Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameThomas Johnston Turner230
Birth5 Apr 1815, Trumbull Co., OH, USA
Death4 Apr 1874, Hot Springs, Garland Co., AR, USA Age: 58
BurialCity Cemetery, Freeport, Stephenson Co., IL, USA
FatherSamuel Turner (1782-1850)
MotherJane Dinwiddie (1783-1871)
Other spousesMargaret Mitchell
Marriageca 1842, Porter Co., IN, USA
SpouseAdeline R. Burnside1143
Birthabt 1825, IN, USA
Children
Birthabt 1844, Freeport, Stephenson Co., IL, USA
Census1850, USA, IL, Stephenson Co., Freeport Age: 6
Census1860, USA, IL, Stephenson Co., Freeport Age: 16
Census1870, USA, Colorado Territory, Bent Co., Fort Lyon Age: 26
Census1880, USA, WA, Walla Walla Co., Walla Walla Age: 36
Death10 Aug 1892, Denver, Denver Co., CO, USA4, Freeport (IL) The Daily Democrat 8-15-1892 Age: 48
Burial10 Aug 1892, Fairmont Cemetery, Denver, CO, USA
MemoFairmont Cemetery
SpouseJohn Randolph Bothwell (1844-1933)
Marriage17 Oct 1865, Freeport, Stephenson Co., IL, USA469
Divorce1871, IL, USA
ChildrenMargaret “Madge” Manson (1868-1943)
SpouseJames Edward Putnam (1843-1901)
Marriage16 May 1872, Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA1727
Birthabt 1848, IL, USA
Birthabt 1851, IL, USA
Notes for Thomas Johnston Turner
Born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, April 5, 1815; family moved to Butler Co., Pa., in 1825; to Lake Co., Ind., in 1837 and to Freeport, Ill., in 1838. Admitted to the bar in 1840, practice in Freeport. Served as a judge of the probate court of Stephenson County in 1842; postmaster of Freeport in 1844; State district attorney in 1845. He established the first weekly newspaper (The Prairie Democrat) in Stephenson Co., Elected to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849 as a Democrat. Elected to the State house of representatives in 1854, serving as speaker; elected first mayor of Freeport, Ill., in 1855. Was a delegate to the 1861 peace convention in Washington, D.C. in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war. He enlisted in the Union Army May 24, 1861, and served as colonel of the Fifteenth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, until his resignation due to ill health in 1862.
He was a member of the constitutional convention in 1863 and unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 1871. Then moved to Chicago to resume the practice of law.
He was a member of the constitutional convention in 1863 and unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 1871. Then moved to Chicago to resume the practice of law.
Notes for Alida F. (Child 1)
First name also given as Alice.