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H. W. Terschluse was born in the town of Sudlohn Kreis Ahaus, Westphalia, 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 children, 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.