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Below is a family biography included in The History of Newton County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1888. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Daniel Worth Turner, farmer and stock raiser, was born in Perry County, Ill., August 30, 1849, and is the son of William H. and Margaret (Mitchell) Turner, natives of Tennessee, in which State they were married. The mother of our subject died in Illinois, and in 1854 William H. Turner and family moved from that State to Atchison County, Mo., where his son, Daniel Worth, grew to about seventeen years of age. In 1866 W. H. Turner moved with his family (including D. W.) to Jasper County, Mo., and in April, 1877, came to Newton County, where D. W. Turner now lives. W. H. Turner returned to Atchison County, on business, in August, 1887, and was there taken sick, dying on the 12th of September, 1887. Our subject has been successfully engaged in farming and stock raising, and owns about 600 acres of land in Newtonia Township, all well stocked and improved. He buried his wife, formerly Miss Ellen Teagarden, in full conviction with the Christian Church, beside their only child, Elmore. Mr. Turner is a public-spirited citizen, and is wide-awake to all modern improvements.
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