DANIEL TURNEY, general business; P. O. Paris. This gentleman is a native of this county, and is the second son of Amos and Lucinda McIntyre; he was reared to farming pursuits; soon after the outbreak of the war, he entered the Confederate army, enlisting as a private in Company G., 2d Kentucky Cavalry, and served until the close of the same, being promoted at different times, until he rose to the rank of captain, and with the exception of a wound received at Dallas, he escaped unharmed to the last; upon his return to civil life, he came to Paris, and engaged in the dry goods business for three years and a half; he then engaged in the stock trade, which business he has since followed during this time, he has been engaged in the livery and hotel business, being connected with the Bourbon House for several years; he is yet engaged in stock trading and the livery business; he is the owner and proprietor of "The Arlington," at Blue Lick Springs, in Nicholas County, of which a full description is given elsewhere in this work, to which the reader is referred. Mr. Turney is among the most successful business men in the county, and has amassed a handsome property for himself and family; in January, 1867, he married Miss Mollie Mitchell, daughter of Wm. W. Mitchell, who was one of the highly respected residents of Bourbon County; he died December, 1867, a man whose memory will be long cherished in the minds of his friends and acquaintances, for his many virtues. To Mr. Turney have been born five children, but three living: Maggie, Lucille, and Nellie; two sons who died in infancy. Mr. Turney is a member of the Knights of Honor.
