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EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876
By John Carroll Power
These biographies were submitted by a researcher and evidently abstracted from the 1876 History of Sangamon County, IL. Errors could occur, so one should always verify the correctness by obtaining copies of vitals and performing all necessary research to document what is contained herein.
KING, TURNER R.
, born Jan. 12, 1812, at Sutton, Worcester county, Mass., came to Springfield, Ill., arriving Dec., 1840, remained until 1842, and went to Missouri. From there, in 1844, he went to Pekin, Ill., and in June, 1849, he returned to Springfield, Ill. President Taylor appointed him Register of the Land Office. He retained the position during that administration. In 1854 he was elected, unsolicited by himself, Police Magistrate, and served one year. In the autumn of 1862 was appointed United States Collector for the eighth Congressional District, by President Lincoln, and held the office until 1865. In 1868 he moved to his farm, near McLean station, McLean county, Ill., where he now resides. He never married.
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