Parents: Asahel and Mary (Cannon) Thayer.
THAYER, G. H. furniture dealer, south side Square, Waverly; was born in Amherst, Mass., Jan. 7, 1825; removed to Waverly with the family, April, 1846; is a graduate of Illinois College, class '49; was received into partnership with his father, Mr. Asahel Thayer, who had established himself in the furniture trade several years before, and with whom he continued until Jan. 1, 1877, when he became sole proprietor, and in which business he is still engaged, at the old stand, south side of the Square. His father, Mr. Asahel Thayer, was born in Amherst, Mass., Feb. 7, 1790; removed to Chatham, Sangamon County, this State, May, 1839; in the spring of 1846, he removed to Waverly; he saw its inhabitants, and those of the surrounding country, going to Jacksonville, Springfield, and Carlinville, to do their trading, and the great advantage that would accrue to Waverly if the people could have sufficient inducements to patronize their own town. He accordingly opened, in the spring of that year, the then largest stock of goods in the place, and by his own untiring energy and superior business qualifications, with the aid of other merchants, most of whom he induced to come in, he had the satisfaction, in a very few years, of seeing his anticipations realized in its becoming a central point of trade, and increasing to three or four times its former size; he was one of Waverly's most respected citizens, and for nearly sixty-three years a member of the Masonic fraternity; he continued to reside in Waverly until September, 1877, when he removed with his daughter, Mrs. Fannie Crooker, to Taylorville, Christian County, where he died, oct. 27, 1877, at the residence of his son-in-law, G. W. Crooker, Esq. His body was brought to Waverly Oct. 30th, and the funeral services were held in the Congregational church, of which he had been a member for more than thirty years, and a professor of religion more than sixty-three. His remains were borne thence to the East cemetery, where they rest beside those of his wife and daughter Helen.
THAYER, G. H. furniture dealer, south side Square, Waverly; was born in Amherst, Mass., Jan. 7, 1825; removed to Waverly with the family, April, 1846; is a graduate of Illinois College, class '49; was received into partnership with his father, Mr. Asahel Thayer, who had established himself in the furniture trade several years before, and with whom he continued until Jan. 1, 1877, when he became sole proprietor, and in which business he is still engaged, at the old stand, south side of the Square. His father, Mr. Asahel Thayer, was born in Amherst, Mass., Feb. 7, 1790; removed to Chatham, Sangamon County, this State, May, 1839; in the spring of 1846, he removed to Waverly; he saw its inhabitants, and those of the surrounding country, going to Jacksonville, Springfield, and Carlinville, to do their trading, and the great advantage that would accrue to Waverly if the people could have sufficient inducements to patronize their own town. He accordingly opened, in the spring of that year, the then largest stock of goods in the place, and by his own untiring energy and superior business qualifications, with the aid of other merchants, most of whom he induced to come in, he had the satisfaction, in a very few years, of seeing his anticipations realized in its becoming a central point of trade, and increasing to three or four times its former size; he was one of Waverly's most respected citizens, and for nearly sixty-three years a member of the Masonic fraternity; he continued to reside in Waverly until September, 1877, when he removed with his daughter, Mrs. Fannie Crooker, to Taylorville, Christian County, where he died, oct. 27, 1877, at the residence of his son-in-law, G. W. Crooker, Esq. His body was brought to Waverly Oct. 30th, and the funeral services were held in the Congregational church, of which he had been a member for more than thirty years, and a professor of religion more than sixty-three. His remains were borne thence to the East cemetery, where they rest beside those of his wife and daughter Helen.
Parents: Asahel and Mary (Cannon) Thayer.
THAYER, G. H. furniture dealer, south side Square, Waverly; was born in Amherst, Mass., Jan. 7, 1825; removed to Waverly with the family, April, 1846; is a graduate of Illinois College, class '49; was received into partnership with his father, Mr. Asahel Thayer, who had established himself in the furniture trade several years before, and with whom he continued until Jan. 1, 1877, when he became sole proprietor, and in which business he is still engaged, at the old stand, south side of the Square. His father, Mr. Asahel Thayer, was born in Amherst, Mass., Feb. 7, 1790; removed to Chatham, Sangamon County, this State, May, 1839; in the spring of 1846, he removed to Waverly; he saw its inhabitants, and those of the surrounding country, going to Jacksonville, Springfield, and Carlinville, to do their trading, and the great advantage that would accrue to Waverly if the people could have sufficient inducements to patronize their own town. He accordingly opened, in the spring of that year, the then largest stock of goods in the place, and by his own untiring energy and superior business qualifications, with the aid of other merchants, most of whom he induced to come in, he had the satisfaction, in a very few years, of seeing his anticipations realized in its becoming a central point of trade, and increasing to three or four times its former size; he was one of Waverly's most respected citizens, and for nearly sixty-three years a member of the Masonic fraternity; he continued to reside in Waverly until September, 1877, when he removed with his daughter, Mrs. Fannie Crooker, to Taylorville, Christian County, where he died, oct. 27, 1877, at the residence of his son-in-law, G. W. Crooker, Esq. His body was brought to Waverly Oct. 30th, and the funeral services were held in the Congregational church, of which he had been a member for more than thirty years, and a professor of religion more than sixty-three. His remains were borne thence to the East cemetery, where they rest beside those of his wife and daughter Helen.
THAYER, G. H. furniture dealer, south side Square, Waverly; was born in Amherst, Mass., Jan. 7, 1825; removed to Waverly with the family, April, 1846; is a graduate of Illinois College, class '49; was received into partnership with his father, Mr. Asahel Thayer, who had established himself in the furniture trade several years before, and with whom he continued until Jan. 1, 1877, when he became sole proprietor, and in which business he is still engaged, at the old stand, south side of the Square. His father, Mr. Asahel Thayer, was born in Amherst, Mass., Feb. 7, 1790; removed to Chatham, Sangamon County, this State, May, 1839; in the spring of 1846, he removed to Waverly; he saw its inhabitants, and those of the surrounding country, going to Jacksonville, Springfield, and Carlinville, to do their trading, and the great advantage that would accrue to Waverly if the people could have sufficient inducements to patronize their own town. He accordingly opened, in the spring of that year, the then largest stock of goods in the place, and by his own untiring energy and superior business qualifications, with the aid of other merchants, most of whom he induced to come in, he had the satisfaction, in a very few years, of seeing his anticipations realized in its becoming a central point of trade, and increasing to three or four times its former size; he was one of Waverly's most respected citizens, and for nearly sixty-three years a member of the Masonic fraternity; he continued to reside in Waverly until September, 1877, when he removed with his daughter, Mrs. Fannie Crooker, to Taylorville, Christian County, where he died, oct. 27, 1877, at the residence of his son-in-law, G. W. Crooker, Esq. His body was brought to Waverly Oct. 30th, and the funeral services were held in the Congregational church, of which he had been a member for more than thirty years, and a professor of religion more than sixty-three. His remains were borne thence to the East cemetery, where they rest beside those of his wife and daughter Helen.
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