Person:William Turner (117)

Information on William Turner

From "History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison & Nichols Counties, Kentucky", by Wm. H. Perrin, 1882:

Charles R. Turner, farmer; P. O. Millersburg; born July 15, 1842, to William and Susan A. (Sandusky) Turner; she, born Dec. 16, 1820, to Andrew and Betsey (Culver) Sandusky; she, born in 1783, died in 1846, daughter of Charles and Ellen (Shanks) Culver; he died in Maryland; his widow came to Bourbon County with two children, at an early date. Andrew Sandusky was born Dec. 5, 1781, to James and Mary (Brown) Sandusky; were among the very early settlers of Bourbon County. William Turner was born Feb. 17, 1792, in Lexington, in the fort; his father was William, born Nov. 6, 1752, in MD. The wife of the latter was Martha Ricards, born Aug. 19, 1762; William, Jr., was the seventh child of four sons and seven daughters, the eldest born in 1779, the youngest in 1803; two only are now living, Charles, the youngest, a resident of Bourbon County, and Stacy, a Mrs. Ishmel Daily, residing in Adams County, Illinois. William Turner, the father of our subject, was three times married; first to a Miss Ricards, who died without issue; Second, to Sally Sandusky, who died in 1835; by her there were three children; Martha, a Mrs. Joseph McClelland; Mary Ellen died in childhood; Wm. A., now residing near Kansas City, Mo. By the third marriage there were also three children, by Susan A. Sandusky, a sister to second wife. The children were; Elizabeth, who became the wife of Isaac Bowen, and died in 1855; Sally Lee married Harmon Ayres, who is a prominent stock dealer and farmer in Saline County, MO., and the subject of this sketch, the youngest child of Wm., Jr., who died April 13, 1878, and willing the old homestead to his youngest son, who was married Sept. 10, 1861, to Sally A. Redmon, daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Amanda (Redmon) Redmon, residents of Paris Precinct; they have no children. Mr. Turner remained with his parents engaging in agriculture and mule trading, also paying some attention to Short Horn Cattle. His paternal ancestry were among the very earliest settlers in the country, large land holders, and stood among the leading men at that early day. His father was one of the first distillers in the county, and sold of his first manufacture at 12 1/2 cts. per gallon. They have occupied the same farm since 1792, and at an early date built a house, putting on a shingle roof, which it is supposed, was the first of that style in the county.