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Below is a family biography included in Portrait and Biographical Record of Seneca and Schuyler Counties, New York published by Chapman Publishing Co., in 1895.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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ALONZO H. TERWILLIGER is senior member of the firm of A. H. Terwilliger & Son, at Waterloo, who are engaged in the sale of lumber, lath, shingles, mouldings, cements, sewer pipes, wall plaster and hard and soft coal, in which line a large trade is carried on among the people of the village.

In politics Mr. Terwilliger is a Democrat, and takes an active interest in local matters. He has served for two years as Trustee of the village of Waterloo, and is a Trustee in the Waterloo Library and Historical Society. Aside from other interests, he is a stockholder and Director in the First National Bank of Waterloo. He and his family are prominent members of the Episcopal Church of this village.

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This family biography is one of the numerous biographies included in Portrait and Biographical Record of Seneca and Schuyler Counties, New York published in 1895. 

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