Pike-Lamar County GaArchives Obituaries.....Benjamin Milner Turner April 3 1900
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The Pike County Journal. Zebulon, Pike County, Georgia, April 6, 1900

Capt. Turner Dead

Capt. B.M. Turner, one of Pike’s best known citizen’s died at his home in 
Barnesville, Tuesday morning.

Capt. Turner’s death was due to Bright’s disease. He had suffered for five 
years from his complaint. About six months ago the malady took a sudden turn 
for the worse.

He was born in Barnesville in 1838, and graduated from Mercer University in 
1858, later graduating from Lumpkin Law school in 1861. He entered the service 
as color bearer of the Barnesville Blues and was promoted to captaincy. At the 
close of the war, he went to Forsyth and was president of the Hilliard 
Institute. Later he practiced law in Barnesville and there established a 
planing mill with W.A. Prout. In 1892 he was elected president of the board of 
trustees of Gordon Institute and held this position until his death. He was 
until recently a member of the board of education.

(Transcribed 09/27/03 Lynn Cunningham)

Additional Comments:
At Zebulon Road Cemetery, Lamar (formerly Pike) County, Georgia:
Benjamin Milner Turner, b. 1 Apr. 1838, d. 3 Apr. 1900

Company D, 3rd Battalion, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Tennessee, CSA, 
Pike County, Georgia Barnesville Blues. Benjamin M. Turner, 5th Sergeant. June 
29, 1861; appointed sergeant major this battalion Sept 2, 1861; promoted to 1st 
lieutenant June 28, 1862; transferred to Co. B, 4th Battalion, Georgia 
Sharpshooters, as 1st lieutenant May 4, 1863; to Co. C, same battalion and 
elected captain, May 5, 1863; wounded Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 19, 1863; 
captured Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 16, 1864; released Johnson’s Island, O., prison 
June 17, 1865.

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