TURNER, James, senator, born in Southampton county, Virginia, 20 December, 1766; died in Bloomsbury, Warren County, North Carolina, 15 January. 1824. He early removed with his parents to Bute (now Warren) county, North Carolina, and there received such education as the common schools of that district afforded. During the Revolutionary war he served with Nathaniel Bacon in a company of North Carolina volunteers commanded by Colonel John Macon. His public career began by his election to the legislature in 1798, with re-election in 1799 and 1800, and was continued by his service in the upper house in 1801-'2. He was then chosen governor of North Carolina, which place he held until 1805. Governor Turner was then elected as a Democrat to the United States senate, and served from 4 March, 1805, till 1816, when he retired on account of failing health. --His son, Daniel, soldier, born in Warren county, North Carolina, 21 September, 1796; died at Mare island, California, 21 July, 1860, was graduated at the United States military academy in 1814, and entered the army as 2d lieutenant in the corps of artillery. He served during the second war with England as acting assistant engineer in erecting temporary defences for New York city, after which he was ordered to Plattsburg. On the reduction of the army, he resigned on 17 May, 1815, and then spent two years at William and Mary college. He was elected to the lower branch of the North Carolina legislature, serving from 1819 till 1823. Mr. Turner was elected to congress, and served from 3 December, 1827, till 3 March, 1829, after which, in 1847-'54, he was principal of the Warrenton, North Carolina, female seminary. His last office was that of superintending engineer of the construction of the public works at Mare island navy-yard, San Francisco harbor, which he held from the establishment of that navy-yard in 1854 till the time of his death.