John W. Turner and Mary A. Colegrove

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Husband John W. Turner ^{1 2}

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           Born: 23 Mar 1822 - Clearfield Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Aug 1893 1
         Buried:  - Bigler Cemetery, Bigler, Clearfield Co, PA

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         Father: Samuel Turner (      -Abt 1830) 1 2
         Mother: Susan Wiser (      -1852) 1

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       Marriage: 1879 3

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   Other Spouse: Martha Dixon (      -1874) 1 2 - 3 Jul 1842 1

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Wife Mary A. Colegrove ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1898
         Buried: 

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - John W. Turner

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He came to Graham Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, when few settlers had yet taken up land and settled on what became the homestead farm before any of the timber had yet been cut. He cleared this land and developed a fine farm.

He was born in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, and acquired his education there. After the death of his father he made his home with strangers until eighteen years of age, when he came with his mother to Graham township, and located in the woods, where he erected a log house. In that township he developed two good farms, on which he erected substantial and commodious buildings, and made other valuable improvements. Politically he was an ardent supporter of the Democratic party, and for a number of years served as justice of the peace in his township. He was a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and assisted in the erection of several houses of worship, being a prime mover in the building of the church in Wallaceton, and shouldering most of its financial burden. He held membership in the Church at Bigler, and on his death, he was buried in the Bigler cemetery. He stated before his death the Bigler Church was the first church he was ever in; also if his body was taken into the church before burial, it would be the last.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 973.

2 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 545.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 974.