William Wallace Davenport Turner (June 1, 1836 – April 2, 1905) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
[1] During the American Civil War, he served with the 20th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army, achieving the rank of colonel.
After the war, Turner lived for a time in Mobile, Alabama, before moving to Ripon, Wisconsin, in 1877.
He later lived in Spokane, Washington, and Bozeman, Montana, where he was president of the Yellowstone Park railway.
Additionally, Turner was City Attorney of Mobile and a candidate for the United States House of Representatives from Alabama's 1st congressional district in 1876, losing to James T. Jones.