Bio: Turner, Alexander & Jane
Contact: John Turner

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Jane & Alexander Turner

Alexander Turner was born about 1839 in Harrisburg, Lewis Co., New York to Jeremiah and Zelia Turner. October 14, 1860, he married Jane Elizabeth Lawrence who was born in Jefferson, New York November 8, 1833. He enlisted October 8, 1861 and fought in the Civil War with Company G 14th Wisconsin Infantry, but was discharged on a surgeon's certificate after his first year of service. He later reenlisted with the 37th Infantry and was wounded at Petersburg during the Appomattox Campaign and later died of those wounds. Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant's Army did defeat General Robert E. Lee's troops while defending Fort Gregg. Grant had achieved one of the major military objectives of the war: the capture of Petersburg, which led to the fall of Richmond, the Capitol of the Confederacy and the death of this Wisconsin Soldier.

His wife Jane was listed as a Surviving Widow on the 1890 Special Index for Soldiers and her address was listed as Thorp, Clark County, Wisconsin. I do not know if Alexander himself ever lived in Clark County as I believe his widow may have moved there after his death. However, Abraham Turner sold land to Samuel F. Weston April 2, 1856. That may have been this soldier as he was listed under the name of "Abraham" on the roster for Co. E. of the 37th Wisconsin Infantry.

Alexander Turner 14 WI Co. G, PVT

Abraham Turner Co. E. 37 WI Inf.; Cpl.

Researcher's Notes

"I am not related to this family, but found this information when I was doing my only family history." John Turner

Responses

Re: Bio: Turner, Alexander & Jane
Contact: Carol Schaefer

Alexander and Abraham Turner are not the same person. Alexander Turner of this biography enlisted in the 14th Wis. Infantry, Company G on 17 Sep 1861 and was discharged 26 Aug 1862 with a disability. He reenlisted in the same company on 22 Jan 1864 and was mustered out on 9 Oct 1865 in Mobile, AL. At the time of his enlistment, he lists his home as Chilton, Calumet Co. The Abraham Turner of the 37th Wis. Infantry, Company. E enlisted on 31 Mar 1864 and mustered out on 27 Jul 1865. He lists his home as Roxbury, Dane Co. There is no known relationship between the two men.  Alexander Turner did not die during the CW. He lived in MN after the war, arriving there in 1865. Two of his children were born in MN after this date. The 1870 Census shows him with his family in Mower Co, MN. In 1874 he homesteaded on land in Olmsted Co, MN. In the 1880 Census he is living with his cousin in Clark Co, WI, assuming to help farm there, although his family is still living in Olmsted Co, MN. He died sometime between the 1880 Census and the 1890 Survivors and Widows Census when Jane Turner must have been living with relatives in Clark Co. She had several sisters and brothers there. In the 1900 Census she is living with her daughter's family in OR and dies in OR in 1917.