"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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REV. AARON TURNER was born in Greene County, Ohio, June 4, 1835. His
parents, Joseph and Mary (Burnsides) Turner, natives of Ohio, were married
in Ohio in 1830, removing thence, in 1849, to Rush County, Ind. His father,
a Methodist minister, resides in Pike County, Ind., at the advanced age of
seventy-three years. The mother died in 1849. The subject was the third
son and fourth child in a family of fourteen children, and was reared in his
native county until fourteen years of age, removing thence to Rush County,
Ind., where he taught school for two years. In 1857, he entered the
ministry at the Annual Conference, held at New Albany, over which Bishop
Morris presided. His first appointment was on the Poseyville Circuit, where
he remained for one year, then receiving an appointment to Owensville
Circuit. At the end of his first year at Owensville he was ordained
"Deacon" at Bloomington, Ind., by Bishop Scott. His third appointment was
Sullivan Station, where he remained for two years. After his first year at
Sullivan, he was ordained "Elder" by Bishop Simpson at Rockport. He was at
Greencastle, during which time he was appointed agent for the Asbury
University, which position he filled for two years; for the past five
months has been located in Martinsville. In 1870, the Wesleyan University
conferred upon him the degree of "A.M.," and in June, 1883, the Asbury
University conferred upon him the degree of "D.D." In October, 1858, he was
married to Mary E. Van Sickle, daughter of Jacob Van Sickle, a pioneer of
Morgan County. There was one child by this union, Luella (deceased). His
wife died in 1861. August 21, 1866, he married Lucy Bowles, daughter of
Henry Bowles, of Evansville, Ind. By this union there are two children,
Helen and Jessie. Rev. Aaron Turner is a member of the A. F. & A. M., also
of the K. of P., and is a Republican.
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