John Wesley Turner
Birth Date
On 1832 November 21 (Born)
Death Date
On 1895 January 20 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
2
Pioneer
1
Born in Avon, Livingston, New York, United States
1832 November 21
Mother
Hannah Franklin Redfield (1805 - 1881)
Father
Chauncey Turner (1800 - 1870)
Date Details
Occurred On 1832 November 21
Baptized
1843 September 1 (Age 10)
Traveled in
Abraham O. Smoot/George B. Wallace Company (1847)
1847 June 18 – September 29 (Age 15)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Julia Ann Turner (Age 9)
Chauncey Turner (Age 47)
Hannah Franklin Redfield (Age 41)
Mary Ann Turner (Age 20)
Henry Moroni Turner (Age 2)
Harriet Maria Turner (Age 12)
Date Details
Started On 1847 June 18
Joined Company
Ended Between 1847 September 25 – 29
Company Arrived
Married
Sarah Louisa Fausett
1852 December 1 (Age 20)
Served in
Las Vegas Mission
1855 April 6 – 1856 September 24 (Age 22)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Location Served
To the Lamanites
Date Details
Started On 1855 April 6
Called
On 1855 April 22
Set Apart
On 1855 May 10
Departed from Home
On 1855 June 15
Arrived in Field
On 1856 September 1
Departed from Field
Ended On 1856 September 24
Released
Served in
Early Church Mission: North America
1857 April 23 – 1858 May 13 (Age 24)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
Location Served
Canada
Date Details
Started On 1857 April 23
Departed from Home
Ended On 1858 May 13
Arrived at Home
Died in Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
1895 January 20 (Age 62)
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John Wesley Turner (1832 - 1895) Profile
John Wesley Turner (1832 - 1895)
Sources
Mission
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 6 April 1855.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 9 April 1857, Page 1.
Mormon Indian Missions - 1855
Mormon Indian Missions - 1855. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1959. Page 40.
Nauvoo Seventies list / compiled by Nauvoo Restoration
Nauvoo Seventies list / compiled by Nauvoo Restoration, Vol. 3, Page 445.
Woods, Fred E., A gamble in the desert: the Mormon mission in Las Vegas (1855-1857), Salt Lake City, Utah: Mormon Historic Sites Foundation, c2005
Woods, Fred E., A gamble in the desert: the Mormon mission in Las Vegas (1855-1857), Salt Lake City, Utah: Mormon Historic Sites Foundation, c2005. 2005.
Pioneer
A List of the names of the inhabitants of the Utah settlement, 1849 June 7
A List of the names of the inhabitants of the Utah settlement, 1849 June 7, 7 June 1849, Page 1-4.
George Benjamin Wallace Emigrating Company journal
George Benjamin Wallace Emigrating Company journal, June.
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