Hi folks, I've run across a couple of articles in the NEHGR that might interest some, and since I've already transcribed them, I figured I'd pass them to the list. Cheers! Bobbie =============== Thomas Larkin Turner was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Aug. 17, 1812. He was the son of Captain Larkin and Sally (Gould) Turner of Lexington, Massachusetts. Captain Larkin8 was the son of Joshua7 and Lydia (Drury) Turner, the line of Turner ancestry being through Joseph6, three Japheths,5,4,3, and a John2, to Humphrey1, who came to to Plymouth, Massachusetts, from England about 1630. Thomas Larkin Turner entered Harvard College at the age of sixteen, but left to complete his studies with the well-known Dr. Hurd of Charlestown. At twenty he sailed to the East Indies in one of "Billy" Gray's famous East India merchantmen, under his father's command. During the following years he visited many foreign countries. Returning home, he studied surveying under Felton, one of the best surveyors of that day. In 1839, he established himself as a druggist in Boston, and continued in the business for about forty years. His first marriage was with Elizabeth Deffiner Whiton, daughter of Royal Whitton of Hingham, April 3, 1843. She died in December, 1879, and in 1881 he married Sara A. Loomis (daughter of Daniel Loomis of Braintree, Vt.), who died April 13, 1896. >From 1843 to 1891 his home was in Boston. In 1891 he removed to North Weymouth, where until his death, April 10, 1897, he spent his time in quiet retirement with his books, and in the loved companionship of his niece, Miss Mary A. Flint, who for eight years filled the place of a daughter in the home. Dr. Turner was warmly interested in New England history and genealogy, and was for many years an active and honored member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. He had a peculiar fondness for anything relating to the famiy history of the Turners, and his library contained a valuable collection of publications by those of that name, both here and abroad. By Fannie Wilder Brown. >From NEHG Register, Vol 52, Jul 1898, pg 382, "Necrology of Historic Genealogical Society". ____ Bobbie Madison Hall - Chicago, usa drjg90b@prodigy.com http://pages.prodigy.com/bobbie-hall A family reunion is an effective form of birth control in my family.