BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
"T" Surnames
Turner, James Columbus
Insurance man; borne Roane Co., Oct. 8, 1860; Irish descent; son of Wm. C. and Louise J. (Smith) Turner; father, farmer; educated Burritt College, Spencer, Tenn.; married Mary Lee Barnett, March 24, 1898; began his business career as bookkeeper in the mercantile business; Republican; member I. O. O. F., Jr. Order, Financial Secretary; member Church of Christ. Source: Who's Who in Tennessee (Memphis, TN, Paul & Douglass Company, 1911), 497.