William Harrison Turner
 

Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887,
Campbell Co.


William Harrison Turner, a native of Flemingsburg, Fleming Co., Ky., was born December 12, 1818, and is the youngest of eight children born to Edward T. and Lucinda (Rust) Turner, of Virginia.  Edward T. Turner was born in 1785 in Fauquier County, Va., and immigrated to Kentucky in 1801.  He was a farmer by occupation, served in the war of 1812 under Gen. Harrison, and lived in Newport many years before his death, which occurred in 1852.  Mrs. Turner died in 1851.  They were members of the Baptist Church. 

W. Harrison Turner was reared to farming, which occupation he followed until 1840, when he moved to Newport.  He was captain and pilot of a ferry boat for several years, and was elected jailer of Campbell County in 1883, 1885 and 1887 on the Republican ticket by a large majority. 

In 1849 he married Miss Mary Turner of Ohio, daughter of Wesley Turner.  She was born in 1828.  Seven children have been born to them, viz: Emma, Charles E., Harry T., Ellsworth, Nora, Walter (deceased), Sallie (deceased). 

Charles E. was born in 1852, is a civil engineer by profession, and has been extensively engaged in railroad surveying.  He and his mother are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.


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