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Below is a family biography included in The History of Jasper County, Missouri published by Mills & Company in 1883. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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JAMES TURNER, contractor and builder. The subject of this sketch was born in Switzerland county, Ind., April 13, 1837, and is the son of Matthew and Elizabeth Turner, of Pennsylvania and Maryland, respectively. James is the second of a family of five children, three of whom are living. James remained in Indiana until he was eighteen years old, and then came west to reap his fortune in the new country. He had learned the trade of carpenter, and worked in Douglass county, Kan., and in Colorado until 1860, when he returned to Indiana. In that year he went to Vicksburg, and spent nearly two years. He then returned to Indiana, where he married Miss Nancy Robbins, a native of Breckinridge county, Ky. They remained in Indiana a number of years, and from there moved to Sullivan county, north Missouri, and from thence to Bloomfield, Davis county, where Mr. Turner followed his trade for seven years* He then spent one year in Franklin county, and from thence moved to Joplin, and since has resided in that and Webb City. Mr. Turner and wife have six children; viz., Louvina, Ida Ora, Royal F., Lucy, Richard M., and Ella Arta. Mr. T. is a man of broad views and takes an active interest in all things pertaining to the public welfare.
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