Clipping from unknown newspaper:1909 C.S Turner, who is so well known in this community, died of old age at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Clifford in this city last Friday afternoon at 1 O'Clock March 5, 1909 at the extreme age of 80 years, seven months and three days. The funeral was conducted by Rev. Cullison at the M.E. Church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and interment was made in the Walnut cemetery by the side of his wife who died in 1891and two of his daughters, one Mrs. Helms who died several years ago and the Miss Mary Turner, who died about ten years ago. There were no other services in town at this hour so that all could attend the funeral and there was a large audience to pay their respects to another of the Kansas pioneers who came here and in the midst of drouths, grasshoppers and the threatening of starvation and succeded in converting what was the great western desert into what is now the waving fields of grains and blossoming orchards of sunny Kansas. We owe homage ancestral to these passing pioneers who toiled and suffered that we now have the pleasure of enjoying the fruits of their labors. Craven S Turner was born in Loudon county, Virginia, August 2, 1819. At the age of sixteen, he with his parents moved to Ohio, later locating at Mc Arthur, O., where he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Crow. He still resided there at the opening of the Civil war and on Aug 5, 1862, he responded to the summons for more volunteers and enlisted in Company B 90th Ohio Infantry and served the remainder of the war, being discharged at the close of the war June 13, 1865. At the close of the war he returned to his family and resumed his occupation as a farmer. In 1869 he moved to Illinois where they remained one year after which they came to Kansas and located on the farm on Flatrock Creek west of this city ( Walnut) where he resided until the death of his daughter ten years ago. After that he went to Oklahoma and resided with his son for a short time. He then returned to Walnut where he had since resided with his daughter. He united with the M.E. church in this city many years ago. The deceased was the father of nine children all of whom are dead except two, I.W. Turner, who resides at Estancia, N.M and Mrs. Elizabeth Clifford of this city. His son was unable to be present at the funeral on account of sickness in his own family. Six of his old comrades were chosen as pallbearers as follows: J.P. Morgan, Daniel Plum, E.R. Clark, J.A. Balla, Arch Markham and S.H. Ewing. The deceased had been in poor health for many years and had been almost helpless for several years during his stay with his daughter, but she cared for her father in a kind way, only which could be done by a dutiful daughter.