Turner, James bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 475, Banner Township
James Turner was born near Perryville, Mercer Co., Ky., Oct., 1813. His parents, Starling and Sophia (Carver) Turner, emigrated from Kentucky to Sugar Grove, Sangamon (now Menard) Co., Ill., in the fall of 1831, and in the following spring to sec. 13, Buckheart tp., with 10 children; they had 13 altogether. Mr. T. died Feb. 22, 1871, aged 94 years. James Turner married Sara A. Carver, and daughter of Pleasant M. Carver, of Ky., April 25, 1837; she was born June 19, 1813. They have a family of 9 children - Henry F., Mary A., Louisa M., Wm. P., Eliza J., Lydia A., Benj. F., Alice E. and James B. - all living and all married. They are all in Stark Co., Ill., except Alice, Benj. and Wm., who are in this county. Starling Turner was an early Abolitionist and left Kentucky on account of slavery. He also took a deep interest in astronomy. Methodist.