Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887,
Henry Co.

PROF. BENJAMIN F. TURNER, professor of the Fairmount College, located at
Sulphur, Henry County, was born in Scott County, near Georgetown, July 19,
1829, a son of Thomas and Elinor Turner, natives of Kentucky and Maryland.
Thomas Turner, a saddler by trade, worked at the same in connection with
farming, all his life in Scott County.  He had six children: Frances,
Sarah, Clementina, Marium, Benjamin F. and James W.  Our subject was reared
on the farm, and worked some with his father at the saddler's trade.  He
attended the common schools, and afterward the college at Georgetown, Ky.,
where he obtained a good education.  In 1850 he came to Henry County, and
gave his attention to the study of medicine with Dr. J. M. Suggett, a
prominent physician of Henry County.  Shortly after the cholera outbreak
occurred, and Dr. Suggett being taken sick, the entire practice fell to
Dr. Turner.  He had but little experience or knowledge, but successfully
managed the practice until the cholera died out.  Later he gave up the
study of medicine, went to Eminence, and engaged in the mercantile
business, formed a partnership with G. P. Owens subsequently, and engaged
in the drug business at that place for many years.  He became postmaster
at Eminence in 1854, and held the office until the breaking out of the
war, when he resigned, and returned to his native county, and followed
school teaching until 1864.  He then came to Eminence and taught school
until 1869, at which time he became a teacher in the Eminence College,
and remained there until 1876.  He then assumed charge of a private
school at Eminence, and was thus engaged until 1880, at which time he
moved to Sulphur, and opened a school in the Sulphur Hotel.  The school
was a very successful one, and the public soon learned of his ability as
a teacher, and with the assistance of a few citizens, in 1883, the
present Fairmount College Building, situated on a high hill on the edge
of the little village of Sulphur, was erected; it is a beautiful building
and can be seen for miles around.  The average attendance is now about
seventy-five pupils, and is one of the most prosperous schools of its
size in the State.  May 11, 1854, Mr. Turner was united in marriage with
Miss Susan A. Fuqua, daughter of Richard B. and Deborah Fuqua.  To this
union have been born four children--two daughters and two sons: Alvie,
Cora L., Marium P. and Clarence F.  Prof. Turner and family are members
of the Christian Church.

Turner Suggett Owens Fuqua
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Georgetown-Scott-KY MD

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