The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1900-09-18


and direction of the distinguished
George r. ,brrt-ou; graduating in due
course from the law school he was sd
mitted to the practice in his native
county, and was Commonwealth At
torney OF his District from 1916 to
lS49.
In 1854 Col. Turner married NJ ss
Mary Everett, daughter OF Samuel
Everett, Of this county, and seeing
here opportunities for advancen ent IN
mis- profession and for material suc
cess as well, he soon came to this
place TO live, which has ever since
been his home.
His first wife died In less than two
years, leaving him little daughter.
Miss Mary, whose life has bee one
of the fullest devotion to her father,
not only during the strenuous exer.
tions of his political and business ca
tOOA out o.oo WBiiV nc t.Ou tnc uOWn-
ward side OF lite's hill.
In 1856 he married Miss Henrietta
Robertson, also Montgomery Coun-
ty girl, whose life shed cheer and
sweetness over husband, children and
friends until Ter lopg illness terminal
I'd in her death some ten years ago.
OF her seven sons and one daughter
all survive their father except Joe +,
who died some six months since.
Col. Turner had the great hsppi-
ness. the unusual happiness of seeing
all his sons comfortably established
ii business aud disehsfgIng the obi
cations of manhood toward them
selves and their fellows.
His ancestors we're of lighting stock,
his father having served in the war
OF 1872 and his grandfather in the
revolution, and he himself was a SOL
der in the war with Mexico, during
which he became Msjor in the U. S.
Army.
In 1861 he represented this District
in the Legislature and then devoted
himself to the practice of his profess
sion until 1876 when he was elected
to Congress. He was also elected for
second term in 1878.
In Congress he was an industrious
wol ker in the interest of his constiiu-
ents and of the country at large, devot-
ing special efforts to securing sppro-
priations for the improvement of the
rivers of our State, in which he was
very successful.
In politics he was forceful and sg-
gressive in advocating his principles
he was outspoken always and any
man could find out by the asking
what we're Col. turner's views on
any subject. He earnestly espoused
the cause of Democracy always, and
in 1896 when SC many Democrats dis
sented from 81 me of the principles
laid down in the Chicag platform he
accepted them all, anu was an enthu-
siastic supporter of William Jennings
Bryan and the free coinage of silver
at 10 to | up to the last moment he
was able to discuss such matters.
One OF the most marked character
istics of Col. Turner was his freedom
from old -fogyism in any form. He
subscribed with all his heart the bt
lief that progress is the indispensable
law of lite and was in sympathy with
each advancing step in every line of
human endcavor and investigation
In Ereligious matters he was ficml,
convinced that it had not yet been
given to the human mind to grasp all
that we may lawfully know of the In
finite, and that each step forward was
but an entering wedge which opened
the way little further. He had re-
flected maturely and read widely on
these lines, aud his religion sbounded
in faith and progression. He had lit
tie patience with dogmatic creed that
would fix itself unalterably for all
time upon tenets which were but the
views of men Mortal life ourselves.
He was the last Of our bar whose
career began under the Common Law
pleading and practice, and he was al
ways ready to enlarge upon the beau
ties and philosophy of that system.
1t was famililr remark OF his that
no man could truly apr eciate or I'M
deTs'snd the Code unle,, he had
grounded himself in the Common
Law procedure, its history and its rs-
tionae. lie took evident delight in
tracing various provisions of the Code
to their origin in The Common Law
ma ct;c. amt holiavad In o,,oh aru,,