Turner, James (2)

an English Congregational minister, was born at Oldham, March, 1782. He was educated at Rotherham. College, and ordained at Knutsford in 1808, which place became the chief center of his exertions. He was for years secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society and the Cheshire Union of Independent Ministers. His judgment and clearness of mind were often consulted in private business, and great confidence was reposed in him. He died May 22,1863. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1864, p. 248.