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TURNER, Lucius D., a prominent attorney of Belleville, St. Clair County, was born October 5, 1849, three and a half miles southeast of that city, on the old Turner homestead. He is a son of Lucius D. and Matilda Virginia (Stuntz) Turner. The Turner family originated In Ireland, and settled in Virginia before the Revolutionary War. Trump Turner, grandfather of Lucius D., was a planter and slaveholder, but liberated his slaves in Botetourt County, Va. In 1829, when thirty years old, his son, Lucius D. Turner, came to Illinois and settled on a farm of 120 acres southeast of Belleville.
In 1832 he was married to Matilda Virginia Stuntz, who was born in St. Clalr County In 1811. She was a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Hill) Stuntz, both natives of Pennsylvania. Her grandfather, John Stuntz, was born in Germany, and was a soldier In the Revolutionary War. His son, Capt. John Stuntz, came to Illinois about 1804, and pre-empted land, some of which he afterward donated for educational purposes. (Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois v.2)
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