The Turner Families of Jasper County, Iowa

In the following lines the biographer sets forth succinctly and, we hope correctly, the leading facts and characteristics of one of Jasper county's estimable ladies, who, since taking up her residence here, has formed a wide acquaintance with its best people, and all speak of her as one whose acts have ever been aliove idle civil and singularly free of aught that the world terms unladylike and whose career has been governed throughout by correct and right motives.

Mrs. Mary C. Pease-Turner, who owns the beautiful and well kept Turner homestead in Poweshiek township, known as the "Hawthorne Farm," is the widow of C. C. Turner. She came to the vicinity where she now resides in 1856, with her parents, Andrew and Joanna M. (Cook) Pease, the mother being the daughter of Daniel and Catherine (Pierson) Cook.

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LEWIS C. S. TURNER, M. D.

Among the leaders in the medical profession in central Iowa the name of Dr. Lewis C. S. Turner, of Colfax, Jasper county, must be included, for his practice here of nearly thirty years has won him a wide reputation among his contemporaries, who. with his wife, also a physician of well established repute, is proprietor of the Turner Rest Home and Sanitarium, which has a

,U8UC LIBKAH prestige second to none of its kind in the state. But, indeed, no man possessing the heritage of character and ability which Doctor Turner has received from his ancestors could fail to live a life of usefulness, controlled by correct principles and high ideals, his progenitors including that sterling patriotic stock which helped successfully to establish the early American colonies, who sacrificed life in Washington's army in the struggle for independence, who bore the vicissitudes of the great Rebellion on the sanguinary battle fields of the South, who, as pioneer physician, faced the dangers and hardships on the western frontier in the service of administering to the ills to which humanity is heir, men and women who, in their station, nobly fulfilled their myriad duties. Such an inheritance is more to be desired than "much fine gold."

Doctor Turner was born in Poweshiek township, Jasper county, Iowa, on November 2, 1854, the son of Charles Carroll Turner and Ann E. (Parks) Turner, the father born in Oxford county. Maine, in 1826. the son of Joseph Turner, whose birth occurred on June u. 1799. the latter's home being at Dedham, Massachusetts, and whose wife w.us known in her maidenhood as Nancy Shaw. Joseph Turner was the son of Ebenezer and Polly (Sumner) Turner, the former born in 1772, the son of Lieutenant Edward and Hannah (Fisher) Turner. Edward Turner was an officer in the colonial army and he fought in the battle of Bunker Hill, and while in the service for freedom he contracted smallpox which caused his death at Half Moon, Massachusetts, in December. 1777. The first American ancestor of the Turners came to Massachusetts in the early colonial days and settled twenty miles from Boston. The family of Joseph Turner came to Mindon. Adains county, Illinois, in 1834. the father n\ the subject of this sketch being then eight years of age, and there he grew to maturity, the I'prairie state at that time being practically a wilderness. He remained in Illinois until 1850, when he came to Jasper county, Iowa, among the very early settlers, and located on a farm three miles north of the present site of Colfax, which land is still owned by his widow, Mrs. Mary C. (Pease) Turner, and their son, Ed S. Turner. Charles C. Turner became one of the influential farmers of the county in his day. He was the owner of over two hundred acres of good land and he was an extensive breeder of fine grades of live stock. He was active in public affairs, first as a A\ big, then as a Republican. He was elected clerk of the district court of Jasper county, holding office from 1854 to 1857; he was also county surveyor for two terms, from 1868 to 1872, and he was justice of the peace and assessor for four full terms. He was a charter member of Xewton Lodge No. 59, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. He proved his patriotism in 1862 when he enlisted in the Federal army and proved to be a gallant soldier in the Fortieth. Iowa Volunteer Infantry. For a time he was sent home on recruiting service. While in the field he was at Columbus and Paducah, Kentucky; Satarsia, Mississippi, Haines Bluff and Snvder Bluff, and after the fall of Vicksburg he was on reserve duty. He was in Arkansas at the taking of Little Rock, and he was the first with his brother-in-law, Hugh A. Pease, to cross the river on a pontoon bridge, October 10, 1863. He was mustered out at Davenport, Iowa, on April 1, 1864. His death occurred on August 7, 1907, at an advanced age, after a useful and honorable career. Andrew Pease, father of Mrs. Mary C. (Pease) Turner, was also one of the worthy "boys in blue." having served in Company I, Thirty-seventh Iowa Volunteer Infantrw — the noted "Greybeard Volunteers," — he having enlisted when fifty-eight years of age, on December 15, 1862, and his death occurred while in the service, at Alton, Illinois, on January 10, 1863, he having been on guard duty there.

Ann E. Parks, maiden name of the mother of Dr. Lewis C. S. Turner, of this sketch, was born in Noble county, Indiana, October 2, 1836, the daughter of Dr. Hiram S. Parks, who was one of the pioneer physicians of Poweshiek township, Jasper county, Iowa, and he practiced medicine here until 1863, when he went to Kansas. He made his calls on horseback, going long distances in all kinds of weather, enduring great hardships, following Indian trails, often swimming or fording dangerous streams, sometimes in the roughest winter weather. He was a good doctor and was highly esteemed by the entire locality. The death of Mrs. Ann E. Turner occurred on May 10,

On June 4, 1857, Charles C. Turner was married a second time, his last wife being Mary Catherine Pease, one of the early teachers of this county, who taught the first school in her district. She was a woman of high educational attainments and a strong character. She directed the education of her only step-child, and at the age of nineteen, Lewis C. S. Turner, of this sketch, began teaching in the common schools of this county. He entered Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa, in 1873, and he also attended Central Universitv at Pella, Iowa, in 1874. In June, 1877, he finished the course at the Baylies Mercantile College at Keokuk, this state, and in 1878 he was graduated from Pierce's Normal Institute of Penmanship of the last named city. He began the study of medicine under Doctors Tillman Seems, of Mitchellville, Iowa, and J. J. M. Angear. of Fort Madison, Iowa, later of Chicago. Since March i. 1882, Doctor Turner has been successfully engaged in the practice of his profession at Colfax and has built up a large,

Lucrative and ever-growing patronage. He has kept well abreast of the times in everything that pertains to his practice, having always been a profound student and a vigorous and independent researcher. He is a member of the Jasper County, the Des Moines District and the Iowa State Medical societies. Since 1888 he has been health officer of Colfax and a member of the school board from 1892 to 1895. A graduate pharmacist, he dispensed his own drugs. He makes a specialty of eye, nose and throat and obstetrics, and his skill in these lines has placed him in the front rank of his professional brethren.

On October 21, 1878, Doctor Turner was united in marriage with Alice B. Sams, one of the leading lady practitioners of medicine in central Iowa, an individual sketch of whom appears on another page of this work. This union has been graced by the birth of two children: Wera, who married J. W. Preston, of Port Laaca, Texas. They have one daughter, Ruth Alice, born July 13, 1911. She is a graduate of Wellesley College, and for a time she taught in the Jasper county schools; she is a member of the Des Moines chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Carroll J. Turner was graduated from the Colfax high school and is now at college, preparing to follow in the footsteps of his parents and devote his life to the medical profession.

Doctor Turner is a man of agreeable social nature, pleasing personality. Religiously, he is a Unitarian. He has been active in many works in Colfax, always ready to do what he could in furthering the interests of the city in any way. He is best known as the proprietor, jointly with his wife, of the Turner Rest Home and Sanitarium, which they established in 1904. Prior to this they had been proprietors of the Victoria Sanitarium, and for three years previously they maintained public bath parlors, using in all these the mineral waters for which Colfax is famous. Doctor and Mrs. Turner went to Chicago, Illinois, in 1898 and there remained two years, returning to Colfax in 1900 and have since devoted most of their attention to their modern, well equipped and popular sanitarium, which has proven to be a boon to thousands.

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ALICE BELLVADORE (SAMS) TURNER, M. D.

'omen are entering, in this advanced epoch of the world's history, many of the professions, and, as a rule, they have met with exceptional success, this being particularly true of medicine, and the town of Colfax, Jasper county, has a resident woman who has been longer in practice than most women doctors, and one who stands at the top of the profession, irrespective of sex. Dr. Alice Bellvadore (Sams) Turner is a descendant of a sterHng old family of courageous, useful men and women, who have been leaders in various lines wherever they have dispersed, faithful citizens in whatever situation they were placed, whether fighting for their country's independence or living quietly in times of peace, whether blazing new trails on the frontier of civilization or laboring to better material, civic and moral conditions in some seat of modern culture. Mrs. Dr. Turner is a native of this county, having been born at Greencastle on March 13, 1859, the daughter of John and Evaline (Humphreys) Sams, the former the son of Edmund and Sarah Sams, and her mother was the daughter of Moses and Rebecca (Boyd) Humphreys. Both her grandfathers served in the war of 181 2 with the Tennessee troops. John Sams was born in Sullivan county, east Tennessee, in 181 3 and there he spent his boyhood, moving to Logan county, Illinois, in 1833, when that country was practically a wilderness. From there he came to Jasper county, Iowa, in 1853 again began life as a pioneer. He first married Mary Vandevender, who was born in Virginia in 1834 and her death occurred in 1851, leaving three children, David E., Margaret and Sarah, deceased. In 1852, while a resident of Logan county, Illinois, he was united in marriage with Evaline ( Humphreys) Hilton, who was born May 10. 1824. in the eastern ])art of Tennessee. To this marriage four children were born: Alfred is living in Jasper county; Emily, widow of Dr. A. S. Warner; Alice Bellvadore, subject of this sketch, and Francis M.

John Sams, born January 8, 18 13, was a successful farmer, in fact, for many years he was one of the leading agriculturists of the county, being the owner of about six hundred and forty acres here. He was influential in the affairs of his community, serving as township trustee and school director. He was an active Democrat, and a good and useful man. His death occurred on April 9, 1891, his widow surviving until August 19, 1902.

The subject's paternal grandparents, Moses and Rebecca (Boyd) Humphreys, were natives of Carter county, Tennessee, and in an early day they moved to Logan county, Illinois, where they lived until 1853, when they came to Jasper county, Iowa, thus starting life twice under pioneer conditions, and here they spent the rest of their lives.

Alice B. Sams grew to womanhood and received her common school training in her home community, later attending Lincoln Universitv, at Lincoln, Illinois, also Simpson College at Indianola, Iowa, and the Mitchell Seminary at Mitchellville, Iowa, and for a time she successfully taught school in Jasper and Shelby counties. She studied medicine under Dr. J. J. M.

Angear of Keokuk, Iowa, making rapid progress, and thus well equipped for her life work, she began practicing medicine in Colfax in 1884 and with the exception of two years, from 1898 to 1900, inclusive, spent in Chicago, this vicinity has been the arena of her endeavors, during which time she has enjoyed a profitable and growing practice and has taken a position in the front rank of her compeers.

On October 21, 1878, the subject was united in marriage with Dr. Lewis C. S. Turner, a complete sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this history, and has since been associated with him in practice and in the management of the famous Turner Rest Home and Sanitarium, but the success of the same has been due as much to her efforts as to his. She is a member of the Iowa Stafe Medical Society. She was one of the founders of the Colfax Public Librar) of which she has been president for many years; she also belongs to the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the Woman's Relief Corps. In 188) and 1887 she filled the position of health officer of Colfax, being the first woman in Iowa to fill such a ])position. She has read many able papers before the above named literary and medical societies. She is a scholarly, cultured and refined lady whom to know is to esteem for her many commendable attributes of head and heart and she numbers her friends only by the limits of her acquaintance. She is a worthy member of the Unitarian church, Although necessarily very busy in her professional and club work, she is none the less a faithful mother and home-loving woman. On July 24. 1874, she began keeping a diary, a daily record of transpiring events of interest which she has continued to the present time, and she has induced her son and daughter to begin keeping a daily journal. These children are. Vera, born October 2, 1881, who was graduated from Wellesley College in 1895, married J. '. Preston, now a resident of Colfax, and they are the parents of one child. Ruth Alice, born July 13, 191 1; Carroll John Turner, who was born March 28, 1893, was graduated from the local high sch(ol and he is now attending Drake LIniversitv at Des Moines, intending to follow the medical profession.

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JOSIAH P. TURNER.

Everybody in Prairie City, Jasper county, knows and honors Josiah P. Turner, a kindly, honest, genial veteran of the "grand army" that saved the Union. For years a typical “jolly miller” of the town which he still claims as home, his special line of business giving him a wide acquaintance with the surrounding country for a radius of many miles, he is one of the best known of the pioneers of this part of the county, which he has lived to see develop from the wild prairie, taking an active part in the same.

Mr. Turner was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, on October 5, 1832, the son of Isaiah and Nancy (Moore) Turner, the father born in Maryland in 1801, the son of Abel Turner. The family is of Scotch-Irish descent. The mother of the subject was born in New Jersey in 1803. These parents were married in Pennsylvania, where they devoted their lives to farming. Ten children were born to them, of whom Josiah P., of this review, was the fourth in order of birth; the others were named as follows: Mrs. Elizabeth Shirk, who died in Pennsylvania; Mrs. Martha Gordon also died in that state; Daniel died in New Orleans; Abel, who was a soldier in Company H, Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, died in his native state; Mrs. Sarah Taylor also died in Pennsylvania; Mrs. Mary Sutton is living in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania; Tillie died in childhood; Nancy Ann, who has remained single, lives in the state of Pennsylvania, as does also James. The mother of these children died in Greene county in 1855, and the father subsequently married Mrs. Ruth Clark, a widow, this union having been without issue. The death of the father, Isaiah Turner, occurred in 1876.

Josiah P. Turner was educated in the country school of Greene county, Pennsylvania, remaining at home until 1854. when he came to Lasalle county, Illinois, and found work in a flouring mill there, and learned the business thoroughly. In those early days the newcomers to the Middle West frequently suffered from the ague, and the subject, not being exempt, left that country on this account and returned bom after an absence of two years. When the call for volunteers to suppress the rebellion was sent out, it at once appealed to Mr. Turner's patriotic impulses, and as soon as he could arrange to do so he "bade farewell to kith and kin" and in July, 1862, he enlisted at Waynesburg in Company K, Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry. At the battle of Antietam their colonel was captured, but later made his escape, and upon rejoicing his regiment it was reorganized, Mr. Turner's company becoming Company D. Their colonel, William J. Palmer, was later made a brigadier-general. He was always greatly beloved by his soldiers and is now living at Colorado Springs, Colorado. In 1907 he held a reunion of his regiment, furnishing transportation for all those living and who could attend. The subject was there and the memory of this reunion will fondly linger with him until the final "taps" are sounded. Besides the bloody conflict mentioned above, Mr. Turner took part in the scarcely less sanguinary conflicts of Chickamauga and Stone River. He was in the campaign about Atlanta, then their command was sent back to General Thomas and was engaged in the battle of Nashville. He was with General Stoneman on his campaign through North Carolina, Georgia. Alabama and Tennessee. He was in many skirmishes and saw much hard service.

He was wounded in the foot at the battle of Stone River, and he was at one time confined in the hospital on account of sickness. According to his comrades he made a most faithful soldier, and for meritorious service became first sergeant of his company. After three years' service he was honorably discharged and mustered out on June 12, 1865.

After his career in the army he returned to Pennsylvania and the following year came to Iowa, where he met Elizabeth Clark and in March, 1866, they were married in Muscatine county. She was born in Tyler county, Virginia, on October 9, 1842, the daughter of Remick and Maria (Hatfield) Clark, natives of Pennsylvania. They moved to Virginia shortly after their marriage and came to Muscatine, Iowa, in 1865, later moving to Missouri, where they bought a farm on which they spent the rest of their lives, Mr. Clark dying there at the age of seventy-eight years, his wife reaching the age of eighty-four. They were the parents of six children that grew to maturity, as follows: Emma, who married a Mr. McPherren, lives in Geneva, Nebraska; A. B. lives in Sullivan county, Missouri; Mrs. Minnie Bailey lives at Browning, Linn county, Missouri; Mrs. Joseph Pratt, now deceased, also lived in Missouri; Mrs. Amanda Johnson lives in Sullivan county, Missouri. Stephen Hatfield, grandfather of Mrs. Turner on her mother's side, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war.

Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Turner went to Pennsyhania, but the following year, 1867, they returned to Iowa and have resided here continuously to the present time. For two years Mr. Turner farmer in Fairview township. Jasper county, near the town of Monroe, and in 1870 he moved to Prairie City and worked in the flouring mill there, which he later purchased and in which he installed new machinery, converting it into a good rolling mill and soon built up an extensive and lucrative business. This he continued to operate and own until it was destroyed by fire, nine years ago. He did not rebuild it, but has lived practically retired since that time. He has accumulated a competency for his old age and is entitled to the respite he is enjoying. He has a pleasant home in Prairie City, which he bought June 1, 1871, forty years ago, and he has lived in the same ever since. During this long period he has witnessed many great changes in this locality.

To Air. and Mrs. Turner six children have been born, namely: Virginia died when six years of age; Anna M. is at home; Amanda died when a child; Alberta died in infancy; Nettie married Hart W. Zachary, and the\- live on a farm three and one-half miles west of Prairie City, in Washington township. and they have four children, Leland, Gerald, Raymond and Grace. Frank Turner married Haddie Hanes and lives in Prairie City, where he is employed as bookkeeper in the First National Bank, and they have one child, Francis Palmer.

Politically, Mr. Turner is a Democrat and he cast his first vote for Stephen A. Douglas in 1860 for President. He is a member of McCray Post No. 177, Grand Army of the Republic, of which he was formerly commander. Mrs. Turner is a member of the Woman's Relief Corps.

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JAMES K. TURNER.

For various reasons James K. Turner, of Newton, Jasper county, is deemed eligible for specific mention in this volume, not the least of which is the fact that he was one of the brave "boys in blue" who offered his services in defense of his country during the dark days of the early sixties. His life has been one of honest endeavor and certainly not devoid of good to his fellow men, as many of them will freely attest. He has always been a hard worker and has never permitted obstacles to turn him from his course when once he knew that he was right. He was born in July 1845, in Henry county, Indiana, the son of James and Priscilla (Ferrow) Turner, the father born in Guilford county, North Carolina, and the mother in Virginia, the latter's people at one time being Atxy prominent in their locality and owning a large plantation along the Blue river. Her father was a slave holder, owning about one hundred slaves, and at his death these and his estate fell to the subject's mother and her brother, John C. Ferrow, later a general in the Confederate army. After Priscilla Ferrow married ]\Mr.

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O. J. TURNER.

The student interested in the history of Jasper county does not have to carry his investigations far into its annals before learning that O. J. Turner has long been an active and leading representative of its great agricultural interests and that his labors have proven a potent force in making this a rich farming region. Through several decades he has carried on diversified farming and stock raising, gradually improving his valuable land, and while he has prospered in this he has also found ample opportunity to assist in the material development of the county, and his co-operation has been of value for the general good. He is one of the honored veterans of the Union army who, when the tocsin of war sounded in the nation's crisis, uncomplainingly went forth to defend with his life, if need be, the honor of the old flag. His career in every respect has been one of commendation and is well worth study and emulation by the youth whose fortunes are yet matters for future years to determine.

Mr. Turner is the schon of a sterling old Kentucky family and many of the winning characteristics of the noble families of the ''land of the dark and bloody ground" seem to have descended, like Elijah's mantle, on the subject, and have rendered him popular with a wide circle of acquaintances. He was born on April 23, 1840, in Wayne county, Kentucky., the son of W. C. and Eliza (Sanders) Turner, both natives of Kentucky, in which state they grew up, were educated and married. The father is of French extraction and the mother of German descent. Grandfather Sanders was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Prior to his marriage W. C. Turner was a pilot on the Cumberland, Ohio and Mississippi rivers, being ver) skilled as such and well-known to river men. He afterwards devoted his attention to farming, spending his life in Kentucky, where his death occurred at the advanced age of eighty-four years, his wife having died there when sixty-five years old. He was an active, public spirited and successful man, interested in politics and educational affairs. He assisted in dredging the Cumberland from its source to its mouth. His family consisted of nine children, O. J. of this review being the oldest; G. W. lives in southern Kansas; Mary is deceased; Sarah is the widow of Race Bunch and li\"es on the home farm in Wayne county, Kentucky; Scioto is deceased; James lives in Rock Creek township, Jasper county; Hiram lives in Wayne county, Kentucky; Ann is deceased; Augustus lives in Scottsyille, Illinois.

When O. J. Turner was eighteen years old he began farming, which he continued one year, then entered Cumberland College, taking a general course.

In October, 1861, he gave up his prospects of a college training and enlisted in the Federal army, Company H, Twelfth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, in General Thomas' division. Almost immediately he was sent to the battlefield of Millspring, Kentucky, then on to the capture of Forts Donelson and Henry, then went with Buell to reinforce Grant at Shiloh. After this he participated in the battle of Corinth, also Tuscumbia. He was next in the strenuous race with Bragg to Louisville, culminating in the battle of Perryville. Later he was in the fierce engagement at Stone's river, also in the battles of Chattanooga, Knoxville and Strawberry Plains. At the latter place he re-enlisted and veteranized, being sent to Chattanooga to begin the Georgia campaign. For several days he was in the chase after Johnson, finally meeting his army in the bloody battle of Kenesaw Mountain, and in the sharp engagement at the crossing of the Chattahoochee river, and in numerous other engagements leading up to the battle of Atlanta. From there he was sent west with the Twentythird Army Corps to watch Hood and was held as a reserve in the battle of Allatoona Pass. Here he saw a wounded woman who had been fighting in men's clothes as a Confederate soldier. They met Hood's forces at Columbia, Tennessee, after which he was in the battle at Franklin, said to be the bloodiest of the war, considering the number of men engaged. Mr. Turner's regiment was then sent with those assigned to guard Nashville, finally taking part m the great battle there. After that he was sent by rail and water to Alexandria,. Virginia, and from there by ship to Fort Fisher, North Carolina, but he was not in the fight at that place. He then went to join Sherman's forces, and while on the way was in the battle of Mill Creek, North Carolina, finally joining SheiTnan at Goldsboro, thence he was sent to Raleigh, North Carolina,, finally to Louisville, Kentucky, where he was honorably discharged.

Reurning home after his gallant career as a soldier, Mr. Turner taught a term of school, then re-entered Cumberland College where he remained two years. In March, 1868, he left Kentucky and came to Kellogg, Iowa, where he taught school and farmer alternately for three years. He has continued farming very successfully ever since, in fact, has succeeded much beyond the average person as a husbandman, being now one of the county's largest land owners and substantial citizens. He has seven hundred and twenty acres of as fine land as this locality can boast, near Newton and Grinnell and he is also the owner of eight hundred acres of valuable land in Walworth county, South Dakota. Besides this he owns considerable town property in Newton, all well improved and desirable. That he has accomplished all this unaided since he came here, starting with a capital of only ten dollars, is criterion enough to

show that he is a man of superior business acumen, sound sense and mature judgment. He has kept his lands well improved and under a high state of cultivation and whatever he has turned his attention to has resulted in a large measure of success.

On November 15 1872, Mr. Turner was united in marriage with Elizabeth A. Rice, of Wayne county, Kentucky, the daughter of E. B. and Rebecca Rice, both now deceased. This union has resulted in the birth of seven children, five of whom are living, two dying in infancy; E. O. lives at Turner, Jasper county; G. W. lives on his father's South Dakota land; Lulu is the wife of H. V. Clutter, of Arkansas county, Arkansas; L. R. is a doctor in Humboldt, Iowa; E. S. is at home and is attending school. The son, E. W., is a noted wrestler and was at one time champion of South Dakota. E. S. is an allaround athlete with many medals for records. He is a great sprinter. In his younger days the father, O. J., was a runner and wrestler of local reputation.

Mr. Turner is a very prominent and influential man in this section of the state, widely known and highly respected by all classes. He has always taken an active interest in politics and public affairs. He and his wife are members of the Baptist church, of which he is a deacon at present and a very liberal supporter. Politically, he votes independently, preferring to cast his ballot for the best men. He is a member of Kellogg Post, Grand Army of the Republic.

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Marce Turner grew to maturity in his native county and in Kansas, spending his boyhood days assisting his father and attending the public schools. He started in life for himself by driving a stage, later took tip freighting, then turned his attention to painting and carpentry. He came to

Kellogg township, Jasper county, in 1900 and here worked on the farm by the month until in March, 1909, when he rented eighty acres.

Mr. Turner was married October 22. 1899, to Maggie Watson, who was born in Michigan, February 14, 1883, the daughter of Lynn B. and Mary (Roach) Watson, the father having been born in Kansas in 1856, and the mother's birth occurred in Iowa in 1855. Mrs. Turner received a good education in the common schools and she came to Iowa when young.

Marce Turner is one of a family of ten children, five sons and five daughters, namely: Molly is deceased; George is deceased; Elija is deceased; Laura, Lucy, Cordelia and Cornelius (twins), Eugene, Joseph, Mandy and Marce.

Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Turner, a son and a daughter, namely: Virginia F., whose birth occurred November 20, 1900, and Virgil Eugene, who was born December 9, 1903.

Politically, Mr. Turner is a Republican, and, fraternally, he belongs to the Woodmen. He is a member of the Christian church.

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