. History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan . iices of the plinthare cut in relief the coatsof-arms of the United Statesand the State of Michigan, a stack of muskets with laurelwreath, and the simple legend, OuR Fallen Heroes. The ground on which this monument stands is ownedby the Order of the Stars and Stripes, and the monu-ment was erected chiefly by the Ladies Monument Asso-ciation of Lansing. The State Reform School for Boys, the Masonic andOdd-Fellows orders, the Methodist Episcopal Church, theGerman Working-Mens Society, the Order of the Starsand Stripes, and perhaps other organiza
. History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan . iices of the plinthare cut in relief the coatsof-arms of the United Statesand the State of Michigan, a stack of muskets with laurelwreath, and the simple legend, OuR Fallen Heroes. The ground on which this monument stands is ownedby the Order of the Stars and Stripes, and the monu-ment was erected chiefly by the Ladies Monument Asso-ciation of Lansing. The State Reform School for Boys, the Masonic andOdd-Fellows orders, the Methodist Episcopal Church, theGerman Working-Mens Society, the Order of the Starsand Stripes, and perhaps other organizations have selectedlarge plats, which are being improved and adorned by themwith great good taste, and will eventually form attractivefeatures of this city of the dead. The cemetery is under the management of a board ofthree trustees, appointed by the Common Council ofLansing, one being appointed annually after the first present board (1880) consists of James Johns, chair-man, William L. Reed, and John S. Tooker; Charles , CITY OP LANSING. 181 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. HON. JAMES James Turner was born at Cazenovia, N. Y.,April 1, 1820, and was a lineal descendant of HumphreyTurner, who emigrated from Devonshire, England, andsettled in Plymouth, Mass., in 1628. His fether, Fran-cis S. Turner, and his mother, Deborah Morton, weremarried at Middlebury, Vt., in 1799. His grandfather,Jonathan Turner, married Bridget Arthur in the year1772. His great-grandfather, Paine Turner, was marriedat New London, Conn., Nov. 3, 1745, to Eleanor Humphrey Turner, of the seventh generation, nowowns and occupies the old farm in Scituate, Mass., wherehis ancestor, Humphrey Turner, lived and died, the farmnever having passed out of the family. Mr. Turners early educational advantages were quitelimited ; but, having a great love for books and an to obtain such an education as would fit him for theactive duties of business life, he improved
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