Wilfred Dent Turner, 9th Lt. Gov. of North Carolina

Wilfred Dent Turner
Birthdate:	January 30, 1855
Birthplace:	Turnersburg, Iredell County, North Carolina, United States
Death:	November 08, 1933 (78) Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina, United States (Illness.)
Place of Burial:	Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:	Son of Wilfred D. Turner and Dorcas Turner Husband of Ida Lonnie Turner and Julie Harllee Turner Father of Mabel May Colvert; Laura Lanier Turner; Edna Ella Robertson; Wilfred Jackson Turner; Dorcas Tomlinson Tucker and 1 other; and Dent Turner « less Brother of Addie Dorcas Stimpson; Mary Elizabeth Gaither; Tobitha Anderson; Julia Louisa Wyche; Sarah Elizabeth Holman and 5 others
Occupation:	9th Lt. Governor of North Carolina

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Wilfred Dent Turner (January 30, 1855 – November 8, 1933) was the ninth Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina from 1901 to 1905 serving under Governor Charles B. Aycock. He was born in Turnersburg, North Carolina (near Statesville). He attended Duke University, Class of 1876, and was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity.

A Democrat, Turner was elected to the North Carolina Senate in 1886, 1888 and 1890 from Iredell County. He was President pro tempore of the North Carolina Senate in 1891. Turner also served as the president of the Monbo Cotton Manufacturing Company.

Turner was also a delegate to the 1896 Democratic National Convention. He died at the age of 78 in 1933 after a short illness.

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1855	January 30, 1855	Birth of Wilfred Dent Turner, 9th Lt. Gov. of North ... Turnersburg, Iredell County, North Carolina, United States
1879	April 11, 1879	Birth of Mabel May Colvert
1881	1881	Birth of Laura Lanier Turner
1882	October 8, 1882	Birth of Edna Ella Robertson North Carolina, United States
1885	1885	Birth of Wilfred Jackson Turner
1933	November 8, 1933 Age 78	Death of Wilfred Dent Turner, 9th Lt. Gov. of North ... Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina, United States
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