Jay County IN Archives Biographies.....Turner, William H. October 16, 1840 - 
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Source: Biographical & Historical Record of Jay & Blackford Counties, Indiana
Author: Lewis Publishing Co

William H. Turner, proprietor of the saw-mill situated on section 13, Bear 
Creek Township, has operated this 

mill thirteen years.  It was located on its present site in February, 1883.  
The engine is a forty horse-power, 

the capacity of the mill is 8,000 feet per day, and from 600,000 to 700,000 
feet of lumber per annum is dawed 

here.  The proprietor has been engaged in the milling business seventeen 
years, and is well acquainted with all 

the details of the work.  He ships his lumber to Fort Wayne, Indiana, to 
Columbus, Ohio, and other points.  

Five men are employed a portion of the time.  Mr. Turner was born in Hamilton 
County, Ohio, October 16, 1840, 

son of John and Mary (Skillman) Turner, who were the parents of four children, 
William being the eldest child.  

During his youth he worked in a paper-mill two years, and attended school at 
Lockland, Ohio.  During the late 

war he enlisted in 1861 as a member of Company E, Twentieth Ohio Infantry, 
serving four months, and was 

honorably discharged.  In 1862 he re-enlisted in Company E, Eighty-first Ohio 
Infantry, and served until the 

close of the war.  He was in the battles of Resaca, Rome Cross Roads, in front 
of Atlanta July 22, and at 

Atlanta July 28, Jonesboro, Bentonville, and several other engagements, and 
participated at the grand review at 

Washington.  Mr. Turner came to this county in 1866, first settling in 
Jefferson Township, where he lived eight 

years, thence to Noble Township, where he lived four years, thence to Bear 
Creek, where he has since resided.  

He was married October 15, 1862, to Miss Susan Bair, who was born in York 
County, Pennsylvanuia, December 5, 

1840, daughter of Samuel and Catherine (Bloom) Bair.  They have five children -
 Alonzo R., Nora Ellen, John 

Samuel, William Henry and Joseph Albert.  Politically Mr. Turner is a 
Republican; is a member of the Methodist 

church, and belongs to the Grand Army post at Briant.

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