Stanislaus County CA Archives Biographies.....Turner, Garrison December 25, 1838 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 December 2, 2018, 10:03 pm Source: See below Author: See below GARRISON TURNER, president and manager of the Grange Company, Modesto, California, forms the subject of this brief article. The company, of which he is at the head, was established as a joint stock company in 1874, with headquarters at Modesto—Garrison Turner, president, and Theodore Turner, secretary. Ever since their incorporation they have done a flourishing and successful business. They have large warehouses on the line of the Southern Pacific railroad at Modesto, Salida, Ceres, Keyes and Turlock; also on the Stockton & Merced railroad at Waterford, Hickman and Montpelier. Their facilities for handling grain are unexcelled. They advance money on grain in store at low rates of interest; sell bags, twine, etc., at lowest market prices; and buy wheat, always paying the highest market prices. They are also agents for first-class insurance companies, and insure all classes of property on the best terms. Garrison Turner is a California pioneer of 1850. Since 1867 he has been closely identified with the growth and prosperity of Stanislaus county. Mr. Turner is a native of Indiana, and dates his birth December 25, 1838. His parents removed to Jefferson county, Iowa, in 1842, and on a farm at that place he lived, attending the district schools, until 1850. That year the family crossed the plains to California and settled in San Joaquin county, near Stockton, where young Turner completed his schooling. His father, John Turner, is a native of Maryland, and is of English extraction. His mother, Mary (Bodfield) Turner, was also a native of Maryland, her ancestors being Scotch people. She died in 1864. The father is still living, having reached the advanced age of ninety-one years. Of the twelve children born to them, Garrison was the ninth. Mr. Turner was joined in marriage, in Benton county, Oregon, with Miss Elizabeth Star, a native of Iowa. Her father, Samuel Star, crossed the plains to the far West and settled in Oregon in 1847. Mr. and Mrs. Turner have seven children living, viz.: Henry G., Leander T., Florence S., Mary, Rose E., Olive M. and Veda M. They lost one daughter in infancy. Politically Mr. Turner is a stanch advocate of prohibition principles, and is an earnest and efficient worker in the temperance cause. He is a member of the Good Templars of Modesto, and is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Additional Comments: Extracted from Memorial and Biographical History Merced, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties California Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. 1892 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/stanislaus/bios/turner1197gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb