John H. Turner and Mary C. Eakin

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Husband John H. Turner ¹

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           Born: 11 Jan 1841 - Allegheny Twp, Butler Co, PA 2
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         Father: William Turner (1817-1893) 1
         Mother: Mary Gibson (      -      ) 1

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Wife Mary C. Eakin ²

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         Father: David Eakin (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Elizabeth [Unk] (      -      ) 2

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   Other Spouse: [Unk] Sloan (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - John H. Turner

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He was educated in the common schools. August 19, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Seventy-eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, for a term of three years, receiving his discharge November 8, 1864, at Kittanning, Pennsylvania. After his return home he worked for about twenty years as a contractor in the oil fields, and then went back to Butler County, Pennsylvania, and engaged in the dairy business until 1892, when he removed to New Kensington. He was one of the pioneers of the place and established himself in the business on the farm of W. K. Stewart, situated on the edge of the borough. On this land he operated a dairy for eight years, and then went into the mercantile business. He was a member of the Presbyterian church of New Kensington.
He and his wife had three children were born to them, all of whom died in infancy.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 400.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 401.