Henry E. Turner (Rhode Island physician)
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Dr. Henry Edward Turner (1816 - 1897) was a prominent physician and horticulturalist in Newport, Rhode Island in the late 19th century.
Family[]
Turner was the son of James Varnum Turner and Catharine Turner (née Greene) and the brother of William Greene Turner (1833-1917) a noted sculptor who served an officer in the Union Army during the Civil War.
He was the grandson of Dr. Peter Turner (1751-1822) who served as a surgeon in the 1st Rhode Island Regiment during the American Revolution. Peter Turner was an Original Member of the Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati. Henry Turner was also a descendant of Roger Williams.[1]
He was a cousin of Commodore Peter Turner (1803-1871), who served in the U.S. Navy in the early to middle 19th Century. He was probably also a relation of Captain Daniel Turner who distinguished himself at the Battle of Lake Erie.
Career[]
Turner was a physician by profession and served as a civilian at Fort Adams in Newport during the American Civil War.
He became a hereditary member of the Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati as of 1882 and was a charter member of the Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the Revolution.[1]
Turner was active in numerous organizations including the Newport Historical Society and the Artillery Company of Newport.[1]
He was memorialized in the First Record Book of the Sons of the Revolution in the State of Rhode Island, 1896-1898.
He is buried in the Island Cemetery in Newport.
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