Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . (nowUnion), where thye tried farming in 1855, but lost their crop by grasshop-pers. They next moved to West Jor-dan, where they, prior to the harvestof 1856, subsisted on bran, fish and Vol. 1. No. 37. weeds for some time. The followingwinter (1856-57) James had a narrowescape from being killed by Indians inUtah valley. During the Echo can-yon campaign in 1857-58 he was en-gaged in active military service, thoughbut sixteen years ol
Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . (nowUnion), where thye tried farming in 1855, but lost their crop by grasshop-pers. They next moved to West Jor-dan, where they, prior to the harvestof 1856, subsisted on bran, fish and Vol. 1. No. 37. weeds for some time. The followingwinter (1856-57) James had a narrowescape from being killed by Indians inUtah valley. During the Echo can-yon campaign in 1857-58 he was en-gaged in active military service, thoughbut sixteen years old, and passedthrough untold hardships,together withhis companions. At the time of themove in 1858, he was appointed to re-main behind, together with others, taburn the property of the Saints, in casethe soldiers, whom he witnessed passthrough Salt Lake City, should provehostile; for some time after their ar-rival in the valley, he was one of thosewho were appointed to watch theirmovements. In 1861 he was called tohaul rocks from the Little Cottonwoodcanyon for the Salt Lake Temple. Hedrove a 4-yoke ox-team, and it tooktwo days or more to make a round trip;. some of the rocks he hauled weighedfour or five tons. He was ordainedan Elder April 10, 1862. and receivedhis endowments. In 1862 and 1863 hemade two trips to the Missouri riverand back as a Church teamster, tobring poor Saints to the Valley. , 1864, he married a daughter ofThomas and Susannah Margetts, withwhom he has had twelve children-eight boys and four girls. He laboredfor many years as a teacher in theWest Jordan Ward,and was ordained aSeventy by Samuel Bateman Jan. 13,1884. Three years later (March 20,1887), he was set apart as one of theseven presidents in the 33rd quorum of Sept. 14, 1901. 578 LATTER-DAY SAINT Seventy. In 1898-99 he filled a mis-sion to Kn^land. where he labored dili-gently in that capacity. Civilly ElderTurner has filled many positions ofhonor and trust, among which may bementioned that he s
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