Josiah TURNER was born in 1826. He died in 1916. He was a native of Leonardville, Maryland. His brother Willie Turner married Antonia Trevino, sister of Josiah Turner's wives Petra and Tomasa Trevino.

Spouse: Petra TREVINO. Josiah TURNER and Petra TREVINO were married.

Spouse: Tomasa TREVINO. Josiah TURNER and Tomasa TREVINO were married. Children were: Grace TURNER, Teresa TURNER, Josefina TURNER.

Don Anastacio Treviño took possession of parts of the La Feria Grant in 1843. Josiah Turner, who was born 8/10/1826, was one of the Valley's early Anglo pioneers. From Maryland, both he and his brother William had come to Texas as clerks in the commissary department of Gen. Taylor's army. In 1851 Josiah Turner married one of Treviño's daughters. She died in 1854, and he married the remaining daughter, Tomasa Treviño. In 1867 he took charge of the ranch and "controlled it as my own." This was the Rancho Galveston, later to be called the Galveston Ranch. The ranch abutted the east boundary of the La Feria Grant and from the river ran north its full length. When Don Anastacio died in 1874 he left the property to his daughter, who later deeded a half-interest to her husband. Turner then possessed for 39 years what was to be the Adams Gardens tract. In its August 18, 1911 issue the Brownsville Herald ran an article noting Turner's 85th birthday. In November 1913 the paper proclaimed Turner its oldest Cameron County subscriber still alive. In 1906 he sold the Adams Gardens portion of the property to three St .Louis men—Thomas W. Carter, Lemuel Carter, and Peyton T. Carr. After four years they sold it to W.T. Adams of Corinth, MI. He was a wealthy sawmill machinery manufacturer. In the year 1910, it was 14 miles long and had 9,561 acres mostly in brush. In 1930 Adams decided to sell. Seventy-six miles of roads were built after a survey. Land was cleared and citrus orchards planted, however the depression in the 1930s hurt land sales.