Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Twitchell, Loyal C 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Loyal C. Twitchell, farmer, section 1, Union Grove Township, was born Dec. 8, 
1812, in New Haven, Addison Co., Vt. His parents, Daniel and Lura (Clark) 
Twitchell, were also natives of the Green Mountain State, where they remained 
all their lives. Mr. Twitchell is the oldest of their children,—ten in number. 
Following are the names of his brothers and sisters in the order of their 
birth: Edith, Lucius, Clark, Almeda, Ira, Urial, Francis and Damon. One child 
died in infancy. Mr. Twitchell received a common-school education, and at the 
age of 17 years he began to acquire a practical knowledge of the trade of his 
father, who was a mason and also a farmer. He pursued the former line of 
business in hie native State until 1854. In December of that year he came to 
Whiteside County, where he joined the army of Western agriculturists, 
purchasing 86 acres in the township of which he has since been a resident, and 
has labored successfully as a farmer. He has made a later purchase of 40 acres 
additional, and his homestead now contains 126 acres of valuable land, nearly 
all of which is in good agricultural condition. He is a Republican in 
political sentiment and sustains the general and local issues of the party. He 
has held the several minor offices of the township. The marriage of Mr. 
Twitchell to Mary Harrington took place Nov. 2, 1834, at Weybridge, Vt., and 
they have three children,—Alzina L., Alice A. and Volney M. Mrs. Twitchell was 
born in New Haven Addison Co., Vt., Feb. 21, 1814. She is the daughter of 
Silas and Betsey (Dickinson) Harrington, and had seven brothers and sisters. 
The children of her parents were born as follows: Earl, Sophia, Nelson, Noble, 
Mary, Lovisa, Lewis and Amelia.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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