Mattie and Minnie Terpening. Minnie married Professor C. H. Miles.

Photo from Kelly family.

left: A Terpening sister.

Photo from Kelly family.

Right: Home of Mary Terpening Ream in Moundville. Site of the early Moundville Switchboard.

Photo from Kelly family.

Left: Mrs. Mary Terpening Ream and Sarah Terpening

Mary Ream had married wealthy Joseph Ream after Joseph's first wife died in 1896. Joseph died in 1901. Joseph is buried beside his first wife, Susan, at Welborn Cemetery. Mary died in 1951 and was buried at Welborn beside her sister, Sarah, who had died in 1947.

Photo from Kelly family.

Welborn Cemetery. Charles Terpening (1863 - 1879) and Francis Terpening (1844 - 1920)

The engraving on another side of this marker is for Peter and Hanna.

Samuel Terpening, 102nd Illinois Infantry. Welborn Cemetery. Apparently there are no dates on the stone and no mention of a burial of his wife. Samuel and Abigail Rockwell Terpening lived northeast of Bronaugh on a farm now owned by Donald Irwin.

In addition to daughters Fannie and Ollie. Samuel and Abigail also had two sons, a daughter Mary and a daughter Sarah. One brother, George Terpening shot and killed his brother Samuel Ernest Terpening in Canada. They were out on a hunting expedtion for moose when he accidently shot and killed his brother. Their sister Mary Terpening Alexander was living in Canada at the time with her brothers.

If you have information about Samuel Terpening or his wife Abigail or their family, please email to this address.

Theres is additional Terpening information at the Warren County, Illinois Website.

Fannie J. wife of William Twigg, 1860 - 1887. Fannie was a daughter of Samuel and Abigail Terpening of Bronaugh. Fannie married William Twigg and after she died, William married her sister Ollie. See their home on the Twigg page.

Welborn Cemetery. Moundville. Grave marker for Fannie Terpening Twigg who died in 1887 at the age of 27.