Frances Kimberley Turley
1850-1914

Born: 22 March 1850 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Valley, Utah1
Died: 26 May 1914 in Riverside, San Bernardino County, California2
Buried: 27 May 1914 at Hermosa Gardens Cemetery in Colton, San Bernardino County, California3
FamilySearch ID: LW6B-W3H
FindaGrave Memorial ID: 21657636

Frances was the daughter of Theodore Turley and Mary Clift.

Frances married Benjamin Franklin Parsons on 20 June 1864 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California.4 They had five children and divorced after 1875.5 Frances then married Thomas Wilson McIntosh on 24 July 1879 in Riverside, San Bernardino County, California.6 They had four children together.

Children of Frances Kimberley Turley (1850-1914) and her first husband, Benjamin F. Parsons (1827-1896):

  1. Isabelle Frances Parsons (1865-1926) m. John C. Button
  2. Benjamin Franklin Parsons, Jr. (1868-1947) m. Maria Susa Stewart
  3. Nettie Parsons (1871-1871)
  4. Theodore Augustus Parsons (1873-1943) m. Mary Ida Mack
  5. Maude M. Parsons (1875-1944) m. Frederick Arthur Button

Children of Frances Kimberley Turley (1850-1914) and her second husband, Thomas W. McIntosh (1831-1905):

  1. Sarah Estella McIntosh (1880-1968) m. Charles Gaylor Rouse
  2. Lee Jackson McIntosh (1882-1941) m. Catherine Gertrude Kennedy
  3. Clarence Colton McIntosh (1886-1946) m. Marietta Cora Lee
  4. Olive Viola McIntosh (1887-1978)

Note: Thomas W. McIntosh had a son from his first marriage, Thomas Frank McIntosh (1874-1961), who is often listed as a son of Frances Kimberley Turley.

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Benjamin Franklin Parsons was born 12 May 1827 in Norfolk, Virginia.7 He died 27 September 1896 in San Diego, San Diego County, California.8

COLTON, Nov. 25—(Staff correspondence of THE SUN.)—Another one of the early California pioneers crossed over the river of death at about half past the hour of five this morning, in the person of Thomas Wilson McIntosh.

Mr. McIntosh was born in Boone county, Kentucky, 74 years ago last April. When a child of 8 years he moved with his parents to Missouri, where he lived until a young man of 21, when he came overland to Northern California with a party driving cattle.

In the early seventies he lived for some time at Phoenix, Arizona, where he was a United States Marshal for eight years. He was also a deputy Sheriff of San Bernardino county for four years.

Mr. McIntosh was one of the first merchants in Colton, having a store here before the advent of the railroads, and also interested in mining. He was twice married, the second wife being Mrs. Parsons, whom he married in Riverside in 1879. The wife and five children survive him. The children are: Miss Viola and Clarence McIntosh of Colton; Lee McIntosh of Goldfield, Nevada; Frank McIntosh of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Charles Rouse of Riverside.

The funeral will be held Sunday at 2 o’clock from Swartz’ undertaking parlors, Rev. J. A. Sampson conducting the service.

Mr. McIntosh was a member of the Pioneer society and the first Noble Grand of the Colton order of Odd Fellows.

death notice of Thomas W. Mcintosh, The weekly sun, San Bernardino, Calif., friday, 1 dec. 1905, p. 4, col. 5, newspapers.com.

DEATH OF MRS. FRANCES McINTOSH

After a lingering illness, Mrs. France Cumberlain [Kimberley] McIntosh passed away around 3 o’clock this morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Charles Rouse, in Riverside, with whom she had been residing since leaving Colton some three months ago. Up to that time she had made her home in this city with an unmarried son, C. C. McIntosh.

Mrs. McIntosh, who may be called a pioneer of the valley, although she was but 64 years old was born in the year 1850 under the most unique circumstances. Her parents, who had crossed over from England lured by the call of the “Golden West” and the then unknown California, were traveling overland by an immigrant ox-train from New York, and it was while they were crossing the great western plains that she first saw the light of day. The family came direct to San Bernardino and settled and it was there at the age of 15 that she became the bride of a Mr. Parsons, four children blessing their union. Later on she married again, this time to T. W. McIntosh of Riverside. To them five children were born, making in all a family of nine sons and daughters, all of whom live to bless their mother’s name and who will be in attendance at the last sad rites said for her. The surviving members are T. G. Parsons of Santa Barbara, Frank Parsons of San Diego, C. C. McIntosh of Colton, L. J. McIntosh of Tonopah, Nevada, Frank McIntosh of Los Angeles, Mrs. J. C. Button of Colton, Mrs. Charles Rouse and Mrs. F. A. Button of Riverside, and Mrs. M. W. Myers of San Diego.

The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon, Wednesday, at 2 o’clock here in Colton from the Knopsnyder chapel and interment will be in Hermosa cemetery.

“Death of Mrs. Frances McIntosh,” Colton Daily Courier, Tuesday, 26 May 1914, p. 3, col. 3, Newspapers.com.

Biographical sketch from The Theodore Turley Family book (p. 543)

FRANCIS KIMBERLEY TURLEY was born March 22, 1850 either near Owens Lake, Pioneer Trail or in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was the daughter of Theodore Turley and his fourth wife, Mary Clift Turley.

FRANCES married BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PARSONS. He was born May 12, 1[8]27 in Norfolk, Virginia to James and Barbara Parsons. BENJAMIN later died in 1896 in San Diego, California.

On July 24, 1879 FRANCIS married THOMAS WILLIAM McINTOSH in Colton, California, THOMAS was born May 12, 1832 in Ken­tucky .

FRANCES died in Riverside, California.

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1850
March 22: Frances Kimberley Turley was born 22 March 1850 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, to Theodore Turley and Mary Clift. She was Mary Clift’s fourth child and only daughter. Frances was named after Theodore Turley’s first wife, Frances Kimberley, who had died at Winter Quarters in 1847.
March 30: Frances’ mother, Mary Clift Turley, died due to complications from childbirth and was buried the following day in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.

1851
March/April: One-year-old Frances was enumerated in Theodore Turley’s household for the 1850 U.S. census. The family was temporarily residing in Utah County at the time, a part of the large group preparing to leave for California. Frances’ birthplace was noted as Deseret, the name preferred by Latter-day Saints for the Utah Territory.9

1860
June 25: Frances was enumerated in the home of her brother-in-law, John Cook, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, for the 1860 U.S. census. She was noted as ten years old and had attended school in the previous year.10

1864
June 20: Fourteen-year-old Frances married thirty-seven-year-old Benjamin Franklin Parsons in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California.11

1870
June 13: Frances was enumerated in the 1870 U.S. census with her husband, Benjamin, and two children, five-year-old Isabella and two-year-old Benjamin, in San Diego, San Diego County, California. Benjamin was noted as a forty-three-year-old blacksmith born in Virginia with a personal estate valued at $1,000. Frances was noted as a twenty-one-year-old born in California and kept house.12

1871
August 13: Frances and Benjamin’s newborn daughter, Nettie Parsons, died and was buried at El Campo Santo Cemetery in San Diego, San Diego County, California.13

1879
July 24: Twenty-nine-year-old Frances married Thomas Wilson McIntosh in Riverside, San Bernardino County, California.14

1880
June 22: Thirty-year-old Frances was enumerated in the household of her new husband, Thomas W. McIntosh, in Colton, San Bernardino, California for the 1880 U.S. census. Her husband was noted as a forty-eight-year-old merchant born in Kentucky. Also in the household were Frances’ stepson, six-year-old Thomas F. McIntosh, and three children from her first marriage: fifteen-year-old Belle Parsons, seven-year-old Gus Parsons, and four-year-old Maud Parsons.15

1900
June 14: Fifty-year-old Frances was enumerated in the home of her husband, sixty-eight-year-old farmer Thomas W. McIntosh, in Colton, San Bernardino County, California, for the 1900 U.S. census. Also in the household were Thomas and Frances’ four children together: nineteen-year-old Stella, seventeen-year-old Lee J., fourteen-year-old Clarence, and twelve-year-old Olive V.16

1914
May 26: Frances died at the home of her daughter in Riverside, San Bernardino County, California. She was buried the following day at Hermosa Gardens Cemetery in Colton, San Bernardino County, California.17

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  1. Family Memorial for Mary Clift.
  2. “Death of Mrs. Frances McIntosh,” Colton Daily Courier, Tuesday, 26 May 1914, p. 3, col. 3, Newspapers.com.
  3. “Death of Mrs. Frances McIntosh,” Colton Daily Courier, Tuesday, 26 May 1914, p. 3, col. 3, Newspapers.com; FindaGrave.com, memorial page for Frances Kimberly Turley McIntosh (22 Mar 1850–26 May 1914), memorial ID 21657636, citing Hermosa Gardens Cemetery, Colton, San Bernardino County, California, United States.
  4. San Bernardino Co., Calif., Marriage records, v. A 1855-1866, p. 52, marriage of Benj. F. Parsons and Frances Turley, 20 Jun. 1864, image 453 of digital film 4640186 at FamilySearch.org, digitized from FHL 1290189.
  5. Divorce date estimated from birth of their youngest daughter in December 1875.
  6. California, U.S., County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980, San Bernardino, Marriage, 1854-1892, marriage of T. W. McIntosh and F. K. Parsons, 24 Jul. 1879, image at Ancestry.com.
  7. The Theodore Turley Family book; FindaGrave.com, memorial page for Benjamin Franklin Parsons (12 May 1827–27 Sep 1896), memorial ID 21121734.
  8. Benjamin was buried 28 September 1896 at Calvary Cemetery in San Diego. San Diego Co., Calif., Death records, 1876-1905, Book I, p. 252, death cert. of Benjamin F. Parsons, 27 Sep. 1896, image 1290 of digital film 7615373 at FamilySearch.org, digitized from FHL 1290438.
  9. 1850 U.S. census, Utah Territory, Utah Co., dwelling 65, family 65, Frances K. in household of Theodore Turley, image at Ancestry.com; “The Seventh Census of the United States: Utah and Slavery,” Utah Historical Quarterly Web Extra (Spring 2017), https://history.utah.gov/repository-item/the-seventh-census-of-the-united-states-utah-and-slavery-spring-2017/, accessed April 2020. Related blog posts: “In the Valley of the Great Salt Lake” and “Celebrating the U.S. Census with Theodore Turley’s Census Records.”
  10. 1860 U.S. census, California, Los Angeles Co., Los Angeles, p. 83, dwelling 815, family 855, Frances Kimberly in household of John Cook, image at Ancestry.com.
  11. San Bernardino Co., Calif., Marriage records, v. A 1855-1866, p. 52, marriage of Benj. F. Parsons and Frances Turley, 20 Jun. 1864, image 453 of digital film 4640186 at FamilySearch.org, digitized from FHL 1290189.
  12. Frances’ birthplace of California in the census was an error. She was born in Utah. 1870 U.S. census, California, San Diego Co., San Diego, p. 6, dwelling 67, family 74, household of Benj. Payson, image at Ancestry.com.
  13. There is conflicting information about Nettie’s birthdate. FindaGrave.com has both 4 August and 12 August. According to the San Diego death records index, Nettie’s 13 August 1871 death is recorded in volume A-1 p. 17. I’ve been unable to locate an online copy of that volume. Nettie’s burial was found in records from the Mission San Diego. “August 13th, 1871, I have given ecclesiastical burial to NETTIE, recently born, baptized privately by Dona Felipa Marron, daughter of Benjamin Parsons and of Frances Tally, Protestants. Antonia Ubach, Parish priest and curate.” Ann Woodbury Guern and Winifred Davidson, translators and transcribers, Book of the Dead of the Vicinity of San Diego 1849-1880 “El Campo Santo,” (n.p.: self-published,1933) p. 31, burial of Nettie Parsons, 13 Aug. 1871, image 227 of digital film 5686306 at FamilySearch.org, digitized from FHL 882975.
  14. California, U.S., County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980, San Bernardino, Marriage, 1854-1892, marriage of T. W. McIntosh and F. K. Parsons, 24 Jul. 1879, image at Ancestry.com.
  15. 1880 U.S. census, California, San Bernardino Co., Colton, p. 40, e.d. 63A, dwelling 331, family 331, household of T. W. McIntosh, image at Ancestry.com.
  16. 1900 U.S. census, California, San Bernardino Co., Colton Township, sheet 15-A, e.d. 237, dwelling 300, family 307, household of Thomas W. McIntosh, image at Ancestry.com.
  17. “Death of Mrs. Frances McIntosh,” Colton Daily Courier, Tuesday, 26 May 1914, p. 3, col. 3, Newspapers.com; FindaGrave.com, memorial page for Frances Kimberly Turley McIntosh (22 Mar 1850–26 May 1914), memorial ID 21657636, citing Hermosa Gardens Cemetery, Colton, San Bernardino County, California, United States.