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Martha Turner was born September 6, 1868, at West Liberty, Ohio, and died in June, 1946. Her parents were Moses K. and Eliza Jane Craig Turner. Martha Turner had seven sisters and two brothers: Anna, Mrs. H. A. Rowe, of Omaha; Frances; Johnson Craig, who died in 1945; Ralph, of Chicago; Lida Turner Johnson, who died in 1945; Irene, Mrs. Alfred Anderson, of Omaha; Gladys, Mrs. George Walker, of Lincoln; Alice, who died in 1898; and Catherine, who died in infancy.
Martha Turner came to Nebraska with her parents in April, 1870, settling in Columbus. She was graduated...
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From the web page;
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Martha Turner was born September 6, 1868, at West Liberty, Ohio, and died in June, 1946. Her parents were Moses K. and Eliza Jane Craig Turner. Martha Turner had seven sisters and two brothers: Anna, Mrs. H. A. Rowe, of Omaha; Frances; Johnson Craig, who died in 1945; Ralph, of Chicago; Lida Turner Johnson, who died in 1945; Irene, Mrs. Alfred Anderson, of Omaha; Gladys, Mrs. George Walker, of Lincoln; Alice, who died in 1898; and Catherine, who died in infancy.
Martha Turner came to Nebraska with her parents in April, 1870, settling in Columbus. She was graduated there from high school, then attended the Chicago Art Institute and the University of Nebraska. She made her home in Lincoln from 1906 to 1946, at one time working for the State Journal. For twenty-five years, she was in charge of the newspaper and photograph department of the Nebraska State Historical Society. She was the author of a history of Columbus, published in 1940, and also assisted in the writing and editing of Nebraska Art and Artists, which the University of Nebraska School of Fine Arts published in 1932.
Talented in art, she did considerable sketching of historical sites, and was responsible for the illustrative material and art work on Historical Society Publications in past years. She was recognized for her knowledge of Nebraska newspapers. She was a charter member and past president of the Lincoln Artists Guild, a member of the Methodist Church of Columbus, where for many years she was organist and choir leader, an honorary member of a teachers' sorority in Lincoln, and a former member of Deborah Avery Chapter D.A.R. In the early 1900's she was prominent in woman's club work in Columbus.
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Martha Turner, Artist, Author Dies Suddenly
Long Connected With Historical Society
Martha M. Turner, 77, of 2827 North Fifty-first street, who for approximately the past 25 years had been in charge of the newspaper and photograph department of the Nebraska State Historical Society, died suddenly Friday morning at a local hospital. Miss Turner had retired from her position with Society on May 1, at which time she was elected to honorary membership in the organization.
Sketched Historical Sites.
An artist, she had done considerable sketching of historical sites, and had been responsible for illustrative material and art work on Historical Society publications in years past. She was recognized for her knowledge of Nebraska newspapers. She was the author of a history of Columbus, Neb., “Our Own History,” published in 1940 when that city marked its eightieth anniversary. She also assisted in the writing and editing of "Nebraska Art and Artists," which the University of Nebraska school of fine arts published in 1932.
Headed Artists Guild.
Miss Turner was a charter member of the Lincoln Artists Guild, of which she was also a past president. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Columbus, where she had been organist and choir leader for many years. She had been elected an honorary member of a teachers’ sorority here, and was a former member of Deborah Avery chapter, D. A.R.
Born Sept. 6, 1868 at West Liberty, O., she came to Nebraska with her parents in April, 1870. They settled in Columbus, where Miss Turner grew up and graduated from high school. Her father was a newspaper man at Columbus for many years, the founder of the Columbus Journal, of which he was publisher and editor until his death in 1906. She attended the Chicago Art Institute and the University of Nebraska, and had made her home in Lincoln since 1906, at one time working for the State Journal. Surviving are four sisters, Frances Turner, and Mrs. George H. Walker, both of Lincoln, Mrs. Howard Rowe, and Mrs. A. J. Anderson, both of Omaha, and a brother, Ralph Turner, Chicago.
Published in The Lincoln Star Lincoln, Nebraska
Friday, June 28, 1946 Page 1 [OCR copy]
In the death of Miss Martha M. Turner, long associated with the state historical society, Nebraska loses one of its most ardent historians. Coming to the state in 1870 and beginning work in her father’s newspaper office at Columbus in 1887, she developed a love for her i timer adopted state and an interest in preserving the story of its growth from the earliest possible period. As the historical society’s curator of newspapers and photographs, she helped hundreds of seekers after early Nebraska lore, never losing her deep interest in everything pertaining to the state. Newspaper writers, regional fictionists, anyone who wished more information concerning Nebraska history, were welcomed and given the benefit not only of the Nebraska Historical society’s resources but of her own personal recollections and research. Many of her summer vacations were devoted to study of local history, especially that of Nebraska Indians, a subject in which she was particularly engrossed.
Published in The Lincoln Star Lincoln, Nebraska
Sunday, June 30, 1946 Page 24 [OCR copy]
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Martha Margaret Turner, 1868-1946
Historian, journalist, librarian
Martha M. Turner was born September 6, 1868 in West Liberty, Ohio. She was the daughter of M. K. Turner and Eliza Craig. Her siblings were Craig, Ralph, Frances, Gladys, Rene, Lida Johnson, Anna Rowe, and Hattie Walker. The family came to Nebraska in 1870, settling in Columbus. Her father founded the Columbus Journal newspaper and served as editor until his death. Martha worked at the paper on weekends and during breaks from school. After graduating from high school in 1887, she worked full time at the paper, taking time out to attend classes at the Art Institute and School of Illustration in Chicago and at the School of Fine Arts at the University of Nebraska. Upon the death of her father in 1906, she spent two years as editor of the Columbus Journal before selling the paper and moving to Lincoln. She then spent ten years with the State Journal newspaper, working as art and church editor, society editor, and as a reporter on assignment.
In 1913 Martha filed a homestead claim for half a section of land in Washington County, Colorado, and lived in a sod house on the land for seven months of the year until her claim was proved. Later, she inherited and purchased additional, previously family-owned lands in Platte County and a house lot in Lincoln. She joined the Nebraska State Historical Society in about 1920, providing sketches of historical sites and illustrations for society publications including "Nebraska History of Addison E. Sheldon." The society hired her to head the newspaper department and she later founded the photograph department as well.
In her job and free time she answered queries about Nebraska history and conducted research used in writing numerous articles on various Nebraska history subjects for publication in area newspapers and for syndication. She wrote the chapter on early artists in the book Nebraska Art and Artists published in 1932 and wrote a history of Columbus, Nebraska, Our Own History, published in 1940. She sponsored an essay contest for area school children to write about Nebraska pioneer settlers in 1933 with the results released in 1934. She never married and late in life she lived with her sister Frances, her widowed sister Lida, and her nephew Ralph Johnson. She retired from the Society in May 1946 and died in June of the same year.
Information as supplied by the Nebraska History Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska
MARTHA TURNER
Martha Turner was born September 6, 1868, at West Liberty, Ohio, and died in June, 1946. Her parents were Moses K. and Eliza Jane Craig Turner. Martha Turner had seven sisters and two brothers: Anna, Mrs. H. A. Rowe, of Omaha; Frances; Johnson Craig, who died in 1945; Ralph, of Chicago; Lida Turner Johnson, who died in 1945; Irene, Mrs. Alfred Anderson, of Omaha; Gladys, Mrs. George Walker, of Lincoln; Alice, who died in 1898; and Catherine, who died in infancy.
Martha Turner came to Nebraska with her parents in April, 1870, settling in Columbus. She was graduated there from high school, then attended the Chicago Art Institute and the University of Nebraska. She made her home in Lincoln from 1906 to 1946, at one time working for the State Journal. For twenty-five years, she was in charge of the newspaper and photograph department of the Nebraska State Historical Society. She was the author of a history of Columbus, published in 1940, and also assisted in the writing and editing of Nebraska Art and Artists, which the University of Nebraska School of Fine Arts published in 1932.
Talented in art, she did considerable sketching of historical sites, and was responsible for the illustrative material and art work on Historical Society Publications in past years. She was recognized for her knowledge of Nebraska newspapers. She was a charter member and past president of the Lincoln Artists Guild, a member of the Methodist Church of Columbus, where for many years she was organist and choir leader, an honorary member of a teachers' sorority in Lincoln, and a former member of Deborah Avery Chapter D.A.R. In the early 1900's she was prominent in woman's club work in Columbus.
Published in the History of Platte County, Nebraska. By Margaret Curry. MURRAY & GEE, Culver City, California
The will of the 1ate Martha M. Turner, formerly librarian the Nebraska State Historical Sodiety, has filed in County court....The will leaves the entire state, including personal effect«, to her sister, Frances I. Turnner ...
Published in The Lincoln Star Lincoln, Nebraska Thursday, July 4, 1946 Page 10
While at Decatur, Miss Martha Turner secured for the museum an Omaha "Medicine Man's Cap." This cap was placed as a loan by Mrs. Theresa T. Milton, daughter of Mrs. Mary Fontenelle Tyndall. This head dress was the property of "Hetheneka" who was a Medicine Man in the Omaha tribe. He died in 1888.
Published in "The Historical Society Museum,"Nebraska History,Nebraska State Historical Society, 1921 p. 13
At funeral services held Sunday afternoon at Roberts Chapel for Martha M. Turner, for many years curator of newspapers and photographs of the Nebraska State Historical Society, who died [?], Rev, Lloyd H. Rising declared "her historical interest and work gave her the long view. It was easy for her to see things against the perspective of the afei [? past?]; Therefore, it is easy for us to think of her as having gone to 'join the fathers,’ to use an old Hebrew phrase " He explained that she was not only interested in pioneer history, but that she helped to make it. While society editor of a Lincoln newspaper, she filed a claim on land in eastern Colorado, and he told how she greatly enjoyed the seven months of each year which she lived there while proving up on her homestead. “Now she has gone to another land where she is pioneering in new experiences and reaching out for the further development her many-sided character." the minister concluded. Mrs. O. H. Bimson sang several hymns, Paul LeBar was at the organ. Burial was at Columbus, Neb., where Rev. Jackson conducted graveside services.
Published in The Lincoln Star Lincoln, Nebraska
Tuesday, July 2, 1946 Page 3 Note: This OCR copy of the text has several illegible portions, including day of death.
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