T. M. Turner

Thomas Memory Turner (July 17, 1847 – September 2, 1917) was a music professor. He spent many years working at the Western Lunatic Asylum of Staunton, Virginia. Turner was also a watchmaker, fixing watches and jewelry as well as offering his services tuning instruments.

Early years
Thomas Memory Turner was born on July 17, 1847 in Middletown, Virginia to A. J. Turner and Kate Aby.

Civil War
Turner served in the Confederacy for the duration of the American Civil War. His father A. J. was a band leader in the Stonewall Brigade. Thomas Memory was a musician alongside his father in the 5th Virginia Infantry. He was later in the 14th Virginia Cavalry. He continued to play in the Stonewall Brigade Band for years after the war.

Marriages
Turner married Kate Grimes of Maryland, daughter of Dr. Gassaway Sellman Grimes, on February 28, 1872 in Warren County, Virginia.

On February 15, 1893, he married Virginia Ann "Nannie" Wyatt at Harrisonburg, Virginia, at the residence of Hubert or Herbert Coffman. They were married by C. R. Cruikshank. She died March 9, 1894 in Staunton.

Lewisburg
Turner lived in Lewisburg, West Virginia from about 1877 until November 1879. A son, Charles Augustus Turner, was born there. Turner returns to Lewisburg in 1889. His son Claude died there at the age of just 13, falling headforemost into a vat of boiling water.

Maryland
In 1896–97 Turner was in Baltimore and Gaithersburg.