J. R. TURNER
J. R. Turner was born in Derbyshire, England, April 1, 1838. At the age of four years he came with his parents to the United States. He was married to Eliza J. Russel, a native of Ontario, Canada. They have five children---Nellie May, Robert Roy, Charles F., Jesse J. and William. Mr. Turner's farm contains one hundred and forty-three and one-half acres.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 794.
