Turner, Josiah, 1821-1901

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Member of the Confederate Congress and editor of the Raleigh Sentinel.

From the description of Papers, 1861-1880 (bulk 1861-1865). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 40761602

Josiah Turner (1821-1901) was a lawyer of Hillsborough, Orange County, N.C.; antebellum Whig politician; anti-secession Confederate officer; anti-Davis member of the Confederate Congress; and, during Reconstruction, a leading Conservative spokesman as editor of the Raleigh Sentinel . Turner married Sophie Devereux, daughter of Thomas Pollack Devereux, in 1856, and with her had four sons and a daughter.

From the guide to the Josiah Turner Papers, 1805-1923, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

Josiah Turner was a lawyer of Hillsborough, Orange County, N.C.; antebellum Whig politician; anti-secession Confederate officer; anti-Davis member of the Confederate Congress; and, during Reconstruction, a leading Conservative spokesman as editor of the Raleigh Sentinel.

From the description of Josiah Turner papers, 1805-1923 (bulk 1859-1894). WorldCat record id: 23765382

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Death 1901

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