John Ramsey Turner was born about 1861. He is the son of Johnson (or Johnston) Turner and his wife Eliza (or Elizabeth) Maines (Mains, Maynes). [1] Prior to 1880 John moved with his family from Indiana to Illinois. [2] In Illinois John first married Nancy Ann Ginger, 1885. [3] In 1893 he married Clara Doty. [4]And in 1899, Sarah Alice Absher. In 1900 and 1910 they are enumerated on the federal census in Richland County, Illinois. [5][6]
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJX-J3N : 19 February 2021), John R Turner in household of Jonson Turner, Loudon, Fayette, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 95, sheet 61C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,206.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSHH-W6N : accessed 9 May 2021), J Turner, Olney Township Olney city Ward 1-2, Richland, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 126, sheet 9A, family 198, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,338.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKX4-3NT : accessed 9 May 2021), John Turner, Olney Ward 1, Richland, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 165, sheet 5B, family 126, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 318; FHL microfilm 1,374,331
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