I have not found a maiden name for Margaret Terry, wife of Isom Terry. She appears to be the third wife of Isom, and after having one child, Jackson H, they divorced in Arkansas. Isom's wife Ceatta died about 1863; so Isom must have married Margaret about 1864; but the 1900 census reports their son Jack's birthday as June 1864. I have been unable to find her death information or a burial record, though most of the Terrys were buried in Johnson County, and many at Ft Douglas. The first record I found for Margaret was the 1910 census, where she is reported living in the home of her son Jackson. Here she is reported as Divorced. This information on the disposition of her relationship to Isom, and her surname here as Terry, seems to clear up the some uncertainty some descendants had about whether Isom and Margaret had actually been married. 1910 Federal Census, Johnson County, Arkansas, 23 May, Pilot Point, District 63, page 7A, Fort Douglas and Local Rd, Hse #104, Fam #112 Terry, Jackson H Head M W 45 Married 29 years AR KY AR Farmer Rents Terry, Catharine Wife F W 44 Married 29 years 7 children/7 living KY KY KY Terry, Walter L Son M W 21 AR AR KY Farmer Terry, Willie M Dau F W 19 AR AR KY Terry, George L Son M W 17 AR AR KY Terry, Allen E Son M W 15 AR AR KY Terry, Dewey Son M W 10 AR AR KY Terry, Maggie Dau F W 8 AR AR KY Terry, Margaret Mother F W 79 Divorced 7 children/2 living AR AR KY [b abt 1931] I later found the 1880 census, where Margaret is the head of the household with only her son Jack with her. Here the report of her marital status is ambiguous. There is one column for Widowed or Divorced. The enumerator marked this box, but did not designated a W or D. The date given for her husband Isom's death, however, is 1888. and his wife in the 1880 census is Celia, this should have meant Divorced. Because Isom's wife was Celia in 1880, it appears that Isom married Margaret some time after about 1863, when it is reported his wife Ceatta died. But they were divorced some time after Jackson's birth around 1865. Isom's family seems to have been missed in the 1870 census. 1880 Federal Census, Franklin County, Arkansas, 14 June, Boston Township, District 58, page 25, Hse #153, Fam #156 Terry, Margaret M [sic] F 50 Widowed/Divorced (marked, not specified] Keeping House Cannot read or write TN TN AL Terry, Jack W M 15 Son Single No Occup Attended School this year Cannot read or write AR KY TN Margaret does not appear with her son Jackson's family in 1920, probably indicating she died before the 1920 census. I have not found her death or burial information.
"Thomas Terry left Martha Johnson. Both remarried. Thomas to a Mary, surname unknown. Martha, to Benjamin Combs." -- Anonymous comment on the profile of Thomas Terry on FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/97GQ-NN2 1850 Federal Census, Breathitt County, Kentucky, 23 August, District 1, page 32-33, Hse/Fam #244 Thomas Terry 53 M Farmer $300 Real Estate b Virginia [b abt 1797] Mary Terry 40 F b Kentucky [b abt 1810] Samuel W Terry 21 F Laborer b Kentucky [b abt 1829] Leonard Terry 14 M b Indiana [b abt 1836] Isaac Terry 12 F b Indiana [b abt 1838] Elijah Terry 8 F b indiana [b abt 1842] One of the sons of Thomas and Mary here is named Isaac, one of three born in Indiana. If this is the same Thomas Terry whose first wife was Martha (Patsy) Johnson, this is Thomas' second son named Isaac. He and Patsy had a son in 1820 whom they named Isaac. He is linked to Martha's FAG memorial. With the time gap, as well as location of birth, of the last three sons, it appears that Samuel is the son of Thomas' first wife, Martha Patsy Johnson, and the three Indiana-born sons are the sons of Mary. There are too many missing records and details to conclude at this point. Additionally, there are many individuals among the Terry, Johnson and Combs families, of near ages with the same given names. Along with this these families share a broad set of preferred names that kept getting used over and over, further confusing parentage in records and family memories. And all three of these families intermarried in several generations. So missing details in records make it difficult to discern specific relationships and parentage in several cases.
Grover C Terry's wife at the time of his death was named Nell. Grover Cleveland Terry, Jr Birth Feb 2, 1926 Chatsworth, Murray County, Georgia Death Jul 7, 2015 Cumberland County, Tennessee He is survived by his wife, Nell Terry of Crossville ... -- Find A Grave Memorial #149848481, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=149848481
Texas, Divorce Index, 1968-2002 Orville W Terry Age: 53, Estimated Birth Year 1916 Spouse's Name Opal P [Terry] Spouse's Age 60, Spouse's Estimated Birth Year 1909 Divorce 21 Nov 1969 Gray County Marriage Date 13 Oct 1968
The Teter name was originally Dieter, which is also found in North America among German-origin families. Several genealogies report on the generations of this lineage back to Quirinius Dieter, int he 1500s. I have found no record of his wife or any dates of other details. From Quirinius genealogies provide fairly good information about the whole lineage. For many generations Quirinius' descendants stayed in Schwaigern, Württemburg State, Germany. The chief city of Württemburg is Stuttgart. Quirinius Dieter, Sr b abt 1560 (probably) Schwaigern, Wurttemburg, d Unknown married Unknown son Michael Dieter Michael Dieter, Sr b 1580 Schwaigern, Wurttemburg, d 26 April 1636 Schwaigern, Wurttemburg married Catherina Nortte, b abt 1585 Schwaigern, Wurttemburg, d unknown son Michael Dieter, Jr Michael Dieter, Jr b 22 September 1613 Schwaigern, Wurttemburg, d 8 June 1693 Schwaigern, Wurttemburg married Magdalena Schmidt, b 1608 Schwaigern, Wurttemburg, d 25 September 1668 Schwaigern, Wurttemburg son Hans Wolfgang Dieter Hans Wolfgang Dieter b 25 December 1646 Schwaigern, Wurttemburg, d 10 January 1697/97 Schwaigern, Wurttemburg married Anna Catherina Zimmerman, b 9 January 1641/42 Schwaigern, Wurttemburg, d 10 January 1697/97 Schwaigern, Wurttemburg [note date of death for both husband and wife are reported to be the same] son Hans Michael Dieter Hans Michael Dieter b 26 Mar 1671 Schwaigern, Wurttemburg (Germany), d 2 May 1734 Schwaigern, Wurttemburg married Maria Katherina Frey, b 2 Apr 1672 Schwaigern, Wurttemburg, d 13 February 1721/22 Schwaigern, Wurttemburg son Hans Georg Dieter Hans Georg Dieter b 7 Jun 1699 Schwaigern, Wurttemburg (Germany), d 23 Mar 1744 (or 1742/43) Orange County, Virginia married Maria Margaretha Luttman, b 1701 Schwaigern, Wurttemburg (Germany), d 1759 son Paul Teter Paul Teter b 1730 or 1732 Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (or in Virginia), d 22 Nov 1784 Pendleton or Rockingham County, Virginia married Rebecca Henckel, b 5 Oct 1736 Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, d 1797 Saint Clair County, Illinois son Abraham Teter There are various discrepancies between different family genealogies that report on Abraham Teter and his family. It seems likely that some genealogists have confused different Teter families. I have found many in Pennsylvania and Virginia and surrounding states and in the locations where many moved further west. Differences occur on the places of birth and death of several members of this family. Sources often have the same date, but report different places. Abraham's father Paul is variously reported as born in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and simply Virginia. His place of death is variously Rockingham County, Virginia, or Pendleton County, Virginia. The latter is found in the same genealogy that also reports Abraham born in Pendleton County, Virginia, instead of Pendleton County, West Virginia. Abraham's place of marriage to Maria Kittle is also reported as either Rowan County, West Virginia, or simply Virginia. The latter two are due to the glossing over of historical fact. The whole area now known as West Virginia was a part of Virginia until 1861, when the western part of Virginia, non slave-holding, seceded from the Confederate state of Virginia. West Virginia was admitted to the Union as a new state in 1863. At the time of the Teters' arrival there, the area was new territory added to the British North American domains in the 1750s and 1760s, after wars with the French over this and other territory. The area became part of Virginia Colony, and thereby part of the constituent state (Commonwealth) of Virginia, after Virginia became one of the United States, which was formed following the Revolutionary War. I have presented alternatives, or have decided on the basis of the most consistent and complete sources, and comparing places of birth, marriage and death between the generations. Abraham moved his family west about 1800. Genealogies tell us that his son Levi was born in Pendleton, Virginia, on 1 August 1799, and the next child, Isaac, was born in Cahokia, on the Mississippi River in St Clair County, Illinois. This area was French territory as recently as 1763, when the British the territory from the French. The US in turn took the land in 1783. Illinois Territory was proclaimed only on 1 March 1809, according to history sources. A portion of this land became the State of Illinois on 3 December 1818. So the Teters moved to new US land in the Illinois territory before there was an official US Territory of Illinois. So for historical accuracy, drawing upon several family genealogies, four children of Abraham and Maria Kittle were born in Pendleton County of the US State (Commonwealth) of Virginia: Susannah (no birth information, most sources lack this child) Abigail 5 December 1794 Joshua 1 September 1796 Levi 1 August 1799 The remaining children were born in Illinois Territory of the US, the first five in Illinois before the official Territory was proclaimed: Isaac 16 April 1801 Christina 23 January 1803 Rebecca 16 January 1805 Priscilla 25 February 1807 Solomon 19 February 1809 (only 2 weeks before the accession of the State of Illinois in to the Union on 1 March) Abraham 11 January 1811 Phillip 26 March 1813 Mary 18 April 1815 -- Compiled in One World Tree by Ancestry.com, representing 51 user-submitted trees, http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=2463232&st=1 The Teters settled in the area of Cahokia, sharing its name with one of the Algonquian tribes who lived in the area when the Europeans came. The area had been occupied for about 10000 years, at one time constituting "the largest pre-Columbian (around AD 1300) community north of Mexico," according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. Cahokia had in olden times been the religious center of the Mississippian peoples. -- Encyclopedia Britannica, Electronic, 1997, "Illinois"
One anonymous genealogy gives her full name as Melissa Elizabeth Teter. This genealogy has little information and a different birth date, so the name may refer to a different person, even though the genealogy gives this name for the daughter of Isaac Teter and Susannah Greene. Elizabeth Teter was first married to William J A Watkins (Wadkins). After his death she married James Henry Tate, in about 1866. It appears that Henry, although about 40 years old at that time, had not been married before. I have found no record of a marriage or children before J H married Elizabeth Teter. James Henry Tate and Elizabeth Teter Watkins they also had 4 children, whom I show in this genealogy. They lived in Parker County, Texas. Elizabeth and Henry are recorded with her Watkins children in the 1870 census for Parker County, west of Ft Worth. 1870 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas, 22 August, Precinct 2, PO Fort Worth (Tarrant Co), page 55, Hse/Fam #404 J H Tate 44 M W Farmer $250 Real Estate $400 Personal born Georgia [b abt 1826] Elizabeth Tate 32 F W born Illinois [b abt 1838] S Wadkins 12 F W born Texas [b abt 1858] Jas Wadkins 7 F W born Texas [b abt 1863] Wm Wadkins 7 F W born Texas [b abt 1863] L Wadkins 6 M W born Texas [b abt 1864] Martha [Tate] 3 F W born Texas [b abt 1867] Mary [Tate] 1 F W born Texas [b abt 1869] Wanda Cox, a descendant and researcher on the Tate and Teter lines, provided me with earliy information on Elizabeth's family. Wanda gave me the name of only Elizabeth's father, Isaac Teter. Isaac is listed in the Parker County History Book.
Evlyn Broumley found information about Susannah (Greene) Teter in the census mortality records. In the 1850-1880 censuses, a record was taken of deaths that had occurred in those years. Evlyn wrote about her findings in her genealogy column in the Weatherford Democrat newspaper. "My first find was in the 1860 Parker County mortality pages, stating that Isaac Teter, age 60, born in Illinois, died of pneumonia in January 1860, after being sick one week, was a married farmer who lived in Parker County. By the births of his children, I knew his wife died about 1850; this took a little more searching, but found her as Susan Leter, age 47, born in Kentucky, died in February 1850 of lung fever after eight days in Mason County, Illinois. Isaac married again and brought his family to Parker County by 1855. -- Evlyn Broumley, Kissin' Kin column, Weatherford Democrat, date and page unknown
1870 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas, 9 August, Precinct 1, PO Fort Worth (Tarrant Co), page 34 (scan 374), Hse/Fam #269 J R Brown 40 M W Farmer $700 Personal estate b KY Sarah Brown 37 F W Kg House b AR Hannah M Brown 14 F W Kg House b Illinois Mary V Brown 12 F W Kg House b Texas Nancy A Brown 8 F W Kg House b Texas D C B Brown 5 F W Kg House b Texas The birth reports here tell us that James and Sarah moved form Illinois to Texas between 1856 and 1858. In 1880, James and Sarah and their 3 children are living in the household of a family named Craig. Also with them is James' niece E D Watkins. 1880 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas, 2 July, Precinct 1, District 135, page 56, Hse #416, Fam #426 Brown, J R W M 50 Farmer KT KY KY Brown, Sarah W F 47 Wife Keeping House Illinois AR AR Brown, M V W F 20 Dau At Home TX KY AR Brown, N A W F 17 Dau At Home TX KY AR Brown, D B W F 14 Dau At Home TX KY AR Watkins, E D W F 16 Niece At Home TX KY AR Mary is widowed by 1900 and we find her living with her single daughter Mary. 1900 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas, 4 June, Justice Precinct 4 outside of Weatherford, District 65,page 2B, Texas Female Seminary, Hse #30, Fam #31 Brown, Sarah Head W F Dec 1832 67 Widow 7 children/2 living Ark Illinois Kentucky Farmer Owns Brown, Mary Dau W F Jan 1858 42 Single Texas Kentucky Arkansas Wanda Cox, gave me information on some of this family. "Sarah (Teter) Brown and her husband James Richard Brown are buried at the Harmony Cemetery about 3 miles from my house. And two of their daughters are buried there as well. Hannah M. (Brown) Cox 9/27/1854-11/12/1887 and Mary V. (Brown) Hurst3/21/1869-6/20/1910 are buried there." -- Wanda Tate Cox, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, September 2009 "Richard and Sarah had 4 daughters, Hannah, Mary, Nancy and Dee Brown, All are buried at the Harmony Cem, Parker Co., Texas. Additional info that might be of interest: J. Frank Hurst b. 9/21/1857 d. 6/28/1949 in the City Greenwood Cem." -- Melba Riedel, Weatherford, TX, Ancestry message to Orville Boyd Jenkins 21 November 2014
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 A R Burke Age 25, Birth Year abt 1862 Spouse's Name Alice Tharp Spouse's Age 17 Marriage 23 Jul 1887 Arkansas County Marriage License Date 6 Aug 1887 1900 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 7 June, Bayou Meto Township, District 2, page 4A, Hse/Fam #75 Burke, Allen A Head W M Sept 1861 38 Married 12 years TN Ireland TN Farmer Rents Burke, Alice M Wife W F Feb 1870 30 Married 12 yrs 5 children/3 living TN IN TN Burke, Columbus Son W M Sept 1894 5 Single AR TN TN Burke, Pearl H Dau W F Jan 1897 3 Single AR TN TN Burke, John W Son M W F April 1899 1 Single AR TN TN Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950 Alice Burke Age 72, Estimated Birth Year 1872 Death 9 Jan 1944 Arkansas County Alice M. Burke Birth Feb., 1870 Tennessee Death 1944 Deluce, Arkansas County, Arkansas Found listing in cemetery book at County records Apr. 2010 Children John W. Burke (1900 - 1979) Burial Childers Cemetery, Arkansas County, Arkansas Created by Richard Burke May 23, 2010 -- Find A Grave Memorial #52747225, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52747225
--------------------- Eugene Theriault Birth Oct 4, 1882 Carleton, Gaspesie-Iles-de-la-Madeleine Region, Quebec, Canada Death Oct 18, 1920 Fort Kent, Aroostook County, Maine, USA Son of Alexander and Isabelle (Landry) Thériault. Brother of Joe, Jean, Ameddie and Lydia Rose. He had completed grade school. Lived in Fort Kent, Maine and Canada. His primary language was French. He was a logger. Eugene's death was the "result of accident from a horse kicking him." He had cut his foot in the woods while working, teased horse when putting on harness, horse knocked him down (he caught pneumonia while lying in the woods). He was 38 years old. Married Marie-Esther Gagné in St. Omer, Quebec, Canada on October 16, 1910. Father of Hermel, Lucien Armand, Bertram, Leo (died at the age of 11 from appendix attack), and Elizabeth (who died ??age of a couple months). Spouse Marie Esther Gagne Williams (1890 - 1971) Children: Hermel J E Theriault (1914 - 1977) Lucien Armand Theriault (1916 - 2000) Leo Theriault (1918 - 1929) Note: Handwritten note from Esther states he is buried near his son, Leo in Fort Kent, Maine. Burial Unknown Created by BLC Sep 21, 2008 -- Find A Grave Memorial #29970279, https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29970279 ---------------------
1880 Federal Census, Brazos County, Texas, 8 June, District 2/16, page 14B, Hse/Fam #131 Thomas, Peter W M 33 Farming Prussia Prussia Prussia Thomas, Lusy J W F 25 Wife Keeping House TX AL AL Thomas, Ada W M 1 Dau TX Prussia TX In this census, Ada is reported as only 1 year old. But an exact birth date from family sources says she was born 28 June 1877. That would mean she was 3 years old at the time of the census (or less than a month before her 3rd birthday). It is hard to imagine how parents could have mistaken a 3-year-old for a 1-year old! Or the enumerator either. The Texas Death Certificate provides considerable additional detail over what I had found earlier. Texas Deaths, 1890 - 1976 Certificate #29173 Ada B Sample, widow Father Peter Thomas, mother Lucy Hood Born 28 June 1877 Brazos County, Texas Died 6:15AM 28 May 1963 at the Northview Rest Home, Bryan, Brazos Co Cause of Death: Apoplexy due to Hypertensive Cardio Vascular Disease Resident of Bryan 85 years, address 1303 Antone Buried 29 May 1963 Bickham Cemetery, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas Mrs. J. L Cobb informant -- Family Search, http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#toYear=1963;searchType=standard;surname=Sample;givenName=Ada%20B;placeId=2790;year=1877;eventPlace=Brazos%2C%20Texas%2C%20United%20States;p=recordResults