Biography of G W Turner, Scott Co, AR

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Submitted by: Charlene Holland <Char@presys.com>
        Date: 9 Sep 1998
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	G.W. Turner, liveryman of the firm of Turner & Huie, of Waldron,
Ark., is a Tennesseean by birth and bringing up and has inculcated in him
the sterling principles of the better class of citizens of that State.
He was born in 1844, the second of ten children born to Jesse and
Elizabeth (Price) Turner, they being also Tenneesseans. The grandparents
on both sides were among the very earliest settlers of that State, and
there braved the dangers and privations of pioneer life to make homes for
their children. Jesse Turner was one of the worthy tillers of the soil,
and after first emigrating from his native State he located in Missouri,
and, in 1867 came to Arkansas, where he died in 1870. G.W. Turner removed
to Missouri with his parents, and also came with them to this State,
acquiring a fair education in the common schools of these States. In 1862
he joined Company H, Gordon's regiment of Missouri Infantry, under Gen.
Shelby, and afterward took part in the battles of Springfield, Cape
Girardeau, Prairie Grove, Helena and others. After the war he returned to
Missouri, where he was engaged in freighting on the plains from Atchison,
Kas. to New Mexico, making one trip. He then came to Arkansas and settled
in Woodruff County, but nine years later located at Augusta, running
teams to adjoining towns. Since 1873 he has been a resident of Scott
County, and was first engaged in farming and teaming from Fort Smith to
Waldron, a calling he continued to follow for thirteen years. In 1887
he opened a livery stable at Waldron in connection with Mr. Huie, and now
has a stable well stocked with horses and vehicles, at all times in good
condition and ready for use. In addition to this property he has a good
farm of 160 acres two miles north of the town, of which 40 acres are
under cultivation, and several lots in Waldron. He was married in January
1870, to Miss Abigail Schrimsher, of Mississippi, she being an earnest
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mr. Turner has been a
member of the I.O.O.F. for years, and as a man of business has shown
marked ability. He and Mr. Huie are the successors of Turner & Hard.
They have fifteen head of horses, suitable hacks and buggies for the use
of traveling and they also have the mail contract for carrying daily mail
to Mansfield, which contract was secured July 1, 1888, and will continue
two years longer. Both these gentlemen are honest and fair in their
dealings and fully deserve the patronage of the public.