SAMUEL W. TEAGUE
Samuel W. Teague came to Florida from South Carolina in 1881. He was one of the civil engineers who made a preliminary survey for the old narrow gauge railroad, then the Florida Southern, now the Atlantic Coast Line. In the survey between Lake Weir and Leesburg, he was struck with the wonderful possibilities of the rolling pine lands and beautiful lakes of this section, so he invested in real estate and began, with others, an enthusiastic work for the foundation and upbuilding of the town of Lady Lake, to which work he devoted much of his time and means.
Mr. Teague identified himself thoroughly with the religious, civic and political affairs of his state, county, and community. He never sought or held an elective office, but was a keen and well-known lobbyist, often being called to Tallahassee to assist in affairs of importance for the best interest of the state. One of the movements he was especially interested in was the creation of Lake County, and always gave his best efforts toward the upbuilding and prosperity of his beloved county.
Mr. Teague, in common with most of the early settlers, was an orange grower and a firm advocate of the citrus industry for this section of the state. He was also one of the first phosphate men in Marion County, and while active and prominent in both Marion and Lake Counties, he always called Lady Lake his home. Mr. Teague was mainly instrumental in planting the oaks which make the little park in Lady Lake a place of beauty; and he planted the trees which make Cathedral Avenue one of the beauty spots of Lake County.
In 1904, Mr. Teague was appointed Inspector of swamp and overflowed lands granted to Florida by the United States Government. This office he held until his death in July, 1909.
Mr. Teague was never married.
from: History of Lake County Florida, Wm. T. Kennedy, Editor-in-chief, History of Lake County Florida Part II, Biographical. Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Lake County, Florida p294
Samuel W. Teague came to Florida from South Carolina in 1881. He was one of the civil engineers who made a preliminary survey for the old narrow gauge railroad, then the Florida Southern, now the Atlantic Coast Line. In the survey between Lake Weir and Leesburg, he was struck with the wonderful possibilities of the rolling pine lands and beautiful lakes of this section, so he invested in real estate and began, with others, an enthusiastic work for the foundation and upbuilding of the town of Lady Lake, to which work he devoted much of his time and means.
Mr. Teague identified himself thoroughly with the religious, civic and political affairs of his state, county, and community. He never sought or held an elective office, but was a keen and well-known lobbyist, often being called to Tallahassee to assist in affairs of importance for the best interest of the state. One of the movements he was especially interested in was the creation of Lake County, and always gave his best efforts toward the upbuilding and prosperity of his beloved county.
Mr. Teague, in common with most of the early settlers, was an orange grower and a firm advocate of the citrus industry for this section of the state. He was also one of the first phosphate men in Marion County, and while active and prominent in both Marion and Lake Counties, he always called Lady Lake his home. Mr. Teague was mainly instrumental in planting the oaks which make the little park in Lady Lake a place of beauty; and he planted the trees which make Cathedral Avenue one of the beauty spots of Lake County.
In 1904, Mr. Teague was appointed Inspector of swamp and overflowed lands granted to Florida by the United States Government. This office he held until his death in July, 1909.
Mr. Teague was never married.
from: History of Lake County Florida, Wm. T. Kennedy, Editor-in-chief, History of Lake County Florida Part II, Biographical. Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Lake County, Florida p294
LEM M. THOMAS
Lem M. Thomas was born in Pittman, Lake County, July 2, 1883, son of J. Murray and Lu Thomas. His mother was born in Georgia and his father is a native Floridian, having been born in Alachua County, and is still living there; he has been an orange grower the greater part of his life.
After attending the schools in Lake County, Lem M. Thomas worked on his father’s orange grove and then took a trip around the United States, coming back to Lake County, as he liked it better than any part of the United States he had seen.
At the present time Mr. Thomas is in the meat business, as he has been for many years, and has a fine market in the Atlantic and Pacific Store in Eustis, known as Thomas Cash Market.
As a progressive merchant, Mr. Thomas has always been interested in civic affairs, and he has been elected City Councilman three times; at present he is serving on the Street, Sewer, Park and Tax Sales Committees of the Council, and is Vice-President of the Council. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce of Eustis and is a Director in the Business Men’s Division of that body. His fraternal affiliations are with the Rotary Club and the Knights of Pythias.
Mr. Thomas was married at Eustis to Fredda M. Kreigsman, and they have three children, all born in Eustis: Murray, Harry and Lem M., Jr
.from: History of Lake County Florida, Wm. T. Kennedy, Editor-in-chief, History of Lake County Florida Part II, Biographical. Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Lake County, Florida p294-295.
Lem M. Thomas was born in Pittman, Lake County, July 2, 1883, son of J. Murray and Lu Thomas. His mother was born in Georgia and his father is a native Floridian, having been born in Alachua County, and is still living there; he has been an orange grower the greater part of his life.
After attending the schools in Lake County, Lem M. Thomas worked on his father’s orange grove and then took a trip around the United States, coming back to Lake County, as he liked it better than any part of the United States he had seen.
At the present time Mr. Thomas is in the meat business, as he has been for many years, and has a fine market in the Atlantic and Pacific Store in Eustis, known as Thomas Cash Market.
As a progressive merchant, Mr. Thomas has always been interested in civic affairs, and he has been elected City Councilman three times; at present he is serving on the Street, Sewer, Park and Tax Sales Committees of the Council, and is Vice-President of the Council. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce of Eustis and is a Director in the Business Men’s Division of that body. His fraternal affiliations are with the Rotary Club and the Knights of Pythias.
Mr. Thomas was married at Eustis to Fredda M. Kreigsman, and they have three children, all born in Eustis: Murray, Harry and Lem M., Jr
.from: History of Lake County Florida, Wm. T. Kennedy, Editor-in-chief, History of Lake County Florida Part II, Biographical. Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Lake County, Florida p294-295.
CHESTER B. TREADWAY
Chester B. Treadway was born at Booneville, Kentucky, May 13th 1884, son of M. J. and Elizabeth Treadway. By a unique coincidence, his paternal grandfather served in the Union Army during the Civil War and his maternal grandfather in the Confederate Army.
Mr. Treadway attended school in Kentucky and is a graduate of the Kentucky University, holding the degrees of A. B. and B. L.
After leaving college, he practiced law for a time in Kentucky, but came to Florida in 1910, settling first at Sebring where he engaged in orange growing and real estate.
He came to Tavares in 1920 and has engaged in orange growing and real estate business ever since. He is interested in about one hundred acres of groves in Lake County, and is a partner in the real estate firm of Treadway, Tally Incorporated, the other member of the firm being County Judge E. M. Tally.
Mr. Treadway has taken an active and prominent part in many directions in Lake County. He is President of the Tavares Citrus Association; Director in the Bank of Tavares and a Director in the Lake County Chamber of Commerce. He served with distinction as a member of the Board of County Commissioners in District three from 1924 until 1928.
During the World War he did his “bit” by acting as Special Agent for the Department of Justice in Florida and in Massachusetts.
Fraternally, Mr. Treadway is a member of the Masons and the Elks.
He was married at Sebring, Florida, to Effie Haskins, and four children have been born to this union: Chester, Mary, Margaret, and Earl.
from: History of Lake County Florida, Wm. T. Kennedy, Editor-in-chief, History of Lake County Florida Part II, Biographical. Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Lake County, Florida p295
Chester B. Treadway was born at Booneville, Kentucky, May 13th 1884, son of M. J. and Elizabeth Treadway. By a unique coincidence, his paternal grandfather served in the Union Army during the Civil War and his maternal grandfather in the Confederate Army.
Mr. Treadway attended school in Kentucky and is a graduate of the Kentucky University, holding the degrees of A. B. and B. L.
After leaving college, he practiced law for a time in Kentucky, but came to Florida in 1910, settling first at Sebring where he engaged in orange growing and real estate.
He came to Tavares in 1920 and has engaged in orange growing and real estate business ever since. He is interested in about one hundred acres of groves in Lake County, and is a partner in the real estate firm of Treadway, Tally Incorporated, the other member of the firm being County Judge E. M. Tally.
Mr. Treadway has taken an active and prominent part in many directions in Lake County. He is President of the Tavares Citrus Association; Director in the Bank of Tavares and a Director in the Lake County Chamber of Commerce. He served with distinction as a member of the Board of County Commissioners in District three from 1924 until 1928.
During the World War he did his “bit” by acting as Special Agent for the Department of Justice in Florida and in Massachusetts.
Fraternally, Mr. Treadway is a member of the Masons and the Elks.
He was married at Sebring, Florida, to Effie Haskins, and four children have been born to this union: Chester, Mary, Margaret, and Earl.
from: History of Lake County Florida, Wm. T. Kennedy, Editor-in-chief, History of Lake County Florida Part II, Biographical. Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Lake County, Florida p295
W.
B. TRELOAR
W. B. Treloar, the Supervising Principal of the Leesburg schools, was born at Brookfield, Ohio, on February 22, 1893. His father was Daniel and his mother Emily Treloar, both of whom were natives of England.
Mr. Treloar received his early education in the grammar and high schools at Sharon, Pennsylvania, and at Halls Institute, Sharon, Pa., and Wooster Academy in Ohio. He has studied at three institutions of higher learning in this country: the College of Wooster, Ohio, where he spent one year; Greenville College in Illinois, where he spent three years; and Ohio State University, where he received the degree of M. A. He has also studied abroad, having attended the Universite de L’Ouest, located at Angers, in France.
He commenced his pedagogical career at Johnston, Ohio, where he remained for nine years, and where he served as Superintendent of Schools for six years. From 1924 to 1926 he was Superintendent of Warren Township Schools, Warren, Ohio.
Mr. Treloar came to Leesburg in 1926 to become Supervising Principal of Schools, generally recognized as one of the most important positions in Lake County having to do with education. To him is largely due the credit for the erection and design of the magnificent new Leesburg High School edifice, which has just been completed. He worked in association with Dr. C. C. McCracken of Ohio State University, making the plans for this building. It is generally conceded to be a model building from the administrative point of view, and it was carefully planned as to size to provide sufficient space for the normal growth of Leesburg during the next five years, and is so planned that additions can readily be made after this time.
During the World War Mr. Treloar served as Second Lieutenant in the 116th Engineers of the 41st Division.
He belongs to the Rotary Club, the Masons and the Knights of Pythias. He is also a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa, honorary college fraternities. He was married in June, 1927, to Mary Antoinette Budd of Leesburg, daughter of the late H. S. Budd, one of Leesburg’s most prominent pioneer citizens.from: History of Lake County Florida, Wm. T. Kennedy, Editor-in-chief, History of Lake County Florida Part II, Biographical. Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Lake County, Florida p295-296.
W. B. Treloar, the Supervising Principal of the Leesburg schools, was born at Brookfield, Ohio, on February 22, 1893. His father was Daniel and his mother Emily Treloar, both of whom were natives of England.
Mr. Treloar received his early education in the grammar and high schools at Sharon, Pennsylvania, and at Halls Institute, Sharon, Pa., and Wooster Academy in Ohio. He has studied at three institutions of higher learning in this country: the College of Wooster, Ohio, where he spent one year; Greenville College in Illinois, where he spent three years; and Ohio State University, where he received the degree of M. A. He has also studied abroad, having attended the Universite de L’Ouest, located at Angers, in France.
He commenced his pedagogical career at Johnston, Ohio, where he remained for nine years, and where he served as Superintendent of Schools for six years. From 1924 to 1926 he was Superintendent of Warren Township Schools, Warren, Ohio.
Mr. Treloar came to Leesburg in 1926 to become Supervising Principal of Schools, generally recognized as one of the most important positions in Lake County having to do with education. To him is largely due the credit for the erection and design of the magnificent new Leesburg High School edifice, which has just been completed. He worked in association with Dr. C. C. McCracken of Ohio State University, making the plans for this building. It is generally conceded to be a model building from the administrative point of view, and it was carefully planned as to size to provide sufficient space for the normal growth of Leesburg during the next five years, and is so planned that additions can readily be made after this time.
During the World War Mr. Treloar served as Second Lieutenant in the 116th Engineers of the 41st Division.
He belongs to the Rotary Club, the Masons and the Knights of Pythias. He is also a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa, honorary college fraternities. He was married in June, 1927, to Mary Antoinette Budd of Leesburg, daughter of the late H. S. Budd, one of Leesburg’s most prominent pioneer citizens.from: History of Lake County Florida, Wm. T. Kennedy, Editor-in-chief, History of Lake County Florida Part II, Biographical. Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Lake County, Florida p295-296.
LOUIS ROSS TREMAIN
Louis Ross Tremain is one of the fortunate few who have seen the tiny villages of Florida grow into flourishing towns and cities. He was born in Blue Earth City, Minnesota, October 29, 1870, son of Ross Clarke and Georgia Risley Tremain. His parents were pioneers of western Minnesota, his father being one of the first druggists in that section. In June 1898, the family came to Florida because of Mrs. Tremain’s health, and took up a homestead two and one-half miles northeast of Pendryville (now Eustis), between Lakes Swatera and Lincoln, moving to Royalune (now Mount Dora) in 1882. Here he attended the public schools, and spent four years at Eustis Academy.
In 1891 the firm of R. C. Tremain & Son was established, building the first citrus packing house at Mount Dora the same year, caring for one hundred acres of orange groves and forty acres for the firm of Hough & Tremain. After the freezes of the winter 1894-1895, the firm of R. C. Tremain & Son conducted a hardware and grocery business for six years.
In 1901 Mr. Tremain went to Chicago and remained in the north until 1912 when he returned to Mount Dora and established the L. R. Tremain real estate and insurance agency.
Mr. Tremain has always been interested in public affairs and was elected tax assessor and collector for the town of Mount Dora, holding this position for about ten years. He has also been secretary of the county Republican committee for a number of years, and has been nominated by the Republican County Convention three times for County Tax Assessor.
Mr. Tremain joined the First Congregational Church of Mount Dora in 1889, and has served as treasurer for six years, and deacon for sixteen years. He was married in 1901 at LaGrange, Illinois, to Miss Jessie C. Ferguson, and to this union three children were born: Ross Ferguson, Florence Elizabeth (deceased), and Louis Clayton.
[NOTE: The date given in the first paragraph (June, 1898) for the family’s arrival in Florida conflicts with the dates given for other events and is probably a typographical error.)
from: History of Lake County Florida, Wm. T. Kennedy, Editor-in-chief, History of Lake County Florida Part II, Biographical. Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Lake County, Florida p296-297
Louis Ross Tremain is one of the fortunate few who have seen the tiny villages of Florida grow into flourishing towns and cities. He was born in Blue Earth City, Minnesota, October 29, 1870, son of Ross Clarke and Georgia Risley Tremain. His parents were pioneers of western Minnesota, his father being one of the first druggists in that section. In June 1898, the family came to Florida because of Mrs. Tremain’s health, and took up a homestead two and one-half miles northeast of Pendryville (now Eustis), between Lakes Swatera and Lincoln, moving to Royalune (now Mount Dora) in 1882. Here he attended the public schools, and spent four years at Eustis Academy.
In 1891 the firm of R. C. Tremain & Son was established, building the first citrus packing house at Mount Dora the same year, caring for one hundred acres of orange groves and forty acres for the firm of Hough & Tremain. After the freezes of the winter 1894-1895, the firm of R. C. Tremain & Son conducted a hardware and grocery business for six years.
In 1901 Mr. Tremain went to Chicago and remained in the north until 1912 when he returned to Mount Dora and established the L. R. Tremain real estate and insurance agency.
Mr. Tremain has always been interested in public affairs and was elected tax assessor and collector for the town of Mount Dora, holding this position for about ten years. He has also been secretary of the county Republican committee for a number of years, and has been nominated by the Republican County Convention three times for County Tax Assessor.
Mr. Tremain joined the First Congregational Church of Mount Dora in 1889, and has served as treasurer for six years, and deacon for sixteen years. He was married in 1901 at LaGrange, Illinois, to Miss Jessie C. Ferguson, and to this union three children were born: Ross Ferguson, Florence Elizabeth (deceased), and Louis Clayton.
[NOTE: The date given in the first paragraph (June, 1898) for the family’s arrival in Florida conflicts with the dates given for other events and is probably a typographical error.)
from: History of Lake County Florida, Wm. T. Kennedy, Editor-in-chief, History of Lake County Florida Part II, Biographical. Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Lake County, Florida p296-297
R. J. TRIMBLE
R. J. Trimble is a native of the Pacific Coast, having been born in Seattle, Washington, son of J. J. and Eugenia Trimble. He came to Florida in 1892 with his parents, who settled near Tampa.
He became associated in 1908 with the late Mr. O. W. Conner, founder of the Ocklawaha Nurseries of Lake Jem.
Since shortly after the death of Mr. Conner in 1918, Mr. Trimble has been active in the management of the nurseries. Under his able direction the business of the Ocklawaha Nurseries has increased tremendously during the last few years. The total number of acres which the company has in cultivation amounts to about 600, and of this, about 200 acres are used for nurseries.
The company’s property is about equally divided between Orange and Lake counties.
The Ocklawaha Nurseries is one of the largest citrus nurseries in the world and is the oldest established exclusive citrus nursery in Florida.
Mr. Trimble has been active in the development of inland waterways, and in 1925 he played an important part in the organizing of Navigation Districts in Orange, Lake and Osceola counties, of which he is ex-officio Chairman of the three and Chairman of the Orange County district. He considers development of inland waterways of vital importance to Florida.
Mr. Trimble is a Director of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Elks Lodge No. 1079
.from: History of Lake County Florida, Wm. T. Kennedy, Editor-in-chief, History of Lake County Florida Part II, Biographical. Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Lake County, Florida p297
R. J. Trimble is a native of the Pacific Coast, having been born in Seattle, Washington, son of J. J. and Eugenia Trimble. He came to Florida in 1892 with his parents, who settled near Tampa.
He became associated in 1908 with the late Mr. O. W. Conner, founder of the Ocklawaha Nurseries of Lake Jem.
Since shortly after the death of Mr. Conner in 1918, Mr. Trimble has been active in the management of the nurseries. Under his able direction the business of the Ocklawaha Nurseries has increased tremendously during the last few years. The total number of acres which the company has in cultivation amounts to about 600, and of this, about 200 acres are used for nurseries.
The company’s property is about equally divided between Orange and Lake counties.
The Ocklawaha Nurseries is one of the largest citrus nurseries in the world and is the oldest established exclusive citrus nursery in Florida.
Mr. Trimble has been active in the development of inland waterways, and in 1925 he played an important part in the organizing of Navigation Districts in Orange, Lake and Osceola counties, of which he is ex-officio Chairman of the three and Chairman of the Orange County district. He considers development of inland waterways of vital importance to Florida.
Mr. Trimble is a Director of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Elks Lodge No. 1079
.from: History of Lake County Florida, Wm. T. Kennedy, Editor-in-chief, History of Lake County Florida Part II, Biographical. Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Lake County, Florida p297
R. J. TULLER
R. J. Tuller was born in 1879 in Illinois.
He attended the public schools of Illinois and graduated from DePaw University with the class of 1900.
Although he was raised on a farm, he never followed the farming business in Illinois, but engaged in the coal business in the southern part of the state until he came to Florida in 1913. In this year he arrived at Leesburg and purchased twenty-five hundred acres of land on Silver Lake, about five miles west of the city. This purchase was made for the Silver Lake Estates Corporation, which he organized and of which he is President. This corporation has been one of the real developers of Lake County: five hundred acres of the original twenty-five hundred acres is now planted in citrus groves and, in addition, several hundred thousand dollars have been spent on improvements on the property. As part of the development, a fine golf course and country club are maintained, and street work and other improvements have been put in.
Building sites, groves, or both, have been sold to a large number of prominent people by the Silver Lake Estates Corporation. Among the well-known citizens to whom property has been sold and who spend part or all of the year on their property are: F. M. Prengle of Chicago; W. P. Seng of Chicago; L. E. Geer of Chicago; Knox Berger of Leesburg; J. J. Dunnegan of Iowa; F. J. Bradley of Chicago, and numerous others.
Mr. Tuller is a Director in the State Bank of Leesburg, and his fraternal affiliations are with the Elks Lodge and the Delta Kappa Epsilon College Fraternity.
He was married to Celia E. Neil of Indiana, whom he met at DePaw University, and who is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He is the father of two children: John and Robert.
from: History of Lake County Florida, Wm. T. Kennedy, Editor-in-chief, History of Lake County Florida Part II, Biographical. Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Lake County, Florida p297-298
R. J. Tuller was born in 1879 in Illinois.
He attended the public schools of Illinois and graduated from DePaw University with the class of 1900.
Although he was raised on a farm, he never followed the farming business in Illinois, but engaged in the coal business in the southern part of the state until he came to Florida in 1913. In this year he arrived at Leesburg and purchased twenty-five hundred acres of land on Silver Lake, about five miles west of the city. This purchase was made for the Silver Lake Estates Corporation, which he organized and of which he is President. This corporation has been one of the real developers of Lake County: five hundred acres of the original twenty-five hundred acres is now planted in citrus groves and, in addition, several hundred thousand dollars have been spent on improvements on the property. As part of the development, a fine golf course and country club are maintained, and street work and other improvements have been put in.
Building sites, groves, or both, have been sold to a large number of prominent people by the Silver Lake Estates Corporation. Among the well-known citizens to whom property has been sold and who spend part or all of the year on their property are: F. M. Prengle of Chicago; W. P. Seng of Chicago; L. E. Geer of Chicago; Knox Berger of Leesburg; J. J. Dunnegan of Iowa; F. J. Bradley of Chicago, and numerous others.
Mr. Tuller is a Director in the State Bank of Leesburg, and his fraternal affiliations are with the Elks Lodge and the Delta Kappa Epsilon College Fraternity.
He was married to Celia E. Neil of Indiana, whom he met at DePaw University, and who is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He is the father of two children: John and Robert.
from: History of Lake County Florida, Wm. T. Kennedy, Editor-in-chief, History of Lake County Florida Part II, Biographical. Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Lake County, Florida p297-298
CHARLES TURNER
Charles Turner was born in Umatilla, Florida, October 22nd, 1879, son of Joshua and California Turner. His father was one of the pioneers of Lake County, an account of whose life will be found elsewhere in this book.
Mr. Turner attended the public schools in Umatilla, and after taking a commercial course in Atlanta, Georgia, he taught school for one year and subsequently engaged in the mercantile business at Lakeland and at Umatilla for a period of six years.
In 1908 he established the Umatilla Fruit Company in association with Mr. H. A. Wilson and Mr. George V. DeVault, but for the past five years Mr. Barney Dillard has been his associate in this business. This independent organization handles fruit in various ways to the advantage of the growers. The company owns a large, modernly equipped packing house at Umatilla and also owns a house at Sorrento and one at Paola in Seminole County.
The Umatilla Fruit Company has become one of the largest organizations of its kind in the state and handles in the neighborhood of one thousand cars of fruit per year.
Mr. Turner has large individual holdings of citrus, being interested in about seventy-five acres of bearing fruit trees in Lake County.
Mr. Turner has always taken an active part in civic and public affairs and has served as a member of the City Council of Umatilla and also as Mayor of that town. At the present time he is one of the School Trustees.
He was married at Umatilla to Lelia E. Smith and has two children: Cleo and Herman.from: History of Lake County Florida, Wm. T. Kennedy, Editor-in-chief, History of Lake County Florida Part II, Biographical. Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Lake County, Florida p298
JOSHUA TURNER
Joshua Turner was born in Hamilton County, Florida,
in November, 1847, son of John and Anna T. Turner. His father first
settled where Orlando is now located, but moved to near the present site
of Umatilla in 1857, when Joshua was only ten years old. The father
took up a homestead about two miles southeast of Umatilla, where Joshua Turner
spent practically his entire life. This homestead was cultivated by
both father and son and a large grove covers part of it now and other parts
of it are used for general farming. During the last few years of his
life, Mr. Turner devoted most of his time to the cattle and stock business.At the time of his death in June, 1928, he was the oldest resident in what is now Lake County, but it is interesting to note that during the many years which he had lived on his father’s homestead he had lived in three different counties of Florida, without ever changing his residence: first in Sumter County, and then Orange County, and finally in Lake County when it was organized in 1887. He was not only one of the oldest pioneers but one of the best known and one of the most beloved, and it is due to such men as he that Florida in general, and Lake County in particular, have been developed so intensively. He and his father, both of whom had to put up with many hardships in the early days, have set a splendid example for the present generation for follow.
Mr. Turner was a member of the Baptist Church and he was married at Seminole Springs, Florida, to Miss California Blair, to which union three children were born: Charles John, Perry C., and Edith Gertrude (Mrs. T. A. Smith)
.from: History of Lake County Florida, Wm. T. Kennedy, Editor-in-chief, History of Lake County Florida Part II, Biographical. Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Lake County, Florida p298 and p301 (p299 is a portrait and p300 is blank)
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