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Confederate Soldier James Edward Terry[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1822 - 1904  (81 years)


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  • Name James Edward Terry 
    Title Confederate Soldier 
    Born 17 Apr 1822  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 27 Jan 1904  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5065  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of James Terry, Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico
    Last Modified 20 Jan 2017 

    Father Royal Terry,   b. 6 Sep 1788, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1873, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Susannah Foster Thompson,   b. 21 Jan 1789, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Nov 1857, Halifax Co., Virginia. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Family ID F1843  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maria Agnes Bailey,   b. 1836, Campbell County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 3 May 1849  Brookneal, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • from Widows Pension
    Children 
    +1. Edward Lewis Terry,   b. 4 Mar 1865, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Dec 1962, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years)
     2. Kathryn "Kate" Terry,   b. 21 Jan 1872, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Sep 1950, Halifax, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Last Modified 20 Jan 2017 
    Family ID F1859  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Danville, Virginia Civil War Prisoners Held in Warehouse
    Danville, Virginia Civil War Prisoners Held in Warehouse
    Henry Van Der Weyde, Civil War Artist.jpg

    Documents
    Application of Widows Pension
    Application of Widows Pension
    mariaaterry.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S151] YESTERDAY -- GONE FOREVER .
      YESTERDAY -- GONE FOREVER A collection of Articles by Faye Royster Tuck Halifax County, Virginia.

      James Edward Terry was born 17 Apr 1822, died Jan 27, 1904 and was the son of Royal Terry. James Edward Terry married Agness Bailey. He served in the Civil War as a member of the Virginia Light Artillery, Penick's company.

      Edward Lewis Terry, son of James Edward Terry was born in 1865 nar the close of the Civil War and died in 1962. Edward Lewis Terry married Maud M. Tatum, born 1878. She died in 1954. They had seven Children. James, 2) John Robert, 3) Mary Susan, married Frank Walker Newton 4) Henry Paul, married Fannie Snead, 5) Bertha, married Kelly Landrum 6) Bessie, married Roy Dunkley and 7) Nannie Maud, first married Cumby and later M. F. Simmons.

    2. [S197] Widow's Pension.

    3. [S61] United States Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=15099981&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&rhSource=60214.
      1850 Census. James Edward Terry and wife Maria A. living with James Terry's parents

    4. [S61] United States Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&indiv=try&h=40239518.
      1870 Halifax, Virginia census James Terry with children
      Bettie
      James
      Willie
      Louisa
      Robert