Life History

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  Ernest Bruce Terry
  Birth Jun. 12, 1880
  Death Aug. 28, 1942
  
  Ernest Terry married first Francis Temperance Eliza Jane Hatley in 1900 and they had three children:
  1) Jessie Lee "Lorraine" Terry Duncan Flora.
  2) Lonely Vivian Terry Roussa Mullins Brown, who died in 1993.
  3) Joyce "Boysie" Terry, who never married, died in 1992.
  
  After they divorced, Ernest married Ellen Lou Philpot in 1912 and they had three children:
  
  1) Doyle Ernest Terry, who died in 2000.
  2) Alice Irene Terry Spears Frazier, who died in 2005.
  3) Clarence Burl "Chang" Terry, who is still living.
  
  Parents:
  John Williamson Terry (1840 - 1902)
  Rebecca Alice Nelson Terry (1849 - 1932)
  Spouses:
  Frances Temperance Eliza Jane Hatley Terry Scruggs (1884 - 1973)
  Lou Ellen Terry (1890 - 1968)
  
  Children:
  Joyce Terry (1906 - 1992)
  
  Burial Tahoka Cemetery, Tahoka, Lynn County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Block 8
  
  Maintained by: Ralph Terry, Originally Created by: David Sifford Apr 29, 2006
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #14123984, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14123984
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  U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
  Ernest Bruce Terry
  SAR Membership #80024
  Birth12 Jun 1880 De Leon (Comanche County), Texas
  Death 20 Aug 1945 Tahoka, Texas
  Father John Williamson Terry
  Mother Rebecca Alice Nelson
  Spouse Frances Hutley
  Daughter Lorraine Terry
  
  1920 Federal Census, Callahan County, Texas, 10 March, Justice Precinct 1, District 30, page 1B, Hse/Fam #22
  Terry, Earnest  Head  Rents M W 39 TX AL TN No Occup Stated
  Terry, Ellen Wife F W 29 TX MS OK
  Terry, Doyal Son M W 6 Married TX TX TX
  Terry, Irene Dau F W 5 Single TX TX TX
  Terry, Clarence Son M W 3 Single TX TX TX
  
  1930 Federal Census, Lynn County, Texas, 19 April, Precinct 1, District 2, page 9b, Hse #171, Fam #181
  Terry, Earnest B Head Owns M W 49 First married at 20 TX US US Farmer
  Terry, Ellen Wife F W 39 First married at 22 TX MS OK
  Terry, Doyle E Son M W 16 TX TX TX
  Terry, Irene A Dau F W 15 OK TX TX
  Terry, Clarence B Son M W 13 TX TX TX
  Philpot, Clarence Brother-in-law M W 34 Divorced First married at 19 OK MS OK
  
  Ralph Terry has provided some excellent detail and notations to help us understand the life of Ernest Bruce Terry.  For some reason Ralph has Lou Ellen's names reversed. Where we find both names used togetrher they ae Lou Ellen (including the poorly spelled 1900 census).
  
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  Ernest Bruce Terry
  
  "Former Resident of Clyde Succombs at Tahoka - E. B. Terry died at Tahoka, Texas, Friday, August 28th, at 2:20 a.m. and was buried at 2:30 Saturday at that place. Mr. Terry formerly lived at Clyde and had many friends here. He had been in ill health for several months with that dreaded disease, cancer. Mmes. L. F. Coffman and L. F. Patterson, sisters of Mr. Terry were at his bedside when he passed away." (Clipping of the obituary of Ernest Bruce Terry, from a Clyde, Texas newspaper)
  
  Some information on the Earnest Bruce Terry family was from DAR application #397275, Comanche County, Texas records, various cemetery records, obituary notices, and personal information from Joyce Terry.
  
  Birth 12 JUN 1880 in near DeLeon, Comanche County, Texas
  Death 28 AUG 1942 in Texas
  Burial Tahoka Cemetery, Lynn County, Texas
  
  Father: John Williamson Terry b: 6 FEB 1840 in Madison Parish, Louisiana
  Mother Rebecca Alice Nelson b: 27 JUL 1849 in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee
  
  Marriage 1 Frances Temperance Eliza Jane Hatley b: 21 MAY 1884 in Lone Grove, Llano County, Texas
  Married 10 MAY 1900 in Comanche County, Texas
  "Ernest B. Terry married Miss F. D. Hatley, 10 May 1900" (Comanche County, Texas Marriage Book 4, page 119)
  
  Children:
  Jessie Lee "Lorraine" Terry b: 23 SEP 1902 in Gorman, Eastland County, Texas
  Lonely Vivian Terry b: 11 MAR 1904 in Rising Star, Eastland County, Texas
  Joyce "Boysie" Terry b: 9 FEB 1906 in De Leon, Comanche County, Texas
  
  Marriage 2 Ellen Lou Philpot b: 20 DEC 1890
  Married 10 FEB 1912 in Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas
  Children:
  Doyle Ernest Terry b: 17 DEC 1913 in Wolfe City, Hunt County, Texas
  Alice Irene Terry b: 18 FEB 1915 in Marietta, Love County, Oklahoma
  Clarence Burl "Chang" Terry b: 5 DEC 1916 in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas
  --  Ralph Terry, Judia and Ralph Terrry Genealogy, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=capenoch&id=I2501
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  Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
  Certificate #37023
  E. B. Terry
  Death 28 Aug 1942 Lynn County
  
  Ernest's death certificate says he died near New Lynn.  This is another community not far from Tahoka.  His address is Rt 1, Tahoka.  "Near New Lynn" would be between the two places.  This may mean he died at home, but the death certificate did not specifucally say that.
  
  Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
  E B Terry
  Birth 12 Jun 1880 Texas
  Farmer
  Residence Rt 1, Tahoka, Lynn County, Texas for 20 years
  Father J W Terry born Tennessee
  Mother Alice Nelson born Tennessee
  Age at Death 62 yrs 2 months 16 days
  Informant Doyle Terry, Tahoka
  Death 28 Aug 1942 near New Lynn, Lynn County, Texas
  Cause of death Abdominal carcinomatosis for 1 year, contributory cachexia
  Buried 29 August 1942 Tahoka by Rix Funeral Home, Lubbock, Texas
  Filed 29 August 1942, Filed State 4 September 1942
  
  U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
  Applicant Richard Wayne Flora
  Application 11 Jan 1956, SAR Membership #80024
  Born 31 January 1936 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
  Father Wayne Wrightsman Flora
  Birth 2 June 1900 South Haven, Michigan (still living in 1955)
  Mother Lorraine Terry
  Birth 23 September 1902 Gorman, Texas (still living in 1955)
  Married 26 June 1923 Detroit, Michigan
  Grandfather Ernest Bruce Terry
  Birth 12 June 1880 De Leon, Texas, Death 20 August 1945 Tahoka, Texas
  Grandmother Frances Hutley
  Birth 21 May 1884 Lone Grove, Texas (still living in 1955)
  Married 10 May 1900
  Great Grandfather John Williamson Terry
  Birth 6 February 1840 Madison Parish, Louisiana, Death 21 August 1902 De Leon, Texas
  Great Grandmother Rebecca Alice Nelson
  Birth 27 July 1849, Death 28 December 1932 Shelbyville, Tennessee
  Married 15 June 1865
  Great Great Grandfather Todd Robinson Terry
  Birth 1811 Anson County, North Carolina, Death 14 Dec 1847 near Mobile, Alabama
  Great Great Grandmother Mary Eliza Hill
  Birth 1816, Death 14 March 1863 Rusk County, Texas
  Married 2 July 1837
  Great Great Great Grandfather Eli Terry
  Birth abt 1772 Anson County, North Carolina, Death 1836 Autauga County, Alabama
  Mary A Pickett Birth Richmond County, North Carolina (adjacent to Anson Co) (Death Unknown)
  Married 17 December 1799
  Great Great Great Great Grandfather James Terry
  Birth 19 November 1746 Edgecomb County, North Carolina, Death 27 May 1816 Richmond County, North Carolina
  Great Great Great Great Grandmother Anna Robards
  Birth 13 February 1756 Cumberland County, North Carolina, Death Richmond County, North Carolina
  Married 24 May 1771
  5 Great Grandfather William Terry
  Birth abt 1725 Carolina County, Virginia, Death 1776 Anson County, North Carolina
  5 Great Grandmother Mary Raiford
  Birth 1728 Cumberland County, North Carolina, Death Unknown
  Married abt 1745 Edgecomb County, North Carolina
  William Terry was a "recognized Patriot -- furnished supplies."

Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 2. Tahoka Cemetery, Tahoka, Lynn, Texas, Master List
  • http://www.tahoka-texas.com/CM_Master_Report_-_3562.pdf
• 3. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
• 4. Obituary of Ernest Bruce Terry, a Clyde, Texas, newspaper, August1942
• 5. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
• 6. 1920 Federal Census, Callahan County, Texas
  • 10 March, Justice Precinct 1, District 30, page 1B, Hse/Fam #22
• 7. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
• 8. Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
  • Certificate #37023
• 9. Texas Marriages, 1837-1973
• 10. RootsWeb Trees
• 11. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 12. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • Memorial #14123984, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14123984