Dr. Henry Edward Turner (1816 - 1897) was a prominent physician and horticulturalist in Newport, Rhode Island in the late 19th century.
Another brother, Charles W. Turner, served as commander of the Artillery Company of Newport from 1858 to 1860 and as a Captain in the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry in 1861.
He was the grandson of Dr. Peter Turner (1751-1822) who served as a surgeon in the 1st Rhode Island Regiment during the American Revolution.
[1] He was a cousin of Commodore Peter Turner (1803-1871), who served in the U.S. Navy in the early to middle 19th Century.
Turner was a physician by profession and served as a civilian contract surgeon at Fort Adams in Newport during the American Civil War.