COL HENRY L. TURNER,
Son of William H. and Susan A. (Boush) Turner, both now deceased,
was born in Norfolk, on January 15, 1844. He married in Norfolk,
Lizzie C. Watters, May 4, 1865.
Colonel Turner was educated at Norfolk and at Christiansburg, Virginia.
He went into the Confederate States Army in the first year of the
war, serving as a private in infantry. In 1862 he attended the Virginia
Military Institute for eight months. In 1870-3 he was in the wholesale
boot and shoe business in Norfolk. For four years from 1874 was superintendent
of the Norfolk Street R. R. Co. In 1879-80 was milling, after
that farming. He has held civil or military command under every Governor
since the war, and in 1883 was appointed on the staff of Governor
Cameron. On July 10, 1886, he was appointed ordinance officer, with
rank of first lieutenant of first battery of artillery. He has also served
as quartermaster sergeant of the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues for fifteen
years. Colonel Turner is an A. F. and A. M., past master of Atlanta
Lodge, No. 2.
