Freeport, Illinois, where she was married, in 1849, to N. Kimmick, and
the same year came to Stillwater. Mr. Kimmick died in 1857. In 1860
she was married to Frank Aiple. Mr. Aiple died Nov. 10, 1868. Dec. 9,
1869, she was married to her present husband, Herman Tepass. Her
children are Mary, Herman and Frank Aiple.
WILLIAM E. THORNE came to Stillwater in 1853. He has been an attentive
and successful merchant, a polite and honorable gentleman, and a good
citizen.
EDWARD J. BUTTS was born in Delaware county, New York, in 1832;
graduated at the Albany Normal School in 1853, and taught school
awhile during his minority, and some years after studied law (in
1861), and was admitted to practice in Broome county, New York. In
1862 he enlisted in a New York regiment and served his full time of
enlistment. In 1864 he was appointed clerk in the third auditor's
office, Washington, which position he resigned in 1865 and came to
Stillwater to practice his profession. He served some time as justice
of the peace, and for ten years as judge of probate in Washington
county. He was collector of internal revenue one year, and was eight
years postmaster in Stillwater, completing his term of service in