Life History

Notes

• From the 1900 census record, Flora's parents James and Phoebe moved from Tennessee to Texas between September 1890 and December 1892.  Flora's death certificate reports that she was born 1893 in Breckenridge, which is in Stephens County, 3 counties west of Ft Worth.  By 1900 they were living in Wise County, just west of Ft Worth.
  
  From the 1900 census record, we can tell that ames and Phoebe moved to Texas between September 1890 and December 1892.  Their daughter Flora's death certificate reports that she was born 1893 in Breckenridge, which is in Stephens County, 3 counties west of Ft Worth.  By 1900 they were living in Wise County, just west of Ft Worth.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Wise County, Texas, 2 June, Voting Precinct 9, District 150, page 2B, Hse #23, Fam #24
  Terrey, James L Head W M  June 1863 36 Married 16 yrs TN TN TN Farmer Rents
  Terrey, Phoebia J Wife W F Aug 1861 38 Married 16 yrs 7 children/6 living TN TN TN
  Terrey, Henry C Son W M Apr Jan 1883 16 Single TN TN TN Farmer
  Terrey, Owen Son W M May 1888 12 Single TN TN TN Farmer
  Terrey, Willie M Dau W M Sept 1890 9 TN TN TN At School
  ** Terrey, Flora J Dau W M Jan 1893 7 TX TN TN At School **
  Terrey, Gertie Dau W M Apr 1896 4 TX TN TN
  Terrey, Homer Son W M Mar 1900 2mos Single TX TN TN
  
  Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
  Flora Jane Beesinger [Flora Jane Terry]
  Residence 808 N Madden St, Shamrock, Wheeler, Texas; in Shamrock for 39 years
  Birth 8 Jan 1893 Breckenridge, Texas
  Widowed
  Father James Levi Terry
  Mother Eva Jean Bell Collins
  Age at Death exactly 78 years
  Social security #462-20-2473
  Informant Clifford Montgomery
  Death 8 Jan 1971 at home, Shamrock, Wheeler, Texas
  Cause of Death Coronary Artery Disease, due to Arteriosclerosis
  Burial 11 January 1917 in Shamrock Cemetery, Shamrock, Wheeler County, Texas, by M H Clay Jr
  Certificate #06622 filed 14 January 1917, filed State 8 February 1971
  

Sources

• 1. 1900 Federal Census, Wise County, Texas
  • 2 June, Voting Precinct 9, District 150, page 2B, Hse #23, Fam #24
• 2. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982