Biography

07/10/1858 - 04/25/1924

TURNER, William W., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, July 10, 1858 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; wheelwright (1873-1889); clerk, United States Customs Service, Philadelphia (1889-1899); tax collector, Office of Receiver of Taxes, Philadelphia (1899-1900); chair, 19th Ward Republican Committee; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1901 and 1903 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1904); clerk, solicitor’s office, Philadelphia (1904-1905); chief deputy clerk, Quarter Sessions Court, Philadelphia (1905-1924); died, April 25, 1924 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.