THOMAS TURNER, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Lancaster; was born in Canada April 16, 1837. He came to the State of New York in 1850; worked on a farm by the month; then removed to Burlington, Vt., where he remained one year; then to Wisconsin in 1856; worked by the month until 1864; then rented land for three years of J. A. Barber, when he then bought 80 acres with a fine large two-story house 32x42 feet, a nice place. His wife, Catharine Frawley, a native of Grant Co., Wis., was born in 1844. Her parents came to this county in an early day, and are old settlers in Potosi. She was married March 29, 1864. They have three children - Frank, born Dec. 29, 1865; Mary, born Aug. 16, 1867; Annie, born Sept. 22, 1873. He also owns 40 acres of land in Ellenboro, Sec. 17. What he has is by his own industry and labor.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.