Frankie 30 Illinois, Ralph 8 Colorado, Glenn 6, Colorado, and "Frankie", female, 2, born in Kansas.

1896 Boulder "Sam Turman, the veteran K. P. engineer, came up on last Sunday with Will Terry to look after his valuable mining interests here, and went up to the Porcupine on Monday. A deal of some magnitude is pending on this property."
May 1896 "Jonah Hill is down tonight from Ray City, at the head of Gillespie gulch, and reports that part of the district coming to the front. There is a new deal on the Porcupine, but Sam Turman stays on, and has located a tunnel site on the Left Hand slope which will cut the Porcupine 1,000 feet deep in running less than l,000 feet. Work will commence very soon on the tunnel, which will cut several good veins before reaching the Porcupine."

Locomotive Engineers Journal 1908

December 1913 Wray "Mrs. S. J. Turman, of Boulder, came down to Wray Saturday and closed the deal with the Woman's Real Estate Company that day by which she became the owner of the homestead two miles northwest of town which was formerly owned by E. A. Davis. Mrs. Turman is residing on her homestead at the present time."

September 1915 "Mrs. Frank Susie came down from her home in Boulder ... and is visiting her mother, Mrs. Sarah J. Turman, of two miles east of town. Mrs. Susie intends to spend the winter here."


In 1918 Sarah proved up 320 acres in sections 28 and 33, 2N 43W - about three miles north of Wray.

Sarah J. Turman is buried in Boulder 1840-1919, with Samuel B. Turman 1838-1913 # 11114095.

Samuel was a locomotive engineer in Elbert County, Colorado in 1880, and a miner in 1900 Boulder County.

Mary F. "Jaza" born September 1864 in Illninois, father Indiana, mother Ohio, married 15 years to John B. Jaza March 1860 Wisconsin, a miner, with Ralph Sept 1886, Glen April 1889, and Cordelia July 1893, all three born in COlorado.

John Juza married "Franklin Turman' on March 10, 1885 in Denver.
In 1885 Elbert County, Colorado, John Juza is an engineer, 25 with Frankie 20 born in Illinois.

In 1895 Ellis County, Kansas, S.B Turman is 65, born in Indiana, S. J. 55 Ohio. Next household is John Juza 35 born in Wisconsin, Frankie 30 Illinois, Ralph 8 Colorado, Glenn 6, Colorado, and "Frankie", female, 2, born in Kansas.

John Charles Juza 1860-1915 is buried in Boulder # 11107841, with Mary Frances (Turman) Juza 1864-1914 # 157969309. It says she was born Sept 23, 1864 in Chenoa, McLean Illinois.

September 1915 "Boulder - Clad in overalls of the usual male variety, Misses Cordelia Juza and Ethel Glese, formerly of this city, are working every day gathering tungsten float at Nederland and are making money at it. Miss Juza is soon to be married and recently, when the price of tungsten went skyrocketing to $15 a unit, she decided the time had come to make her trousseau purse with little difficulty. The young women work ten hours every day and have been making $8 a day clear after having paid all royalties on the tract handled. After a day or so they found they could not work to advantage in skirts, so they donned overalls. They refuse to let curiosity seekers approach their reserve."

In 1910 Boulder County, John C. "Juza" is 50, Mary Frank Juza 45, Ralph T. 23, Glenn S. 20, and Cordelia P. 16 born in Kansas.

Ralph T. Juza married Amba White on January 24, 1930 in Clear Creek County, Colorado.

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