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Harold McLeod Turner
b.1882-04-27; d.1947-05-05; New York City, NY, US; Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University, 1946-1947 (p.359)
(contributed by Scott Prentice on 2013-10-20)
Harold McLeod Turner, BA. 1905
Born April 27, 1882, in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Died May 5, 1947, in New York City, N.Y.
Father, Thomas Morgan Turner, president J Spencer Turner Company, Inc, textile commission merchants, New York City; son of John Spencer and Cornelia Jane (Eddy) Turner of Brooklyn Mother, Emihe Thorp (Barnes) Turner, daughter of Alfred Smith and Harriet Elizabeth (Burr) Barnes of Brooklyn Yale relatives include Jeremiah R Barnes (BA 1834) (great-uncle), Henry B Barnes (B A 1866), William D Barnes, '80 (uncles), A Victor Barnes, '91 S, Henry B Barnes, '93, Lucius B Barbour, '00, Courtlandt D Barnes, '02, Clarence A Barnes, '04 E, Mortimer Barnes, '04 S, Donald MacKay, 2d, '06, William D Barnes, '07, Thomas S Barnes, '10 (cousins).
Hartford (Conn) Public High School, Brooklyn Latin School, and The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn Class football team Freshman and Sophomore years, University Football Team Sophomore and Senior years, captain Class crew Sophomore year. Freshman Glee Club, Apollo Glee Club Sophomore and Junior years, on Senior Promenade and Triennial committees, member Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, Psi Upsilon, and Skull and Bones.
Associated with J Spencer Turner Company, Inc, 1905-13 (secretary 1908-10, vice-president 1910-13), partner Turner Halsey Company, textile commission merchants and cotton goods exporters, New York City, 1913-47 (vice-president 1916-47, director 1917-47, secretary 1922-47, and sales manager); president Turner Realty Associates, Suffolk County, N.Y.; secretary Hoskins Corporation, president Guidance Bureau, Inc, New York City, 1946-47, and director Union Settlement; trustee Union School, District 4, Chappaqua, N.Y.; on first panel Sheriff's Jury of New York County 1938, Second Lieutenant, 1st Field Artillery, New York National Guard, 1918-19, member Squadron A, New York National Guard, air raid warden, and on Citizens Committee for Universal Military Training and Red Cross Committee in World War II; member Westchester County Chamber of Commerce, Sons of the American Revolution, and Brick Presbyterian Church, New York City.
Married April 17, 1906, in New York City, Martha Prentice, daughter of Theron George Strong (B.A Univ. Rochester 1868) and Martha Howard (Prentice) Strong, and sister of Prentice Strong, '01, and Theron R Strong, '03. Children: John Spencer, '30; Martha Prentice (B.A Columbia 1944), Rosamond Barnes, the wife of Gordon Moore Trout (B A. Wabash 1931); and Harold McLeod, Jr, '37, Mrs Turner died September 27, 1945.
Death due to cirrhosis of the liver. Buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn Survived by children and four grand-children. A brother, Spencer Turner, '06, died in 1928.
Born April 27, 1882, in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Died May 5, 1947, in New York City, N.Y.
Father, Thomas Morgan Turner, president J Spencer Turner Company, Inc, textile commission merchants, New York City; son of John Spencer and Cornelia Jane (Eddy) Turner of Brooklyn Mother, Emihe Thorp (Barnes) Turner, daughter of Alfred Smith and Harriet Elizabeth (Burr) Barnes of Brooklyn Yale relatives include Jeremiah R Barnes (BA 1834) (great-uncle), Henry B Barnes (B A 1866), William D Barnes, '80 (uncles), A Victor Barnes, '91 S, Henry B Barnes, '93, Lucius B Barbour, '00, Courtlandt D Barnes, '02, Clarence A Barnes, '04 E, Mortimer Barnes, '04 S, Donald MacKay, 2d, '06, William D Barnes, '07, Thomas S Barnes, '10 (cousins).
Hartford (Conn) Public High School, Brooklyn Latin School, and The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn Class football team Freshman and Sophomore years, University Football Team Sophomore and Senior years, captain Class crew Sophomore year. Freshman Glee Club, Apollo Glee Club Sophomore and Junior years, on Senior Promenade and Triennial committees, member Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, Psi Upsilon, and Skull and Bones.
Associated with J Spencer Turner Company, Inc, 1905-13 (secretary 1908-10, vice-president 1910-13), partner Turner Halsey Company, textile commission merchants and cotton goods exporters, New York City, 1913-47 (vice-president 1916-47, director 1917-47, secretary 1922-47, and sales manager); president Turner Realty Associates, Suffolk County, N.Y.; secretary Hoskins Corporation, president Guidance Bureau, Inc, New York City, 1946-47, and director Union Settlement; trustee Union School, District 4, Chappaqua, N.Y.; on first panel Sheriff's Jury of New York County 1938, Second Lieutenant, 1st Field Artillery, New York National Guard, 1918-19, member Squadron A, New York National Guard, air raid warden, and on Citizens Committee for Universal Military Training and Red Cross Committee in World War II; member Westchester County Chamber of Commerce, Sons of the American Revolution, and Brick Presbyterian Church, New York City.
Married April 17, 1906, in New York City, Martha Prentice, daughter of Theron George Strong (B.A Univ. Rochester 1868) and Martha Howard (Prentice) Strong, and sister of Prentice Strong, '01, and Theron R Strong, '03. Children: John Spencer, '30; Martha Prentice (B.A Columbia 1944), Rosamond Barnes, the wife of Gordon Moore Trout (B A. Wabash 1931); and Harold McLeod, Jr, '37, Mrs Turner died September 27, 1945.
Death due to cirrhosis of the liver. Buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn Survived by children and four grand-children. A brother, Spencer Turner, '06, died in 1928.
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