Rev. Zenas Turman, Part 4

Put on the “superannuated,” or “worn out” list at 54 Sickness was always close, too, and this scourge did in fact touch him, with devastating effect. In 1863, he suffered smallpox and it took the wind out of his sails. Within a year or two, he asked to retire, and was placed on what was then called then the “Superannuated, or Worn Out List.” He retired to Nemaha City, Nebraska. He w...