Biographical Sketch of Henry W. Terschluse, Franklin County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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Henry W. Terschluse was born in the town of Sudlohn Kreis Ahaus, West-
phalia, Prussia, Germany, October 9, 1829 and is the son of John Henry
and Gertrude (Wening) Terschluse, both natives of Westphalia, Germany,
and both born in the year 1789.  By trade the father was a bleacher of
linen.  On September 7, 1843, they sailed for America, and landed at
New Orleans.  From there they removed to St. Louis, and in 1844 they
settled in the neighborhood of Port Hudson, Franklin Co., Mo., where
they passed the balance of their days.  The mother died in 1848, and
the father afterward married Mrs. Catherine Boland, widow of John
Boland.  The father died January 1, 1861.  Our subject was one of a
family of four children.  He received a good education in German and
English, was reared on the farm and has become one of the best farmers
of his community.  On June 3, 1851 he married Miss M. Adelheid Boland,
daughter of John Boland, and a native of Prussia, born February 2, 
1829.  She came with her parents to this county in 1846, and by her
marriage to Henry William Terschluse became the mother of ten child-
ren, seven now living: Christina, Elizabeth, Mary, Michael H., Fritz,
William and Frank.  All the family are members of the Catholic Church.
Mr. H. W. Terschluse is a Democrat in politics, and during the war was
corporal of the militia.  In 1878 he was elected county judge, and held
that position eight years as presiding judge.  For ten years he served
as president of the Clover Bottom Mutual Fire Insurance Company.  He 
now owns one of the best farms in the neighborhood of Clover Bottom,
Franklin Co., Mo., consisting of 220 acres, all well improved and well
cultivated.  

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