David Nelson TERRY
Family Records
BIRTH: Franklin twp Ripley Co (now Johnson) Ind MARRIAGE:1846 to Rachel Bk A pg 92 1859 to Ruth book A pg 235 Daviess Co recorder John W Sheets. Marriage is performed by Martin Scott. 1830 CENSUS: Delhi twp Hamilton Co OH pg 351 as son of Ansel 1850 CENSUS: p388 27 dist Daviess Co MO, 1900, 1910 & 1920 just wife, 1851 buys land from George Flint 9 Sep Bk D pg SW 1/4 SEC 8 TWP 61 RG 27 1870 CENSUS: Wash twp Daviess Co MO pg 1 1/1 gives age 44 bn IN, wife 40 and 2 children from first mg, 4 present mg and father Ansel with ages and pl bn. 1880 CENSUS: Wash twp Daviess Co MO pg 1 3/3 with wife 47, 3 children and father 1906 All land he owned has legal description in his will. Names of 8 xhildren listed. Sandra Terry has copy DEATH: Washington twp now Jameson (Research):Old Scotland Chruch was orginally the Pilot Grove Christian Church and on its 100 Centenial Aug 30, 1956, it was written up in the Gallatin Democrat. Listed as founder are many of the Scott/Terry relatives namely :Martin Scott,A.J.Vinson, John McCoy, John A Brown, James Scott, Jepe McCoy, W.S. Brown, S.H.Hammond, Levi Cline, F.S. Troxel, James A Gorton, D.N. Terry, William Adams, and Ira G. Scott. Church built 1864, new built 1902 and the cemetary marks the resting place of many of their (our)families.
BIRTH-DEATH: cert #36268 Gives parents names and places of birth as Indiana, death. Washington twp now Jameson Died from old age and a widow, 89 yrs, 6 mos, 14 days. Also place of birth MARRIAGE: Copy of certificate in possession of Samdra Terry 1880 CENSUS: gives incorrect age 47
Mentioned in father's will conflicting death date in Terry book Mar 12 1937 Keith Co
not mentioned in father's will died as infant.
1880 CENSUS Mo listed as unmarried 1882 /baaptised into Church of Christ, Scotland Church 1883 MARRIAGE CERT: gives date and place, married by Josh Scott and witnesses Mollin and Saul Lander or Landes. License application #358 pg 384 Book F Gives father DN Terry and age 18. Washington twp now Jameson, mentioned in father's will. 1885 Harlan, Nebraska and then Hayes 1887 return to MO because of prarie fies & grasshoppers 1898 moved to Palisade NE 1900 Census In Nebraska 1908 Chase Co NE Census 1910 & 1920 with wife 1932 DEATH: obituary gives birth, parents, marriage date and wife name, birth, parents. Death certificate gives birth 1861, wife Hariett Elliott, parents and states of birth, and that he died of prostate cancer 1200 attended his funeral, 215 car in procession, and at the grave 70 robed Klansmen had charge of ritualistic work HISTORY:Second preacher for Scotland Church of Christ, a member of the Klan. Nebraska life was full of crop failures, dust storms and drouth.
mentioned in father's will
HISTORY:mentioned in father's will. Also the mother of Irvin Skinner md to Alice Croy 87 in 1995. Married 65 years Oct 5 1995 if he hadnt died in Mar at age of 94. We met her in Jameson MO and she toured us around and showed us cemeteries and we attended church with her at the Old Scotland Church of Christ built in 1865. Buried in the cemetary there are about 300 of our relatives and several more in Coffey at McClary cem.
He married Ruth Blackburn Scott 13 Oct 1859 at Daviess, Missouri . Ruth Blackburn Scott was born at McLean, Illinois 16 May 1831 daughter of Alexander Scott and Rebecca Hall or Blackburn .
They were the parents of 5
children:
Sarah Elizabeth Terry
born 12 Dec 1860.
Rachel P. Terry
born 21 Dec 1862.
Lewis Sherman Terry
born 25 Feb 1865.
Mary Emaline Terry
born 2 Apr 1867.
Nancy Isabell Terry
born 9 Jan 1870.
David Nelson Terry died 26 Jun 1908 at Jameson, Daviess, Missouri .
Ruth Blackburn Scott died 1 Dec 1920 at Washington Twp, Daviess, Missouri .