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John Sanford Turner

22 Feb 1862 – 3 Dec 1946

Birth	22 Feb 1862
Death	3 Dec 1946
Cemetery	Laurel Land Memorial Park Dallas , Dallas County , Texas , USA
Added by	debbs1223 on 08 Mar 2017
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134008009

Bio

______________________________________ FUNERAL SERVICES SET THURSDAY FOR EARLY ELECTRIC TRAM DRIVER Funeral services for J. S. TURNER, 86, a pioneer who ran one of the first electric streetcars in Dallas, will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Free Methodist Church, 2819 Vine. He died at his home, 1201 South Tyler, Tuesday. TURNER, in 1890, drove the South Belt streetcar from downtown Dallas to the region of Fair Park. His was one of the then two electric trolleys in Dallas. The other car, known as the North Belt, ran in the general direction of Highland Park. Other streetcars then were horse-drawn. A native Texas, Turner once chased Indians near Austin for two days trying to recover stolen horses. In his later life he became power engineer for the Dallas Athletic Club, serving in that capacity until his retirement about fifteen years ago. Surviving are his wife; three sons, Ed L. TURNER, Ernest W. TURNER, and John S. TURNER, Jr., all of Dallas; two daughters, Mrs. W. B. VAN METER of Arlington and Mrs. F. M. GRAVES (sic-Groves) of Dallas. (Published in The Dallas Morning News (TX), December 5, 1946.) ______________________________________

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Family

Parents

• Emily Ann Alsup Turner 1822–1898
• James Sanford Turner 1828–1864

Spouse

• Josephine Mesch Turner 1871–1949

Siblings

• Claudius C. Denman 1843–1906
• Dellah Elizabeth Turner Roe 1850–?
• Tabitha D Turner Henry 1853–1883
• Julia Hannah Turner Cason 1859–1940
• Laura Louise Turner Kountz 1865–1939

Children

• Edwin L Turner 1890–1949
• Josephine Turner Groves 1894–1973
• Ernest William Turner 1895–1979

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