Biography

05/31/1880 - 02/04/1950

TURNER, John Howard, a Representative from Tioga County; born in Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pa., May 31, 1880; D.V.M., University of Pennsylvania, 1904; veterinarian; veterinarian, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (1907-1939); chair, Tioga County Republican Committee (1938); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1943 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1945 term; died, February 4, 1950 in Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pennsylvania; interred, Wellsboro Cemetery, Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.