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Turner, Douglas Kellogg – Turner, Samuel Epes

Turner, Douglas Kellogg

clergyman, author, was born Dec. 17, 1823, in Stockbridge, Mass. In 1873 he became corresponding secretary and librarian of the Presbyterian Historical society. He has published The History of the Neshaminy Church from 1726 to 1876.

Turner, Frederick Hugh

merchant, state senator, was born Oct. 31, 1859, in Rock county, Wis. He is a successful merchant of Idaho Falls, Idaho; and has served as a member of the state senate.

Turner, George

soldier, jurist, was born in 1750 in England. He was a captain, and commanded in South Carolina; and was distinguished at the battles in that state. He was commissioned judge of the Northwest territory in 1789. He died March 16, 1843, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Turner, George

lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born Feb. 25, 1850, in Edina, Mo. He was associate justice of the supreme court for the territory of Washington from 1884 till 1886; was a member of the constitutional convention which framed the constitution for the state of Washington; and was elected to - the United States senate as a representative of the people's party.

Turner, Henry G

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born March 20, 1839, in Franklin county, N. C. He engaged in practice at Quitman, Ga.; and was a presidential elector in 1872. He was three times elected a representative in the state legislature. He was elected a representative from Georgia to the forty-seventh congress; and was re-elected to the forty-eighth, forty-ninth, fiftieth, fiftyfirst, fifty-second, fifty-third, and fiftyfourth congresses as a democrat.

Turner, Henry Mcneal

bishop, author, was born Feb. 1, 1833, in Newberry, S. C. He is a bishop of the African methodist church; and the author of a work on Methodist Polity.

Turner, James

soldier, United States senator, governor, was born Dec. 20, 1766, in Southampton, Va. He served in the revolution as a private soldier; entered public life in 1800 as a member of the legislature of North Carolina; in 1802 was elected governor of the state; and was a senator in congress from North Carolina from 1805 to 1816. He died Jan. 15, 1824, in Bloomsbury.

Turner, James

congressman, was born in Maryland. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1833 to 1837.

Turner, John Wesley

soldier, civil engineer, was born July 19, 1833, in Saratoga county, N. Y. He was promoted major-general of volunteers for gallant and meritorious service on several occasions before the enemy, and brigadiergeneral and major-general United States army for services in the field during the rebellion. Since 1877 he has been a street commissioner and member of the board of public works of St. Louis, Mo.

Turner, Oscar

agriculturist, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 3, 1825, in New Orleans, La. In 1851 he was elected commonwealth's attorney for Kentucky, and served four years. In 1867 he was elected state senator, and served four years; and was elected a representative from Kentucky to the fortysixth, forty-seventh, and forty-eighth congresses as an independent democrat.

Turner, Peter

naval officer, was born Feb. 17, 1803, in Rhode Island. He was placed on the reserved list in 1855, and was on waiting orders until 1861, when he was commissioned commander, and was governor of the naval asylum at Philadelphia during the civil war. He was promoted to commodore in 1862. He died Feb. 17, 1871, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Turner, Samuel Epes

author, was born in 1846 in Maryland. He is the author of A Sketch of the Germanic Constitution from Early Times to the Dissolution of the Empire.