Turner, Henry McNeal, 1834-1915 (Personal Name)

A lineal perspective of John Anderson Lankford and Bishop Henry McNeal Turner, c1995: t.p. (Bishop Henry McNeal Turner) p. 15 (b. 1 Feb. 1833; d. 8 May 1915) p. A60 (on Declaration for Pension, b. Feb. 1st, 1832)

Bishop Henry McNeil [sic] Turner's countrymen, 1981?: t.p. (Henry McNeil Turner)

Henry McNeal Turner Papers, 1835-1916: Moorland-Spingarn Finding Aid (Henry McNeal Turner; Clergy, Legislators; Born 1 February 1834 in South Carolina; licensed to preach in 1853; admitted to ministry of the A.M.E. Church in 1858; ordained elder of the Israel A.M.E. Church, Washington, D.C. in 1862, appointed by President Lincoln as first Negro chaplain in the US army in 1863; reappointed by President Johnson as chaplain in the Regular Army in 1865 and resigned same year; served as a member of the State of Georgia Constitutional Convention in 1868; Served as a representative in the State Legislature of Georgia from 1870 until 1872; received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1872; received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Wilberforce University in 1873; Ordained Bishop in the A.M.E. Church in 1880; Received an honorary Doctor of Canonical Law degree from the Liberia College in 1894; Died 8 May 1915 in Windsor, Canada.)