Biographical Sketch:
Charles Alexander Twining, one of the most prosperous and wealthy of the prominent farmers of Henrietta township, is a native of the State of New Jersey, born in Hunterdon county May 23, 1821.
Samuel Twining, father of subject, was born Feb. 22, 1796, in Hunterdon county, N. J., and moved his family to Broome county, N. Y., in 1823, where he died April 10, 1831. On September 23,1815, he married Elizabeth Stout, who died October 17, 1882. Her people were wealthy, but on the death of her parents she lost all that she became heiress to. Samuel was a farmer, miller, cloth dresser and distiller; and at the time of his death owned fifty acres of land near Binghamton, N. Y. He left five children, a mother-in-law and sister-in-law for our subject to assist in providing for, and, although the latter was but ten years old when his father died, he was the '"main spoke in the wheel."
Charles A. Twining, whose name opens this sketch, received but a limited education at the subscription schools of the place of his nativity. On October 18, 1842, he was married. by Squire Jesse Richards, to Miss Nellie Schermerhorn, and for about seven years thereafter they continued to reside in Broome county, N. Y. In 1840 they came to Lorain county, Ohio, and Mr. Twining, having saved some five hundred dollars from his earnings, bought a small piece of land in Pittsfield township, Lorain County, where he resided three years. At the end of this time he sold out to his three brothers and returned to Broome county, N. Y., where he bought the old home farm formerly owned by his father. After residing here
three years he sold out, returned to Ohio, and bought a farm in Camden township, Lorain county. Sold this farm and bought in Russia township; sold this and bought a farm in Henrietta township, which he still owns. In 1888 he built a comfortable modern dwelling, situated in Henrietta
township. and his property has increased from time to time till he now owns 720 acres of prime farm land, divided into seven farms, with good buildings. He has owned farms in Brownhelm and West Henrietta, and in Erie county, in Florence township; three farms in West Clarksfield, Huron county, Brighton township, Lorain county, and Wakeman, Huron county, and resided on all of these except the one in Wakeman. He has given his daughter Sarah Ann a good farm in Camden township, and has settled his six living sons on good farms, and has also dealt quite extensively in live stock.
Eleven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Twining, as follows:
Mrs. Sarah Ann Gibson, living in Clarksfield, Huron Co., Ohio; Herbert, deceased;
Orlando, deceased; William T., living on the home farm, near his father;
Gertrude E., deceased; Alva P., Floyd O., Virgil L.,
Perry E. and Fred A., on farms near their father;
and one that died in infancy.
The entire family are members of the Baptist Church, except Perry, who is a member of
the Methodist Church, and all brought up in the path of Christian rectitude, which they have in no instance deviated from. The sons have never used liquor or tobacco in any form. Mr. Twining in his political affiliations has always been a staunch Democrat, and has served his county to the best of his ability, and held offices of trust. Mr. Twining formerly belonged to the Methodist Church, where he was class-leader and superintendent of Sabbath schools for a number of years, and also held an exhorter's license. In 1866 Mr. Twining spent one year with his family in Ocean county, N.J., stopping at a pleasure resort in Point Pleasant.
(Source: Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio, Chicago, Beers and Co., 1894.)
Charles Alexander Twining, one of the most prosperous and wealthy of the prominent farmers of Henrietta township, is a native of the State of New Jersey, born in Hunterdon county May 23, 1821.
Samuel Twining, father of subject, was born Feb. 22, 1796, in Hunterdon county, N. J., and moved his family to Broome county, N. Y., in 1823, where he died April 10, 1831. On September 23,1815, he married Elizabeth Stout, who died October 17, 1882. Her people were wealthy, but on the death of her parents she lost all that she became heiress to. Samuel was a farmer, miller, cloth dresser and distiller; and at the time of his death owned fifty acres of land near Binghamton, N. Y. He left five children, a mother-in-law and sister-in-law for our subject to assist in providing for, and, although the latter was but ten years old when his father died, he was the '"main spoke in the wheel."
Charles A. Twining, whose name opens this sketch, received but a limited education at the subscription schools of the place of his nativity. On October 18, 1842, he was married. by Squire Jesse Richards, to Miss Nellie Schermerhorn, and for about seven years thereafter they continued to reside in Broome county, N. Y. In 1840 they came to Lorain county, Ohio, and Mr. Twining, having saved some five hundred dollars from his earnings, bought a small piece of land in Pittsfield township, Lorain County, where he resided three years. At the end of this time he sold out to his three brothers and returned to Broome county, N. Y., where he bought the old home farm formerly owned by his father. After residing here
three years he sold out, returned to Ohio, and bought a farm in Camden township, Lorain county. Sold this farm and bought in Russia township; sold this and bought a farm in Henrietta township, which he still owns. In 1888 he built a comfortable modern dwelling, situated in Henrietta
township. and his property has increased from time to time till he now owns 720 acres of prime farm land, divided into seven farms, with good buildings. He has owned farms in Brownhelm and West Henrietta, and in Erie county, in Florence township; three farms in West Clarksfield, Huron county, Brighton township, Lorain county, and Wakeman, Huron county, and resided on all of these except the one in Wakeman. He has given his daughter Sarah Ann a good farm in Camden township, and has settled his six living sons on good farms, and has also dealt quite extensively in live stock.
Eleven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Twining, as follows:
Mrs. Sarah Ann Gibson, living in Clarksfield, Huron Co., Ohio; Herbert, deceased;
Orlando, deceased; William T., living on the home farm, near his father;
Gertrude E., deceased; Alva P., Floyd O., Virgil L.,
Perry E. and Fred A., on farms near their father;
and one that died in infancy.
The entire family are members of the Baptist Church, except Perry, who is a member of
the Methodist Church, and all brought up in the path of Christian rectitude, which they have in no instance deviated from. The sons have never used liquor or tobacco in any form. Mr. Twining in his political affiliations has always been a staunch Democrat, and has served his county to the best of his ability, and held offices of trust. Mr. Twining formerly belonged to the Methodist Church, where he was class-leader and superintendent of Sabbath schools for a number of years, and also held an exhorter's license. In 1866 Mr. Twining spent one year with his family in Ocean county, N.J., stopping at a pleasure resort in Point Pleasant.
(Source: Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio, Chicago, Beers and Co., 1894.)
Biographical Sketch:
Charles Alexander Twining, one of the most prosperous and wealthy of the prominent farmers of Henrietta township, is a native of the State of New Jersey, born in Hunterdon county May 23, 1821.
Samuel Twining, father of subject, was born Feb. 22, 1796, in Hunterdon county, N. J., and moved his family to Broome county, N. Y., in 1823, where he died April 10, 1831. On September 23,1815, he married Elizabeth Stout, who died October 17, 1882. Her people were wealthy, but on the death of her parents she lost all that she became heiress to. Samuel was a farmer, miller, cloth dresser and distiller; and at the time of his death owned fifty acres of land near Binghamton, N. Y. He left five children, a mother-in-law and sister-in-law for our subject to assist in providing for, and, although the latter was but ten years old when his father died, he was the '"main spoke in the wheel."
Charles A. Twining, whose name opens this sketch, received but a limited education at the subscription schools of the place of his nativity. On October 18, 1842, he was married. by Squire Jesse Richards, to Miss Nellie Schermerhorn, and for about seven years thereafter they continued to reside in Broome county, N. Y. In 1840 they came to Lorain county, Ohio, and Mr. Twining, having saved some five hundred dollars from his earnings, bought a small piece of land in Pittsfield township, Lorain County, where he resided three years. At the end of this time he sold out to his three brothers and returned to Broome county, N. Y., where he bought the old home farm formerly owned by his father. After residing here
three years he sold out, returned to Ohio, and bought a farm in Camden township, Lorain county. Sold this farm and bought in Russia township; sold this and bought a farm in Henrietta township, which he still owns. In 1888 he built a comfortable modern dwelling, situated in Henrietta
township. and his property has increased from time to time till he now owns 720 acres of prime farm land, divided into seven farms, with good buildings. He has owned farms in Brownhelm and West Henrietta, and in Erie county, in Florence township; three farms in West Clarksfield, Huron county, Brighton township, Lorain county, and Wakeman, Huron county, and resided on all of these except the one in Wakeman. He has given his daughter Sarah Ann a good farm in Camden township, and has settled his six living sons on good farms, and has also dealt quite extensively in live stock.
Eleven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Twining, as follows:
Mrs. Sarah Ann Gibson, living in Clarksfield, Huron Co., Ohio; Herbert, deceased;
Orlando, deceased; William T., living on the home farm, near his father;
Gertrude E., deceased; Alva P., Floyd O., Virgil L.,
Perry E. and Fred A., on farms near their father;
and one that died in infancy.
The entire family are members of the Baptist Church, except Perry, who is a member of
the Methodist Church, and all brought up in the path of Christian rectitude, which they have in no instance deviated from. The sons have never used liquor or tobacco in any form. Mr. Twining in his political affiliations has always been a staunch Democrat, and has served his county to the best of his ability, and held offices of trust. Mr. Twining formerly belonged to the Methodist Church, where he was class-leader and superintendent of Sabbath schools for a number of years, and also held an exhorter's license. In 1866 Mr. Twining spent one year with his family in Ocean county, N.J., stopping at a pleasure resort in Point Pleasant.
(Source: Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio, Chicago, Beers and Co., 1894.)
Charles Alexander Twining, one of the most prosperous and wealthy of the prominent farmers of Henrietta township, is a native of the State of New Jersey, born in Hunterdon county May 23, 1821.
Samuel Twining, father of subject, was born Feb. 22, 1796, in Hunterdon county, N. J., and moved his family to Broome county, N. Y., in 1823, where he died April 10, 1831. On September 23,1815, he married Elizabeth Stout, who died October 17, 1882. Her people were wealthy, but on the death of her parents she lost all that she became heiress to. Samuel was a farmer, miller, cloth dresser and distiller; and at the time of his death owned fifty acres of land near Binghamton, N. Y. He left five children, a mother-in-law and sister-in-law for our subject to assist in providing for, and, although the latter was but ten years old when his father died, he was the '"main spoke in the wheel."
Charles A. Twining, whose name opens this sketch, received but a limited education at the subscription schools of the place of his nativity. On October 18, 1842, he was married. by Squire Jesse Richards, to Miss Nellie Schermerhorn, and for about seven years thereafter they continued to reside in Broome county, N. Y. In 1840 they came to Lorain county, Ohio, and Mr. Twining, having saved some five hundred dollars from his earnings, bought a small piece of land in Pittsfield township, Lorain County, where he resided three years. At the end of this time he sold out to his three brothers and returned to Broome county, N. Y., where he bought the old home farm formerly owned by his father. After residing here
three years he sold out, returned to Ohio, and bought a farm in Camden township, Lorain county. Sold this farm and bought in Russia township; sold this and bought a farm in Henrietta township, which he still owns. In 1888 he built a comfortable modern dwelling, situated in Henrietta
township. and his property has increased from time to time till he now owns 720 acres of prime farm land, divided into seven farms, with good buildings. He has owned farms in Brownhelm and West Henrietta, and in Erie county, in Florence township; three farms in West Clarksfield, Huron county, Brighton township, Lorain county, and Wakeman, Huron county, and resided on all of these except the one in Wakeman. He has given his daughter Sarah Ann a good farm in Camden township, and has settled his six living sons on good farms, and has also dealt quite extensively in live stock.
Eleven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Twining, as follows:
Mrs. Sarah Ann Gibson, living in Clarksfield, Huron Co., Ohio; Herbert, deceased;
Orlando, deceased; William T., living on the home farm, near his father;
Gertrude E., deceased; Alva P., Floyd O., Virgil L.,
Perry E. and Fred A., on farms near their father;
and one that died in infancy.
The entire family are members of the Baptist Church, except Perry, who is a member of
the Methodist Church, and all brought up in the path of Christian rectitude, which they have in no instance deviated from. The sons have never used liquor or tobacco in any form. Mr. Twining in his political affiliations has always been a staunch Democrat, and has served his county to the best of his ability, and held offices of trust. Mr. Twining formerly belonged to the Methodist Church, where he was class-leader and superintendent of Sabbath schools for a number of years, and also held an exhorter's license. In 1866 Mr. Twining spent one year with his family in Ocean county, N.J., stopping at a pleasure resort in Point Pleasant.
(Source: Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio, Chicago, Beers and Co., 1894.)
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