Duncan Lafayette TERRY Louis Alexander TERRY Donnie Lee TERRY Hettie Maye TERRY William Lafayette TERRY Ola D TERRY Mini tree diagram

Harriet SLIGER2,3,4

also known as Harriet TERRY1

about 18591 - 18942

Life History

about 1859

Born in Louisiana.1

1879

Married Duncan Lafayette TERRY in Scott County, Arkansas.2,1

9th Jan 1880

Birth of son Louis Alexander TERRY in Scott County, Arkansas.2,5,6,7,8,9,10

29th Feb 1884

Birth of daughter Donnie Lee TERRY in Spiro, Leflore County, Choctaw Nation.11,12,7,13

12th Dec 1886

Birth of daughter Hettie Maye TERRY in Indian Territory.14,15,3,16,4,17,18,19,19

21st Jul 1889

Birth of son William Lafayette TERRY in Oaklodge, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.20,21,22

1894

Birth of daughter Ola D TERRY in Indian Territory.22,14,23

1894

Died in Scott County, Arkansas.2

Notes

  • The following details are found in the Terry Family History website:
    1880 Louis Alexander Terry born to Duncan Lafayette Terry and Harriet Sliger
    1880 Scott County Arkansas Census shows:
    Terry, D. Lafayette, 26: Born in Georgia, parents born in South Carolina
    Harriet, 21: Born in Louisiana, parents born in Tennessee
    Louis, 5 mo: Born in Arkansas, father born in Georgia, mother born in Louisiana
    James Sligo, 5: Wife's brother, Orphan, born in Arkansas, parents born in Tenessee
    1883 Donnie Terry born to Duncan Lafayette Terry and Harriet Sliger
    1885 Ola Terry born to Duncan Lafayette Terry and Harriet Sliger
    1886 Hettie Terry born to Duncan Lafayette Terry and Harriet Sliger
    1889 William Lafayette Terry born to Duncan Lafayette Terry and Harriet Sliger
    1894 Harriet Sliger Terry dies.
    -- Terry Family History, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~troy/terry/terry_family_history.html

    In the 1880 census, Harriet and Duncan are living in Lafayette Township of Scott County, Arkansas.  That is in the eastern central part of the state, east and bit north of the current capital of Arkansas, Little Rock.  Harriet's nephew is living with them.  The enumerator spells the family name Sligo, rather than Sliger.  This might indicate the way the family pronounced the name.

    But Duncan's name is spelled even more strangely, with the first name appearing only as a prefix on Lafayette, but the middle two syllables of the middle name are transposed:
    Delayafette

    1880 Federal Census, Scott County, Arkansas, 5 June, Lafayette, District 172, page 10B, Hse/Fam # 89
    Terry, Delayafette W M 26 Head  Farmer Georgia South Carolina South Carolina
    Terry, Harriet W F 21 Wife  Keeping House Louisiana Tennessee Tennessee
    Terry, Louis W M 5mos born Feb 1880  Son At Home AR GA LA
    Sligo, James W M 5 Wife's brother's orphan  At Home AR TX TN

    Their daughter Donnie Lee was born in 1884.

    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

    "Duncan Lafayette Terry: I'm noticing on several family trees regarding Duncan Terry and Harriet Sliger that they are missing my grandmother.  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.  She was born Dec 12, 1886 in Indian Territory, Oklahoma and died April 15, 1969 in Los Angeles, Calif.  She had 3 children, Olive Mosley, Maggie Mosley and Woodrow L Mosley (my father).
    --  pjsj1970juno.com, Anonymous comment on genealogy

    "Harriet Sliger was my greatgrandmother, Mary Hettie Sliger's sister."
    --  Anonymous comment on a genealogy

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