Life History

Notes

• Alphonso Brown ( Jack) Terry and Leanora Bland
  Issue:
  Lena Ethel Terry married A.O. White
  James Milton
  Chester Terry
  Lester Terry
  Tempie NMN Terry
  Duncan Lee Terry
  --  Jacque Watkins, Facebook Comment to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 19 September 2014
  
  Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
  Lester Terry
  Birth 10 Apr 1923 Orange County
  Certificate #23353
  
  It is reported that Chester and Lester were twins. The list of children above has both Lester and Chester, but I found that the birth Index summary list has only Chester, not Lester, born in Orange County, Texas.  Another Chester was born close to the same time also, but in Roberts County, Texas, named Chester Hugh.
  
  Chester is reported born on 10 April 1923, and Chester Hugh on 9 May 1923.  I wondered if the birth certificate was made out incorrectly, with the name being written Lester instead of Chester, or the name Lester being incorrectly typed onto the summary Index list for the year as Chester, maybe under the influence of the next certificate in the name of Chester.  But later a death record was found for each child, a day apart in July of the same year.
  
  The Texas birth index for 1923 lists only the name of Chester, while the birth certificates search onlne produces a certificate only in the name of Lester.
  
  The twins died one day apart.
  
  Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
  Chester Terry
  Death 26 Jul 1923 Coryell County
  Certificate #20482
  
  Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
  Lestar Terry
  Death 27 Jul 1923 Coryell County
  Certificate #20483

Sources

• 1. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
• 2. Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
• 3. Jacque Watkins, Facebook comment to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 19 September 2014