Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John W. Turner and Mary A. Colegrove




Husband John W. Turner 1

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


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


       Marriage: 1879 2

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



Wife Mary A. Colegrove 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1898
         Buried: 


Children

General Notes: Husband - John W. Turner


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.

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Sources


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

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


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