Date Original
1863-1889
Description
This collection contains Civil War items, correspondence to Jesse Turner, a pamphlet on George W. Paschal, and issues of "The Van Buren Argus" and "National Intelligencer" newspapers.
Biographical/Historical Note
Jesse Turner was born October 3, 1805, at Orange County, North Carolina, to James and Rebecca Clendenin Turner. He studied law with William McCauley and was admitted to the bar in 1825 at Ashboro, Randolph County, North Carolina. In 1831, he moved to Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas. In 1838, he was elected State Representative for Crawford and Franklin counties. In 1840, he campaigned on behalf of William Henry Harrison. He was appointed by the Secretary of War in 1841 to serve on a committee at West Point Military Academy. In 1842, he married Violet P. Drennen (1817-1843). He was appointed United States Attorney for the Western Federal District of Arkansas in 1851. In 1855, he married Rebecca J. Allen (1823-1917). They had one son, Jesse Turner, Jr. (1856-1911), who practiced law with his father's firm, Turner and Turner. Although he opposed secession, he was elected to the Secession Convention in 1861. After the war, he served as a state senator in 1866-1867 and again in 1874-1875. In 1878, he was appointed by Governor William Read Miller to the Arkansas Supreme Court. He was connected to the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway and the Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway. He died November 22, 1894, and is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.018.014
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Jesse Turner papers, SMC.018.014
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Jesse Turner papers, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
