Cordelia (Candy) Turner

Cordelia (Candy) Turner was my 4th great aunt. She was born on March 1860 in Virginia. She lived in Southampton County, Virginia near the Nottoway River. The Nottoway River is named after the Nottoway Native American people who lived and continue to live in the state of Virginia. She was a woman with a lot of mysteries. I never knew who she was until recently. She was born during the antebellum era. Her mother was Millie Woodson-Turner (1830-1910), and Millie's husband was a black man named Morefield Hurst (1827-1918). Morefield Hurst and Millie Woodson Turner had a daughter named Susanna Field Hurst (she lived form 1862-1949).  Susanna was my 3rd great grandmother. Later, Cordelia Turner married John Henry Wiggins on the date of December 14, 1876 at Southampton County, Virginia. That is where my maternal ancestors came from. Back then, Courtland was called Jerusalem during the old days centuries ago. John Henry Wiggins and Cordelia Turner had many children. There names are William Wiggins (1878-1931), Annie Wiggins (1879-1958), Benjamin Wiggins (1896-1957), and Lula Wiggins (1899-1971). John Henry Wiggins passed away, so Cordelia married again to a man named Marshall Darden on the date of October 2, 1898 at Southampton, County, Virginia. Cordelia was once widowed before she married Marshall Darden. Their children were Caster Darden (1912-?), Rose Darden, and Unis (or Eunice) Darden. One of of Cordelia's children was Benjamin Wiggins (1896-1957). She married a woman named Rosa Darden on March 22, 1923 at Suffolk, Virginia. Their children are Casper Lee Wiggins (1921-1985), Rufus Wiggins (1921-?), Eunice Virginia Wiggins (1925-?), and William Henry Wiggins (1928-2009). My 2nd cousin Eunice Virginia Wiggins had many children like Ronald Casssonva Thomas of Suffolk (1949-2013). Ronald's wife is Barbara and their children are my 4th cousins whose names are: Felicia, Ronald Jr. Ca Shae, Shalonda, and Norman.

There are a lot of new information about the life of Susanna Field Hurst or my 3rd great grandmother. She lived in her mother's farm during the 1880's. Her brother William P. Turner allowed their parents to live in his home. Their parents are Morefield Hurst and Millie Woodson Turner. Susanna and ter husband Rev. James Thompson Claud had many children. Susanna planted crops, tilled the fields, and was called Big Grandma by her early descendants. Susanna and her sister in law Romine Turner (or the wife of William P. Turner) fished together. Rev. James Thompson Claud preached at Shiloh Baptist Church. His son was Arthur Boss Claud or King Arthur, and Arthur's daughter was Ella Mae Claud or my great grandmother (and her son was my grandfather). Susanna would go into Courtland to sell food like pies, chicken, etc. Edgerton Claud is one grandson of Susanna Turner. The descendants of Susanna Turner came into Portsmouth, Norfolk, Philadelphia, and all over America.