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Born April 13, 1856, in the State of Texas, but brought in infancy by his parents to Memphis, Tennessee, where he grew to manhood. Died in Checotah, Oklahoma, February 24, 1918, and buried there. Came to Indian Territory about 1879 and located near Checotah, where he engaged in farming and stock raising. In the latter part of 1879, he married Fannie X. Scott, a great niece of an Indian statesman and soldier, Col. D. N. McIntosh. She was a daughter of Jim Scott and Lou Scott. To this marriage were born the following children: Harriet, Annie, George P. M., Hamner G. Jr., Homer B., and Marguariete Turner. Only two of these children are now living, viz. Harriet Porter and Annie Bell. Hamner G. Turner was not of Indian blood. When the town of Checotah was incorporated in 1889, Hamner G. Turner was elected its first mayor. Page 114 He attended the public schools in the city of Memphis through the twelfth grade. He had no other educational advantages except that acquired by working on the News Scimitar, a Memphis Evening paper, which his father helped to found. He was elected as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention from the 80th District, Checotah being the principal town of that district, at which time he was living on his farm near Brushhill, about fifteen miles west of Checotah. He returned to Checotah about 1910, where he resided until his death. His father, General George M. Turner, was a lawyer of distinction in the State of Tennessee, having been elected to the office of Attorney General for the Memphis District and he served in that capacity during the late 80's and early 90's. He too came to Indian Territory and located in Muskogee in 1897, where he practiced law until his death about five years later. He was known as General Turner. He acquired this title because of having served as District Attorney General of Tennessee. Hamner G. Turner's mother, whose name was Harriet Partwood Turner, never came to Indian Territory. She died in Memphis long before any of the family came west. He had two sisters, Fannie G. Berry and Lilian Coffee, and one brother, Scott G. Turner. Hamner Turner was regarded by his friends and neighbors as ruggedly honest. He took a prominent part in local democratic politics and exerted considerable influence among his neighbors on local and public questions.
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