TURNER, Capt. Jeremiah M. 1837-1928

TURNER

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 2/10/2005 at 21:07:29

Lansing mourns the death of one of its prominent citizens, Capt. J. M. Turner, a veteran steamboat captain and owner at one time of a number of raft boats, relates the Waukon Democrat. He started the first pearl button factory in Lansing which is still in operation. He was born in Dubuque 90 years ago last December and lived an active life until his death which occurred without warning Sunday night. -

Postville Herald, 5/13/1928

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Added by S. Ferrall:

Old Mississippi River Pilot Passes

From Lansing, Allamakee county, comes the report of the death of Capt. J.M. Turner, veteran river pilot. Turner was known as the dean of the river captains and held a pilot's license from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. During the later years he owned a fleet of boats, two of which were named Lily Turner and Pauline, after his two daughters. He was a contributer to the geological survey and was the author of several scientific articles. The captain was personally acquainted with Abraham Lincoln and was present at the Wigwam in Chicago the night he was nominated. Another notable he numbered among his friends was Mark Twain, whom he considered a good humorist but a poor pilot. He was born in Dubuque and often laid claim to the honor of being the oldest native born Iowa in the state. During the Civil War he served with the union forces as a river pilot, transporting the troops.

~The Iowa Recorder, Greene, Butler co. Iowa
May 30, 1928
~Captain Turner was born December 24, 1837 and died May 6, 1928

Photo & biography of Capt. J.M. Turner
 

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