The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-01-26
from Fridays Daily.

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well-known in. this section of the
state. James B. Turrittin, an old
resident of the state and veteran
of the Civil war, in which he served
as an officer of the Seventh Mime,
sofa infantry, passed away at his
home in Kasota early Wednesday
evening, mention of which was
made in The Free Press last even
Ing. He had been in failing health
for some time, and his death was
not unexpected.
James B. Turrittin was born in
Letterkenney, County Donegal. Ire.
land, September 81, 1888, and was
the third son of Samuel and Susan
Turrittin. The family removed to
Williams county, Ohio, in 1916, and
settled on a farm. When sixteen
years Of age James Turrittin left
home and went, to Michigan, where
he remained a couple of years and
where he learned the carpenters
trade. He, with his brothers, Thorn
as and John Turrittin, came to st.
Peter in 1856, and shortly there
after filed on claims in the town
ship of Cordova, LIE Sueur county. In
1857 he wen ito Lawrence, Kansas,
to work al his trade, where he met
and married Wilhelmina .Zwanziger
in 1858. In 1860 he and his fam
lily returned to Minnesota and set
tied in the village of Cordova, LIE
Sueur county. There he and his
brother John operated a saw mill
and grist mill.
Responded 20 lincoln's Call.
In 1852 he responded to President
Lincoln's call for volunteers and en-.
listed at Cleveland in Company K,
Seventh Minnesota. When the COM
pany was organized he was appoint
ed sergeant, and later was pro-
NOTED to second lieutenant. His first
service was with General H. H. Sib-
ley on the latter's expedition to the
Dakotas following the defeat of the
Sioux at New Ulm, and he was
present and in command of the
guard at the hanging of the thirty
eight Indians at Mankato in Decem.
Der, 1852. Later, when the regi-
ment was ordered south, he partici-
pated in the battle of Nashville and
in the campaign about Mobile.
After being discharged at the end
Of the war Mr.. Turritun returned
to LIE Sueur~ county, where he has
resided ever since, with the excep-
ton Of about eight years, from 1876
to 1888, inclusive, during which
time he was employed by the gov.
eminent as master mechanic on the
Sisseton Indian reservation in South
Dakota. Mr.. Turrittin was not only
a good soldier, but an upright citi'
Zen, and in his death the commu.
nifty loses one of its foremost men.
Brother of G. w. Turrittin.
His wife died in 1904, and he was
married a second time on October
s, 1905, to Hannah s. Turrittin. The
deceased was one of family of
fifteen, ten boys and five girls, of
whom eight survive him. They are:
Mrs. Belle Doughten of Ohio; R. r.
Turrittin of Minneapolis; G. w. Tur-
rittin Of Mankato; Mrs. C. N. War.
rant Of kasota, in this state; Eli
Turrittin, Mrs. Matte King and
Mrs Frances Mapes of Ohio, and
Mrs. Jennie Benjamin of Kansas. He
also leaves his. wife, four sons and
three daughters. The children are:
Frank E. Turrittin Of Bellingham,
Wash; William r. Turrittin of
Warner, Canada; A. H. Turrittin of
Sank Rapids; A. A. Turrittin of
Kasota; Mrs. Susan A. Crossfield of
Kasota; Mrs. Lillian M. Anderegg of
lie Sueur, and Mrs. Ida V. Dragoo
Of Royalton. There are twenty-one
grandchildren and one great grand.
child. -.-.
The funeral will take place on
Friday, January 10, 1912, at 1870 p.
m, from the Presbyterian church
at Kasota. Rev. Franklin Bailey
OF Houston, formerly pastor of the
Kasota church, will conduct the
services. .-..- 49, g.,
Death of Mrs. John Sheehan.
After an illness which had ex.
tended over period of several
months, Mrs. John Sheehan died at
the family home on Washington ave.
nue. at two o'clock last Tuesday
afternoon. In her death there pass.
ed a thoroughly good woman, one
whose departure from this life will
be widely mourned and deeply de-
plored.
Ellen Powers Sheehan was the
daughter of John and Kathryn Pow
ers. She was born at Mankato
September 26, 1851. In 1865 her par
ents moved TO the township of Lake
Prairie, and there she spent the
early part of her life. On February
Is, 1890, she was united in marriage
to John Sheehan, and since that