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Biographical Sketches of the Officers and
Members of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly of Missouri, Together
with State Officers, etc. T.J. Kelly The member from Camden, was born in Missouri in 1821, is a lawyer by profession and a consistent Democrat. He is an active, industrious, faithful member, never abusing the time of the House in buncombe speeches, but ever watchful of the interest of his constituents. (pg. 57) Transcribed by: Carrie Tuck {cvt1977@yahoo.com} |
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The United States Biographical Dictionary
and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men Benjamin E. Turner Benjamin E. Turner a native of Lewis county, Missouri, was born March 18, 1850. His father, Joseph A. Turner, was a native of Mason county, Kentucky, and immigrated to Missouri in 1838, locating in Clarke county, where he remained two years, after which he removed to Lewis county. He was by occupation a farmer, and reared his son to the same calling, but the boy's tastes soon led him to broader fields. The mother of our hero was Henrietta Hagerman Turner, a native of Loudoun county, Virginia. Young Turner had very good educational advantages; he obtained his early education from the Keokuk High School, and finished at Lagrange College. In 1870 he began to read law, at Canton, Missouri, under John C. Anderson, and the following year was admitted to the bar in Waterloo, Clarke county, and immediately began the practice of his profession in Alexandria of the same county. In 1875 he located at Cahoka, where he has since resided in the active practice of his profession. In 1874 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Clarke county, and in 1876 was reelected. Mr. Turner is a thorough business man, and performs whatever duties are his with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the people. Politically he is a Democrat. He is a member of the Baptist church. April 27, 1875, he married Miss Mary G. Daggs of Scotland county, Missouri. This estimable lady only lived a few months after her marriage, dying December 30, 1875. Mr. Turner is a fluent talker, a deep thinker, and ever kind and generous. He is surrounded by many warm friends and is worthy of their regard. Until sixteen years of age, Warren J. Lansdown attended the common schools of the county. In his seventeenth year he began the study of medicine with Dr. Bolton, in Jefferson City, and remained with him until 1861. In that year, he and Dr. Winston, of Jefferson City, located at Vienna, Maries county, and began the practice of medicine. In 1862 he removed to Linn Creek, Camden county, and continued the practice. Owing to a want of means, he had attended no medical school. All his information in his profession had been derived from books, from the teachings of his instructor and from his own experience in practice. In 1866, and again in 1867, he attended the lectures at the St. Louis Medical College, and graduated in the latter year, when he returned to Linn Creek and continued the practice. In 1874 he retired from regular practice, and, removing to Butler, Bates county, engaged in the drug business and speculating in real estate. His ventures have been successful and he has acquired a handsome property in Bates county. In politics, Dr. Lansdown is a Democrat, though he takes little interest in politics. In religion he is liberal. He was married September 18, 1862, to Miss Mary F. Winds, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Berry) Winds, of Camden county, by whom he has had seven children, six of whom are living. Transcribed by: Carrie Tuck {cvt1977@yahoo.com} |