TURNER, J. W., farmer and stock dealer, section 25, P. O. Clarinda; the owner of 118 acres of well improved land, adapted to stock raising; born in Ohio in 1854. At the age of six years his parents moved to Warren county, Illinois , where he grew to manhood a farmer and stock dealer, living there until 1872, when he moved to Ringgold county, Iowa , where he remained until 1876, when he came to this county. He was married May 13, 1880, to Miss Elizabeth J., daughter of Rev. David McKEE, of this township. They are members of the Reformed Presbyterian church. Mr. T. is one of Page county's most enterprising young men, and has a first-rate prospect in life.

SOURCE:  "Harlan Township" History of Page County, Iowa  p. 692. Iowa Hist. Co. Des Moines. 1880.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, December of 2008