Rev. Aaron Turner
Rev. Aaron Turner was born in Greene County, Ohio, June 4, 1835. His parents, Joseph and Mary (Burnside) Turner, natives of Ohio, were married in Ohio in 1830, removing thence, in 1849, to Rush County, Indiana. His father, a Methodist minister, resides in Pike County, Indianan at the advanced age of seventy-three years. The mother died in 1849.
The subject was the third son and fourth child in a family of fourteen children, and was reared in his native county until fourteen years of age, removing thence to Rush county, Indiana, where he taught school for two years. In 1857, he entered the ministry at the Annual Conference, held at New Albany, over which Bishop Morris presided. His first appointment was on the Poseyville Circuit, where he remained for one year, then receiving an appointment to Owensville circuit. At the end of his first year at Owensville he was ordained "Deacon" at Bloomington, Indiana, by Bishop Scott. His third appointment was Sullivan Station, where he remained for two years. After his first year at Sullivan, he was ordained "Elder" by Bishop Simpson at Rockport. He was at Greencastle, during which time he was appointed agent of the Asbury University, which position he filled for two years; for the past five months has been located in Martinsville. In 1870, the Wesleyan University conferred upon him the degree of "A.M,." and in June, 1883, the Asbury University conferred upon him the degree of "D.D.."
In October, 1858, he was married to Mary E. Van Sickle, daughter of Jacob Van sickle, a pioneer of Morgan County. There was one child by this union, Luella (deceased). His wife died in 1861. August 21, 1866, he married Lucy Bowles, daughter of Henry Bowels, of Evansville, Indiana. By this union there are two children, Helen and Jessie. Rev. Aaron Turner is a member of the A. F. & A. M., also of the K. of P., and is a Republican.
Source: Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. Charles Blanchard, Editor. F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884.
