JOHN
LAMBERT TURNER, general grocer, was born in Monmouthshire, England,
April 22, 1838, and is a son of William and Sarah (Lambert) Turner, the
former a native of Oxfordshire, and the latter of Monmouthshire,
England. In the fall of 1841 the family immigrated to Youngstown, Ohio,
where the parents spent the balance of their lives. They reared a
family of seven children, four of whom are living: Mrs. Sarah A.
Crowther, of Ashland, Ky.; William, of Niles, Ohio; Mrs. Matilda Hull,
of Youngstown, Ohio, and John L. Our subject grew to manhood in
Youngstown, Ohio, and worked in one of the iron mills of that town as a
roller. Mr. Turner was married May 6, 1858, to Miss Sarah Jane,
daughter of David and Hannah (Dumars) Gillespie, who was born at Big
Bend, Mercer Co., Penn. One son, John A., a partner with his father in
the grocery house, is the only fruit of this union. Mr. Turner followed
the iron business until removing to Greenville. In 1871 he
superintended the erection of a rolling mill in Massillon, Ohio, and
then went to Wyandotte, Mich., as superintendent of the Wyandotte
Rolling Mills, and was subsequently superintendent two years of the
iron mills in Hamilton, Ontario. In April, 1881, Mr. Turner came to
Greenville, and began operating coal mines in Butler County, which he
sold out in December, 1886. In the meantime he bought out the grocery
store of Kamerer & Leech, in February, 1884, and the firm of J. L.
Turner & Son has since conducted a general grocery business. The
family are attendants of the Presbyterian Church. Politically Mr.
Turner is a Democrat, and a member of the R. A. and the Masonic
fraternity.
History of Mercer County, PA, 1888, page 832
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