DAVID TURNER JR FAMILY HISTORY
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David Turner, Jr. came to Utah in 1861. He went to St. George in 1874. He was the first one in Utah to run a carding machine. He was called to go to St. George to manage a weaving factory. He had learned the trade in England. He died on Christmas Day 1887. He served two years in St. George, Utah, then went back to Holden. Later he was called down again so he sold out his home and made St. George his home. Some of the children stayed in Holden, Utah, and some stayed in Dixie. Some of the boys found new homes, three settled in Wayne County.
Benjamin Godfrey went to Wayne County in 1878. He came to Utah in 1861 with the John R. Murdock Company.
Susan Ould was born on a ship at Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. She crossed the plains to Utah when she was 3 years old with her mother. She and her mother and three other children went to St. George and later to Holden, Utah, where she married Benjamin Godfrey Turner.
Benjamin Godfrey Turner and Susan Ould, his wife moved to Wayne county (at that time it was part of Sevier County - Lyman was East Loa) in 1879. They endured the hardships of the early pioneers of the valley. They farmed and tilled the soil, also wove carpets to sell, wove cloth to make their clothes. As years passed they had 12 children. Susan and her daughters, Mary E. (Mame) and Altha worked together carding and spinning wool. Then they knit sox, stockings, gloves and jackets and many other things. They also went out and helped the sick.
Mary Elizabeth (Mame) [daughter of Benjamin Godfrey Turner] married A. Steven Farnsworth in 1898. They were first married by their Bishop, Peter J. Christensen, later going to the St. George Temple. They lived at Lyman for 3 years then moved to Morland, Idaho, and helped pioneer what was known as the Thomas Valley where he broke up the ground for farming, but on account of ill health in Idaho, the family returned to Utah, bought a home in Lyman, Utah. Steven Farnsworth helped build Lyman Hall and worked on the Lyman Pipe line and was the first man in town to pay cash down for his pipe line water share, which was $100.00. Later, he opened and ran a grocery store. Their home and store was completely burned by fire at a total loss. They then moved to Delta, Utah, worked on rail road contract jobs with Dave Turner, and then moved to Salt lake City., Utah, and later to Salina, Utah. They bought a home in Richfield in 1932, where they lived till his death, July 20, 1950, after a 4 months illness.
Steven and Mary Farnsworth had 8 children and raised one grand-daughter. Mary E. Farnsworth died April 23, 1953, after a long illness. They were preceded in death by a son, Rulon and a daughter, Ida Mae. Rulon died in 1920, and Ida Mae died in 1927.
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