Turner, George
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Turner, George
| Celia Davis (View posts) | Posted: 13 Sep 2000 12:00PM GMT |
Classification: Biography
Surnames: Turner, Johnson
from reprint of “Clarke County Historical and Biographical Record” by Lewis Publishing, 1886. p.58.
GEORGE W. TURNER, an active and progressive farmer and stock-raiser, of Madison Township, residing on section 2, is a native of Missouri, born in Gentry County, May 17, 1851, his father John L. Turner, a native of Kentucky, now deceased. Our subject received fair educational advantages in his youth, attending the common schools of Clarke County, Iowa, to which county he was brought by his parents in March, 1853, they settling in Madison Township when the surrounding country was in a wild state. Here they experienced many of the phases of pioneer life, and in those days their nearest milling point was Indianola. The father being a farmer, our subject was reared to that vocation, which he has always followed, and his home farm now contains about ninety acres of choice land under fine cultivation, with comfortable residence and good farm buildings for the accommodation of his stock.
Mr. Turner was married March 20, 1881, to Emma R. Johnson, her father William E. Johnson, being a resident of Clarke County, living in Madison Township. Mr. and Mrs. Turner have one son, named Karl. Mr. Turner has served his township one year as assessor. Both he and his wife are members of the Christian church.
GEORGE W. TURNER, an active and progressive farmer and stock-raiser, of Madison Township, residing on section 2, is a native of Missouri, born in Gentry County, May 17, 1851, his father John L. Turner, a native of Kentucky, now deceased. Our subject received fair educational advantages in his youth, attending the common schools of Clarke County, Iowa, to which county he was brought by his parents in March, 1853, they settling in Madison Township when the surrounding country was in a wild state. Here they experienced many of the phases of pioneer life, and in those days their nearest milling point was Indianola. The father being a farmer, our subject was reared to that vocation, which he has always followed, and his home farm now contains about ninety acres of choice land under fine cultivation, with comfortable residence and good farm buildings for the accommodation of his stock.
Mr. Turner was married March 20, 1881, to Emma R. Johnson, her father William E. Johnson, being a resident of Clarke County, living in Madison Township. Mr. and Mrs. Turner have one son, named Karl. Mr. Turner has served his township one year as assessor. Both he and his wife are members of the Christian church.