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Benjamin F. Turner (Henry County, Kentucky, schoolteacher, druggist, and post master.)

b. 1829-07-19 d. 1906-10-22

Henry County, Kentucky, schoolteacher, druggist, and post master. Scott County, Kentucky, native. Son of Thomas Turner and Elinor Turner. Married to Susan Fuqua Turner. Father of Alvie Turner, Cora Turner, Marium Turner, and Clarence Fuqua Turner. Schoolteacher in Henry County in 1850. Druggist in Henry County. Postmaster at Eminence from June 16, 1853 to November 6, 1855. Postmaster at Eminence from June 5, 1857 to November 19, 1860. Retired druggist in Henry County in 1860.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, District 2, p. 451B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Subdivision 1, p. 384.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Henry County, Kentucky, vol. 14, p. 640.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Henry County, Kentucky, vol. 28, p. 96.

W.H. Perrin, J.H. Battle, and G.C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, 6th ed., (Louisville, KY: F.A. Battery and Company, 1887), 865-866.

"Benjamin Franklin Turner (1829-1906)," Find A Grave, Memorial 12516779, Accessed July 20, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12516779/benjamin-franklin-turner.

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Turner, Benjamin F.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212889 (November 12, 2026).

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