John Martin Terwilliger (1870 - 1946)

Born 21 Feb 1870 in Clayton, Lenawee, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy Albertina (Dutton) Terwilliger — married 6 Dec 1895 in Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan, USA

Husband of Cecilia B. (Ellinger) Terwilliger — married about 1928 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA

Died 12 Apr 1946 at age 76 in East Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States

Biography

Born February 21, 1870 to Albert Terwilliger and Polly Forbes, John moved between Lenawee and Wexford counties, and, in 1875, his family again relocated, this time to Sylvania, Ohio. While in Sylvania, John began attending public school until age 10, when the family once again moved - back to Lenawee county, Michigan.

Settling on a farm near the town of Clayton, John resumed his studies, and, by the time his family again decided to move to Wexford county, he had graduated high school and, at the age of 16, John began teaching in Wexford county public schools while completing his studies at the Ferris Institute in Big Rapids (today called Ferris State University).^[1]

In 1892, John took his next job with the newspaper, Michigan State Democrat, as a reporter and solicitor. In December, 1893, he took the next step in his career and bought the Fife Lake Monitor, and continued to publish that newspaper, along with his own newspaper, the Boardman River Current, until 1898. John married Nancy Dutton on December 6, 1895 in Cadillac^[2]

On September 1, 1898, John founded the Cadillac Globe, and with help from Ralph W. Crawford, began publishing the Globe under the name "Terwilliger & Crawford". At the time, the Globe was a weekly paper, published every Thursday. Terwilliger & Crawford also began publishing the Cadillac city directory (phone book today) in the early years of the 20th century.^[3]

In 1914, John left the publishing business to work for the Internal Revenue Service in Grand Rapids. In 1927, he was transferred to Detroit, and was appointed Acting Collector for Michigan by the Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morganthau, Jr. He then became the Assistant to the Collector a year later, once a permanent Collector was appointed.

John Terwilliger died on April 12, 1946, in East Grand Rapids, Michigan^[4]. He is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Grand Rapids^[5].

Census

Date: 1900

Place: Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan, USA^[6]

Date: 1910

Place: Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan, USA^[7]

Date: 1920

Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Wheeler, John H. History of Wexford County, Michigan (Logansport, IN: B.F. Bowen, 1903), p. 333
2. ↑ Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ3W-JJD : 4 December 2014), John M. Terwilliger and Albertine Dutton, 06 Dec 1895; citing Cadillac, Grand Traverse, Michigan, v 2 p 80 rn 160, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,342,501.
3. ↑ Wheeler, John H. History of Wexford County, Michigan (Logansport, IN: B.F. Bowen, 1903), p. 334
4. ↑ Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF3Y-H49 : 12 December 2014), John Martin Terwilliger, 12 Apr 1946; citing East Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,972,835.
5. ↑ FindAGrave.com; https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=128127334
6. ↑ United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M918-LQ6 : accessed 4 May 2017), John Terwillger, Cadillac city Ward 2-3, Wexford, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 119, sheet 10A, family 187, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,755.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RJ6-KYL?cc=1727033&wc=QZZ7-MZS%3A133637101%2C142242401%2C142247201%2C1589089094 : 24 June 2017), Michigan > Wexford > Cadillac Ward 3 > ED 140 > image 2 of 42; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
8. ↑ United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ3B-4QH : accessed 4 May 2017), J M Terwilliger, Grand Rapids Ward 2, Kent, Michigan, United States; citing ED 60, sheet 5A, line 8, family 97, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 778; FHL microfilm 1,820,778.

• "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ3W-JJD : 9 November 2020), John M. Terwilliger and Albertine Dutton, 6 Dec 1895; citing Marriage, Cadillac, Grand Traverse, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4207881.