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Born 1870, Ralls county
From Past and present of Jasper County, Iowa (1912)
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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.
As printed in Past and present of Jasper County, Iowa (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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