Walter Emmett Turpin

1867 - 1939  (71 years)

• Name	Walter Emmett Turpin
  Birth	4 May 1867	Floyd Co., VA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Mar 1939	Indian Valley, Floyd Co., VA   [1]
  	Cause: chronic myocarditis & decompensation/chronic nephritis
  Burial	17 Mar 1939	Quesenberry Cemetery, Willis, Floyd Co., VA   [1]
  Person ID	I23893	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Walter C. Turpin,   b. Aug 1824, Montgomery Co., VA d. Between 1900 and 1910 (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Lydia Showalter,   b. Apr 1828, Botetourt Co., VA d. Between 1910 and 1920 (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	26 Oct 1846	Montgomery Co., VA   [2]
  Family ID	F9361	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cordellia Selene Hollandsworth,   b. 1868, Floyd Co., VA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	10 Nov 1887	Floyd Co., VA   [3]
  Children	1. Ida F. Turpin,   b. 1889, Floyd Co., VA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F9453	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S1776] Virginia Department of Health, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014, (http://www.ancestry.com :2015.), death certificate 6555 (1939), Walter Emit Turpin, accessed 7 Feb 2026. (Reliability: 3). [S762] Montgomery Co., VA Marriages 1777-1853, 299 (Reliability: 3). [S1700] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, ((http://www.ancestry.com : 2013)), accessed 10 Feb 2026), Turpin-Hollandsmith, 1887, Floyd County; citing FHL Film No. 31345. (Reliability: 3).