Joseph TURNEY

  General Notes:

Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Mill Creek, Union, Ohio; Roll: M432_736; Page: 144; Image: 290. Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Marion, Marion, Ohio; Roll: M593_1240; Page: 104; Image: 209.
Mill Creek-
Providence Presbyterian Church was organized in December 1860, by Rev. Mr. Brinkerhoff, of Frankfort, Delaware County, Ohio, consisting of the following persons: Rebecca Bouic, J. H. P. Bouic, Rachel Hutchinson, Joseph Turney, Benjamin Turney and wife Elizabeth, and perhaps one or two others, with Benjamin Turney and J. H. P. Bouic as Elders. The church edifice was erected in the summer of 1860, and dedicated in December following, the dedicatory sermon being preached by Rev. Brinkerhoff. In the summer of 1861, on the division between the Old and Now School Presbyterians, this society became united under the Congregational Church articles of faith, and remained with that church till about 1877, when it again came under the Presbytery, subscribed to its articles of faith, and was embraced in the Marion Presbytery, where it has since remained. The following have been pastors of this church: Rev. Mr. Brinkerhoff, Rev. A. M. Hamlin, Rev. C. N. Coulter, Rev. Thomas Hill and Rev. I. N. Thomas. During the past summer the church has been supplied by Rev. Ferguson, of Marysville. The following have served as Elders: Benjamin Turney, J. H. P. Bouic, Joseph Hutchinson, John S. Smart and Ri chard Clark. The present membership is about twenty-five. A Sabbath school was organized in the summer of 1861, and has been continued through the summer season every year since; during the last three years, it was continued during winter and summer, had a good attendance and was in a flourishing condition, until November 1882, when it was closed on account of the prevalence of smallpox at Ostrander, but will be re-opened in the spring of 1883. J. H.P. Bouic served as the first Superintendent after the organization of the School; he was succeeded by Benjamin Turney, and he by J. R. Hutchinson, then Asa Smart Served for a while. During the summer of 1882, J.H. P. Bouic acted as Superintendent until the closing of the school in November, as mentioned above.

Joseph married Margaret WEBER on 7 Dec 1811 in Pennsylvania. (Margaret WEBER was born on 20 Jun 1793 in Pennsylvania and died on 27 Oct 1860 in Union Co, Ohio.)