Monterey-San Francisco-Santa Clara County CA Archives Biographies.....Turner, Ephraim J. 1834 - before 1893
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

EPHRAIM J. TURNER, deceased, was one of the prominent and worthy pioneers of
California.

  Mr. Turner was born near the town of Dorchester, Massachusetts, November 1,
1826. His father, Seth Turner, a shoemaker by occupation, died in that town at
the age of eighty-five years His mother, whose maiden name was Lydia Jones, was
a native of the same State. She was born in 1804 and died at the age of
eighty-six years. Of their four sons and one daughter, Ephraim Jones was the
oldest. He was a manufacturer of britannia ware, and pursued that business at
Dorchester and later at Taunton, same State.

  In 1850 Mr. Turner left home and embarked at Boston for San Francisco, coming
via Panama, and upon his arrival at San Francisco went to the mines, where he
drove teams and engaged in freighting. Not long afterward he returned East,
married and located in Illinois. His wife died there, and after her death he
again came to California, this time making the journey overland with pack mules.
He located in Santa Clara county, threshed grain, dealt in stock, and did a
successful business. He finally located on the farm at San Felipe, where he
developed a valuable estate. In 1870 he revisited his native State, and while
there met and married Miss Douglass Jenkins. Her father, John Jenkins, a
shipbuilder by trade, was a native of Maine. Mrs. Turner was born on Prince
Edward Island, November 25, 1844. She received a thorough education, became an
accomplished school teacher, and is a woman of social culture and domestic
accomplishments. Their marriage occurred June 7, 1870. Following are the names
of their children: Everette J., born April 9, 1871; Albros G., May 23,1872; and
Charles H., October 20, 1884.

  Mr. Turner left a fine estate, comprising 160 acres of fertile land, under a
high state of cultivation, besides much personal property.


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Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California.

Illustrated.

Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the
Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of
its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent
Citizens of To-day.



HENRY D. BARROWS,
Editor of the Historical Department.

LUTHER A. INGERSOLL,
Editor of the Biographical Department.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."-Macaulay.


CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.


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