My Genealogy Hound

V. S. Turner was born in Iredell County, N. C., in 1846, and is a son of J. C. and Rebecca (Dobbins) Turner, who were natives of Maryland and North Carolina, respectively. The father was taken to North Carolina by his parents, and came with them to Fayette County, Tenn., in 1858. The father was a farmer, and was at first very prosperous, but met with reverses, from which he never fully recovered. Of the six children born to him all lived, save one that died in infancy. He moved to Gibson County in 1873, and he and wife were worthy and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His wife died in September, 1882. Our subject and his father lived together until 1880, when the former settled on his present farm of 145 acres, which is well improved. Besides this he has ninety-seven acres partially improved. In 1871 he married Ida Gaither, daughter of William T. and M. E. Gaither. She was born in North Carolina, in 1856, and came to Tennessee after her marriage. She has borne her husband one daughter—Maggie A. Mr. Turner was magistrate one term, and is a Democrat and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. In April, 1864, he joined the Fourteenth Regiment Tennessee Cavalry, Confederate States Army, and served until the regiment was disbanded, at Rienza, Miss. He returned home, and was not able to rejoin his command, owing to the position of the Union lines. He was at Memphis and Franklin, but was not wounded nor taken prisoner.