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He was married on May 17, 1865, to Miss Mary A. Finley in Geneseo, New York. To this union was born one son, John W. Turner. Mrs. Turner died in 1884. Four years later Brother Turner married Miss Fannie Howes of Springfield. He was a member of the Episcopal Church. | He was married on May 17, 1865, to Miss Mary A. Finley in Geneseo, New York. To this union was born one son, John W. Turner. Mrs. Turner died in 1884. Four years later Brother Turner married Miss Fannie Howes of Springfield. He was a member of the Episcopal Church. | ||
| − | He was made a Mason in Geneseo Lodge No. 214, Geneseo, New York on March 6, 1865. He helped organize [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title= | + | He was made a Mason in Geneseo Lodge No. 214, Geneseo, New York on March 6, 1865. He helped organize [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=SDMtZion6 Mount Zion Lodge No. 6] of Springfield, and became a charter member on June 3, 1875. He was made an honorary Grand Master by the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M., of South Dakota in June, 1914. He was a charter member of the Masonic Veterans Association. He belonged to the Yankton Chapter No. 1, R.A.M., and DeMolay Commandery No. 3, both of Yankton. He was also a member of the El Riad Shrine Temple in Sioux Falls. |
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JOHN LEWIS TURNER 1843-1925
Honorary Past Grand Master of South Dakota (1915)
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BIOGRAPHY
From "The First 100 Years of the Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of South Dakota, 1875-1975", Page 92:
Brother John Lewis Turner was born August 26, 1843 at Geneseo, New York. After attending schoo1 in Geneseo, he was sent to a private school in Geneva after which he continued his studies in a commercial college in Rochester. After comp1eting his course he became associated with his father in the cattle business. In 1864 he moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan and from there to Springfield, Dakota Territory, in 1870. He associated himself with general merchandising, a type of business in which he spent most of his adult working life. He was very active in civic, community and state affairs.
He was married on May 17, 1865, to Miss Mary A. Finley in Geneseo, New York. To this union was born one son, John W. Turner. Mrs. Turner died in 1884. Four years later Brother Turner married Miss Fannie Howes of Springfield. He was a member of the Episcopal Church.
He was made a Mason in Geneseo Lodge No. 214, Geneseo, New York on March 6, 1865. He helped organize Mount Zion Lodge No. 6 of Springfield, and became a charter member on June 3, 1875. He was made an honorary Grand Master by the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M., of South Dakota in June, 1914. He was a charter member of the Masonic Veterans Association. He belonged to the Yankton Chapter No. 1, R.A.M., and DeMolay Commandery No. 3, both of Yankton. He was also a member of the El Riad Shrine Temple in Sioux Falls.
