Sketch of William Turner, Audrain County, Missouri

>From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous
sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in 
Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan,
Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876.
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Thomas Turner, of Virginia, married Catharine Smith, of the same State,
and settled on the Yadkin River, in North Carolina.  They had a son
named William, who was born in January, 1778, and is now living in
Audrain County, MO.  He has been a member of the Old Baptist Church
for seventy six years.  He went to Kentucky with his parents in 1790,
where he married Elizabeth Crooks, and in 1837 he settled in Boone
County, MO., where he resided until 1869, when he settled in Audrain
County.  His children were:  Thomas, James, Clinton, John, Samuel,
Silas, Mary, Lucinda, Nellie, Sarah, Margaret, Narcissa, Elizabeth
and Catharine.  Four of Mr. Turner's brothers, Smithton, James, John
and Thomas, settled in Boone County, Missouri. 

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