Will County IL Archives Biographies.....TWINING, HIRAM ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Paula Winke-Martisek wranglerjack@comcast.net September 18, 2007, 11:29 pm Author: GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD HIRAM TWINING, a pioneer of Greengarden Township, was born in Essex County, Mass., in 1819, and was reared in New Hampshire and Vermont. He married a daughter of Isaac Needham, and in 1851, with his wife and two children came west, settling on one hundred and sixty acres of government land in Greengarden Township. At once he began to break ground, using for the purpose an ox-team and a Lockport steel plow made by "Jim" Lane. Later he added one hundred and sixty acres of land to his original possessions, and built a set of farm buildings. He engaged in raising cattle and had a number of high grade and full-blood animals on his place. He was a man who stood high in his community. For one term he served as justice of the peace. A man of earnest Christian character, he endeavored in his life to exemplify the teachings of the Scriptures. The sincere and earnest Christian spirit he showed throughout all the vicissitudes of life was his by inheritance, for his father, Rev. Jonathan Twining, was a faithful preacher and self-sacrificing Christian. The death of Mr. Twining took place December 14, 1889. He was survived by his widow and five children: Watson F., Dana E., Leonora L., Irene E. and Jasper E. Additional comments: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present, Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, 1900 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/will/bios/twining1731nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb