Grover Cleveland TERRY Robert Lee TERRY Julian Arie TERRY Houston Bogel TERRY Billy Pendley TERRY Grover Cleveland TERRY Hazel Missouri TERRY Mini tree diagram

Sarah Addie PENDLEY6,1,7,5,4,2

22nd Sep 18903,1,4,5,2 - 30th Sep 19781,2

Life History

22nd Sep 1890

Born in Murray County, Georgia.3,1,4,5,2

9th Feb 1909

Birth of son Robert Lee TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.4,1,7,8,2

7th Jan 1911

Birth of son Julian Arie TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.9,4,10,11,12,13,14,8,2

Feb 1916

Birth of son Houston Bogel TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.4,1,8,16

13th Mar 1921

Birth of son Billy Pendley TERRY in Chatsworth, Murray, Georgia.17,13,4,1,9,11

about Jan 1927

Birth of son Grover Cleveland TERRY in Chatsworth, Murray, Georgia.5,4,18,2

7th Jun 1931

Birth of daughter Hazel Missouri TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.5,13

Mar 1942

Death of son Houston Bogel TERRY in Philippines.15,16

16th Apr 1962

Death of Grover Cleveland TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.19,2

30th Sep 1978

Died in Murray County, Georgia.1,2

after 30th Sep 1978

Buried in Chatsworth Heights Cemetery, Chatsworth, Murray, Georgia.1,2

Other facts

 

Married Grover Cleveland TERRY

Notes

  • Grover cleveland Terry married Sarah Addie Pendley.

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    Hazel Terry [Grover's youngest daughter] ... helped to fill in some blanks concerning family names. She said that their father's full name was Grover Cleveland Terry and the mother's was Sarah Addie (Pendley) Terry.  R. L. was Robert Lee. Julian had no middle name.  H. B. was Huse B. Terry.  Billie P. actually was a male, so Billy, but he had no middle name or initial. G. C. was Grover Cleveland Terry, named for his father. Hazel had only the one name.

    Hazel said that Huse probably was named for his Dad's older brother.  G. C. confirmed this and added that the uncle had been Dr. Huse Terry who lived in Acworth, Georgia.

    H. B.'s sister, Hazel, says that, because she was so much younger than him, she does not remember him well. She does recall the family attending services at the Methodist church at Hasslers Mill. She said that H. B.'s death was the most devastating event ever in her family's history. She said that the family never talked about H. B.'s death and that her three brothers who had also served in the Navy were reluctant to discuss anything about their military service. Hazel sadly recalled that her mother was so distraught over Huse's death that she destroyed all of her pictures of him.

    H. B.'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.

    Hazel also provided interesting information about her mother's parents. They were William and Harriet Pendley, who moved from Jasper, in Pickens County, Georgia, to Spring Place, Georgia in 1895. The couple had 13 children, including one set of twins. Ten lived to become adults. Two sons eventually moved to Imperial County, California, where they died.

    William and Harriet owned a cotton gin, a grist mill, and extensive farmland. Pendley invented several pieces of farm equipment. He also created several special tools needed in the talc industry. Perhaps his most widely used invention was the special scissors he created in the early 1930s to be used by women to clip chenille bedspreads.

    Every person familiar with the history of Chatsworth must recall that virtually all of the bricks used to build the town were made by the Pendley's facility, officially named the Chatsworth Brick Company
    ...
    --  Murray Country Families, http://www.murraycountymuseum.com/mf100a.html
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    1910 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 22 April, McDonald District, Enumeration District 110, page 4A, Hse/Fam #71
    Terry, Grover  Head M W  23  Married 2 years GA GA GA Farmer
    Terry, Addie  Wife  W F 18  Married 2 years GA GA GA
    Terry, Robert L  Son M W  1  Married 2 years GA GA GA

    1920 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 22 January, McDonald District, Enumeration District 110, page 4A, Hse/Fam #71
    Terry, Grover  Head M W  34  Married 2 years GA GA GA Farmer
    Terry, Addie  Wife  W F 27  Married 2 years GA GA GA
    Terry, R L  Son M W  10  GA GA GA
    Terry, Julian  Son M W  8  GA GA GA
    Terry, H B  Son M W  3  GA GA GA

    In the 1930 census, Grover Terry's wife is reported as Sarah A, correlating with the names Sarah Addie reported by family sources.

    1930 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 15 April, McDonald (Militia District 1013), District 11, page 5A, Hse #70, Fam #75,
    Terry, Grover C Head M W 40  Married at age 20  GA GA GA Farmer [would make birth in 1890]
    Terry, Sarah A Wife F W 35  Married at age 16  GA GA GA Farm Laborer [would make birth in 1895]
    Terry, R L  Son M W 21  Single  GA GA GA None
    Terry, Julian  Son M W 19  Single  GA GA GA None
    Terry, H B  Son M W 14  Single  GA GA GA None
    Terry, Billie P  Son M W 9  Single  GA GA GA None
    Terry, G C  Son M W 3yrs 2mos  Single  GA GA GA None [born abt Jan 1927]

    The age given here would indicate birth in about 1895.  Yet a family genealogy by Kaye Nicholson, in Ancestry World Tree (http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kaye_nicholson&id=I1255) reports an exact birthday of 22 September 1890.

    This same birthday is reported by another researcher, Richard Bates (Ancestry World Tree (http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rbbates1302004&id=I05505).  With this birth date, she should be 39, when the April 1930 census was taken.  Her 40th birthday would have been in September 1930, if she was born in 1890.

    Likewise Grover's birthday is reported by both researchers as 30 Sep 1885, which means he should be 45, not 40.

    This census reports the age a couple were when they were married (whereas some censuses report the number of years they have been married).  Grover reports age 40 and married at age 20.  That would mean they have been married about 20 years.  Sarah reports age 35 and married at age 16.  This would also come out to being married about 19 or 20 years depending on when the birthday is.

    We know that censuses are notorious for reporting the wrong ages or for varying from census to census.  The ages at marriage and the resulting marriage period reported here, however,  are consistent with the ages given, which seems to make these ages credible.  I would normally think an exact date would represent more knowledgeable sourcing.  But it appears that the birth dates of 1885 for Sarah and 1890 for Grover accounts better for the known information of age 35 for Sarah and 40 for Grover, which comes supposedly from the persons themselves, lacking other info from public records.

    Due to the uncertainties involved I am leaving the exact dates given by the two family researchers.  But I will watch for further information to clarify this anomaly.  As it stands the censuses give us birth years of 1895 for Sarah and 1890 for Grover, while the genealogies gives us the dates of 22 September 1890 for Sarah and 30 September 1885 for Grover.

    In the 1930 census, Grover and Addie are living next door to Grover's brother Cyrus L, a single head of household at age 49, and his mother Emily, a widow age 77.

    1940 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 4 April, McDonald District, District 105-12, page 3A, Hse #31, Owns $2000
    Terry, Grover Head M W 76 Grade 8 b Murray Co GA same place in 1935 Farm Laborer
    Terry, Addie Wife F W 52 Grade 8 b Murray Co GA same place in 1935 Housekeeper
    Terry, G C Son M W 13 Single Grade 5 b Murray Co GA same place in 1935 School
    Terry, Hazel Dau F W 7 Single Grade 3 b Murray Co GA same place in 1935 School

    Addie S Pendley Terry
    Birth Sep 22, 1890
    Death Sep 30, 1978
    Wife of Grover Cleveland Terry.
    Children:
    Robert L Terry (1909 - 1984)
    Julian Terry (1911 - 2000)
    Huse Bogus Terry (1916 - 1942)
    Huse Bogus Terry (1916 - 1942)
    Billy P Terry (1921 - 2002)
    Billy P Terry (1921 - 1999)
    Grover Cleveland Terry (1926 - 2015)
    Burial Chatsworth Heights Cemetery, Chatsworth, Murray County, Georgia
    Created by BDC Sep 20, 2008
    --  Find A Grave Memorial #29943497, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2994349

Sources

  • 1. Ancestry Trees
    • Kaye Nicholson, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kaye/rice.htm
  • 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • 3. Ancestry Trees
    • Richard Bates, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rbbates1302004&id=I05505
  • 4. 1930 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
    • 15 April, McDonald (Militia District 1013), District 11, page 5A, Hse #70, Fam #75
  • 5. 1940 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
    • 4 April, McDonald District, District 105-12, page 3A, Hse #31, Owns $2000
  • 6. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
    • Memorial #29943564
  • 7. 1910 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
    • 22 April, McDonald District, Enumeration District 110, page 4A, Hse/Fam #71
  • 8. 1920 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
    • 22 January, McDonald District, Enumeration District 110, page 4A, Hse/Fam #71
  • 9. Social Security Death Index
  • 10. Ohio, Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
    • Certificate #033697
  • 11. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
  • 12. 1940 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
    • 17 April, Chatsworth, District 105-1, Page 8a, Hse #157, Rents $70
  • 13. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
  • 14. Obituary of Julian Terry, Dayton Daily News, April 11, 2000, pg. B5
  • 15. World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
  • 16. Murray County Museum
  • 17. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
  • 18. Roxanne Terry, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 24 August 2012
  • 19. Georgia Deaths, 1919-98

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