8th Mar 18231 - 14th Aug 18891
Served as first the Associate Chief Justice, then the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court1
Life History
8th Mar 1823 |
Born in Todd County, Kentucky.1 |
3rd Sep 1849 |
Resident Arrived in California from Texas in California |
25th Nov 1852 |
Married Cornelia RUNNELS in Houston, Harris, Texas.1 |
7th Jan 1886 |
Married Sarah Alethea SHARON.1 |
14th Aug 1889 |
Died in Lathrop, San Joaquin County, California.1 |
Notes
- 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
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