Person:Frederick Turner (4)

LIEUTENANT FRED'K W. TURNER.

Lieutenant Frederick Warren Turner, now instructor in the Manual Training School at Cambridge, Mass., was born at Newton, Mass., April 6, 1864. His father, Robert Turner, a native of the same town, was born in 1833. His mother, Emma F. (Edes) Turner, was born at Roxbury, Mass., in 1843.

Lieutenant Turner was educated in the public schools of Newton, graduating from the Newton High School in 1881, and in the same year entered the employ of Moses G. Crane. In 1886, he became connected with the Garmewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company of Newton, and in 1891, with the Municipal Fire and Police Telegraph Company. In 1895, he became instructor in the Cambridge Manual Training School, which position he still holds.

He was elected a member of the Common Council of the city of Newton in 1893.

His record of service began with his enlistment in Company C, Fifth Regiment Infantry, M. V. M., November 19, 1883, in which he served over seven years.

He was appointed corporal, January 15, 1886; a sergeant later in the same year, and was elected second lieutenant, September 26, 1887. This commission he resigned in 1888. He re-enlisted as a private in the same company, March 4, 1888; was appointed sergeant, and later first sergeant, which position he held when discharged by reason of expiration of his term of service, March 4, 1890.

During his service, Lieutenant Turner acquired great skill with the military rifle, being rated for four years as a first-class marksman, and later as a sharp- shooter, and was a permanent member of the company rifle team. He also won the state and regimental prize for enlisted men in 1886. For superior proficiency in the manual of arms, he was awarded the Pulsifer medal in 1886.

He is a member of Mizpah Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Cambridge, Mass., and is a P. G. of Dunster Lodge, I. O. O. F., Cambridge.

He married Miss Eva E. Brackett of Charlestown, Mass., in 1894. Of this marriage have been born two sons, Carleton F. and Frank B. Turner, both natives of Cambridge, Mass., their present place of residence.

Regiments and armories of Massachusetts; an historical narration of the Massachusetts volunteer militia, with portraits and biographies of officers past and present (Volume 2). (page 57 of 59) by Charles Winslow Hall