My Genealogy Hound

WILLIAM V. TURPEN, proprietor of the Turpen House, Greenville; born in Greenville Township, Darke Co., Ohio, July 7, 1847, and is a son of Thomas P. Turpen, whose sketch also appears in this work. A small part of the early life of our subject was passed on the farm, during which time he attended the common school, but completed his education in the graded schools of Greenville; at 18 years of age, he entered the store of his father, continuing with him in his different branches of trade until the completion of the above hotel, which was erected, opened and conducted by his father until the spring of 1870, when he was succeeded by William V., who has already established a reputation as being one of the best hotel proprietors of the State, and we can say from our own experience that we have found no hotel in Ohio, where we have been so well satisfied as at the Turpen House, and predict that the genial landlord will soon find himself laboring under one difficulty, viz., want of room for the accommodation of his many patrons. The marriage nuptials of William V. Turpen and Mary Jones were celebrated June 7, 1870; she was born in Darke Co. in 1850; her father, John Jones, was editor of the first paper printed in this county. Two children are the fruits of this union, viz., Benjamin and Nellie.