Author's Note: Lysander Turner was my great-great grandfather. I descend from him through Mary Turner and Samuel Fletcher White, Wilmer Burton and Agnes Finison White, and Nancy White and Edgar Ray Green.
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Born in Granville County, North Carolina, in 1835, Lysander Turner was one of the seven children of James Patrick Henry Turner (born around 1806, date of death unknown) and Margaret Elizabeth Hunt (date of birth unknown, died around 1860), who were married August 6, 1832. Lysander’s brothers were Lemon Thales Turner (born October 28, 1833; died August 7, 1903), Cicero Fidello Turner (born 1845, died 1914), Patrick Henry Turner (born February 8, 1849; died March 14, 1915), and Lewis Baws Turner (born 1855, died 1914). His sisters were Louisa Anna Turner (born around 1839, date of death unknown), Elizabeth Ann (or Anna) Turner (born July 22, 1841, died March 7, 1911), and Margaret Henrietta Turner (dates of birth and death unknown).
