James McKinnie Turner and Mrs. Nannie J. Thompson

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Husband James McKinnie Turner ^{1 2 3 4}

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            AKA: James McKinney Turner,5 McKinney Turner 6
           Born: 23 Dec 1829 7
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         Father: James Turner (1802-1878) 1 2 3
         Mother: Margaret McKinnie (1804-1884) 3

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       Marriage: 27 Sep 1881 7

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   Other Spouse: Matilda C. Lintner (1836-1880) 2 5 7 8 - 4 Apr 1856 7

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Wife Mrs. Nannie J. Thompson ⁷

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - James McKinnie Turner

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He was born near Jacksonville, Centre township, Indiana County, Pennsyvania, and received his education in the public schools of Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1858 he returned to Indiana County, to what is known as "Campbell's Mills," in Burrell township, and opened a general mercantile store which he sold in 1868, and then formed a partnership with a Mr. Smith. They opened an office in Burrell township, on the Indiana branch of the Pennsylvania Central railroad, where they then dealt largely in coal, under the firm-name of Smith & Turner. They had an extensive patronage, and not only furnishing coal to local dealers, but also, as wholesale dealers, shipping it in large quantities to distant points. Mr. Turner was an elder in the Blairsville Presbyterian church, of which he was for many years an active member. He was a pronounced temperance man and an ardent supporter of the Prohibition party.

Another source states that he was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

He was the proprietor of Turner coal mine, on line of Indiana Branch R. R., two miles north of Blairsville, Pennsylvania. The annual product of these mines was about 150,000 bushels of excellent quality of bitumnious coal. His business was exclusively wholesale, the coal all being shipped by railroad, Indiana receiving largely of its supply from this mine.

He operated a coal mine on his farm near Blairsville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, and was vice-president of the First National Bank of Blairsville. He was a ruling elder of the Blairsville Presbyterian Church.

1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 533.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 208.

3 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 27.

4 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 261.

5 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1127.

6 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 368.

7 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 262.

8 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 368, 533.