Rev. Zenas Turman, Part 2

  • Rev. Zenas Turman, Part 2
    Rev. Zenas Turman, Part 2
  • Wedding picture of Catherine and Zenas Turman, 1860
    Wedding picture of Catherine and Zenas Turman, 1860

    Don’t you just love a good story? 

    Better yet, one set in Pawnee County. 

    Sharla Sitzman of Table Rock collects stories from yesteryear and yesterday.

    Last week, you met the eccentric Zenas Turman, an eccentric Methodist minister assigned to the Territory of Nebraska. Zenas was a “sunny-hearted” man who was one of six children. His father died when he was young, and his mother did not remar…