Biography of Linn Turley, St Francis County, AR

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        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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Turley, Linn-1st Lt. -City Cemetery

The Forrest City Times' Art Souvenir-1905-Page 58: Lieut. Linn Turley is a
nephew of the senior member of the firm of E. Turley & Co., and was born in
Marshall county, Mississippi, July 8, 1873. His parents were Newton Paston and
Artillia Turley, and he received his education primarily in the University of
Arkansas, at Fayetteville. He begins his business career on the farm and came to
this city on Sep. 1, 1889, from Byhalia, Mississippi, to accept a position with
J. W. Beck & Co.. He remained with this firm for eight years, until he went to
the Spanish American War. He was a First Lieutenant of Company H, which went
from this city, and he was in camp ten months, being mustered in on February 28,
1898. He returned to Forrest City and accepted a position with Mr. Robert L.
Pettus with whom he remained until Sept. 1, 1904, when he became a member of E.
Turley & Co. Lieut. Turley was married on Dec. 26, 1900, to Miss Maxine V. Webb
of this city. He also owns interest in 560 acres of farming land in this county,
and is doing well. The firm of E. Turley & Co. is one of seven large furnishing
houses in Forrest City. Turley & Co.

Copyright With Permission: 1905 Art Souvenir-Forrest City Times NewspaperWeston
McCollum Lewey, Publisher-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas