administration, Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary, operated from 1896 to 2009. The coal and farm lands purchased as part of the prison complex are now part of Frozen Head State Park. In tribute to Turney's prison reform efforts, the Turney Center for Youthful Offenders (now the Turney Center Industrial Complex), which opened in 1971 in Hickman County, was named in his honor. Turney's brother, Joe, used his political connections to manage a chain gang for financial gain, inspiring a famous blues song, "Joe Turner," which in turn inspired August Wilson's play, Joe Turner's Come and Gone. Family Turney married his first wife, Cassandra Garner, in 1851. They had three children. After his first wife died in 1857, he married as his second wife, Hannah Graham, in 1858. They had nine children. See also List of governors of Tennessee Notes References Philips, Margaret I. The Governors of Tennessee., Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company, 2001. White, Robert H. Messages of the Governors of Tennessee, 1883-1899., Nashville: The Tennessee Historical Commission, Vol. 7, 1952. External links Peter Turney Papers (finding aid) – Tennessee State Library and Archives Turney's entry at The National Governors Association Democratic Party governors of Tennessee Chief Justices of the Tennessee Supreme Court People from Winchester, Tennessee People from Jasper, Tennessee People of Tennessee in the American Civil War Confederate States Army officers 1827 births 1903 deaths 19th-century American judges 19th-century American politicians