ROSCOE TURNER, MEMPHIS YEARS                                rev 3/15/93

  1913 Turner, Roscoe - Not listed

  1914 Turner, Roscoe - chauf - bds 1425 Florida, page 1393         [1]
           Bailey, Mollie E. (wid Wm T) res. 1425 Florida, page 135

           (per Mary Emma Whitaker, this was Roscoe's father's sister,
           his aunt, who later lived with Mary Emma's parents in Corinth.
           Molly had two sons, Earl and Ed, who were Roscoe's cousins.
           The relative in Memphis who reportedly was influential in
           Roscoe's job with the Hills was W.M. Bell, a nephew of her
           father and Roscoe's cousin.  W.M. Bell was in the real estate
           and rental apt. business & is supposed to be buried in Memorial
           Park in Memphis - told to Milton Sandy, Jr. on 3/14/93)

  1915 Turner, Roscoe - chauf - 1400 Union Ave., page 1204          [2]
           HILL, FRANK F Pres Union & Planters Bank & Trust Co and Insurance,
           John D De Graffenreid Jr., Walter M Lawrence and Edwin F George
           Representatives, 430-432-434 Scimitar Bldg, Tel Cum 875, res 1400
           Union Av, Tels Cum 1289 Hemlock, Mem 1289 (See right top lines and
           classified Insurance Dept), page 576                     

  1916 Turner, Roscoe - slsmn - bds 272 S Wellington, page ?        [3]
           Mason, Lillie E. (wid Thos L) res 272 S. Wellington, page 780

           (per Mary Emma Whitaker, this was a daughter of Roscoe's father's
           sister, Mrs. Jennie Bell, sister of W.M.Bell.  She was Roscoe's
           first cousin - told to Milton Sandy, Jr. on 3/15/93)

  1917 Turner, Roscoe - mech - Jerome P. Parker- Harris Co - bds 1527 Monroe
           Ave., page ?                                             [4]
           Collins, Sarah L (wid Henry W) res 1527 Monroe Av
           PARKER, JEROME P - Pres Jerome P. Parker- Harris Co res 1084 Union
           Av, Tel Cum 5029 Hemlock
           PARKER, JEROME P-HARRIS CO.  Jerome P. Parker Pres, John W Harris,
           V Pres, Automobiles and Supplies, 432-442 Monroe Av, Tels Cum 1716
           and 1717 Main, page 1677

           Searched the Memphis Commercial Appeal newspapers for
           advertisements for this company in September, 1917.  There were
           numerous ads for automobiles but none for this company.  A full
           page ad for this company appeared in the June, 1918, Memphis
           Chamber of Commerce Journal advertising Packard Motor Trucks.

   1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923  Turner, Roscoe - Not listed


   [1]  R.L. POLK & CO'S 1914 MEMPHIS CITY DIRECTORY
   [2]  R.L. POLK & CO'S 1915 MEMPHIS CITY DIRECTORY
   [3]  R.L. POLK & CO'S 1916 MEMPHIS CITY DIRECTORY
   [4]  R.L. POLK & CO'S 1917 MEMPHIS CITY DIRECTORY

   Information compiled by:  David M. Sandy on March 13, 1993 at the Memphis
        /Shelby County Public Library Main Branch, 1850 Peabody Ave,
        Memphis, TN.                                                  



    On 5/9/1993 while in Memphis, we searched for the location of the
    above residences to see if anything still survived.  1425 Florida is near
    the intersection of Florida and S. Parkway.  A large Ford funeral home is
    diagonally across the street.  No structure exists at the 1425
    address. Houses in the surrounding neighborhood which might have existed
    in this time period appear to be mostly shotguns and one story modest
    bungalows. 1400 Union Ave residence of Frank F. Hill no longer exists.
    The whole of this block of Union is largely commercial.  There is a
    private club in the same block called the 19th Century Club which may
    have existed at the time.  272 S. Wellington is now Danny Thomas Blvd.,
    between Pontotoc and Linden Streets.  Most of this block looks as if it
    was razed.   A few nice looking, large old residences exist as run-down
    slums on Pontotoc. The next block over behind this address, were two very
    fine looking 2 story brick houses at 210 Lauderdale which may have
    been there in 1916.