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County of Williams, Ohio.

Historical & Biographical
with An outline Sketch of the Northwest Territory, of the State, and Miscellaneous Matters.
ILLUSTRATED
Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical Editor
CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO., PUBLISHERS -
1882

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JAMES B. TAYLOR, M. D., was born in Salem, Columbiana Co., Ohio, January, 1821.  His parents were natives of New York, and of Scotch and English descent.  James attended the public schools, and assisted his father in his wagon shop until he became a proficient at the business.  In 1841, he was married to Miss Sarah P. Hall, a daughter of Dr. Edward Hall, a native of Pennsylvania, and of Scotch descent.  Twelve children have blessed this union, but six - three sons and three daughters - surviving.  One son is a sewing-machine agent, and the two elder are both able physicians.  Soon after Dr. Taylor's marriage, in connection with his daily labor, he began the study of his chosen profession, but his failing health obliged him to discontinue these arduous duties, and he traveled with a wagon, selling goods, for four years.  He then engaged in the lumber business until 1853, when he removed, overland, to Steuben County, Ind., locating at Angola, where he followed mercantile pursuits for three years; thence to Hamilton, in the same line, and in 1862 beginning the active practice of medicine in Newville, Ind., after further pursuing his studies at Ann Arbor, Mich.; he suffered the loss of his drug store and contents, by fire, while at this place, and, after fourteen years; practice, removed to Edgerton, where he acquired a large practice and a fine home.  He is a strong worker in the Temperance cause, a stanch Republican and a public-spirited, enterprising citizen.
Source:  County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical - Illustrated - Publ. Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers - 1882 - Page 618
JOHN L. TERPENING, postmaster at Edgerton, is a native of Cayuga Co., N. Y., and was born March 7, 1835, the fourth child of Peter and Lovina Termining.  He was brought to Lenawee County, Mich., but when a child, and there reared on a farm till sixteen years old, when he began the apprenticeship as jeweler with Ellridge Conant, at Hudson, Mich.  He did not serve his apprenticeship in full, but bought eight months of his time from his employer for $125, engaged with another jeweler in the town, and a year later bought out the store and conducted it for a year or more, and then, in the spring of 1858, removed to Edgerton, where he established the first jewelry store in the town, which he still manages.  He received his appointment as Postmaster in 1870.  He had been employed as enrolling officer for the drafts during the late war, and performed his duty impartially, fearlessly and to the satisfaction of the people.  He has also served as Township Clerk for five years, and as a member of the School Board.  He was married in October, 1857, to Georgiana Calwell, a native of Connecticut, born September 30, 1841, and daughter of Orson and Mary Calwell, and to this marriage have been born two children - Minnie E. and John L. (the latter deceased).  Mr. Terpeningis a Knight of Honor, a stanch Republican, and has served the people in various offices for twenty-or more years to the entire satisfaction of his party and the general public.
Source:  County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical - Illustrated - Publ. Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers - 1882 - Page 619
WESLEY TERPENING, a native of the Empire State, was born in Cayuga, 1833.  His parents were among the first settlers in Michigan, coming there when he was but two years of age.  They located near Adrian, on a farm, with their family of eight children.  They were natives of Pennsylvania and Canada, respectively, and of Dutch and Scotch extraction.  After finishing his education, Mr. Tarpening began work on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, where he was engaged for one year, when he purchased land near Adrian, Mich., for a home. In 1853, he was employed as contractor on the Air Line division, and worked in that capacity for four years, running from Toledo west to Waterloo, Ind.  He afterward was engaged in business as merchant, stock-dealer and landlord, having charge o Edgerton's first hotel.  He was foreman of grading work on the Canada Southern Railroad, between Edon and Montpelier, and in 1875 contractor on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, since which time he has been engaged as contractor and builder.  He has made a success of life, and is owner of a fine farm of 100 acres, town property in Edgerton and a quarter-section of land near Worthington, Minn.  Mr. Terpening has enjoyed the confidence of his fellow-serving as Township Assessor for five years, and Councilman for several terms.  He was married, May 17, 1857, to Miss Mary A. Curtis, a daughter of David and Charlotte Curtis, natives of New York, and of English, French and Scotch extraction.  Mr. and Mrs. Terpening are parents of five children - three sons and two daughters.
Source:  County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical - Illustrated - Publ. Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers - 1882 - Page 619
JOSEPH C. TRESSLER was born in Perry County, Penn., in 1833, and moved to Ogle County, Ill., in 1855.  There he resided till 1858, when he came to this township, and followed his trade as carpenter until 1861.  In the same year, when the call to arms was made, he enlisted in Company A, Thirty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  His regiment was attached to the First Division of the Fourteenth Army Corps, in the Department of Tennessee; with his regiment, our subject too part in the battles of Mill Springs, Ky., Stone River, Chickamauga, Resaca, and also through all the Atlanta campaign.  He was honorably mustered out of the service at Atlanta, in 1864, when he returned to his home in Jefferson Township.  The same year, he married Miss Elizabeth Lattanner, and to their union were born four children, who were named in order of birth, as follows:  Charles (deceased), Albert, Minnie B. and Nellie C.  Mr. Tressler is the owner of a well cultivated farm of eighty acres, has a pleasant home, and is surrounded by all the comforts appertaining thereto.
Source:  County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical - Illustrated - Publ. Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers - 1882 - Page 763 - Jefferson Twp.

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