They had four children:
- Dorothy Ruth
- Alma C
- Ivan Melville Terwilliger, born April 11, 1896 in New York, married Clara G. Kennedy (born November 23, 1892-Tennessee, died 11/9/1982), daughter of Fredereick H Kennedy and Clara G. Lane. Ivan and Clara had 2 children. Ivan died October 3, 1958 in Pasadena City, Los Angeles, CA
- Kent Melville born 1924, died 1989
- Audrey born 1927/28
- Eunice Elizabeth Terwilliger was born on May 7,1908 in Waterloo, NY, (daughter of Mary Elizabeth Crisler ) and Rev. Melville Terwilliger b. January 16, 1875, Crawford, NY). She married Leroy Hillary Richardson, son of Rev Joseph Richardson (August 9, 1869 - June 14, 1953) and Adelaide Frances Rounds (March 8,1864 - March 11, 1930).
Melville married 2) Ella Mae Seamans Weiler (b. March 2, 1876, Virgil, NY, d. 3/14/1939) on March 2, 1915 in Cortland, NY. They had one son:
- Robert Elwin Terwilliger born August 28, 1917
Melville died June 14, 1943 . Funeral services were conducted in the Chateaugay Methodist -Episcopal Church. He is buried in Crown Hill Memorial Cemetery, New Hartford, NY.