IMRI TURNER - Biography

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This biography appears on pages 674 in History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin...
published by the Western Historical Co.: 1879.



IMRI TURNER, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Rochester; born in Warwickshire,
England, in 1823; he was employed there as turnkey in the county jail at
Coventry, England, for four years previous to coming to this country.
His father and mother were married in England, and had two children born
there- Lois and Imri- and brought them to this country with them; they
located at Honey Creek at first; came to Dover the same year, 1849, and
bought eighty acres of land in Section 6, Dover, on which was a small
frame shanty; soon after built a large frame residence, with barns,
etc., and made great improvements. His father, William Turner, was a
local Methodist preacher, and has preached through Waterford, Rochester,
Dover, and in a large portion of this section; is widely and favorably
known as a very talented and popular man; he died in Dover in the house
which he built, Aug. 22, 1874, deeply lamented by the citizens of the
county. His wife died in the same house, Oct. 26, 1868, also deeply
lamented, being a woman of noble character and beloved by all. Their
daughter Lois married Joseph R. Burkitt, and resides in Chicago. Imri
married in Dover March 22, 1859, Lucy Thompson; they have one child-
Adelia, born April, 21 1860. Mr. Turner, in addition to his own farm of
eighty acres, is working the farm of Dr. J. Stadler, 160 acres, in same
section.