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Catherine Knight Trask, b. Nov., 1844, m. Wm. Quimby, North Turner ; Albion K. Trask, b. Oct. 20, 1846, m. Pub., Oct. 15, 1869, Amanda M., dau. of Aaron P. Cox. No issue. Mr. Trask was a farmer and cream gatherer; res., east side of Worthly pond. He went with load of cream, Oct. 17, 1900, to East Peru R. R. station. He took a can of cream from cart and swung it to platform, fell, and life was extinct. He had a weak heart. This family were highly esteemed and good Grangers. Widow's res. on the Philo Poland farm carried on by her brother, Wm. H. Cox, whose home is with her. Eunice, the widow of Leonard Trask, remarried July 26, 1863, Nathaniel Benjamin in East Livermore. He d. Widow m. (3d) Pub., Nov. 5, 1868, Amasa Reed in Wilton. Eunice Reed, b. Nov. 11, 1809, d. Dec. 10, 1893, ae. 84 years and 29 days.
Tracy Family
The Tracy families of Franklin and Peru are of English origin. The earliest progenitor known was Jonathan Tracy, an English- man and a pioneer settler in Gouldsboro, Me., in 1762. He m. and had a son, Samuel Tracy, who evidently m. and had three sons, Hewey, Didymus and Wheeler, of whom the latter at least was b. in Lisbon, Me., 1797, where his wife, Nancy Gould, b. the same year, was a resident. This couple were residents of Liver- more at the date of the birth of their first child, Stephen G., b. in 1821. Their other children were Orrin, Daniel, Mary, Justin T. and Granville L. Marriage. Stephen G. Tracy, m. Apr. 1, 1841, in Peru, Mary C., b. in Peru, the dau. of John Reddin and Hannah (Canwell). When 40 years of age this man Tracy en- listed from Franklin in 1861, a Pvt., Co. D. 12th Regt. Me. Vols., and d. in 1862 in the U. S. service at Ship Island. Probably un unmarked grave there. Co. D generally was Must. Nov. 15, 18 1 but Adjt. Genl.'s report of 1861 fails to give date of Must. of the last twelve of this Co., and the Must. of this soldier is omitted. The parents, Wheeler and Nancy Tracy, and family. removed to Franklin in early twenties, occupying first a rude camp, next a more substantial structure, and about 1827 he rem ,ved to the Amos Kyle place, now owned by Benj. D. Wyman, Dickvale.
Wheeler Tracy, b. 1797, d. 1878; Nancy Tracy, b. 1797, d. 1881. Mr. Tracy was a small-sized man and fearless. It is re- lated when on his way to a day's work early one morning he saw ahead in his path a huge black bear sitting up; he made a jump at the bear, and, swinging his hoe for a club, gave a yell, and Mr.
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Bruin ran for his life. The following incidents afford a glimpse of this man's pioneer life in the borders of Peru. A partially de- cayed tree was standing near his camp; fearing it might do injury, he proceeded to cut it down. While thus engaged, a gust of wind carried it onto the camp, smashing the pantry and a cream-pot full of cream. John Canwell, a great lover of cream, viewing the ruins, exclaimed with emotion: "I wish all that cream was down my throat !"
Orrin Tracy, m. Pub., Feb. 24, 1862, Sarah V. Whitman of Hanover. No issue. Res., Oxford, Me. Daniel Tracy, b. per- haps in Livermore about Jan. 8, 1823, d. in Canton, Oct. 8, 1862. He m. around 1847, Eveline C. Whitman, dau. of Daniel Whitman of Mexico, Me. Children :- Charles A., b. Oct. 20, 1847. is con- tractor and mason at 29 Knapp St., Livermore Falls; Clifford M., b. June 20, 1857, res., Livermore; a dau. d. ae. about one year ; Chas. A., m. July 25, 1875, Ida L. Whitman of Dixfield; Clifford M .. m., 1880, Ada Eaton of Andover, Me. The descendants main- tain the high standing and integrity of their ancestors. Mary E. Tracy. b. 1825, m. Ezekiel Lovejoy. They had two children :- Orill, b. Aug. 18, 1845, now Widow Gowell at West Peru; Susan, m. David Morse, father of Everett Morse of West Peru. Justin T. Tracy and wife, Priscilla V., res. Auburn. Their children :-- Hannah Adelia, b. Nov. 17. 1855; Mary Ella. b. Apr. 25, 1857. Mr. Tracy, formerly a jobber, is now past labor. Granville L. Tracy, the last. child of Wheeler and Nancy, was b. in Peru, m. Pub .. July 22, 1864. Eliza M. Gowell, widow of Robert Gowell and dau. of 'Squire Bishop, formerly of Peru. Mr. Tracy earned the title of Rev. many years ago. He has served in the ministry thirty-eight years. He formerly resided in Oxford, Me. He lives in Wilton, 1910. He was one of Peru's four sons who chose the ministry as a profession without a theological course of study. He is called an interesting speaker, a Methodist now. The other ministers were Azel Lovejoy. Jr .. Sumner Robinson, Jr .. and Lewis C. Putnam; all four honorable and upright, above reproach.
Children of Stephen G. and Mary C. (Reddin) Tracy b. in Peru :- Wheeler, b. in 1843, ae. 18, single, was Must. from Peru, Sept. ", 1861, in U. S. service, Co. C, 8th Regt. Me. Inf. Vols. He d. on Tybee Island, 1862; grave there. Government markers to him and his father in family lot, Franklin Cem. Charles J., m. Melissa J., dau. of Jackson Farnum. They are well-to-do farmers at Dickvale. Their dau., Nellie L., is school teacher. Deborah A., m. Pub., Nathaniel Farnum in 1868; res., Woodstock. Nancy
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J., b. 1848, d. 1863; Henry B., b. Apr. 28, 1850, is a R. R. man ; res., Stoughton, Mass. Ella A., b. d. Henry B., m. Lillian, dau. of Cyrus Tucker in Woodstock, Me. Children :- Augustus W., b. in Woodstock ; Alice C .; Ethel L., b. in Stoughton; Osborn O., b. May 26, 1854, m. Julia II. Robinson of Fayette, b. June 1, 1858, d. Nov. 7, 1907. Left dan., Grace M. This man served on the board of municipal officers of Peru, 1909-10. All the brothers living have served that office at some period. Roscoe S., b. Dec. 1, 1857, m. Jan. 27, 1887, Alma B., dau. of Samuel Hammon, Jr. Their children :- Mildred A., Maurice R., Gerald, Rose L., b. May 23, 1860, m. Aaron E. Stevens in Milton, d. Apr. 13, 1907. Ros- coe S. has been mail carrier, R. F. D. No. 1, since Nov. 1, 1901, making a trip of 27 miles daily from and to West Peru P. O. One son d. at the age of three months.
Statements of Chas. A. Tracy of Livermore Falls, son of Dr. Daniel S. Tracy: "I think father was b. on Severy Ilill, in Carthage, in 1822. I do not know how long he lived in Peru or Franklin. He studied medicine with Dr. Geo. W. Turner in Dix- field and graduated from Bowdoin Coll., May 15, 1847, and com- menced practice in Dixfield, and moved to Canton and removed to Mexico in fall of 1861. In spring of 1862 he removed to Norway. The following summer he was appointed surgeon of the 10th Regt. Me. Vols. by Gov. Israel Washburn, to fill a vacancy caused by resignation. Dr. Tracy left home for the army, Aug. 8, 1862, and joined command the 10th. He served with his command in the field nearly two months when he was prostrated with sickness and forced to return home. On his way he met a neighbor in Port- land, who informed him that his wife was then on a visit at Can- ton, when he decided to come to C'anton, and when there he was too sick to be removed and d. there in hotel, Oct. 8. 1862. His grave is in Pine Woods Cem., bearing a headstone with date and age, 39 years, nine months. His widow remarried E. W. Allen in Canton, where she d. Feb. 15. 1890."
Turner Genealogy
Humphrey Turner, the tanner, came from Essex, England, and settled in Scituate, in the Colony of New Plymouth, about the year 1628. He brought with him him four children, and had four afterwards. His wife was Lydia Gamer. Their son, Joseph, never m. Their daughters were, in part, Lydia, m. James Dough- ty; Mary, m. William Parker. The venerable Charles Turner, b.
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in Scituate, Co. of Plymouth, Mass., Sept. 2 .. O. S. 1705, m. Eunice James, and d. Oct. 3, N. S., 1782, ae. 77 years, five days. His wife b. Jan. 27, O. S. 1707. d. Aug. 15, 1798, ae. 91 years, six months, 18 days. They had seven children. Their oldest son, Rev. Charles. b. in Scituate, Mass., Oct. 26, O. S. 1732 ; graduated at Harvard Coll., 1752; settled minister at Duxbury, 1755; elected senator, Mass., 17:3-1788, 15 years. Member of convention that ratified U. S. Constitution in 1788. In 1791 he removed his family to town of Turner, Dist. of Maine. In 1803 was a mem- ber of College of Electors for choice of Pres. and Vice Pres., and visited Boston last time on that official duty. He d. in Turner in 1818, in the 86th year of his age. As a minister and patriot he was conspicuous and a man without reproach. The General Court of Mass. gave to Sylvester Plantation on its incorporation the name of Turner, from the great respect it held for the charac- ter and service of the Rev. Charles Turner. His wife was Mary Rand; had eight children. Col. William, the youngest son of venerable Charles, grad. Harvard, 1767, had two wives. (1st) Elizabeth Oakman, and (2nd) Eunice Clapp. The oldest child by second wife was Wm. Turner; the youngest child by second wife was George Turner.
Col. William Turner, the youngest son of the venerable Charles Turner, graduated at Harvard in 1767. At the commencement of the Revolution he raised a Co. of volunteers in Scituate and marched for the relief of Boston. In opening the effective bat- teries upon Dorchester Heights, he displayed the intrepidity of his character, and was soon afterwards appointed aid to Gen. Washington, with the rank of Maj. He served in every active campaign of the Revolution, though when the army retired into winter quarters he generally repaired to his family or to the halls of legislation. In 1777 and 1778 he was a member of the General Court of Mass. He was also a member of the convention which formed the Constitution of that state, and also of a Special Con- gress of Delegates which was holden at Concord to adjust the public currency ; but whenever the spring opened and the army again took the field, Maj. Turner, like a true bird of passage, was seen annually flying to the standard of his country. He served at different periods of the war as aid to Genls. Washington. Lee, Greene, Lincoln and Knox. After the close of the Revolution he served for a few years in the Legislature. as representative from Scituate. In 1801 he removed his family to Turner, where he d. in 1807. ae. 62, and where a suitable monument has been
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erected to his memory by his dan., Mrs. Oriens Humphrey of Boston.
Col. Wm. Turner. m. (1st) Elizabeth Oakman, (2nd) Eunice Clapp. Had 11 children. Oldest, William Turner, who m. Bet- sey Smith : Betty Turner, who m. Joseph Tilden; Xoa Turner, who d. Dec. 12, 1815: Charles Lee, b. 1722, m. Cascarilla Child, dau. of Dr. Child of Turner, d. Oct. 9, 1858, ae. 81 years ; Stephen, d. 1814, on Canadian frontier, m. Nabby Cooper; Eunice, m. Mar- tin Burr; Fanny, m. Wm. Lee; Oriens, m. Benj. Humphrey; Nancy, m. Briggs Sampson ; Aphia, u. m .; George, the youngest, d. Dec. 5, 1793.
The Rev. Chas. Turner, son of venerable Charles, who m. Mary Rand, had a dau., Eunice, who m. James Torrey of Scituate. Their children were :- William T. Torrey, a graduate of Harvard Coll .; Eunice, Charles, Sally R., Harriett, and Grace Torrey. Wm. T. Torrey, m. Elizabeth James; C'has. Torrey, m. Hannah T. Turner. James Torrey, son of James T. (author of table), m. Bethia Clapp. Had 10 children. Mary T .. Wm. H., who m. Mary H. Howe, Horatio, Elijah C., and Charles Torrey, who m. Ruth Turner. Their children were Harriett W. and Perkins C. This family and their parents lived many years and d. at North Turner. They had an elegant residence about a mile from the village. Chas. Torrey d. Nov. 7, 1870.
The Turner families of the towns of Turner, Livermore, Peru, Guilford, and scattered about in many other towns, are lineal des- cendants of Humphrey and Lydia (Gamer) Turner of Essex, England. They had, as stated, eight children. The fourth in the chronological table was John, who m. Mary Brewster. They had 12 children. The ninth was John, Jr., who m. Abigail Podeshall. They had seven children. The seventh and last was named Abiel (as then spelled). Abiel m. Elizabeth Robinson. They had 10 children, as follows :- Robinson, Peggy, and Bethia, did not live to marry; Nabby, m. Benj. Thomas; Anna, m. Syl- vanus Hatch ; Bethia, m. Joseph Tolman ; Martha, m. Elijah Clapp ; Abial, Jr., m. Luzanna Sylvester; Rowland, m. Hannah Shev- erick. Continuing the branch in pursuit, Abial, Jr .. and wife, Luzanna Turner, had eight children, as follows :- Hannah, m. Daniel Child, son of Dr. Daniel Child, who came to Turner, 1801; Peggy, and Peggy did not live to marry ; Robinson, b. in Scituate, Mass., Sept. 12, 1767; Clarissa, John, Ephraim, Abial, Jr., 2nd. The last three brothers were early settlers in Livermore. Some of their descendants are yet living there.
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Robinson Turner, son of Abial, Jr., and Luzanna Turner, m. Lillis Ford of Duxbury, Mass., about 1788. She was b. Apr. 13, 1767. Her mother's maiden name was Sarah Gannett. She m. (1st) Daniel Pettengill, who was the grandfather of Waldo Pet- tengill's grandfather. had a son and dau .. of whom Comfort Pet- tengill of Livermore Falls and Polly Pettengill, wife of Perkins, a son of Robinson Turner. were descendants. Pettengill was killed by overturn of load of masts. Widow m. (2nd), May 10, 1766, Amos Ford and bad the dau., Lillis, mentioned. Robin- son, after marriage, lived (1st) at Duxbury. Mass., where their son. Bradish Turner, was b .. Mar. 22, 1:89. There were 11 births, seven single and four double, in this family: 15 children, 13 of whom are named. Their first, Robinson, Jr .. d. young. Perkins and Clara. b. Jan. 31. 1194: Amo -. b. Aug. 2. 1196, in Turner, on Genl. Turner Hill, and rest of the children b. there. Robinson. Jr. b. July 27. 1799: Sally and Laurana, twins, no date: Sally d. Sept. 23, 1835. Elizabeth. b. Jan. 1. 1804: Lucy. b. Aug. 13, 1806; Ann, b. Sept. 25, 1808: John and Howard, b. May 12, 1811; Saphrona, no date. Sally fell from a horse. in- jured head and brain, rendering her a cripple and pauper.
Bradish Turner and wife. Abigail, b. in Hanover, Mass., Mar. 22. 1782. Had children :- Lydia, b. 1812. d. Feb. 2. 1858 : Lura- nia. b. Apr. 11, 1813, m. Everett Conant of Turner, a farmer, whose farm joined that of Bradish Turner. one mile from Turner Vill .. and raised a family of nine children. of whom Sarah L. d. Jan. 13, 1870, ae. 1 years: Howard T., b. 1842. was a soldier. 23d Me., m., has five daughters grown up. He became successor on the Bradish Turner Farm. where he cared for his mother and the surviving members of his grandfather's family, of whom Saphronia. b. Apr. 6. 1819, was living in 1909 and at the spinning wheel. Everett Conant d. Dee. 28. 1868. ac. 59 years, eight months. His wife d. Aug. 11, 1892. Abigail Turner. b. 1815. d. Sept. 27, 1849. James Bailey. b. Oct. 6. 1817. m. Apr. 26, 1846. Dolly E. Beedy of Phillips. His res, was Wayne Vill. He ran a sash and blind factory several years. They had two dangh- ters. Howard T. Conant, d. at home farm. Feb. 19, 1911, ae. about 70 years, leaving six daughters :- Mrs. Clifton Davis, Minot : Mrs. Chas. Hodgdon, Waterville; Mrs. Chas. Lothrop, Auburn ; Mrs. Ernest Staples, Mrs. George Sampson and Miss Etta Conant in Turner. She has always lived at home and faithfully took care of her mother, who d. several years ago. and her father. Son, Frank. d. a few years ago. Two brothers survive, Sanford of
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Hartford, and Edwin in Ohio, and a brother-in-law, John Atkins, in Turner. He leaves five grandchildren and one great-grand- child.
Bradish Sylvester, b. May 15, 1821, lived and cared for parents on the home farm; did not m. He was a devoted Christian, a member of the Baptist church. He d. Feb. 2, 1898. ae. 76 years. Leonard, b. 1824, d. Feb. 23, 1857; u. m. He was thought to be the flower of the family and to fond parent a child of much prom- ise ; had talent for music. Alas! the flower was plucked too soon.
Bradish Turner worked at the trade of barn builder many years. Later he established a soap manufactory on his farm. He did a flourishing business in connection with farming. He and all his family were devoted Christians, members of the Baptist church. and were held in high esteem by all. He was the life of a social meeting in song and exhortation. He d. Apr. 11, 1882, ac. 93 years, 10 months. His wife, Abigail, d. Feb. 19, 1873, ae. 91 years. 11 months. Miss Saphronia. the last child and the old- est member in Turner Baptist church, was called to her reward Mar. 30, 1911. She was a woman of unfailing faith. The Bible and "The Zion's Advocate" were her great sources of delight.
Robinson Turner was by occupation a house carpenter and hewer of timber. He removed with a portion of his family from Turner to Township No. 1, and lot No. 1, bordering on Jay line, Canton. as early as 1812. Records show he was chosen one of the school committee in 1813. July 1, 1814, Isaac Robinson of said Township conveyed to him, by warranty deed, one-half of said lot, 50 acres, "more or less," where he settled. It is today the Geo. Libby farm. The consideration in the deed is $89. In 1816. the year noted for killing frosts, bread was scarce. This man se- cured two silver dollars. Ile walked to Wayne Vill. by spotted trees, 25 miles, paid $? for a bushel of rye meal and carried the meal home on his shoulder, and the children sat up till 12 o'clock that night waiting for the rye cake, baked in the spider on the hearth. for their supper. Among the number was Robinson. Jr. Bradish, the oldest, had m. and settled in Turner about 1811. Perkins and Amos and several of the girls worked away. Still the family was large, their house small and they were poor. There was no barn to store crops, and but little farming done for several years. The head of the family worked at his trade, serving the neighbors. He grew a patch of flax, which kept the women busy carding and spinning tow and weaving tow cloth for family ap- parel. The son, Robinson, told how he wore pants and shirts, one
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suit lasting just a year, and the shrieves of flax, still adhering to the cloth. would often chafe the skin to a painful degree. This son, the year he was of age, 1820, logged to mill lumber, and built a new set of farm buildings, which, as remodeled, are vet in use. The town line, Peru and Canton, going south from the river, divided the house and chimney at the center. In Sept., 1830, the parent Robinson deeded to son one-half of his land pur- chase, it being the easterly half on town line. His house was on the knoll a few rods above the present house. And thus they continued to occupy till the spring of 1836, when his wife's health failing, he sold the remainder of his land to Robinson, Jr., and soon after broke up housekeeping and went to live with Robinson. Jr., in his last years.
Robinson Turner was strong and vigorous, and with the ex- ception of rheumatic lameness was well and active. Though he was not required to do any labor, he chose to hew the mill beams (18 inches square) for son's grist mill in 1844, when about 77 years old. No man could do a better job with a broad axe. He lived a devoted Christian life. He had great regard for Baptist Conference and was a constant attendant. His wife. Lillis, went to live with dau., Lucy, and husband, Jefferson Hall, then living on the farm owned by Warren F. Curtis at Worthly pond. She d. there Oct. 19, 1841, ae. 74 years, six months, and was buried in the Turner lots in Merrill Knight Cem., where rest her hus- band, and son, Robinson, Jr., with his two wives and dau., Lau- raette.
Perkins Turner, while making a clearing and preparing to build, found an old Indian camp on his lot of land. Indians were seen occasionally passing. Bones and hair were found in bed of brook. evidently washed from Indian grave on embankment. An Indian stone gauge is in the family relies, also a mortar and pestle used by hat makers.
Perkins Turner, when a young man, learned the trade of hat- ter. He and one Moses Dennett, at. East Peru, 1822. engaged in the manufacture of tall fur hats that were in fashion in the early twenties. They were fashioned by hand, made of fur taken from skins of beavers attached to silk fabric. There was a new method of making hats by machinery soon after that ended hand make, and Perkins Turner began the life of a farmer. He purchased of James Lunt the lot of land bordering on the Androscoggin river at Moore's Rips (so-called), so named by the Anasagunticook In- dians at Camp Rocomeco. He continued here through life. His
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survivors, Mary A. Babb, her son, Amos A., and grandson, own and occupy the premises.
Perkins Turner m., 1822, Polly Pettengill, the dau. of Mathew and Bethia ( Ford) Pettengill. Each of this married couple had one common ancestor in Sarah Gannett. Oliver Wendell Holmes once spoke of his long, way-off cousin. This nearness of kin failed to rob the next generation of abundance of wit. The following repartee is from dau., Mary Ann. Speaking of this relation having fools for children, she tells writer that his father once kept com- pany with her mother's sister, "Betsey," who expected him to marry her, but instead he married Betsey Benson. She adds : "You may be very thankful that you escaped being a half-wit, as 1 am." Regardless of kin, writer finds her more than his mtach. Children :- Augustus M., b. Jan. 2, 1824, d. Feb. 27, 1853, m. Jan. 14, 1850, at North Monmouth, Jane N., b. Sept. 19, 1822. dan. of Jairus Manwell of Wayne. Had son, Augustus Rodol- phus, b. Sept. 3, 1852. This man bought a sawmill and water power that he operated at North Monmouth. He was ambitious, took a severe cold, and d. of fever. His widow d. May 16, 1896. Their graves are umnaked in cemetery, not far from Leeds Ctr., over the hill, west. He is remembered for his sallies of wit. It was hard to corner hin. It is due to Pettengill personage. Au- gustus R., m. a lady in West Mt. Vernon. Had children :-- Wal- ter, who d. young; Eleon May, m. Husband and two children dead. Wife in Mt. Vernon died. He m. (2nd) Ida Manchester, "widow," was Miss Anderson of N. H. No issue. This man and wife were on board the ill-fated steamer Portland that went to the bottom of the sea, the 27th of Nov,, 1898. Their bodies were sought for and never found of those washed ashore. Mr. Turner was engaged in canvassing for and compiling registers a term of years. The next child of Perkins was Amos, b. Sept. 11. 1821. d. Feb. 9, 1832: Mary Ann, b. Dec. 11, 1830, m. Hezekiah W. Babb; Amos, b. Sept. 23, 1833, d. Sept. 19, 1866, m. Mar. 6, 1862. Emma, b. 1841, dau. of Edward Barbar. Children :- Alice, b. Dec. 23, 1864, d. 1866; Howard, b. Mar. 2, 1863; Henry, b. June 4, 1866, d. Sept. 28, 1866.
Family of Amos Turner, the son of Robinson Turner, Sr. ; mar- riage to Miss Olive Bass :
Olive Bass, b. Jan. 23. 1800, m. (1st) Dec. 20, 1821, Amos Turner, b. Turner, Aug. 28, 1796, d. Greene, Me., July 16, 1824, m. (2nd) May 28, 1835, John Adams, b. 1797, d. Greene, Me., Dec. 9. 1838. She d. Mar. 15, 1839. Three children.
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Jane Turner, b. Greene, Nov. 6, 1822, m. May 10, 1816, Salmon Tirrell, b. Oct. 12, 1804, d. Aug. 10, 1880. She d. Mar. 31, 1897. Two children. Delia Maria Tirrell, b. Auburn, May 22, 1851, m. Apr. 4, 1873, Frank A. Wright. One child. Edith Louise Wright, b. Apr. 1, 1826; Salmon Tirrell, b. Sept. 19, 1855; Olive Turner, b. Turner. Aug. 1, 1824, m. Sept. 19, 1842, Wmn. R. Wright, Lew- iston ; Nelson Whitman Adams, b. Greene, Apr. 29, 1836, m. Mary W. Burchard, b. Jan. 9. 1857. No children; res., Turner Cent .; farmer.
Amos Turner and family lived in the town of Greene, in village, above corner. He was laying shingles on the roof of the barn, known 30 years after as the Dea. Elijah Barrell barn. In the act of whittling a shingle, he drew knife towards body and blade slipped from shingle, inflicting fatal wound in abdomen. Eliza- beth Turner, m. Philip Andrew of England: Incy, m. Jefferson Hall of Peru.
Robinson Turner, Jr.
Robinson Turner, Jr., was b. in Turner on Genl. Turner Hill (so-called), July 27. 1799. He came with parents to Peru when about 12 years of age. He continued with them, and when about 21 he made preparation and built on town line of Peru and Can- ton a set of buildings on easterly half of lot purchased by his father in 1814, when deed was given, and doubtless contracted for years before. Hle m. Feb. 8, 1830, Betsey, the dan. of Ichabod and Betsey (Goodin) Benson. She was b. in Lewiston, May 15, 1808. When grown up she worked one fall for Geo. Walker, doing house- work and dressing apples at fifty cents per week, store pay. She taught a term of school in the first schoolhouse built in town, in 1829, on Town House Hill, and the schoolhouse was the Town House. Children, four. First d. an infant. Hellis, b. Dec. 28, 1832 : Lauraette, b. Aug. 31. 1840, d. Dec. 24, 1854; Alonzo Mel- len. b. Oct. 3, 1854.
The subject of this sketch was engaged in farming and doing some town business till the spring of 1839, when he sold his farm to ('api. Peleg Mitchell of Turner and removed to Pern Cent. ITero he had purchased, Mar. 22, 1832. thirty acres of land of Hezekiah Walker, Esq., adjoining James Lunt's mill lot, and Nov. 28, 1838, he purchased a few acres, with house and barn, of Jefferson Hall, then living on said lot. This land was a part of the mill lot. Lot No. ? in town Plan., and adjoining the land pur- chased of Hezekiah Walker, that being the easterly part of Lot
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