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John Lambert Turner


JOHN LAMBERT TURNER, general grocer, was born in Monmouthshire, England, April 22, 1838, and is a son of William and Sarah (Lambert) Turner, the former a native of Oxfordshire, and the latter of Monmouthshire, England. In the fall of 1841 the family immigrated to Youngstown, Ohio, where the parents spent the balance of their lives. They reared a family of seven chil­dren, four of whom are living: Mrs. Sarah A. Crowther, of Ashland, Ky.; William, of Niles, Ohio; Mrs. Matilda Hull, of Youngstown, Ohio, and John L. Our subject grew to manhood in Youngstown, Ohio, and worked in one of the iron mills of that town as a roller. Mr. Turner was married May 6, 1858, to Miss Sarah Jane, daughter of David and Hannah (Dumars) Gillespie, who was born at Big Bend, Mercer Co., Penn. One son, John A., a partner with his father in the grocery house, is the only fruit of this union. Mr. Turner followed the iron business until removing to Greenville. In 1871 he superintended the erection of a rolling mill in Massillon, Ohio, and then went to Wyandotte, Mich., as superintendent of the Wyandotte Rolling Mills, and was subsequently superintendent two years of the iron mills in Hamilton, Ontario. In April, 1881, Mr. Turner came to Greenville, and began operating coal mines in Butler County, which he sold out in December, 1886. In the meantime he bought out the grocery store of Kamerer & Leech, in February, 1884, and the firm of J. L. Turner & Son has since conducted a general grocery business. The family are attendants of the Presbyterian Church. Politically Mr. Turner is a Democrat, and a member of the R. A. and the Masonic fraternity.

History of Mercer County, PA, 1888, page 832


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