. A twentieth century history and biographical record of Elkhart County, Indiana . and well sustained a reputation throughout this section ofthe state. Besides attending to a large practice, Mr. Turner has connecticjnswith manv other enterprises. He is general counsellor for the ModernSamaritans of the \\orld, with which order he is affiliated. He is vice-president of the Elkhart Gas Company and is a director in the First HISTORY OF ELKHART COUXTY 655 State Bank of Elkhart. He is a Master and Chapter Mason, and amemljer of the Independent Order of Odd Eellows, the Benevolent andProtective Orde
. A twentieth century history and biographical record of Elkhart County, Indiana . and well sustained a reputation throughout this section ofthe state. Besides attending to a large practice, Mr. Turner has connecticjnswith manv other enterprises. He is general counsellor for the ModernSamaritans of the \\orld, with which order he is affiliated. He is vice-president of the Elkhart Gas Company and is a director in the First HISTORY OF ELKHART COUXTY 655 State Bank of Elkhart. He is a Master and Chapter Mason, and amemljer of the Independent Order of Odd Eellows, the Benevolent andProtective Order of Elks and the Knights of Pythias, and both he andhis wife are meml>ers of the Episcopal church. Mr. Turner is proprie-tor of and caused the erection of the Law Exchange building in Elkhart,in which he has his own law offices. His law library is considered oneof the largest and best selected in the state, and his private library athome indicates the breadth and scope of his intellectual interests. Hehas ne\-er interested himself to any extent in practical politics, but in. Perrv L. Turner. the public welfare of his city and county he yields to no one in puljlic-spirited endeavor. Mr. Turner was married in 1885 to Miss Mamie E. Wright. Herfather, the late H. C. Wright, was the first mayor of the city of Elk-hart, and for many years a prominent lumber dealer and leading citi-zen. Mrs. Turner, who was born and reared at Elkhart, is a graduateof St. Marys Academy of South Bend and of Peekskill Seminary inNew York. For years she has been a leading spirit in the social andclub life of Elkhart, and is now recording secretary of the Indiana StateFederation of \\omens Clubs. 656 HISTORY Ol-^ ELKHART COUNTY R. S. .M, D. Dr. R. S. AlcCurmick. engaged in the practice of medicine andsnrgery at Xappanee, is a native of Li\-ingston county, Illinois, hornMarch 12. 1869. liis father. Hunter McCormick, was a native ofPennsylvania and following the period of the Civil war hecam
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