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Uriah E., son of Jonathan C. and Elizabeth R. (Wilber) Terwilliger, was born in the village of Ellenville, Ulster county, New York, December 10, 1849. His educa- tion was begun in the public schools of his na- tive town and continued at the Ellenville High School, conducted for long years by Professor S. A. Law Post, which was then an institution of considerable prominence. Later Mr. Ter- williger attended Waring's Military Institute, at Poughkeepsie, and the Hudson River Insti- tute, at Claverack, New York. At an early age comparatively he was compelled, because of impaired health, to abandon plans for extended study, and for three years engaged with his father, thus acquiring a practical knowledge of carpentry. A little later on, at nineteen years of age, he established a real estate and insurance agency. With characteristic enthusiasm Mr. Terwilliger quickly developed the business, and eventually, with partners, built up one of the largest general insurance agencies in the state. The firm's style for a number of years was Neafie & Terwilliger, then Neafie, Terwilliger & Post. For many years after Mr. Terwilliger's brother, Edward N., was his only associate in the firm which was familiarly known as U. E. and E. N. Terwilliger, and three years since, upon the admission of Bert H , only son of Mr. Terwilliger, the business became known and is now conducted as The Terwilliger Agency. In connection with this particular business Mr. Terwilliger was con- spicuously entrusted with many fiduciary interests as the executor and administrator of estates, and as the representative of various financial institutions throughout the county and elsewhere, until he became widely known for his business sagacity and unswerving hon- esty. Always deeply interested in local affairs, Mr. Terwilliger has given generously of time and money to matters of local weal. It was during his presidency of the board of educa- tion that the school system was advanced, a superintendent first employed, and the old high school property acquired for the use of the higher departments. A local Young Men's Christian Association and Board of Trade, both in active useful existence for many years owed their beginning to his enthusiasm. From early manhood he has been an active member of the Reformed church, with which he has long been officially connected, and for twelve years superintendent of its Sunday school. In politics Mr. Terwilliger has always been a Re- publican, until the advent of the Progressive party, with which he is now affiliated. He has invariably declined political honors, though frequently urged to accept nominations, from supervisor of the town to state senator. But it is perhaps in the development of his estate at Mount Meenahga, now famous as a summer resort, that Mr. Terwilliger has be- come most widely known. After some years of close application to business, necessity for rest manifested itself, and in 1877 Mr. Terwilliger and a party of friends formed a camp on the westerly side of the Shawangunks, two miles from EUenville. Impressed with the natural advantages and beauty of the location he made a lease of the property the following year, and three years later bought a tract of one hundred acres. With a view to making a permanent summer home, a comfortable cot- tage and barns were erected, and from time to time other cottages were built for the accom- modation of friends who sought more comfort- able quarters than a simple camp life afforded. Additional acres were bought from year to year, until finally the erection of a small boarding house, in t88i, marked the beginning of the present Mount Meenahga as a resort, now second in importance only to one other in the county. Lake Mohonk. The property now comnrises upwards of six hundred acres, controlling the bold face of the mountain for nearly two miles. On the north and south are tracts owned by the village of Ellenville, as a water preserve, numbering some five thousand acres, and assuring to Mount Meenahga for all time the advantages of a large forest domain. The work of development at Mount Meenahga has been along the lines of nature's plan, and rare genius has been displayed in the building of many miles of paths and roads that lead over the beautiful hilltops or through deep gorges, disclosing a wealth of beauty and grandeur at every turn. The hotel property is thoroughly modern in its equipment, and means for healthful recreation have been gen- erously provided. Mr. Terwilliger is one of the trustees of the EUenville Savings Bank and has been such for twenty-seven years, a wit- ness and abettor of its growth from $481,000 to over $2,000,000 in deposits. Mr. Terwilliger married Alice A. Hoar, daughter of George Hoar, prominent as a boat builder of Ellenville, New York. They have two children: i. Bert H., who married Florence Tone, of Bergen, New York; children: Robert S. and Katharine T. 2. Alice Louise, married Harold B. Raymond, son of President P. B. Raymond, of the Wesleyan University, of Middletown, Connecticut.
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