Rev. Charles Avery Turner

1796 - 1884  (88 years)

• Name	Rev. Charles Avery Turner
  Birth	20 May 1796	Groton, New London, Connecticut   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Oct 1884	Twinsburg, Summit, Ohio   [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	Locust Grove Cemetery, Twinsburg, Summit, Ohio   [1]
  Person ID	I39890	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LD
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Steven Turner
  Mother	Lucretia Wightman,   b. 27 Aug 1772, Groton, New London, Connecticut
  Family ID	F23426	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Bailey,   b. 12 Nov 1798, Connecticut d. 24 Jul 1889 (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	8 Mar 1818	Groton, New London, Connecticut   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Notes	Their wedding was officiated by Ralph Hurlbuth, J. P.
  Children	+ 1. Brig. Gen. Charles Turner,   b. 2 Mar 1825, Hampden County, Massachusetts d. 13 Jul 1880, Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F23425	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2024

  
  

• Notes

  He was a Baptist minister. A Portrait and Biographical Record of Portage and Summit Counties, Ohio (citation details below) states that "Both the Turners and Baileys were of old colonial Puritan ancestry from England". Which is certainly true of Charles Avery Turner and might someday provide a hint toward Mary Bailey's ancestry. From A Portrait and Biographical Record of Portage and Summit Counties (citation details below): Rev. Turner was a Baptist minister. He lived for some time at Groton, Conn., and at Blandford, Mass. Rev. Turner later bought land in Twinsburg township, and cleared his farm from the woods, and here he remained until his death. Services were held in the school-houses and at their homes throughout the surrounding townships of Twinsburg, Aurora, Streetsboro, Hudson; Northampton, Stowe, and Boston. The pioneer Baptists were poor, and Rev. Turner never had a salary for his work. He supported his large family by his labor on the farm and gave all his children an excellent education at the famous pioneer academy of Rev. Bissell, of Twinsburg. Rev. Turner was one of the faithful pioneer ministers who preached the gospel in the wilderness without money and without price. His children were Mary A., who married Rev. Williams, a Baptist minister; Joel, who died in California; Lucy; Charles, attorney-at-law, who served throughout the Civil war, entering as captain and coming out as brigadier-general, afterward judge of court of common pleas at Pekin, Ills., where he died. Then there were Emeline, Eunice, Jerusha, whe died young, Elisha, attorney-at-law, and Alcalde, of Jackson, Cal., who was shot in the court house while making a political speech. Then Reuben, who died aged sixteen years; Cordelia, and Daniel, who served in the Civil war. Rev. Turner reared a remarkable and excellent family, his sons becoming prominent men. He died at Twinsburg, October 5, 1874, aged seventy-eight years. He was early a democrat, a strong anti-slavery man, and became a republican on the outbreak of the war.

  
  

• Sources

  [S7180] Find a Grave page for Rev. Charles Avery Turner. [S7182] A Portrait and Biographical Record of Portage and Summit Counties, Ohio. Volume 2. Logansport, Indiana: A. W. Bowen & Co., 1898. [S7202] Twinsburg, Ohio, 1817-1917. Part I: History. Part II: Genealogies. "Prepared and Published Under the Auspices of the Samuel Bissell Memorial Library Association of Twinsburg." Twinsburg, Ohio, 1917. [S7180] Find a Grave page for Rev. Charles Avery Turner., year only. [S7181] Find a Grave page for Mary Bailey Turner., year only. [S7203] "Married." Boston Weekly Messenger, 19 Mar 1818, p. 368., place only, says "In Groton, Mr. Charles A. Turner to Miss Mary Bailey.".