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   Turner, John - 1847 John Turner, American, said to have been large and powerful, was the survivor of three Indian massacres, two while on expeditions with Jedediah Smith and one with Ewing Young. He lived for a time a few miles north of Salem, later going to California. son William bap. (aged 4) 1840 Bk. 1 p. 13 Acc'd killed (1847) by discharge of his own gun - Calif. (see Trapper, Vol. 1 - #3 - p. 13 (Fall, 1965) 1827 - ...

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