Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Twombly, Titus J 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Titus J. Twombly, resident on section 12, Union Grove Township, was born in 
Sheffield, Orleans Co.,Vt., Dec. 11, 1823. His parents, Daniel and Sarah 
(Jenness) Twombly, were natives of Vermont, were there married, and passed all 
the years of their united lives in that State. The mother died in Brownington, 
Orleans Co., Vt., in March, 1870. The father is still living. They had ten 
children, named Sylvania, Lyman, Titus J., Joshua, Hannah, Susan, William B., 
George, Jefferson J. and Hiram M. Mr. Twombly spent the years of childhood and 
early youth in the pursuits and methods so common in those days in his native 
State, and he learned the business of carpenter of his father, who was a 
builder. He was occupied in its pursuit in his native State until his removal 
to Whiteside County, which occurred in January, 1857. He was married March 29, 
1854, in Derby, Vt., to Rosena J. Cass. Mrs. Twombly was born Oct. 29, 1831, 
in Lyndon, Vt., and is the daughter of Jehiel and Sally (Scott) Cass. Her 
father and mother were born in Vermont, and in 1854 removed to Whiteside 
County, locating in the Township of Union Grove, where the latter died July 
26, 1869. Their children were named Cynthia C., Rosena J., Maria J., Mary E., 
Sarah H., George W., Albert A., Emily J. and Estella A. Mr. Twombly rented a 
farm for seven years after he located in Whiteside County, after which he 
followed his trade until 1877, when he bought 80 acres of land, situated in 
the Townships of Union Grove and Mt. Pleasant. Of this three-fourths is under 
tillage. Mr. Twombly assimilates with the principles of the Republican element 
in politics. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
They have two children: Horace E., born March 9, 1855, and Adah Belle, born 
June 13, 1857.

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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