Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. Cass County. EDWARD W. TURNER, deceased. Edward W. Turner was a native of Bourbon County, Ky.--a wagon maker by trade, which business he followed for many years of his early manhood. His father was one of the pioneers of Kentucky. Our subject left his native State, came to Illinois in 1825, and became one of the prosperous pioneers of Cass County. He was energetic, thrifty and public- spirited. He represented his county in the State Legislature of 1846 and 1848. He made farming his business after coming to Illinois, but erected and run [sic] a wagon shop for a long time upon his farm, near Virginia, soon after locating. He married in Fayette County, Ky., Miss America Morrow. Her father's farm joined the Ashland home of the lamented Henry Clay, near Lexington. They raised a family of eight children, all living to mature years but one, Thomas B. Sarah, the oldest, is now deceased; lived to marry W. W. Ward, a farmer of Cass County; Elizabeth J., is now Mrs. B. G. Troutman, of Cass County; James E. is a merchant of Virginia; John W., a farmer of Oregon Precinct; William A., a farmer in Kansas; David S., R. R. Express Messenger; Henry H., Express Agent, Virginia; and Charles is out of business. James E. was born Dec. 13, 1842, and has for several years been engaged in the mercantile business in Virginia, and is at present; has one of the most extensive furniture stores in Cass County. He married, Feb. 25, 1862, Miss Henrietta Conover, daughter of John Conover, of whom see extended mention elsewhere in this volume. They have five children: Anna L., Linna M., Katie, James A., and Fred. They are both members of the Christian Church, and Mr. Turner is a member of the A.O.U.W. and I.O.M.A. William A., a farmer in Kansas, furnishes us the following data: He was born 1845, in the month of August, on the Turner homestead, in Cass County. He commenced business as a farmer in Princeton Precinct, and later, farmed at Walnut Grove. He built and run [sic] the only plaining mill ever run in Virginia, in 1870. The venture was not a success, however, and he closed out the business and returned to farming on the old Downing farm, which he sold and went to Wichita, Kansas, in 1876. He married March 6, 1866, Mira Berry, a daughter of William M. Berry, a farmer of Morgan County. They have three children, Nellie, Nina, and David. H. H. Turner, the sixth son, was born Nov. 22, 1850, in Cass County. He attended the Kentucky University at Lexington, during 1868-9, and afterward engaged in the dry good business in Virginia, and later, the grocery trade, having at times been associated with W. W. Early, Bowman Craft, and M. J. Oliver. He abandoned the mercantile business in 1874, and since that time has been acting as agent for the American and United States Express Companies, and also engaged in insurance business. He married Dec. 3, 1871, Miss Alice R. Buckley, daughter of Mark Buckley, a pioneer of Cass County. They have three children: Olive, Coral, and Ralph. Mr. Turner is a member of the I.O.O.F., Saxon Lodge, No. 68. Turner Morrow Clay Ward Troutman Conover Berry Downing Early Craft Oliver Buckley = Bourbon-KY Fayette-KY KS Morgan-IL