Memorials › Johnson Craig Turner
26 Mar 1877 – 20 Mar 1945
| Birth | 26 Mar 1877 |
| Death | 20 Mar 1945 |
| Cemetery | Columbus Cemetery Columbus , Platte County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Shirley (Bruhn) Martys on 30 Jul 2008 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19094225 |
From the web page; http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/Platte/pages/bios/hpcn0174.htm Johnson Craig Turner was born in the early 1870's, and died March 20, 1945. His parents were Moses K. and Eliza Jane Craig Turner. Moses K. Turner was born in Cadiz, Ohio, June 23, 1838, and died May 22, 1902, in Columbus. Eliza Jane Craig Turner was born September 28, 1843, in Harrison County, Ohio, and died February 22, 1923, in Columbus. Johnson Turner had eight sisters and one brother: Johnson Craig Turner, a farmer in Columbus Township, moved to Lincoln in 1937. He remained there about five years and then returned to his farm in Platte County. On January 27, 1910, at Columbus, Nebraska, he was married to Harriet Louise Kauffman. Harriet, born February 7, 1882, at Aurora, Nebraska, was the daughter of Henry Kauffman, who was born December 20, 1840, in Pennsylvania, and died September 24, 1887, at Aurora, Nebraska, and Elizabeth Kauffman, who was born December 27, 1849, at Cork, Ireland, and died February 13, 1918, at Columbus. Mrs. Turner had three brothers and one sister: Harry, married to Gertrude Wilson; Bert, married to Etta Wilmat; Frank, married to Ada Foote; and Madge, married to Ray Starks. Harry died December 3, 1934. Johnson Craig and Harriet Louise Kauffman Turner had two daughters, Frances, born February 19, 1914, and Louise, born March 4, 1919. Both girls attended Kramer High School, the University of Nebraska, and the Iowa State College, and each holds a Bachelor of Arts degree. Both are married.
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