I found a fairly extensive Terry genealogy that includes several photos and
records, reporting Hugh Chester terry as the son of James Hugh Chester Terry
(1899 - 1971) and Jessie Opal Cunningham (1904 - 1968). The genealogy
includes a photo that has both Hugh (Chester) and Chess ( James Hugh).
Gravestone of Chester Terry, Miami Cemetery, Miami, Roberts County, Texas
Terry, M Madalene
May 21, 1927 Nov 25, 2003
Married July 24, 1945
Chester Hugh
May 9, 1923 Jan 9,
1997
Ernest Bruce Terry
Marriage 2 Ellen Lou Philpot b: 20 DEC 1890, Married 10 FEB 1912 in
Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas
Children:
Doyle Ernest Terry b 17 DEC 1913 in Wolfe City, Hunt County, Texas
Alice Irene Terry b 18 FEB 1915 in Marietta, Love County, Oklahoma
Clarence Burl "Chang" Terry b 5 DEC 1916 in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County,
Texas
-- Ralph Terry, Judia and Ralph Terrry Genealogy,
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=capenoch&id=I2501
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Clarence Burl Terry
Born 5 Dec 1916
Died 15 Apr 2009
Last Residence Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas 79412
r) SSN issued Texas (Before
1951)
Lola Montez Clements
Birth 1868
Death 1894 in Buffalo Gap, Taylor, Texas
Married 8 Jun 1881 to William Walker Terry
Birth 27 Aug 1860 in Murray, Georgia, Death 21 Feb 1919 in Arizona
Children:
Clarence Clyde Terry, Birth 17 May 1891 in Texas, Death Dec 1939
Forest Allen Terry, Birth 11 Jun 1888 in Texas, Death 1955
Delma Montez Terry, Birth 8 Mar 1890, Death 23 Mar 1942 in Arizona
-- Elliott, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/19577429/person/1599576900
1900 Federal Census, Tom Green County, Texas, 1 June, San Angelo, District
160, page 1A, Hse/Fam #8
Terry, William Head W M Aug 1862 37 Married 10 yrs GA GA GA Day Laborer Owns
Terry, Ida Wife W F May 1866 34 Married 10 yrs 5 children/5 living TX TX TX
Terry, Clarence Son W M May 1891 9 Single TX GA TX
As indicated above, some genealogies have his name as Clarence Clyde.
However, there is a Clyde Walker Terry buried in the family cemetery. This
may indicate that Clyde and Clarence were different individuals, since the
birth dates don't match. From the birth date on his grave and death
certificate, Clyde Walker Terry would have been about 15 at the 1900 census.
At only 15, it seems he should have been enumerated in the household alone
with the other children. The oldest there is Clarence, born in 1891. This
seems to support the idea that they are the same. If so, then this child had
three given names: Clarence Clyde Walker.
The birth date on the grave of Clyde Walker Terry fails to match with the
reported birth date from family sources for Clarence (Clarence Clyde), with
the 1900 age of 9. The grave says he was born in March 1885. This is 6 years
older than the 1900 census indicates. A date in 1891 is reported by some
genealogies, saying May 1891 instead of March 1885. Clyde Walker Terry's
death certificate is different still, reporting 17 March 1884. There was a
lot of guess work going on with this family.
Clyde Walker Terry
Birth Mar. 17, 1884 San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas
Death Dec. 22, 1940 Elfrida, Cochise County. Arizona
father W W Terry born TX
mother Lula Clemons born TX
Note: Marker says he was born in 1885 and died 1939 but death certificate says
1884 and 1940
Burial Wells Family Cemetery, Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona
Plot: Row 4 plot 69
Created by plyce Nov 06, 2008
-- Find A Grave Memorial #31192375,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Terry&GSiman=1&GScid=2281661&GRid=31192375&
Arizona Death Certificate
Clyde Walker Terry
Divorced White Male
Birth 17 March 1884 San Angelo, Texas
Death 22 December 1940 Ranch Home, Rural Elfrida, Cochise County
Length of residence 20 years (since 1920)
Cause of Death Cardio-renal disease
Occupation Ranching
Father W W Terry, born Texas [should be Georgia]
Mother Lula Clemons, born Texas
Informant Al [brother] Terry, Box 227, Douglas
Burial 22 December 1940 Wells Cemetery by E C Porter, Porter and Ames,
Douglas, Cochise, Arizona
Filed 22 December 1940
1940 Federal Census, Beckham County, Oklahoma, 6 April, Sayre, District 5-22,
page 5B, Hse #112, Rents$7
Terry, Orval Head M W 24 Married Grade 6 b Okla same place in 1935 Drug Store
Proprietor
Terry, Verna Wife F W 26 Married Grade 6 b Texas same place in 1935
Terry, Clarence M W 6 Single Grade 2 b Okla same place in 1935
Texas, Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011
Clarence L Terry
Age 53, Birth Year abt 1934
Spouse Margaret L Behrens
Spouse Age 52
Marriage 13 Oct 1987 Wood County, Texas
Source Texas Marriage Index, 1966-2002
Note that the marriage record reports that Clarence did not marry Margaret
Behrens until 1987. Clarence's wife's name is Margaret appear in the Pampa
City Directory for 1960. Clarnece's obituary reports that he married Margaret
Behrens in 1952. Perhaps the 1987 marriage was a reconsecration of their
marriage. Clarence's brother Bill and his wife Lou are also reported in the
same directory.
U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Pampa, Texas, City Directory, 1960, p 355
Terry Bill (Lou) tech Hawkins Radio & TV h 513 Warren
Terry Clarence L (Margaret) emp Gray County h 314 Rider
Public records indicate that in 1983, Clarence was in Marietta, Oklahoma. In
1996, he was back in Pampa, Texas.
U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
Clarence L Terry
Birth Date 16 Feb 1934
RR 1 POB 76, Marietta, OK, 73448 (1983)
1820 Alcock St, Pampa, TX, 79065-5704 (1996)
Clarence's obituary is included in a memorial on Find a Grave.
---------------------------
Clarence L. Terry
Birth Feb 16, 1934
Death Apr 25, 2012
DATELINE Pampa, Texas
NAME Clarence L. Terry AGE 78
DIED: April 25, 2012, in Pampa, Texas
SERVICES: Graveside services will be at 10:00 AM Monday, April 30, 2012, at
Memory Gardens Cemetery, with Tom Damour, minister of United Church of God of
Amarillo, officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of
Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.
BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Terry was born February 16, 1934 in Sayre, Oklahoma. He
attended schools in Oklahoma and Pampa. He married Margaret Behrens on May 23,
1952 in Chickasha, Oklahoma. After their wedding, they moved to Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma and later to Ardmore, Oklahoma. He retired from the Water Department
with the City of Ardmore, moving back to Pampa in 1988. Clarence was a member
of the United Church of God in Amarillo. He loved the outdoors where he
enjoyed gardening and fishing. He was blessed with a five generation family.
The family would like to thank Coronado Healthcare Center for their excellent
care.
SURVIVORS: wife: Margaret Terry of the home; 6 sons: William Terry and wife
Sheila, Wayne Terry and wife Glenda, Larry Terry and Matt Terry, all of Pampa,
Richard Thomas Terry of Stillwater, Oklahoma, and Roger Terry and wife Christy
of Tucumcari, New Mexico; 2 daughters: Betty Gunsolus and husband Jerry of
Velma, Oklahoma, and Tammie Self of Ravia, Oklahoma; a sister: Jean Grantham
and husband Ray of Okemah, Oklahoma; 20 grandchildren and 20
great-grandchildren; 2 sisters-in-law: Wanda Davis and husband Johnny and Lou
Terry, all of Pampa; and a host of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in
death by his mother: Verna Ellen East; his father: Orville Leroy Terry; a
brother: Bill Terry, a sister: Joella Day; and a great-granddaughter: Tracy
Nicole Wolbert.
MEMORIALS: American Diabetes Association, 8008 Slide Road, Suite 12-A,
Lubbock, Texas 79423.
Burial Memory Gardens of Pampa, Pampa, Gray County, Texas, Section G Lot 247
Space 1
Created by Memory Gardens of Pampa Apr 26, 2012
-- Find A Grave Memorial #89167104,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Terry&GSiman=1&GScty=142607&GRid=89167104&
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1910 Federal Census, Cochise County, Arizona, 16 April, Gleeson, District 14,
page 2B, Hse #37, Fam #42
Terry, Ida Head F W 32 Divorced 6 children/6 living TX TX TX Gardener
Terry, Claris Dau F W 7 TX TX TX
There were two separate enumerations of this family for 1910. Cochise is in
the southeastern corner of the state. But Ida and her children were also
enumerated in the Gila County near the center of the state, where we later
find records of their presence. All the children and their ages match. Here
Ida is the Head of the home. No husband is reported, but she is reported as
married for 13 years, not divorced as in the Cochise County report.
Note that this report correctly reports Arizona as a Territory (not so noted
in the Cochise County record). Arizona became a state on 14 February 1912.
1910 Federal Census, Gila County, Arizona Territory, 16 April, Globe, District
34, page 4A, 250 Bullion St, Hse #61, Fam #67
Terry, Ida M Head F W 34 Married 13 years 6 children/6 living TX TX TX No
Occupation
Terry, Clarice Dau F W 7 TX GA TX
I have a memory that one of the sisters of my grandmother Julia Virginia
Jenkins was named Clarice. I have found no documentation indicating what her
middle name was. Social Security records have her name as Clarice Lewis.
Earlier research for the family had indicated the 1910 census recorded her
name as Gladys. After I was able to view a copy of the original record, I
saw that this was a misreading of the sloppy writing, overwritten by the
descending letters from the above entry. The name is actually Claris, which
can be seen as a spelling of the name Clarice.
I do not remember ever visiting Clarice and her family, even though she lived
not far from her sister, my grandmother Julia Virginia Jenkins, in Chickasha.
We would drive about 3 hours from Quanah, Texas, to visit my grandparents in
Chickasha. I do not remember knowing that she had relatives in Marlow, about
another hour west. We did on occasion visit relatives of my mother in the
Green family in Marlow.
Clarice is recorded in the census with her family in 1900 in Murray County,
Georgia, where she was born, and in 1910 in Stephens County, Oklahoma.
1900 Census, Murray County, Georgia, McDonald District, District 71, Page 5B,
House #86, Family #89
Terry, Thomas D Head M W Jun 1857 42 m-20-yrs GA SC NC Farmer
Terry, Mattie Wife F W Nov 1861 38 m-20-yrs 10 children/6 living
NC NC NC
Terry, Jennie Dau F W Dec 1880 19 Single TX GA NC
Terry, Nannie Dau F W Mar 1884 16 Single GA GA NC At School
Terry, Arthur Son M W Aug 1889 10 Single GA GA NC At School
Terry, Jeffie Dau F W Apr 1892 8 Single GA GA NC At School
Terry, Clarice Dau F W Apr 1895 5 Single GA GA NC
Terry, Orda (Oeda?) [Ouida] Dau F W July 1899 11mo Single GA GA NC
1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma, lists Thomas D Terry, with
wife Mattie W, thought to be Martha Wiley Wall, mother of Julia Virgina Terry
Jenkins, first daughter of Thomas Duncan Terry.
1910 Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma, 27 April, Richland Township, District
243, page 9A, No Hse/ Fam # on page
Terry, Thomas D Head M W 52 marriage 1 Married 29?-yrs GA SC NC Farmer
Terry, Mattie W Wife F W 50? marriage 2? Married 29?-yrs 7 children/7 living
NC NC NC
Terry, Nannie Dau F W 22 s GA GA NC Farm Labor
Terry, Arthur Son M W 20 s GA GA NC Farm Labor
Terry, Jeffie Dau F W 17 s GA GA NC Farm Labor
Terry, Claris Dau F W 15 s GA GA NC Farm Labor
Terry, Oeda Dau F W 10 s GA GA NC Farm Labor
Terry, Rama Son M W 5 s GA GA NC
Clarice married Bert Earl Lewis, sometime before September 1918, when she is
reproted by naem as his wife, when Bert regiistered for the WWI draft. In
1920, Clarice and Bert Lewis are living with her parents on their farm near
Marlow, Oklahoma.
But the enumerator has confused the names, apparently taking Louis (Lewis) as
Clarice's first name, or miswriting it. But he adds an extra letter or loop
so that her name Louis is even misspelled. Maybe he was trying to turn
Lewis/Louis into Louise? Even worse, their son Terry Stanton, is reported as
a girl here. The child's name was probably a further cause for confusion,
since they named him Terry, the surname of the household.
1920 Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma, 20 January, Richland Township,
District 262, page 6A, Farm #75
Tery, Thomas D Head M W 63 GA SC SC Farmer
Tery, Mattie Wife F W 62 NC NC NC
Tery, Rama Son M W 15 OK US US
Tery [Lewis], Louies [Clarice] Daughter F W 23 GA US US
Tery [Lewis], Burt Son-in-Law M W 32 TX AL AL
Tery [Lewis], Tery S Granddaughter [Grandson] F [M] W 2yrs 1mo OK US US
1940 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma, 11 April, Marlow Ward 4,
District 69-21, page 1A, 212 West Cherokee St, Hse #62, Rents $10
Lewis, Bert E Head M W 57 Married Grade 8 b Texas same place in 1935 Grain
Elevator Laborer [b abt 1883]
Lewis, Clarice Wife F W 44 married H4 b Georgia same place in 1935 [b abt
1891]
Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-L, Ed. 6, Social Security Death
Index: U.S.
Lewis, Clarice
Birth date 04/16/1895
Death date 04/00/1982
Last known residence Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma 73055
Social Security #440-64-7460 Issued in Oklahoma
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Clarice Mabel Terry Lewis
Birth Apr. 16, 1895
Death Apr. 30, 1982
Parents:
Thomas Duncan Terry (1857 - 1935)
Martha Wiley Wall Terry (1859 - 1932)
Spouse Bert Lewis (1881 - 1969)
Siblings:
Julia Virginia Terry Jenkins (1880 - 1966)
Thomas Everett Terry (1882 - 1888)
Carrie Lee Terry (1885 - 1888)
William Ernest Terry (1887 - 1888)
Arthur W. Terry (1889 - 1968)
Jeffie M. Wagnon (1892 - 1967)
Ouida M. Terry Hill (1899 - 1986)
Rama W. Terry (1904 - 1965)
Burial Marlow Cemetery, Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma
Created by Jean Dec 18, 2007
-- Find A Grave Memorial #23471928,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23471928
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California Birth Index, 1905-1995
Clarice Mary Terry
Birth 2 Dec 1932 Los Angeles County
Mother's Maiden Name Kelley
1940 Federal Census, Los Angeles County, California, 21 April, Los Angeles
Ward 1, District 186-4, page 15B, Hse #311, Owns $500
Terry, Lois Head F W 24 Divorced Grade 8 b California same place in 1935
Terry, Clarice Dau F W 7 Single Grade 2 b Calif same place in 1935
U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1
Clarice M Cavin
Birth Date 2 Dec 1932
Phone Number 426-1674
Address:
1071 Marina Dr, Napa, CA, 94559-4737
1430 Sumner Ave, Napa, CA, 94558-3434 (1984)
826 Spoonbill Ln, Suisun City, CA, 94585-1828 (1993)
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current
Clarice Mary Cavin
Born 2 Dec 1932
Died 25 Jun 2010
Last Residence Napa, Napa, California 94558
SSN issued California (Before 1951)
Obituary of Clarice Terry Cavin
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Fresno
Clarice Cavin
1932-2010
July 14, 2010
Clarice Mary Beebe Cavin died on June 25, 2010, in Napa, surrounded by her
family.
She is survived by her two sons, Scott Beebe of Fairfield (his wife, JoAnn,
and their three children, Geoffrey Beebe, Michelle Brewer and Melissa
Ermitano, 12 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren) and Mark
Beebe of St. Helena (and his wife Tracee Beebe and son Drew).
A resident of Napa for the last 10 years, she was born on Dec. 2, 1932, in Los
Angeles. She graduated from Los Angeles High School and married Grant Beebe in
1952. They settled in Fresno, where her two sons were born and where she
worked for the county assessor’s office.
In later years, she married Tom Cavin and they moved to Belmont, where she
worked for Ampex. They moved to Napa in 1969 and Clarice began what became a
28-year career of working at the Veterans Home in Yountville, where she
achieved the title of estates officer.
When she retired in 1997, she traveled widely, taking trips to Europe, Alaska,
Hawaii, Mexico and Canada. She enjoyed watching old movies, musical theater
and listening to classical music. She was also a member of the Native
Californian Society. After living in Suisun for some years, she moved back to
Napa in 2000. She was also a car enthusiast, proud of her first car, a 1947
Studebaker; she also was proud of her 1967 lime-green Mustang. She was
preceded in death by her brothers, Bill Terry and Claude Terry, husbands Grant
Beebe and Tom Cavin, and granddaughter Mary Pann.
Burial and memorial arrangements are private. Donations are suggested to the
American Cancer Society.
-- Napa Valley Register, Napa, Napa County, California, 14 Jul 2010
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1940 Federal Census, Los Angeles County, California, 21 April, Los Angeles Ward
1, District 186-4, page 15B, Hse #311, Owns $500
Terry, Lois Head F W 24 Divorced Grade 8 b California same place in 1935
Terry, Claude Son M W 3 Single Grade 0 b Calif same place
Claude Rubin Terry
Born 21 Oct 1936, California
Died 11 Jun 1969 Solano, California
Father: Rube TERRY
Mother: Lois V. KELLY b: Dec. 12, 1910 in Los Angeles, CA
-- Reynolds-Kelly,
http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:779792&id=I37150672
Gravestone of Clyde Terry
Clyde Terry
Son of
J C and E R Terry
Jan 14, 1896
July 13, 1897
Eton Cemetery, Eton, Murray County, Georgia
Clyde Terry
Birth Jan 14, 1896
Death Jul 13, 1897
Burial Eton Cemetery, Eton, Murray County, Georgia, Plot Line or Row 16
Created by Don & Pam Childers Aug 22, 2008
-- Find A Grave Memorial #29231663,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29231663/terry
1880 Federal Census, Fannin County, Texas, 9 June, Precinct 6, District 9, page
17, Hse/Fam #149
Terry, Duncan W M 30 Laborer GA SC GA
Terry, Tabitha W F 22 Wife Keeping House TX TN TN
Terry, Corra E W F 4 Dau Single TX GA
TX
Cyrus Lewis Terry is well-documented under forms of his full name. In the
Georgia Death Index, he is listed as Cyrus L Terry, death date 22 January 1848
in Murray county, Georgia, where he lived all his life.
In his WWI draft registration, he was listed and signed his full name Cyrus
Lewis Terry. In a couple of censuses, he is listed as Louis Terry, indicating
he went by the name Louis (Lewis) at times.
1900 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 4 June, McDonald District,
Enumeration District 71, page 5B, Hse #86, Fam #89
Terry, Cyrus L Head W M Jan 1847 53 Married 32 years GA NC NC Farmer Owns
Terry, Emily Wife W F Apr 1862 48 Married 32 years borne 7 children, 7
living GA GA GA
Terry, Sirus Son W M Sept 1882 17 Single GA GA GA At School
In the census of 1910 for McDonald District in Murray County, he is listed as
Cyrus, while his father is listed as Louis W Terry. This must be an error. I
have found no other indication that the elder Cyrus had another name beginning
with a W. Family genealogies also list him as Cyrus Lewis Terry.
1910 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 20 April, McDonald Militia
District, District 110, page 2A, Hse/Fam #27
Terry, Louis W [Cyrus ] Head M W 64 Married 42 years GA GA GA Farmer (matches
birth in 1846).
Terry, Emily J Wife F W 58 Married 42 years GA GA GA
Terry, Cyrus Son M W 25 Single GA GA GA
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Cyrus Lewis Terry
Residence Chatsworth, Murray County, Georgia
Birth Date: 8 Sep 1880
Self-Employed Farmer at Chatsworth
Nearest Relative C L Terry (father)
Short, Slender, Brown Eyes, Black Hair
Registered 17 Sept 1918 Murray County, GA
His father is also called Cyrus Lewis in family genealogies, and one genealogy
lists the younger CL as Cyrus Lewis Jr. In the 1920 census, we find Louis
Terry, age 74, with his wife Emily (Emily Jones Bates Terry) and their single
son, 38-year-old Cyrus. I have not yet (December 2007) found full details,
but I expect this son was also called Cyrus Lewis.
1920 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 21 January, McDonald Militia
District, District 137, page 2A, Hse/Fam #25
Terry, Louis W Head M W 74 Married 42 years GA GA GA Merchant, General Store
Terry, Emily Wife F W 67 Married 42 years GA GA GA
Terry, Cyrus Son M W 38 Single GA GA GA Farmer
1930 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 15 April, McDonald (Militia
District 1013), District 11, page 5A, Hse #70, Fam #75.
Terry, Cyrus L Head M W 49 Single GA GA GA None [b abt 1881]
Terry, Emily J Mother M W 77 Widow GA GA GA None [b abt 1853]
Terry, William O Brother M W 39 Single GA GA GA None [b abt 1891]
These ages in the three censuses give us possible years of birth 1880, 1881
and 1882.
Two family genealogies, by Kaye Nicholson Richard Bates, report that Cyrus
Lewis Jr was born on 8 September 1882. I found, however, that his birth date
on his WWI registration was given as 8 September 1880, as shown above. And
his age is given as a matching 38 in September 1918. This fits with his age
in the 1910 census, where his age is given as 25. Since Cyrus gave the birth
date himself for the WWI registration, you would think that was correct, but
someone in the family disagreed. His gravestone reports his birth date as 8
September 1882, which is reflected in the reported date of death in the Bates
and Nicholson genealogies. I have not seen his birth certificate.
The date in the genealogies is supported by the 1920 census, in which Cyrus is
reported as 38 years old! The same age he gave two years before when he
registered for the draft! Thsi is another example of the cultural fact that
in that era ages and otrher objective details we vlaue now wee not so much in
focus.
Here is a transcription from Cyrus' grave, from a photo posted on Find A
Grave.
Cyrus L, Jr Terry
Birth Date 8 Sep 1882
Age at Death: 65
Death Date 22 Jan 1948
Burial Hassler's Mill (Earnest) Cemetery, Murray County, Georgia
-- Find a Grave, Memorial #68044468,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Terry&GSiman=1&GScid=33840&GRid=68044468&
The picture was complicated further when the 1940 census was released. Cyrus
is reported as 52 years old, meaning he would have been born in 1888. This is
only 3 years older than the reported age in 1930. His age should have been
around 60-62.
1940 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 4 April, McDonald District,
District 105-12, page 3A, Hse #34, Rents $40
Terry, Cyrus Head M W 52 Single Grade 10 b Murray Co GA same place in 1935
Farmer
1860 census, Murray County, Georgia, House #652, Family #623
William Terry 49 M Farmer 5000 5000 SC
Julia A Terry 37 F NC illiterate
Syrius [Cyrus] L Terry 14 M GA
"[Hazel Terry's] paternal grandfather was Cyrus Lewis Terry (1846-1925). He
married Emily Jones Bates (1852-1931). She was daughter of Rice Ross Bates,
whose father was General John Bates."
-- Murray Country Families, http://www.murraycountymuseum.com/mf100a.html
In the 1870 census for Murray County, Georgia, there are four Terry households
in a row, in the 1013th Militia District near Spring Place. On page 7, first
listed is Lewis S Terry (for Lewis Sirus, meaning Cyrus Lewis) and his wife
Emily Jones Bates and their family. In the next two houses we find Joseph and
Martha Terry and William and Julia A Terry. Lewis and Emily have only one
child, 1-year-old Douglas.
1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 23 July, Militia District 1013,
PO Spring Place, page 7, Hse/Fam #47
Terry, Lewis S 24 M W Farm Laborer $350 Personal Estate born Georgia
Terry, Emily J 17 F W Keeping House born Georgia
Terry, Douglas 1 M W born Georgia
In 1880 there are four Terry households in a row, in Murray County, Georgia,
where the family have lived for a couple of generations. They are living in
McDonald Township. Cyrus L Terry and wife "Emely J" live with their children
in house #259, and are listed as Family #268.
1880 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 23 June, McDonald, District 155,
page 29A (scan 482A), Hse #259, Fam #268
Terry, Cyrus L W M 34 Farming GA GA NC
Terry, Emely J W F 28 Keeping House GA GA GA
Terry, Dougless W M 11 Son Works on Farm GA GA GA
Terry, Houston W M 9 Son GA GA GA
Terry, Jenny R W M 7 Dau GA GA GA
Terry, William O W M 5 Son GA GA GA [born ca 1875]
Terry, Robert W M 3 Son GA GA GA
House #260/Family #269 are John R Terry and wife Catherine and family. House
#261/Family #270 are William J Terry, age 36, and wife Martha O and family.
There is one house between William and elder William, age 69, and wife Julie
Ann ("July Ann"), with other children in their home.
In 1900 Cyrus is living next door to his brother Duncan (Thomas Duncan) still
in Murray County, Georgia, and 4 houses down from his brother Joe (William
Joseph). This census included the month and year of birth. Cyrus' birth date
is reported as Jan 1847, a year different from the Terry Family source cited
here.
1900 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 4 June, McDonald District,
Enumeration District 71, page 5B, Hse #86, Fam #89
Terry, Cyrus L Head W M Jan 1847 53 Married 32 years GA NC NC Farmer Owns
Terry, Emily Wife W F Apr 1852 48 Married 32 years borne 7 children, 7
living GA GA GA
Terry, Jennie Dau W F Oct 1876 24 Single GA GA GA Teacher
Terry, Owen Son W M Jun 1878 22 Single GA GA GA Farm Laborer
Terry, Robert Son W M Jun 1879 21 Single GA GA GA Farm Laborer
Terry, Sirus Son W M Sept 1882 17 Single GA GA GA At School
Terry, Grover Son W M Sept 1886 13 Single GA GA GA At School
Most of the family remained where they were all their lives. One sister Mary
married and moved to Whitfield County, Georgia. Duncan, however, went west,
like two other members of the Terry family. Duncan apparently moved straight
to Marlow, Chickasaw Nation. (Marlow became the county seat of Stephens
County, Oklahoma, at the creation of the state in 1907.)
Their cousin Duncan Lafayette Terry, moved to western Arkansas, then across
the border in to Oklahoma. An uncle Joseph Lewis Terry went to North Texas.
In 1910 Cyrus is reported in the census as Louis W. In 1920 he also
inexplicably appears as Louis W.
1910 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 20 April, McDonald Militia
District, District 110, page 2A, Hse/Fam #27
Terry, Louis W [Cyrus ] Head M W 64 Married 42 years GA GA GA Farmer (matches
birth in 1846).
Terry, Emily J Wife F W 58 Married 42 years GA GA GA
Terry, Jennie Dau F W 29 Single GA GA GA [b abt 1881]
Terry, Cyrus Son M W 25 Single GA GA GA
Jennie's age reports and birth dates vary wildly in the sources. Here she is
age 29, but her birth date reported in 1900 was Oct 1876, and in the 1800
census she was reported as already 7 years old (born 1873)!
In 1920, we find for the first time (Cyrus) Louis is listed with some
occupation other than Farmer. He is a merchant with a general store. His son
Cyrus is the Farmer.
1920 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 21 January, McDonald Militia
District, District 137, page 2A, Hse/Fam #25
Terry, Louis W Head M W 74 Married 42 years GA GA GA Merchant, General Store
Terry, Emily Wife F W 67 Married 42 years GA GA GA
Terry, Cyrus Son M W 38 Single GA GA GA Farmer
Richard Bates, in his Terry Genealogy, reports that Cyrus Lewis (born 1846)
died 29 May 1925 in Murray County, and is buried in Hassler's Cemetery. The
1930 census reports that Emily is a widow, living with her two sons Cyrus and
William.
In 1930 Cyrus Lewis Jr is still single and his widowed mother Emily is living
with him, still in the same location, living next door to Emily's son Grover C
Terry and his family. Cyrus and Grover's brother William O is also still
single at 39 and living with Cyrus and Emily.
1930 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 15 April, McDonald (Militia
District 1013), District 11, page 5A, Hse #70, Fam #75.
Terry, Cyrus L Head M W 49 Single GA GA GA None [b abt 1881]
Terry, Emily J Mother M W 77 Widow GA GA GA None [b abt 1853]
Terry, William O Brother M W 39 Single GA GA GA None [b abt
1891]
Pt 1
California, Pioneer Migration Index, Compiled 1906-1935
David Smith Terry
Birth 8 March 1823 Todd County, Kentucky
Father's Name Joseph R Terry
Mother's Name Sarah Smith
1st Marriage Cornelia Runnels 25 November 1852 Houston, Texas
2nd Marriage Sarah Alethea Sharon 7 January 1886 (no location)
Index Record June 1937
Pt 2
California, Pioneer Migration Index, Compiled 1906-1935
David Smith Terry
Birth 8 March 1823 Todd County, Kentucky
Arrival in California 3 September 1849, Overland
States lived in prior to California: Kentucky, Mississippi, Texas
Residences in California: Sacramento, Stockton, Fresno
Profession Jurist, Associate and Chief Justice, State
Democrat
Educated Mississippi and Texas
Death 14 August 1889 Lathrop (San Joaquin County), California
Descendants Cornelia Terry McClure, granddaughter, and 6 sons
Pt 3
California, Pioneer Migration Index, Compiled 1906-1935
David Smith Terry
Birth 8 March 1823 Todd County, Kentucky
Miscellaneous Notes:
Trouble with vigilantes
Member of Constitutional Convention [of Colorado]
Duel with Senator Broderick
Death?
[Note on his cousin's Pioneer Card states that his cousin had been given
toruble because David had killed Broderick, so he moved to California]
Information given by Terry McCLure, Granddaughter, 136 Ford St, Ukiah,
California
Lola Montez Clements
Birth 1868
Death 1894 in Buffalo Gap, Taylor, Texas
Married 8 Jun 1881 to William Walker Terry
Birth 27 Aug 1860 in Murray, Georgia, Death 21 Feb 1919 in Arizona
Children:
Clarence Clyde Terry, Birth 17 May 1891 in Texas, Death Dec 1939
Forest Allen Terry, Birth 11 Jun 1888 in Texas, Death 1955
Delma Montez Terry, Birth 8 Mar 1890, Death 23 Mar 1942 in Arizona
-- Elliott, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/19577429/person/1599576900
1900 Federal Census, Tom Green County, Texas, 1 June, San Angelo, District
160, page 1A, Hse/Fam #8
Terry, William Head W M Aug 1862 37 Married 10 yrs GA GA GA Day Laborer Owns
Terry, Ida Wife W F May 1866 34 Married 10 yrs 5 children/5 living TX TX TX
Terry, Delma Dau W F Mch 1895 5 Single TX GA TX
Western States Marriage Index, 1809-2011
Volume 5, Page 528
Delma Montez Terry, age 19
Residence Gleeson, Arizona
Spouse Rubin G Wells, age 27
Residence Gleeson, Arizona
Marriage 03 Sep 1908 Gleeson, Cochise, Arizona
Reubin Garrett Wells (Hilary Mercer ) was born on 11 Jan 1881 in Bedias
Grimes, Texas. He died on 29 Aug 1956.
Reubin married Del Montez Terry on 8 Sep 1908.
They had the following children:
F Lola Wells was born on 9 Jan 1911 in Gleeson, AZ.
M Warren Wells was born on 15 Mar 1913 in Gleeson, AZ.
M Earl Wells was born on 18 Dec 1909 in Gleeson, AZ. He died on 6 Feb 1979 in
Wilcox, AZ.
M Elvin Wells was born on 8 Sep 1911 in Gleeson, AZ. He died on 28 Jan 1923.
M Bill Wells was born on 11 Dec 1919 in Elfrida, AZ. He died about 1995.
F Dottie Wells was born on 30 Dec 1920 in Elfrida, AZ.
M Ray Wells was born on 7 Mar 1922 in Elfrida, AZ.
M Wayne Wells was born on 3 Aug 1926 in Elfrida, AZ. He died on 21 Dec 1994.
F Elva Inez Wells was born on 13 May 1925.
F Donna Wells was born on 1 Jan 1931.
-- The Wells Gazette, http://wellsgazette.com/familygen/pafg02.htm#8
Delma Montez Terry Wells
Birth Mar 8, 1890, San Saba County, Texas
Death Mar 23, 1942 Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona
mother Lola Clemons born TX
Father William Walker Terry (1861 - 1919)
Spouse Rubin G Wells (1881 - 1956)
Children:
Elvin J Wells (1918 - 1923)
Elva Inez Wells (1925 - 1925)
Burial Wells Family Cemetery, Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona, Row 5 plot 109
Created by plyce Nov 06, 2008
-- Find A Grave Memorial #31192385,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31192385
1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, 22 June, Marlow Town,
District 164, page 10B, Hse #106, Fam #108 Terry, John R Head W M Sept 1849
50 Married 27 years GA TN VA Farmer Can read and write Owns Terry, Susan C
Wife W F Mar 1853 47 Married 27 years GA VA TN Can read and write Terry,
Diane Dau W F Sept 1881 18 Single GA GA GA Can read and write
1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 11 November, Page 257, Hse/Fam
#1521
William Terry 39 M Farmer $1175 Real Estate SC [born abt 1811]
Jula [Julia] A Terry 26 F NC [born abt 1824]
Dianna Terry 10 F GA [born abt 1840]
Note the spelling of her name in the census. Terry family genealogies spell
her name Deanna, although one spells it Diannah. Deanna Terry, reported by
Terry family sources to have married a Martin Keith, matches the wife of M L
Keith in the 1860 Murray County, Georgia, census. M L's wife in the census,
however, is reported as Catherine. It could be that Deanna's full name was
Deanna Catherine.
In 2014, I found a photo of Dianna in my grandmother's photos. My grandmother
was Julia Virginia (Jennie) Terry Jenkins. She was the oldest child of
Dianna's brother Thomas Duncan Terry. In her photos given to me after the
death of her son, my father, was a photo of Jennie's mother Mattie Wall Terry
with Dianna. Jennie had written on the back:
"Mother feeding chickens --- Dianna."
Perhaps this was the way her family spelled her Aunt Dianna's name. Because
Mattie and Dianana are together in the photo, this must before Thomas and
Mattie moved from Murray County, Georgia in late 1900. Dianna and her husband
Martin Lafayette Keith did not move to Indian Territory with Thomas and
Mattie, but did move to Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 30 July, District 1013, PO
Hoplers Mills, page 101, Hse #717, Fam #681
M L Keith 23 M Farm Laborer $320 Personal Estate born Georgia [abt 1837]
Catherine Keith 22 F born Georgia [abt 1838]
The M L Keith who married Catherine is the son of Martin and Jane Keith who
were living about three houses from M L in Georgia Militia District 1013 in
1860.
1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 30 July, Militia District 1013,
PO Hoplers Mills, page 101, Hse #714, Fam #678
Martin Keith 68 M Farmer $420 Real Estate $3745 Personal born Virginia [abt
1792]
Jane Keith 63 F born South Carolina [abt 1797]
Some genealogies reporting on the Keith lineage have the father of Martin and
John B Keith as Joel Martin or Joel Mackey Keith, and his mother as Mary Jane
Roper. The birth information of Mary Jane matches this Jane Keith. However,
J M is reported as born 1799, while Martin Keith is reported by census age as
born in 1792. Wes Covey reports the birth state of Joel Mackey Keith as South
Carolina. But the censuses of 1850 and 1860 report that Martin Keith (married
to Jane) was born in Virginia. The census agrees with Covey that Jane (and
Mary Jane Roper) were born in South Carolina.
Living next door is a family named McClure, and next to the McClures is a
Stovall family. I know the Stovall name from a listing of family members
given to my mother by my grandmother, Julia Virginia Terry in the 1950s.
Among names of some of her brothers and others was the name Rondell Stovall.
This name was vaguely familiar to me from my childhood, but neither I nor my
mother can make any meaningful connection. Perhaps the Stovalls were related
to the Terrys and Keiths while they all lived in Georgia.
Next to the Stovalls we find one of Martin and Mary Jane's children, Martin
Lafayette Keith, and his young wife Catherine. They have no children. This
Catherine appears to be the person known in earlier Terry censuses as Deanna
Terry. Richard Bates reports that Deanna married a Martin Keith, but had no
information on Martin. She went by Catherine in later life. See also City
Directory below.
The Catherine here matches Deanna. This Martin is the right age to match.
Thus this person's full name appears to be Deanna Catherine Terry (or perhaps
Catherine Deanna). The full names and birth information of Deanna Catherine
and Martin Lafayette Keith are reported in Bates' and others' genealogies of
the Keiths.
1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 30 July, Militia District 1013,
PO Hoplers Mills, page 101, Hse #717, Fam #681
M L Keith 23 M Farm Laborer [No Real Estate] $320 Personal born Georgia [abt
1837]
Catherine Keith 22 F born Georgia [abt 1838]
By the time of the 1900 census, Martin and Mary Catherine, also called Kate,
have moved to Whitfield County, Georgia. Whitfield County is bordered on the
north by Hamilton County, Tennessee, where Cattanooga is located.
1900 Federal Census, Whitfield County, Georgia, 24 June, Dalton District
outside Dalton Town, District 105, Page 18, House #326, Family #347
Keith, Martin L Head W M Nov 1835 64 Married 42 years GA SC SC Farmer Owns
Farm
Keith, Catherine Wife W F Feb 1838 62 Married 42 years 2 children/2 living
GA SC TN
Keith, Martin J Son W M Jul 1882 17 Single GA GA GA Farm Laborer
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Chattanooga, Tennessee, City Directory, 1907, p 373
Keith Catherine wid Martin L r 205 Main R'dale [Rockdale]
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Chattanooga, Tennessee, City Directory, 1912, p 373
Keith Catherine wid Martin L r 1205 Watkins R'dale [Rockdale]
Catherine died in Chattanooga.
"KEITH, M. L., Died prior to 1915. His wife, Kate, was 77yrs. when she died in
Chatt. and was buried in Pleasant Valley. [CT June 21, 1915]".
-- "Hamilton County Confederates," The Chattanoogan, 16 August 2005
The paper does not give a location for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery. The
wording implies it is in Chattanooga. I cannot identify the Pleasant Valley
Cemetery the paper refers to. I cannot find a cemetery by this name in
Chattanooga or in Murray County, Georgia, where they had previously lived.
There is a Pleasant Valley Cemetery in nearby Whitfield Cuonty, Georgia, where
they lived prior to moving into Chattanooga.
In 1920, Dock is single and living in the household of his parents, working on
the family farm. His older brother George is with the family, as well as
their widowed sister Agnes Beavers and her daughter Lillian.
1920 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 20 January, McDonald District,
Enumeration District 137, page 2B, near Hassler's Road, Hse/Fam #29
Terry, Joe Owns Head M W 76 GA GA GA No Occupation [b abt 1843]
Terry, Ned Wife F W 73 GA GA GA No Occupation [b abt 1846]
Terry, George Son M W 46 Single GA GA GA Farmer [b abt 1873]
Terry, Dock Son M W 38 Single GA GA GA Laborer, Home Farm [b abt 1881]
Beavers, Mrs Agnes Dau F W 29 Widow GA GA GA No Occupation [b abt 1890]
Beavers, Lillian Grand Dau F W 5 Single GA GA GA No Occupation [b abt 1814]
In 1930, George is apparently now the head of his mother's household, after
his father passed away in 1928. Dock is still single, living in Murray County
where he was born. In his household the census reports Agnes Terry, age 40,
and daughter Lillian (reported as Dock's niece), age 15, as well as Dock's
mother. Agnes and Lillian are also still in the household.
1930 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 14 April, McDonald (Militia
District 1013), District 11, page 4B, Hse #67, Fam #71
Terry, Dock Head M W 50 Single GA GA GA Farmer
Terry, Agnes Sister F W 40 Widow TX GA GA
Terry, Lillian niece F W 15 GA GA TX
Terry, Ned mother F W 84 Widow GA GA GA
It was hard to tell what this last name was meant to be. It looks like Ned or
Md with a period. The 1920 census, which I found much later, was clearer in
indicating this name is Ned. This must derive from Oneida, the middle name of
Martha Oneida Bates.
The listing here of Agnes as Dock's sister is odd. Her last name is reported
as Terry, though she is a widow, having been married to William Beavers. Her
daughter also should have been reported as Beavers. But also her birth place
is shown as Texas, though both her parents were born in Georgia. Other Terry
genealogies of this branch of Terrys report Agnes as born in Murray County,
like the rest of the clan.
Did her parents at some time move to Texas with some of the other Terrys, then
move back? Agnes' birth is right after the period of time when I find Thomas
Duncan Terry in the Waco, Texas, area. Other related Terrys moved to other
Texas counties from earlier. After the birth of Thomas Duncan's first child,
Julia Virginia, in 1880, he and his wife Martha moved back to Murray County
until 1900, when they moved to Indian Territory shortly after the 1900 census.
So Agnes' parents, who were born in Georgia, would have moved to Texas for
some period, where Agnes was born. At some point before Lillian was born,
Agnes moved back to Georgia, where Lillian is reported to have been born.
There is no indication in Terry genealogies that Dock's parents ever left
Murray County, Georgia. They both died there. Dock's father William Joseph
died in 1928. Maybe they moved to Texas, as several of the Terry clan did,
and then moved back home before they died?
Dock A Terry
Birth Aug. 10, 1880 Chatsworth, Murray County, Georgia
Death Jun. 7, 1974 Chatsworth, Murray County, Georgia
Parents:
William Joseph Terry (1844 - 1928)
Martha O Terry (1847 - 1932)
Siblings:
John Crenshaw Terry (1867 - 1909)
George Terry (1874 - 1932)
Ross Terry (1876 - 1937)
William Thomas Terry (1878 - 1978)
Frances Jane Terry Edmonson (1883 - 1961)
Mary Aurelia Terry Winkler (1884 - 1926)
Burial Cool Springs Baptist Church, Murray County, Georgia
Created by Greg Clough Nov 26, 2007
-- Find A Grave Memorial #23118007,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23118007
"My grandmother is Hettie Maye Terry Mosley Trotter [daughter of Duncan
Lafayette Terry and Harriet Sliger]. Her siblings were Ola, Donnie, Louis
Alexander and William Lafayette."
-- pjsj1970@juno.com, Anonymous comment on genealogy
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Donnie Lee Dugan [Donnie Lee Terry]
Birth 29 Feb 1884 Spiro, Leflore County, Oklahoma
Father Duncan L Terry
Mother Harriet Sliger
SSN 444269226
Nov 1944 Name listed as DONNIE LEE DUGAN
Donnie L Dugan
Birth 1884 Spiro, Le Flore County, Oklahoma
Death 1958 Arkansas, USA
Spouse Oscar L. Dugan (1883 - 1944)
Burial Mount Olive Cemetery, Midland, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
Created by Rock Talker Aug 09, 2008
-- Find A Grave Memorial #28895952,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28895952
1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 6 July, Militia District 972, PO
Rock Creek, Page 53, Hse #367, Fam #361
Joseph Terry 46 M Farmer-Baptist Preacher SC (b abt 1813)
Dovina Terry 37 F NC (b abt 1822)
Dovina Terry 4 M GA (b abt 1856)
In the 1870 census, Dovina is listed by her middle name Elizabeth.
1870 Federal Census, Whitfield County, Georgia, 8 July, Militia District 872,
PO Dalton, Page 86, Hse #279, Fam #275
Terry, Joseph 56 M W Baptist Minister b SC
Terry, Donna 47 F W Keeping House b NC
Terry, Elizabeth 15 F W At Home b Georgia
U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958
Pension File Number 37844
Stephen R Gay
Application 12 Dec 1921 George (Madison County), Texas
Spouse Mrs B D Gay, Widow
Marriage 28 Sep 1873 Brazos County, Texas
Death 1 Jan 1919 Leon County, Texas
[Handwriting on cover is either B T Gay or B J Gay on Front, several mentions
inside are B D Gay, she signed it "Mrs B D Gay," probably for Bettie Dovina;
Bettie nickname for Elizabeth]
Widow, Age 67 [b abt ], Born abt 1854 [official date was 26 Sept 1855, she
should have been 66]
Lived in Texas 57 years [since abt 1865]
Lived in Leon County 27 years [since abt 1895]
Signed Mrs B D Gay
Witnesses T L Terry [brother] and T W Drew [brother-in-law]
Homestead in Leon County value $1000, personal property no value
Dovina Elizabeth Terry Gay
Birth Sep 26, 1855 Murray County, Georgia
Death Mar 26, 1931 Normangee, Leon County, Texas
Parents:
Joseph Terry (1814 - 1880)
Dovinah Terry (1822 - 1899)
Spouse:
Steve Ross Gay (1847 - 1919)
Son Stephen Ross Gay (1886 - 1957)
Burial Burns Cemetery, Leon County, Texas
Created by Jim Young Mar 27, 2012
-- Find A Grave Memorial #8746281,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=87462813
I see that the date of death reported on the grave in this memorial is 26
March 1931. But on his application for her mortuary warrant, her son reported
the date of death as 24 March 1931. (Image not downloadable)
Ernest Bruce Terry
Marriage 2 Ellen Lou Philpot b: 20 DEC 1890, Married 10 FEB 1912 in
Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas
Children:
Doyle Ernest Terry b 17 DEC 1913 in Wolfe City, Hunt County, Texas
Alice Irene Terry b 18 FEB 1915 in Marietta, Love County, Oklahoma
Clarence Burl "Chang" Terry b 5 DEC 1916 in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County,
Texas
-- Ralph Terry, Judia and Ralph Terrry Genealogy,
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=capenoch&id=I2501
"Wolfe City is a city in Hunt County, Texas, United States located at the
intersection of state highways 34 and 11. It is approximately seventeen miles
north of Greenville in north central Hunt County, and was settled in the 1860s
or 1870s when J. Pinckney Wolfe built a mill near the banks of Oyster Creek."
-- "Wolfe City, Texas," Wikipedia,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfe_City,_Texas