William D. Turner
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William Wallace Davenport Turner (June 1, 1836 – April 2, 1905) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Turner was born on June 1, 1836, in Quincy, Illinois.[1] During the American Civil War, he served with the 20th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army, achieving the rank of colonel. Engagements he took part in include the Siege of Vicksburg. After the war, Turner lived for a time in Mobile, Alabama, before moving to Ripon, Wisconsin, in 1877. He later lived in Spokane, Washington, and Bozeman, Montana, where he was president of the Yellowstone Park railway.[2] He died in Los Angeles on April 2, 1905.[3][4][5]
