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Terwilliger, Josiah Ed NorthPA p880 FB200413BenDiMatteoPoMcK

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Ben DiMatteo?Potter/McKean County, Pennsylvania Genealogy
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John C Wetzel
Do you know the source?
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Ben DiMatteo
https://books.google.com/books?id=UcswAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA880...

Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania
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Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania
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John C Wetzel
This is great! Thanks. The page before gives a nice, concise Terwilliger ancestry. I didn't have John Woolf Jordan, Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania in my Google Library, but this is a terrific reference. Thanks again, Ben DiMatteo.
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John Woolf Jordan, Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania, Volume 2
Lewis historical publishing Company, 1913 - Pennsylvania

p. 880 NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA
(VI) Josiah Edward, son of Cyrus Terwilliger, was born at Birdsall, Allegany county, NY, May 5, 1838. He became a lumberman, owning saw mills and producing large quantities of manufactured lumber. He was for a time in Cincinnati, OH, but most of his operations were conducted in Potter County, Penna. He was one of the company who combined and sunk by hand drill the first oil well at Cuba, NY. He enlisted in 1861 in the 85th Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry, serving four years lacking one month. He was taken prisoner at New Bern, NC, confined at Macon, Georgia, succeeding, however, in making his escape and rejoining his regiment. He was severely wounded at Fair Oaks and lay for several weeks in the hospital. He died in Hebron township, Potter County, Penna, August 28, 1883. He married, October 17, 1865, Fendora Stevens, born in Sharon township, Potter County, Penna, October 5, 1843. She was educated in the public schools, finishing at Mansfield State Normal, and for three years prior to her marriage taught in the Hebron township schools. She survives her husband, a resident of Shinglehouse.

(VII) Mary Sayers, only child of Josiah Edward and Fendora (Stevens) Terwilliger, was born in Hebron township, Potter county, Penna, June 29, 1868. She obtained her preparatory education in the public schools, entered Alfred University (Alfred, NY) whence she was graduated class of 1890. She chose the profession of librarian, entered the NY State Library School at Albany, whence she was later graduated. She has filled responsible positions in her profession at Utica, NY, Worcester, MA, Public Library and the Clark University Library in the same city. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and of other societies and associations. She is unmarried and now resides at Shinglehouse with her mother.

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