Biographical Sketch of H. N. Turner, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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H. N. Turner, was born in Rochester, New York, October 24, 1819, and 
with his father's family moved to Marshall, Michigan, in 1832, where 
he remained four years.  He then moved to Connersville, Indiana, re- 
siding there until 1856, when he went to California, and in 1857 went 
to Omaha, Nebraska.  In 1859 he came to St. Joseph, Missouri and en- 
gaged in trade on the corner of Eleventh and Penn Streets, building 
up a fine business which he continued until 1876, when he sold out. 
He then was elected city collector, which office he held four years. 
He is now the oldest member of the city school board, having been 
continuously re-elected to the same for the past sixteen years.  He 
has been a Mason for many years, and is now a Knight Templar.  He 
married Miss Matilda Newland in Connersville, Indiana, in March, 1847. 
They had two children, Mary Ellen and Ira N.  Mrs. Turner died in 1851. 
Mary Ellen married William Morrison, and died, in 1866, leaving two 
children, Mary Agnes and John.  Ira, his son, is book keeper for Messr. 
Kieffer & Co., and is a good business man.  In politics Mr. Turner has 
always been an enthusiastic Union man and a member of the Republican 
party.  He raised and commanded a company of State Militia during the 
war. 

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