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WILLIAM TURNER, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Heyworth; born in Indiana Co., Penn., April 28, 1836; his father, James Turner, was born in Washington Co., Penn., and followed farming and milling until 1839, when he emigrated to Ohio and located in Clermont Co., where he followed farming until his decease, which occurred Dec. 17, 1878. He was married in Pennsylvania to Margaret McKinney; she was born in Pennsylvania, and is now living in Ohio; they were the parents of twelve children, all of whom are now living. The subject of this sketch emigrated to Ohio, with his parents, when 3 years of age, where he was raised upon his father’s farm, until 27 years of age, the last three of which he was in partnership with his father; he then disposed of his interest in Ohio and emigrated to Illinois, and located in Randolph Township in the spring of 1864, where he rented land four years, and, in 1868, he purchased his present place of 160 acres, upon which he then located and where he has since lived. His marriage with Mary E. Hill was celebrated in Ohio, March 3, 1864; she was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 19, 1841; they were the parents of five children, of whom two are deceased; the living are — Harvey H., Mary A., Frank M.; the deceased died in infancy. Mr. Turner is a Democrat in politics, but has never run for office.