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Port Huron Times
Tuesday, 1 August 1876

         Death of Hon. JAMES TURRILL.
         
         Hon. W. L. BANCROFT received a dispatch yesterday
       announcing the death of Hon. JAMES TURRILL of Lapeer,
       a gentleman well known in Port Huron, and one of the
       original Directors of the Port Huron and Lake Michi-
       gan Railroad.  He it was who drove the first spike
       when the first rail of that road was laid. MR. TUR-
       RILL was born in Shoreham, Addison county, Vermont,
       September 24th, 1797. When twenty-one years of age
       he left his father's farm and engaged in the mercan-
       tile trade in Bridgeport in his native county, in
       which he was very successful. In 1835 he made a
       trip to Michigan and invested extensively in pine
       lands at and near the present city of Lapeer. He
       returned to Vermont and continued his business until
       1842, when he removed with his family, consisting of
       his wife, and eight children to Lapeer. During the
       greater part of his residence here MR. TURRILL was
       a very active business man and had accumulated a
       large fortune. He was equally successful as a mer-
       chant, banker, real estate dealer and railroad pro-
       jector. He was several times president of the vil-
       lage of Lapeer, and upon its incorporaton as a city
       he was its first Mayor. He was elected to the State
       Legislature in 1848. MR. TURRILL was an earnest
       Christian and a leading member of the Presbyterian
       Church. He was in quite feeble health for several
       years before his death, but retained the powers of
       his mind and took active control of his business
       affairs up to a few weeks ago. He was nearly eighty
       years old. His wife, who has been an invalid for
       several years, survives him. His funeral takes 
       place to-morrow afternoon at 3:00 o'clock.
       
       [Transcriber's Note:]
       JAMES TURRELL was the grandson of EBENZER TURRILL and
       LOIS HALL. 
       Son of DANIEL TURRILL and TEMPERANCE YORK.
       Source: A Genealogical Register of The Early Familes
               of Shoreham, Vermont 1761-1899 
               by Susan Holt McIntire and Sanford Stowell Witherell
               pub. 1964
       
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