Turner Bros.
Turner Bros. (Joshua and John G.), manufacturers, Kent, are natives of Bradford, England, where they served an apprenticeship of seven years in the worsted mills of that city. In 1873 they came to America, and located in Jamestown, N. Y., where Joseph Turner, their father, started the first worsted mills, which he conducted for five years. They are now owned by William Hall & Co., and still in operation. In 1879 the family located in Kent, and embarked in the manufacture of a superior quality of worsted dress goods. They occupy a building five and a half stories high, in dimensions 160x45, and thoroughly equipped with the latest improved dye-house, combing, drawing and spinning machinery, with 114 looms and 2,000 spindles, employing 150 hands. The mills are run by two large turbine water-wheels, developing 120 horse-power. The Turner Bros., who are the managers, are gentlemen of experience in all the details of their business, one of the leading industries of the place, contributing largely to the substantial welfare of the community.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885