BIO: TURNER, W. H., Campbell Co., KY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contributed for use in US GenWeb Archives by the Kentucky Biography Project Date: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 Subject: BIO: TURNER, W. H., Campbell Co., KY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ******************************************************************************* USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net. ******************************************************************************* Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887, Campbell Co. W. H. TURNER, a native of Flemingsburg, Fleming Co., Ky., was born December 12, 1818, and is the youngest of eight children born to Edward T. and Lucinda (Rust) Turner, of Virginia. Edward T. Turner was born in 1785 in Faquier County, Va., and immigrated to Kentucky in 1801. He was a farmer by occupation, served in the war of 1812 under Gen. Harrison, and lived in Newport many years before his death, which occurred in 1852. Mrs. Turner died in 1851. They were members of the Baptist Church. W. H. Turner was reared to farming, which occupation he followed until 1840, when he moved to Newport. He was captain and pilot of a ferry boat for several years, and was elected jailer of Campbell County in 1883, 1885 and 1887 on the Republican ticket by a large majority. In 1849 he married Miss Mary Turner, daughter of Wesley Turner. She was born in 1828. Seven children have been born to them, viz: Emma, Charles E., Harry T., Ellsworth, Nora, Walter (deceased), Sallie (deceased). Charles E. was born in 1852, is a civil engineer by profession, and has been extensively engaged in railroad surveying. He and his mother are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. *******************************************************************************