Kent County MI Archives News.....Aaron B. Turner was the son of Isaac and Eunice (Bullis) Turner February 11, 1895
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Inter Ocean February 11, 1895
Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb, 10 - Special Telegram. A wife eulogizing the memory 
of her husband was an occurrance at the funeral of Isaac M. Turner this 
afternoon. Mr. Turner died Tuesday in Washington, where he had gone on legal 
business. He was widely known in politics and legal circles, and the funeral 
was so large that the doors had to be closed. 
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Allen W. Gould, of Chicago and Dr. 
Campbell Fair, and when they had concluded, Mrs. Turner entered the room 
unattended and unexpected. Taking a position at the head of the coffin, she, 
for half an hour, spoke of the virtues of the dead. She spoke elequontly and 
from the heart, yet while many in the room were in tears, she did not show 
emotion until near the close. She was in tears when she retired from the room 
to prepare for the ride to the cemetery. 
The honorary pall-bearers were Judge J.W. Champlin, W.E. Grove, Edward 
Taggart, J.C. Fitzgerald, Fred Saunders, Adolph Wurzburg, G.H. Degraff, E.D. 
Conger, and Robert (not legible) Sprout or Spoul. Six attorneys who studied 
law in Mr. Turner's office were the active bearers.

Additional Comments:
Isaac M. Turner was born in England, April 6, 1851, and came to this country 
in 1868, going to Shelby County, Illinois, just on the borders of "Egypt," to 
join his brother, for whom he worked on a farm. In 1878 he came to Grand 
Rapids, after a course in the Michigan University Law School, and entered the 
office of Judge Grove. The same year he was admitted to the bar and at once 
began practice on his own account, and by his ability he won for himself an 
enviable position at the bar. He was elected prosecuting attorney by the 
Democratic party in 1882, and served two terms, 1883-1887. In 1889 he was 
elected alderman from the old Eighth ward, and when the ward was divided he 
was elected from the new Ninth ward. In 1892 he was the Democratic candidate 
for mayor, but was defeated by William J. Stuart, the city being 
overwhelmingly Republican in that year. Mr. Turner was stricken with illness 
while on a professional visit in Washington, D. C., and he died in that city 
Feb. 5, 1895.
Source: Grand Rapids and Kent County, Michigan: Historical Account of Their 
Progress from First Settlement to the Present Time, by Ernest B. Fisher, 
published 1918.
 

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