Notes:

Elisha is the son of Jane Terry & George Tarbox.

. 1847 Feb 5 - John & I went to Winter Quarters to see my sister Jane. We found she had left Sister Thompson & gone to live at Brother Wooleys. …We came home February 6 & on February 15, Elisha Tarbox & I went again to Sister Holman's where Jane died of consumption (TB). … It was not long after this that John Heward & the 10 year old had a little trouble over an errand which John sent him on. John reprimanded him quite severely, this made Grandma Terry vexed & she sent for Elisha to come & live with them, which he did. He crossed the plains in their wagon in the Allen Taylor Company arriving in the Salt Lake Valley October 15, 1849.

[His half-sister] Emma Young had got better of the canker & was going to school. She was now 7 years old. It was a great trial for such young children to be left without parents at the commencement of such a wearisome trek as the more than 1000 miles they had to travel to get to the Valley of the Mountains, but they were fortunate to have relatives to care for them. Emma Amanda, with the Hewards came in the company with Zerah Pulsipher as Captain (Terry Lund's great grandfather) which arrived in Salt Lake 25 Sep, 1848.
The Hewards had a hard struggle to get along in this new land, of course Emma suffered along with the rest.
. 1855 January 16, grandfather Parshall Terry came to see how they were getting along & told them he thought they could do better if they moved to Draperville where most of the Terry's were located, so they did in March of that same year. But later Elisha went to live with my father & mother. Finally, Emma Amanda went to live permanently with her grandparents & brother Elisha. I imagine her life here was a bit more happy. Elisha later went to California where he established a home & had his family.
Ref: A Puritan Heritage, The Ancestry of Marshall & Hannah Terry, by H Vernon & Eleaner M Hall, .
Ref: 1889 & Marshall Terry Family History, by Terry Lund, 1900.

. 1853 Apr 23, American Fork, Utah, Military Service, Elisha T Tarbox.

San Francisco Directory
. 1862, 54 Jessie St, Elisha T Tarabox, Driver;
- xx Cheer House Laundry, Elisha T. Tarbox, propt. office 121 Ldierdoff.

San Francisco, California Voter Registration, for Elisha Terry Tarbox, born New York:
. 1866 Jul 16, Presidio Rd., San Fran. Age 28, b. NY.
. 1880 Aug 05, NW Corner Union & Octavia, Age 43, b 1837 NY
. 1882 Aug 25, 105 Stockton,
. 1888 Aug 8, 1890 Aug 9, 1892 Sep 1 & 1896 Jun 1896, 504 Washington

Recorded for further research, further information would be much appreciated:
XRef: Elisha Tarbox.1 & Elisha Tarbox.2 & George Tarbox:

. 1869 Oct 27 & again 1870 May 23-31st, Letters remaining in the Wells
Fargo Co. Express Office, San Francisco Post office: E T Tarbox.

. 1870 Jan 8. California, San Francisco, Neld & Goss Laundry, sold out to E T Tarbox.
. 1871 Apr 8. A large number of young men assembled at Dashaway Hall, last evening for the purpose of organizing a Young Man's Republican Club of San Francisco.
. 1871 Jul 11, E T TARBOX, Long & favorably known in this city, will probably run on the Republicans ticket at our coming election, for Supervisor of the Twelfth Ward.
Ref: San Francisco Bulletin Newspaper.
. 1872 Feb 18, Sun. Notice of application … bounded from the distillery of ET Tarbox, formerly Gavotta.
. 1872 Sep 18, Wed. Deeds Files James S Kennedy to Elisha T Tarbox, a certain track of land formerly known as Boise Mill property, but now known as the Los Angeles Distillery, for $14,000. James S Kennedy to Elisha T Tarbox, a certain piece of land, situated in the county of Lost Angeles, for $10.
Ref: Los Angeles Daily Star.

. 1871 Sep 7 - Twelfth Ward, S Fran. Stanyan for Supervisor. In this ward among the workers were … ET Tarbox.
. 1872 Jul 3 & 6 - Fourth of July Celebrations: Procession assemble at Occidental Hotel, Stockton St. Aides of Grand Marshal & marchers … ET Tarbox.
Ref: San Francisco Chronicle.

. 1872 Oct 18 - Passengers from Los Angles, by Telegraph, the steamer Orisba sails this afternoon from San Pedro for SF, Passengers ET Tarbox, 6 chinamen.
Ref: Weekly Alta California Newspaper, San Fran., pub. Oct 26 .
. 1873 July 8, 12th Ward, Polls at north east corner Pos & Pacific, Supervisor, ET Tarbox. Ref: SF Bulletin.
. 1874 Sep 23 - Los Angeles grape growers are beginning to harvest their crops now, preparatory to manufacturing them into wine & spirits. ET Tarbox will commence distilling brandy about the 5th of October. He will use 7 tons per day.
Ref: Stockton Daily Evening Herald.

. 1874 Oct 6 - Grape Juice - Commencement of Operations in the Distillery, An Extensive establishment, the process of Mfg. Brandy, Something for LA to be proud.
Yesterday, through the courtesy of Mr. E. T. Tarbox, the leassee & operator of the Los Angeles Distillery, members of the city press were furnished carriages & a polite invitation to visit the extensive establishment across the river & witness the opening of the Fall vintage. The distillery has lately been refitted & supplied with all the necessary machinery & appliances for a vigorous prosecution of work during the grape season. The building itself is commodious & well arranged & everything about the establishment has been brought to the most desirable state of cleanliness & good order. Commencing with the Introduction of the grapes from a platform on the southeastern side of the building, we pass through a huge doorway which leads directly the crusher. The grapes are packed In boxes of a convenient size, holding four pounds each & are thus carried in on tramways from the receiving platform. About 10 tons were stacked up ready for use, this being only a small installment compared with the capacities of the establishment & designed, only for a short run to test the machinery. Four men were kept busy feeding the crusher & at that, could not supply the machine to its full capacity, which is placed at over 10 tons an hour. After crushing, the pulp & juice pass into a huge mash-tub beneath & the stems are carried out upon a platform to be rinsed & afterwards pitched off out of the way by a workman who stands by with pitchfork in hand.
The mash-tub is 18 feet In diameter & has a capacity of 2,500 gallons. It is provided with a large sweep with rake teeth, which is kept constantly in motion stirring up the juice & pulp as It falls into the tub. When filled & properly stirred with its due proportion of water, the mash Is passed through pipes to the fermenting tanks on a lower floor. Of these there are 12 of a capacity of 5,000 gallons each, or an aggregate capacity of 60,000 gallons. After remaining in the tanks for 48 hours, to allow proper fermentation, the mass is allowed to pass through flumes sunk in the floor & leading from each tub to an underground cistern holding 11,000 gallons. From this it is pumped at once to the top of the building, where it passes into a still with a 6,000 gallon capacity. This still is an immense tub similar to the others, though much higher & divided into three compartments, one above the other, with appliances for steaming & refining. Here, in due course of time, the mass of fermented pulp changes to spirits, in its passage respectively through the 3 compartments & comes out through a pipe beneath & is connected into the final reservoirs. These are 3 in number &g hold each 1,613 gallons. They are kept under Government lock & key & are not accessible even to the managers of the distiller.

Having passed through the whole process from the grape to the brandy, some general remarks concerning the; workings of the establishment may be in order. The force of operatives consists of Mr. Tarbox, the proprietor, Mr. Lucian Curlis, the Superintendent, our genial friend, T Jeff White, bookkeeper & about 30 workmen altogether, in the various departments. When in full operation, the establishment will consume about 70 tons of grapes daily, turning out for the same period 15,000 gallons of spirits. This distillery is the largest in Southern California & one of the largest in the State. It has required a vast amount of pluck & capital to set such a mammoth concern at work & it is to be hoped that Mr. Tarbox will be amply rewarded for the step which he has taken. The importance of such a distillery to this section of the State cannot be overestimated, furnishing as it does a ready market for one of the principal products & securing the wealth in our midst which would otherwise find its location in San Francisco or some of the larger cities.
After viewing the distillery thoroughly & watching the manufacturIng process in its full operation, the company were invited into a house adjoining, where a fine collation was in waiting, presided over by the eminent colored artist George Van Buren. The viands had ample justice do to them & the health of Mr. Tarbox & the success of his enterprise was drank in many a bumper of sparkling champagne. The occasion, altogether, was a most happy one & we can only hope that the prosecution of his enterprise will be as pleasant throughout for Mr. Tarbox & his friends as the commencement proved yesterday.

. 1875 Jan 29 Land Transfer: ET Tarbox, 18 acres city LA, NW by LA river; also Lot E San Gabriel Rd app distillery.
Ref: Los Angeles Daily Herald.
. 1876 Jun 6, ET Tarbox was a passenger for San Francisco by the Ancon.

. 1878 Jan 27 - Mr. ET. Tarbox has telegraphed from San Francisco to Mr. Jeremiah Baldwin that the verdict in the Los Angeles Distillery case is in favor of the claimants. The distillery is the property of the Bank of California. As it will now, after a lapse of 3 years, pass out of government hands, it will be ready next fall to resume its mission of manufacturing grape brandy. This will be a decided boon to our vineyardists.
. 1878 Aug 10 - ET Tarbox, proprietor of the LA distillery, has filed a petition in bankruptcy in the US District.
Court. Liability, $81,618,62 assets $71,087,10.

. 1886 Apr 3 - LA is to have a water system of pure artisan water, obtained rom wells near the old Tarbox distillery. A Cornish engine is to be used that will throw 2 million gallons per diem up into a reservoir, where it can be sued to supply the city.
Ref: Press & Horticulturist, Riverside, California.

. 1895 Mar 28 - Deputy Census Marshals appointed E T Tarbox, Salary $6 a day.
1896 Oct 21 - Election Commoners yesterday appointed the following precinct officers: ET Tarbox.
Ref: San Francisco Call.

. 1900 Jun 1 Census San Francisco, California. Born Jul 1837, 1857, married 26 years/ 1831, Born NY, both parents born NY. Occupation: Clerk.
Ref: Los Angles Herald Newspapers, [all of the above.]

Days before death:
. 1904 Nov 26-27th. - The Corinthian Cal. & South Bay Yacht clubs brought the season to an official end last Saturday & Sunday. Members & visitors adjourning afterwards to the main hall for the jinks. Programme, …South Bay Yacht Club Soloist Violinist: Ben Tarbox.
Ref: SF Call, Published Nov 5, 1904.

. 1904 Nov 29, Tues. - NIGHTS OF COLUMBUS JINKS. - An entertaining high Jinks was given Tuesday night given Tuesday.
by San Francisco Council, Knights of Columbus at Golden Gate Hall. An excellent musical programme was given & several members of the Olympic Club contributed their services to make the evening one of pleasure.The following took part in the programme: [many inc.,] Ben Tarbox.
Ref: SF Call Newspaper, published Thurs. Dec 1, 1904.

. 1904 Dec 2 -Death, TARBOX Elisha T.,
beloved husband of Julia A. Tarbox & father of Benjamin L. Tarbox, a native of New York, aged 67 years 4 months & 7 days.
Ref: San Francisco Call. -. -

Page Two ELISHA TERRY TARBOX

. 1874 Nov 4 - A DISTILLERY SEIZED - Collector Sedgwick has seized, for violation of internal revenue laws, the distillery of ET Tarbox, located at Los Angles, together with some 10,000 gallons of fruit brandy therein. Ref: SF Bulletin.

. 1875 Mar 3 - THOSE MATERIALIZED SPIRITS, The Great Seizure of Grape Brandy at Los Angles. I M Foulke, Supervisor of Internal Revenue, who with Suv. Collector Mayhew recently seized the great grape brandy distillery at LA, a arrived in this city today. It appears from a statement made by Mr. Foule that 6 pipes of brandy were shipped from the distillery to SF in December last & the stamps on these pipes were inspected & found to be correct. During the month of January the same pipes bearing the stamps already used once before, were again received in this city. The violation of the law by the use of old stamps, aroused the suspicion of the Revenue authorities here & the LA distillery was therefore under strict surveillance.
The distillery, as stated in our special dispatch from LA, stands in the name of E T Tarbox & was under the management of Lucien Curtis. In explanation of the reason why the illicit manufacture of brandy was not discovered by the local authorities, it is stated that there was no storekeeper at the institution. The law does not provide for a storekeeper in a grape brandy distillery but tin the case of a grain distillery this order is deemed an imperative necessity. The reason given for the failure to provide storekeepers for the grape brandy distilleries, that several farmers manufacture grape brandy & it would be a great hardship on them to pay for a storekeeper.
The distillery at LA manufactured more brandy that the united products of all the other distilleries in the State. The Revenue authorities arrive at the yield of a distillery in this way. The capacity of the institution is surveyed; a certain number of boilings is allowed; the time required for fermentation is noted; & the owner or manager is obliged to report the production each months under oath.While searching the LA distillery, the Supervisor & his deputy came across a pipe 18 inches under the ground, in a little room adjoining the receiving room of the institution. This ice lead to rubs 150 feet from the building. It is unnecessary to go not all the details. Suffice it to say that tin tubs buried under the grounded in pipes concealed in hay, about 75,000 gallons of body was discovered. The institution was seized & the work of pumping out the brandy was forthwith commenced. As fast as the brandy is removed from he tanks it is placed in fire-proof back warehouses, 2 of which have been leased by the Government.
The only people who deserve any sympathy in this affair are the small producers to whom the distillery people are indebted. Two years ago the grape growers lost heavily by the burning of the distillery. Curtis, then the owner, being unable to pay his debts. An now by the attempt on the part of the distillery people to swindle the Government, the producers are again losers in sums caring from $200 to $2,000. Curtis is a man who held public offices in this State about 20 years & finally drifted into the distillery business a few years ago.
Ref: SF Bulletin Newspaper.

. 1875 Mar 16 & 25 - DISTILLERY FRAUDS at Los Angeles is given as follows in the Call of 11th The official gauge of the grape brandy seized at Turbos & Curtis' distillery, the officers having finished pumping out the underground vats, shows 61,702 proof gallons seized at L, busies which 6 pipes, 1,600 poof gallons shipped from the under reused stamps, were seized a short time before in SA, ming a total of 63,302 pored gallons seized.In addition to which was seized the valuable distillery property at LA work probably fro $30-40,000.
Warrants were issued the the arrest of E W Tarbox, the nominal proprietor & Lucien Curtis, the superintendent. Tarbox has been arrested in this city & bound over to appear before the next US Grand Jury, in the same of $10,000 with James Laidley as security.
Ref: LA Herald & San Diego Union Newspaper.

. 1876 Apr 5 - CROOKED BRANDY, TRAIL OF THE LA DISTILLERY CASE
On Nov 4, 1874, 13,000 gallons or grape brandy made were seized in the name of E T Tarbox as proprietor & Lucien Curtis as manager. Huge Hoffman allowed the party to bond the spirits & to go on & work up the material on hand & that contract for. On Feb 26 the same deputy made another seizer of 61,700 gallons which was turned over to the US Marshall. Since the time the distillery & costs have remained in charge of keepers appointed by the Marshall. The defendants wee arrest a year ago this month & in June the USGrand Jury found a true bill of indictment against them.
Mr. Van Duzer made the opening statement against L Curtis on 13 counts … of which large quantities of distilled sports had not been paid & removing & concealing the same. He failed to keep looks as required by law & no entries were made. some months afterwards another visit was made by Revenue officers discovering a large quantity of concealed spirits. Seizure & confiscation of the property. … Large quants of sports had been surreptitiously removed from the premises was shown by the fact that a number of barrels had been traced to a chart in SF with stamps & labels on them which proved beyond all question that they had been shipped by the defendant.
Collection HW Mayhew submitted a notice given by ET Tarbox that he was about opening a fruit distillery in LA, as required by law.

. 1876 Apr 12 - Examination of Mr. Tarbox resumed. He testified: The first product of the sill was not gaged by me. Prior to the seizure of Nov 1874, he made about 10,000 gallons of singlings. After that seizure I made some 15,000 gallons of brandy. Tax was paid upon a part & the remainder was stored in the ware house. I had on hand at the time of the 2nd seizure, about 11-12,000 g. of brandy. It was sold to the LA Brand. Feb 25 when the 2nd seizure was made, I did not register my still as not being in use up to the time, as I intended to treat my singling.
At that time because I had as much brandy on hand as I could impose of for some months & I had no money to pay for the necessary casks required. I went to a wholesale him in this city & asked them to write of NY & see what California brandy was worth which they did & told me it was worth form $1.50 to $2 a gallon. I then went to the Bank of California & explained matters & they gave me a letter of credit on the LA Bank. This was in February. I then bought 200 barrels & 100 pipes from J M Curits for the purpose of shipping the spirits.
The only reason that I did not double on the singles was because I had up to the time money. He had no other interest in the establishment except his salary, $300 a month. There had been no spirits sent from the distillery about the time the sports were seized at Spadra. They could not have been sent without my knowledge. All my brandy was stored n the warehouse which I described in my application. I know nothing about the Spadra seizure except what I have heard from others. I have heart the description of the packages seized ex-Orizaba. I need had any such spirits sent from my distillery as those described by the Gov. witnesses.
the cisterns are instructed by the advice of Mr. Curtis who recommended me to put them down in order to store the rain water, which he said was the best thing to reduce brandy with. They were underground to prevent the water from getting putrid. The pipe was used for the purpose of catching the water from the roof of the receiving & fermenting room. The pipe went 5 feet underground to prevent it interfering with the foundation.
Mr. Tarbox testified that it would take 2 weeks to fill the underground tanks. There was no secrecy in emptying the singling into them. It was known to everybody around the distillery. The storage buildings were not locked in the daytime. Neither the distillery nor the rectifier was in operation at the time of the seizure. Had the distillery been left alone until May all the spirit stock would have been accounted for to the Gov. authorities. Witness said that upon the singling being gauged he made a tender to the Revenue Dept. of duty amount to $40,000 but the tender as refuse … If Mr Curtis had reported the 3,200 gal. instead of 2,332 gal. of singling, it would appear as if were working on juice of the original material.
The spirits were stored in those places to keep them cool. There was no hay put over the pipes, to my knowledge. I was never absent from the distillery more than 3 hours in a day during the time ti was running. I had a rough memorandum of the number of empty packages, but not of the filled ones. No one could take any packages out of the distillery without my knowledge. I would miss he packages. I had an account of all the packages on hand a the end of October. I cannot say how much brandy I sold to Curtis who told me about using rain water. He called it the French method, to keep the rain water for a year or two & use it to reduce the brandy to proof. which would be illegal but there is now law against adding water or burnt sugar at the distillery. The rainy season at LA is very short.
An offer was made to get the spirits released I had a copper still in the refinery. I do not know that its capacity is 900 gallon. I was authorized to produce at the refinery by redistilation are grape brandy, pure spirits & alcohol. In Jun 1875, Sam. Hubbard of San Rafael, introduced Mr. Tarbox to the firm that could ship some of 60,000 gallons of sports East.
Ref: San Francisco Evening Post, published Apr 5, 1876, [Edited for duplication - PJA]

. 1876 Apr 13, Thurs. J M Curtis testified, to rectify brandy & free it from fusil oil & other impurities, Witness had made distillation study, studied chemistry & graduated as an analytical chemist. It is a great object to distill grape juice as rapidly as possible into singlings to prevent the pomace being destroyed. the color of singling come from the still is white. The light sherry color in singling is attributed to the wood casks. Witness Mayhew's opinion it would take about 30 days to double 31,000 wine singling into to grape brandy. Lady is worst at present $1.50 per gallon. Mr. Coghland put a few handfuls of hay on top to keep off the sun. PJ White testified the underground cisterns were put down openly, everyone could se them in the course of construction. He was employed as weighted because I spoke Spanish.
Ref: San Francisco Evening Post.

. 1876 Apr 20, Thus. The defeat of Government against Curtis & Tarbox is gratifying or otherwise just. There are many circumstances connected with the Avenue law & enforcement which incline fair mined men to sympathize with those those subject to its conditions especially when they fall into the hands of officers on charges of violating those conditions. The Revenue law supposes a distiller to be a thief & its is the custom of Revenue officers to on the assumption that the law is correct.
Ref: LA Daily Herald.

. 1876 Apr 20 - The defeat of the Government in the case of the US against Curtis & Tarbox is gratifying or otherwise just as one regards the situation of he many Revenue laws & law enforcement in cline fair mined men to sympathize with those subjects to its conditions especially when they fall into the hands of the officers on charges of violating those conditions. It is quite probable that the business of the LA Distillery was conducted on the cranked order. But the Government couldn't prove it & we are inclined to rejoice over the result of the trail.
Ref: Los Angeles Daily Herald.

. 1876 May 27, Sat. - The following passengers left San Francisco yesterday at 9 AM on steamer Orizaba for Los Angles: E T Tarbox.

. 1876 May 31 - A meeting of the creditors of Los Angeles distillery will be held today. Mr. Tarbox, one of the proprietors, has called this meeting for the purpose of conferring with those holding claims to made satisfactory to the creditors.
Much Ado About Nothing. After a great deal of dust & feathers, expense, loss, inconvenience& the subsequence tail of one of the proprietors of the Lost Angeles distillery, growing out of the seizure of the establishment on a complaint of violation of International Revenue Law, the conclusion has been reach that no illegal act has been committed. The Judge before whom the case was tried was not in accordance with the law. A new trail will probably be granted Mr. Curtis & the result will be the total acquittal of the defendant. Mr. Tarbox, another one of the proprietors was indicted on 3 counts precisely similar on which Mr. Curtis was acquitted, it is not likely that he will be brought to trial. … for all the damage to farmers vineyardist who supplied the grapes, there is no recourse.The Government makes no restitution for losses it inflicts upon citizens.

. 1876 Jun 1 - Yesterday the fruit growers held a meeting at the County Court room for the purpose of making a disposition of the indebtedness of E. T. Tarbox to them. About 25 creditors were present. Thirteen of these signed, an agreement to accept 60¢ on the dollar, with one year's time, in payment in full, for the purpose of following Mr. Tarbox to start a distillery & rectify during the ensuing year. The general feeling of the creditors present was in favor of giving an opportunity for the recovery of Mr. Tarbox's fortune. There was an almost unanimous feeling in favor of giving him a fair chance to renew business again & the best wishes of the majority of his creditors are with him. He is an able business man, & we join in the kind wishes of his friends.

. 1875 Jun 16 - It is reported that Tarbox, in a suit in San Francisco, has recovered the liquors seized of the Los Angeles Distillery. This, if true, is good news to our vineyardists who are the creditors of the concern.

. 1876 May 27, Sat. - The following passengers left San Francisco yesterday at 9 AM on steamer Orizaba for Los Angles: ET Tarbox.
Ref: Los Angeles Daily Herald.

. 1878 Jan 5, The North Pacific Land & Water Copay, Stockholders Meeting, quarter annual meeting will be held at the office of Wm W Morrow, President, Room 76, Navada Black, on Jan 7, 1787 at 9:30 Am. Signed, ET Tarbox, Secretary.
Ref: San Francisco Bulletin.

. 1878 Jan 27 - ET Tarbox has telegraphed from San Fran. to Jeremiah Baldwin that the verdict in the LA Distillery case is in favor of the claimants. The distillery is the property of the Bank of California. As it will now, after a lapse of 3 years, pass out of government hands, it will be ready next fall to resume its mission of manufacturing grape brandy. This will be a decade boon to our vineyardists.
Ref: Los Angeles Daily Herald.
. 1878 Feb 12 - Deputy US Marshal Dunlap returned from San Fran. yesterday The US Attorney has made a motion for a new trail in the Tarbox Distillery case. The General option is, however, that the motion will be denies & that the matter will stand ad adjudged at the last trail. Ref: LA Daily Herald.
. 1878 Jul 23, LA Distillery US vs a certain lot of land, 28,000 gallons of distilled spirits, ET Tarbox, on appeal by US for several os the decision, rudest to grant a motion for a new trail. Ref: San Francisco Chronicle.
. 1878 Aug 10 - ET Tarbox, proprietor of the LA distillery, hayfield a potion in bankruptcy in the US District Court. Liabilities $81,618.62., Assets, $71,087,10.

. 1881 Jul 29 - Attempted Suicide. ET Tarbox, residing with his family at the corner of Octavia & Union streets, attempted suicide in the bathroom of his residence last evening by cutting his throat & attempting to sever the left femoral artery. Shortly before the hour mentioned he entered the house & find his wife absent, sent 2 of the children on an errand. He then entered the bathroom & removing his coat, gashed his throat twice with a razor. Death not ensuing as promptly as he desired, he made a third cut on the inside of the left thigh, which also failed to reach a vital spot. He was found a few minutes later by the children, who gave the alarm to Officers JJ Conley & Kelly, who later staunching the blood, removed him the city receiving hospital. Police Surgeon Clarke dressed the wounds pronounced the patient in no danger of decade. Mr. Tarbox was formerly quite wealthy & despondency at the loss of property is assigned, was the cause for his attempted at self-destruction.
Ref: San Francisco Chronicle.

. 1889 Oct 3 - J T Wallace Murder Trial, by shooting, Jury: ET Tarbox.
1899 Jul 29, Sat. - 45 District Republican Club convened at Garibaldi Hall & elected advisory delegates: ET Tarbox.
Ref: San Francisco Chronicle Newspaper.

Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Birth:
Ref: 1900 Census San Fran., Cal., Verify DOB & death date of his mother.

Died:
Aged. 67y 4m 7d. c

Buried:
Plot 3rd Floor, Section 3, Thier 3.1.

Elisha married Julia A HANNIGAN on 13 Dec 1871 in San Francisco, San Mateo Co., California. Julia was born in Jan 1849 in New York State; died on 31 Aug 1904 in San Francisco, San Mateo Co., California; was buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, San Francisco. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Benjamin Laidley TARBOX was born on 11 May 1867 in San Francisco, San Mateo Co., California; died on 11 May 1928 in San Francisco, San Mateo Co., California.
2. Mary E TARBOX was born on 25 Sep 1868 in San Francisco, San Mateo Co., California; died in in California; was buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, San Francisco.
3. George Francis TARBOX was born in 1864 in San Francisco, San Mateo Co., California; died on 25 Feb 1868 in San Francisco, San Mateo Co., California; was buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, San Francisco.

Family/Spouse: Mary CALIGHAN. Mary was born on 9 Sep 1844 in Ontario, Canada; died on 4 Nov 1900 in San Francisco, San Mateo Co., California; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. George Tarabox died of complications from hardships in the winter from bad weather & lack of food when he & his family were forced from their homes by people who persecuted the Mormons, on their way to Utah.
Ref: Elisha Tarbox. No known relationship. Recorded for further research.

. TARBOX FAMILY recorded for further research:
Abigail West, married 1800, Elisha Tarbox, Residence, Hebron, Conn.
Their children were [being of the eighth generation :
Socrates Tarbox, born June 1, 1802. *
George W. Tarbox, born August 7, 1805.
Ralph R. Tarbox, born September 10, 1808.
Abigail Porter, daughter of Nehemiah Porte? & Abigail Strong, married , 1798, Samuel Wright, of Hebron, Conn. Removed to Ohio.
Ref: Descendants of John Porter of Windsor, Conn 1635-9
Ref: Elihu Marvin, J.P., Hebron, Tolland, Connecticutt.

* Socrates, son of Elisha & Lydia (Porter) Tarbox of Hebron; born Dec. 9, 1806, at Hebron; died Sept. 23, 1859, at Portland. He was a merchant, living at Hebron, Hartford, & Portland, Conn.

. 1760 Nov 6, Thurs. Cleared Boston Harbor, Sloop Robinhood, John Tarbox to Newbury. Ref: Penn. Gazette.
1762 June 5, Port of Boston, Entered In, Schooner Haven Tarbox, from North Carolina. Ref: Boston Evening Post.

. 1767 Jan 19 - We hear from Hebron, that last Wednesday fen night, Mar. Thos. Tarbox, of that Town, went a little distance from his house with a team to get a sled load of wood & he tarrying longer than was expected, on of his children was sent after him who found it's father dead with one of the runners of the sled long across his throat & the Team standing still. He has left a widow & 5 children.
Ref: Boston Evening Post.

. 1800 Jun 27, -List of vessels captured by the French out of Guadeloupe from Mar 12 to 1st June: Captains Baker, Bird, Bokes of Boston, Molton, Newburyport; Trowbridge of New Haven, Montgomery of Norfolk; McCray of Wiscasset;
TARBOX of Biddeford & the crews of 58 vessels are in the prison of Basseterre, Guadaloupe.
Ref: Columbian Courier, New Bedford, Mass & Newburyport Herald..

1805 May 21, Arrived at Boston May 15th: Schooner George Tarbox, 30 days from Grenada, via Pepperelborough.

. 1806 Jun 16, Arrived Port of Boston, on Wednesday, June 1806
Schooner George Tarbox, of Saco, Via quarantine, for Monserrat, 25 days with run, Nancy, Nath, Point Petre, Guadeloupe, 5 days with sugar molasses.
Ref: Boston Democrat, Mass.

. 1810 Sep 1. The Hyades, of Saco, Tarbox captured by the corsairs Le Sauvage & conducted to Calais. Reg. 27 Jan 1806
Ref:American Consulate, Paris, published 1810 Nov 12.

. 1819 March 18th. Portland Maine. MELANCHOLY CIRCUMSTANCE:
On Wed. the 17th inst. a Mr. Tarbox & his wife who resided on a gore of land between Raymond & Standish, were frozen to death. Their family consisting of 4 small children the youngest at the breast.
Being in very necessitous circumstances, Mr. T. started on Wednesday, during the violence of the gale & drifting snow, to procure some aid from the neighbors, about 5 miles distant. Having obtained a supply for their immediate wants, he placed it in a bag & proceeded for home. It seems however that, when within about one mile of his house the weight of his load compelled him to live it upon a tree & endeavor to reach his distressed family without it - but his efforts were in this also frustrated - overpowered with fatigue, he stopped about 80 rods from his house & cried for help - his wife hearing the voice went to his assistance, It is presumed, from the circumstance of finding her cloak & handkerchief upon the man, her pressing wants induced her to leave him & hasten to procure the provisions. But all! her strength did not equal her resolution - she expired in the effort & her body was found but a short distance from the provisions her partner had placed upon the tree. On the day following, the eldest child went out & found her father's corpse & returned to the house & commenced sounding a horn, used for calling distance workmen to their mess; this however brought no one to their assistance through the day - but the continuance of the sound on the succeeding day led a number to the spot to witness this shocking affair & to the relief of a family who had remained 3 days without sustenance.
Ref: NY Evening Post; Haliowell Gazette, Maine & 11 others. [Some editions give the date as 17th & others the 18th March, 1819.]

. 1827 Jun 23, lden at Herbron, Judge John S Peters, Upon the Petition of Daniel burrows Jr & Ralph Tarbox, Guardians to Socrates Tarbox & George Tarbox, minors representing to this Court that the shade miners are owners of Real Estate situated in said Hebron, praying for liberty to sell, Petition to be held 5 Sep 1827.
Ref: Sentinel & Witness, Middletown, Conn.

. 1837 Toronto & Home District Directory :
George Tarbox resided Con 6, Lot 4, Caledon, East of Hurontario Street.

. 1842 Feb 26, List of Bankrupts, Socrates Tarbox, Marlboro.
Ref: Connecticut Courant Newspaper, Hartford, Conn.

. 1861 Oct 11 Connecticut. A large dwelling house in Portland, owned by the heirs of Socrates Tarbox, was burned down on Saturday afternoon. It was occupied by 4 families, who lost most of their furniture & clothing.
Ref: Springfield Republican Newspaper, Mass.

Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Birth:
Alt Est., DOB: 1802 - 1722.

Died:
Aged 21. Died of deprivation on the way to Utah.

George married Jane TERRY in 1836 in Fort Niagara, New York. Jane (daughter of Parshall Wm. TERRY, .III and Hannah TERRY) was born in 1797 in Town of York (Toronto), York Co., Ontario; died on 14 Feb 1847 in Winter Quarters, Florence, Douglas, Nebraska; was buried in Morman Pioneer Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Jane Terry is the daughter of Parshall Adam Terry.III, born, 30 Sept 1788, Fort Niagara, New York, died 8 Oct 1861. Terry Mound, Draper, Salt Lake, Utah &
Hannah Terry, b 8 Oct. 1785, Goshen, Ulster, Orange Co., NY., [Hannah & Parshall were cousins.] Hannah Terry married cousin, Parshall Terry, the son of her father's brother, on March 16,1802.  
Hannah & Parshall.III moved their family of 7 children to Upper Canada (Ontario) where they had 6 more children. They had 13 children:
Stevens, Jacob, Joel,
David, Joshua, James Parshall & Cark, who died when he was 2 years
old. My sisters are Dency, Jane, Amy, Marilla & Deborah.
Grandparents are Amy Stevens. b 20 Apr 1758, Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut & Parshall Terry.II, born 22 Feb 1775, Mattituck, Suffolk, Long Island, NY.

York (Toronto) Inhabitants Census:
* 1797 Census, Inhabitants of the Don River & Marsh, York (Toronto): Parshal Terry, Males 4, Females 4.
. 1799 Parshal Terry, Junr., Animal Pound Keeprs for the Don River.
. 1799 Census, Males 5, Females 6, Place of Abode Don.
. 1799 May 22nd, Parshal Terry Senr., of Horn Cattle Sheep & Swine: A Hole in the right Ear Close to the head.

. 1800 Overseers of Highways, Parshal Terry, Esq., from Bay road to Don Mills.
. Census 1800 & also 1801, Parshall Terry Senr.: Males 5, Females 5, Residence Don [River.]
Parshall Terry, Males: one, Females Nil. Don River, (Toronto).

. 1804 Census: Parshal Terry, Males 16 & Upwards: 1 Women 1, Boys 2, Girls 6, Total 10.
. Wm. Terry: Males 1, Total 1.
. 1805, Mar 4th Annual Town Meeting, held at Hinds Hotel: Overseers of Hwys & fence viewers: Parshal Terry from Bay Road to the Don-Mills.
. 1805 & also 1806 Census: Parshall Terry, Men 1, Women 1, Women over 16: 1; Boys under 16: 2, Girls 6, Total 11.
. 1807 Parshal Terry Overseers of Hwys. & Fence Views from the Bay Road to the Don Mills.
. 1807 & 1808 Census : Males 1, Females 1, Females over 16: 1, Boys 1, Girls 6, Total 10.
. 1821 Parshal Terry, Pathmaster of the Concession Road between east of Yonge Street from Lot #10 to the 3rd. Concession [i.e. a mile & a quarter.]
. 1822 Census John Terry: Male 1, Female 1.
Ref: York, Upper Canada, Minutes of Town Meetings & Inhabitants.

Children of Jane & Parshal Terry are:
1. Joel Terry, b. 23 May 1812, Palmyra, USA, d. 4 Sep 1891, Utah, USA , Aged 79 years; 
2. Elizabeth Terry, b. 17 Nov 1814, Palmyra, d. 6 Mar 1878  (Age 63y);
3. Joshua Terry, b. 11 Aug 1825, Albion Twp., Peel Co., Ontario, Canada, d. 22 Feb 1915, Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, Aged 89y; 
4. James Parshall Terry, b. 1 Jan 1830, Albion Twp., Ontario, d. 1918, Draper, Aged 87y; 
5. Amy Terry, b. 5 Jun 1821, York, Ontario, Canada, d. 5 Apr 1900, Draper, Aged 78y; 
6. Jacob Err Terry, b. 4 Jul 1805, Palmyra, NY, d. 14 Apr 1898, Draper, Aged 92y;  
7. Marilla Terry, b. 2 Jul 1823, Albion, Ontario, Canada d. 19 Oct 1894 Aged 7y;
8. JANE TERRY, b. 21 May 1819, Ft. Niagara, NY, d. 15 Feb 1847, Winter Quarters (Florence), Douglas, Nebraska, Aged 27y.

Parshall Terry Biography, continued:
Parshall & Hannah Terry, arrived in Utah, 15 Oct, 1849, with the Allen Taylor Company.

. 1839 November 19, my sister, Jane Young came with Brother William Parshall & her 2 children to our house. She had been poorly for a long time. In the morning I went with them to Winter Quarters & left Jane with Sister Thompson, with whom she wanted to stay. I gave her a sovereign & brought her little boy, Elisha Tarbox back to live with me. December 5, John came home from. Missouri & on the 27th my brother Joshua came to our house. He was sick with the ague, He lived with us the rest of the winter. We went a time or two to see my sister, Jane, but when we went on February 15, we found her very low & she died that night. Her little girl, Emma Amanda* was 6 years old & was sick with the canker. My brother Joel was there, he had paid Sister Holms, at whose place she died, for the care of her & also paid the doctor & funeral expenses. Brother Brigham Young asked me if I could not take the children & care for them. I told him I would take them & try to do the best I could for them. But later Elisha went to live with my father & mother, [Hannah & Marshall Tabox.].
Note1: Emma Amanda Young married cousin Marshall Adam Terry - who is the son of Jacob Terry. (Their 6 children are: Emma Jane Terry, 4.9. 1858 Provo, Utah-2.4.1944; George E Terry, 1860, California; Claude Philip, 1.6.1862 Cal.; Susan Marilla, 4.30.1864-1906; Joseph 3.12.1866 Missouri-1887; Mark Anthony Terry, 12.20.1868 Kansas d. San Francisco.

. November 18, 1846, Brother Levi Savage, Evan M. Green & John Heward went to Missouri for provisions. 1 November 19, my sister, Jane Young came with Brother William Parshall & her 2 children to our house. She had been poorly for a long time. In the morning I went with them to Winter Quarters & left Jane with Sister Thompson, with whom she wanted to stay. I gave her a sovereign [coin] & brought her little boy, Elisha Tarbox back to live with me. December 5, John came home from Missouri, & on the 27th new brother Joshua came to our house. He was sick with the ague. He lived with us the rest of the winter. We went a time or two to see my sis­ter, Jane, but when we went on February 15, we found her very low & she ' died that night. Her little girl, Emma Amanda, was 6 years old & was sick with the canker. My brother Joel was there, he had paid Sister Holms, at whose place she died, for the care of her & also paid the doctor & funeral expenses. Brother Brigham Young asked me if I could not take the children & care for them. I told him I would take them & try to do the best I could for them. But laterElisha went to live with my father & mother.

Third Marriage & Death:
. 1847 Feb 10 at the age of 45, Jane Terry-Tarbox-Young requested on deathbed to be sealed to Brigham Young; died at the Winter Quarters, Nebraska four days later after their marriage. Jane Terry was the 43rd of about 57 wives of Bringham Young.
Ref: History of Jane Terry Young, by Nora Lund, Parshall Terry family history. - - -

1. An Enduring Legacy: Volume Twelve, Graves Along the Pioneer Trail:
Jane Terry Tarbox Young
. 1846 November 19, my sister, Jane Young & her 2 children came to our house at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, with Brother William Parshall. On the morning of the 21st I started with them for Winter Quarters, Nebraska .... Although it was only 15 miles the road was so bad that we could not get there until the 23rd. I gave Jane a sovereign & left her at Sister Thompson's where she wished to stay. I brought her little boy Elisha Tarbox back to live with me.

On February 5, 1847 John & I went to see my sister Jane. We found she had left Sister Thompson's & gone to live at Brother Wooley's. She said she had worked too hard & had caught cold & was very sick indeed. She said she wished to see President Young, so I went & asked him to go & see her, which he did. We came home on February 6 & on February 15, Elisha Tarbox & I went again to see Jane at Sister Holman's, but when we got there she was so low that she could not speak nor make any sign that she knew us. About 12 o'clock that night she died of consumption. Her little girl, Amanda, was 6 years old & was sick with canker. My brother Joel was there. He had agreed to pay Sister Holmes a dollar a week to take care of her & it had already cost him $40 to pay the doctor, nurse & funeral expenses, so I took the children & went to President Young. He asked me if I could not take the children & care for them. I told him I would take them & try to do the best I could for them. February 16th President Young sent Brother Atwood with his carriage & took us home. The last I saw Jane that she could talk with me she told me that Emma needed a change of dress for she was almost destitute for clothing. Elisha was [destitute] also, but Jane had cloth that I made up for him."

Jane's children continued the trek westward. Elisha Terry Tarbox arrived in Salt Lake October 15, 1849, in the Alan Taylor company. He later went to California & established his home & family there. Emma Amanda Young arrived in Salt Lake September 25, 1848, with the Hewards in the Zera Pulispher company. Emma married Parshall Adam Terry when she was 17 years old; she was his second wife, the one he chose to live with after the Manifesto. Later in life Parshall became a physician & practiced in California until the San Francisco earthquake & fire ruined him financially. Emma outlived Parshall by thirteen years & at the age of 75 was doing piecework for a shirt factory in Los Angeles.
- Freda Sharp Jones, DUP Files

Living Conditions: Lollie Anderson's Death On the Plains
It was November 1856 when Captain James G. Willie's hand-cart company was having a very difficult time making its way toward the Salt Lake Valley. A number of them perished from the cold & food was practically gone. In an attempt to conserve on the sparse stores as much as possible, each member of the company was given an allotment of two tablespoons of flour per day. The flour was made into a gravy & along with an edible root resembling the sego lily provided almost their entire diet. - - -

Birth:
Don River & Marsh. Parshall Terry 1797-1822.

Died:
Winter Quarters now Florence, Nebraska. COD: tuberculous.

Buried:
Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska. Plot # 80.

Notes:

Married:
at the head of Lake Ontario.

Notes:

Parshall.3 is the the son Amy Stevens & Parshall Terry.

. UCLPetition 31, T Bundle 5, C2833, p690.
To Lieut. Gov., Peter Hunter
Petition of Parshal Terry, Jur. Your petitioner is son of P. Terry of the Don Saw Mill & prays for 200 acres of land as a UE.
Signed, Parshil Tarry. York, 2 , 1800.
I do hereby certify that my son Parshal Terry is of age of 21 years & that he has never received any lands, Signed, Marshall Tarry.
Envelope: Rec. 9 May, 1800. Record for 200 A. as son of UE.

. UCSundries, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co.
To Lieut. Gov., Pergrine Maitland
Petition of Albert Maw, Charles Franks of York & Parsall Terry of Albion. Your petitions being desirous to improve Lot 11, Con 9, northern division, Gore of Toronto. Humbly pray permission to purchase said Lot at the arranged price of the sale of lands in the said Gore.
Signed, Robert Maw, Charles Franks, & for myself Parshal Perry, York, 20 Dec 1823.
That your petitions are all subjects of His Majesty & have taken the Oath of allegiance.
Envelope: Sell & depose of a vacant land & agreeable of public sale. Signed, Thos Ridout, Office of the Survey General.
1824 Dec 8. Recommend at the price of £15/8.
Ref: Upper Canada Sundries, C4612, p. 33626 /p21, Archives of Canada.

. l802 Mar 16, Marshall married his cousin Hannah Terry,
d/o Elizabeth Marshall & Joshua Terry (b. Oct 8, 1786 Goshen, Ulster Co., NY - Oct 4 1877 Rockville, Utah.

. Red Butte Canyon Rd, Salt Lake Co., Utah, Tollgate keeper.
. 1851 He moved to Lehi, Utah;
. 1853 Draper, Utah;
. 1856, he was keeper of a toll bridge across the Jordan River to Lehi.
. 1858 Provo Canyon, Utah.

Parshall Terry was advanced in years when he reached Salt Lake Valley.
. 1858, age 80 years, keeper of the tollgate in Provo Canyon, Salt Lake County.
Ref: Marshall Terry Family History - - -

Birth:
(Ft. Niagara is located at Youngstown, NY)

Buried:
Draper, Uta, Plot A41.2

Parshall married Hannah TERRY on 11 Mar 1802 in Palmyra, Wayne Co., New York. Hannah was born on 8 Oct 1786 in Goshen, Orange Co., New York; died on 4 Oct 1877 in Rockville, Washington, Utah; was buried in Rockville Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hannah is the daughter of Elizabeth Parshall (d. 12 Oct 1848 E Palmyra) & Joshua Terry (1764 - 11 Nov 1827 E Palmyra NY).

. Hannah Terry married cousin Parshall Terry III.
Hannah & Parshall Wm. Terry, III had 13 Terry children, including Jane Terry, in the record attached.

Children of Hanna Terry are

1 . Jacob Terry, b: 4 JUL 1805 in Palmyra, Wayne Co., New York- 14 Apr 1898, Draper, Salt Lake Co., Utah,
2 . Clerk Terry, b: 19 SEP 1809, Palmyra-4 Jun 1812, Palmyra, NY
3 . Joel Terry, b: 23 MAY 1812, Palmyra,-Uintah, Weber Co., Utah,
4 . Elizabeth Terry, b 17 NOV 1814, Palmyra, - 6 mar 1878, Draper, Salt Lake Co., Utah,
5 . Jane Terry, : 21 MAY 1819, Palmyra, NY -14 Feb 1847, Winter Quarters, Nebraska,
6. Marilla Terry, b: 2 JUL 1823 in Town of York (Toronto), Ontario, Canada-19 Oct 1894 Rockville, Washington Co., Utah,
7. Joshua Terry, b: 11 AUG 1825, Albion, Twp., Peel Co., Ontario- 22 Feb 1915, Draper, Salt Lake Co., Utah,
8. Deborah Terry, b: 25 DEC 1827, Albion Twp. - Pike, Illinois,
9. James Parshall Terry, b: 1 JAN 1830 in Albion -12 Aug 1918, Hinckley, Millard Co., Utah.

Father Joshua Terry, B 1764 - died Nov 11 1827. East Palmyra, NY. The place of his birth has not been found of record, but he was probably born at or near Goshen, NewYork. His birth occurred during the time of the struggle for possession of the WyomingValley in Pennsylvania. The settlers had fled in 1763 after an Indian attack and did not return until
1769. Joshua was therefore born at some place of temporary refuge.
His boyhood seems to have been passed in the WyomingValley, Penn­sylvania. His name appears on the list of those in Forty Fort the night after the massacre, July 3, 1778. A Joshua Terry is listed as a member of Col. Nathan Denison's Regiment, in a detachment under the command of Col. Zebulum Butler. He married:
Elizabeth Parshall, b 1765, d Oct 12 1848 (Probably day of James Parshall & Hannah Knapp.) They had 12 Terry children.


. TERRY, PARSHALL (son of Parshall Terry & Amy Stevens, of New York). Born Sept. 30, 1778, Fort Niagara, N. Y. Came to Utah Oct. 15, 1849, Allen Taylor company.
Married Hannah Terry March 16, 1802 (daughter of Joshua Terry & Elizabeth Parshall), who was born Oct. 8, 1786, Goshen, N. Y., & came to Utah with husband, died Oct. 4, 1877, Rockville, Utah).

Their children: Stevens b. Aug. 19, 1803, m. Sarah Bryant; Jacob E. b. July 4, 1805, m. Catherine Brown, m. Mary Urena Riley, m. Clarissa Williams, m. Ellen Reed; Dency b. July 20, 1807, m. Samuel Hackett; Clark b. Sept. 19, 1809, d. child; Joel b. May 23, 1812, m. Maria Anderson, m. Hannah Shelton, m. Jane Hacken, m. Rowena Garner; Elizabeth b. Nov. 17, 1814, m. Francis Kirby, m. John Huard; David b. April 17, 1817, m. Elizabeth Washburn, m. Mary Ann Cunningham; Jane b. May 21, 1819, m. George Tarbox, m. George Young; Amy b. June 5, 1821, m. Zemira Draper Jan. 30, 1842; Marilla b. July 2, 1823, m. John Crawford, m. Nelson Hanson; Joshua b. Aug. 11, 1825, m. Ann Greasewood; Mary Emma Reid (Johnson) b. Jan. 20, 1857; Deborah b. Dec. 25, 1827, d. child; James Parshall b. Jan. 1, 1830, m. Mary Richards (died May 17, 1902) Nov. 2, 1856; m. Sarah K. Brown. Family home South Willow Creek, Utah.

. Toll-gate keeper Red Butte Canyon road, Salt Lake county, 1849. Moved to Lehi 1851 & to Draper 1853. Kept toll-gate at bridge over Jordan river at Lehi 1856, & in Provo Canyon 1858. Died Oct. 8, 1861, at Terry's Mound, Draper ward, Utah.
. TERRY, JOSHUA (son of Parshall Terry & Hannah Terry). Born Aug. 11, 1825, Albion, Ontario, Canada. Came to Utah Sept. 26, 1847, George B. Wallace company. Married Ann Greasewood in 1852, at Fort Bridger, Wyo. (an Indian girl), who was born in Wyoming.  - - -

Birth:
Alt DOB: 8.10. 1785.

Died:
Traveling in the Allen Taylor Company.

Buried:
New terra cotta monument.

Notes:

Page One,
. Parshall Adam Terry.II, who is the son of Deborah Clark (15 May 1775, Matituk, Long Isl., NYC - Jul 1778 Pennsylvania
& General Parshall Adam Terry.Ist, (born 8 Aug 1734 in Mattituck, Suffolk, Long Island, NY. - Death 15 May 1811 in East Palmyra, Wayne, NY.)

. During the Revolutionary War, Parshall II remained a Loyalist, as many of the New York friends & neighbors did. However, he was the only member of his family to side with the Crown. He was an adventurous person, a skilled woodsman, a friend of the Indians & had mastered the Mohawk language.
. In the Revolutionary War he was listed as a member of Butler's Rangers. Butler's regiment of Tories had 8 companies all told. Two of the companies were composed of half Indians & half whites who could speak the Mohawk language. Parshall was second in command of one of the Indian companies. He served under Joseph Brant, an educated Seneca.
Ref: A Puritan Heritage, The Ancestry of Marshall & Hannah Terry, by H Vernon & Eleaner M Hall, 1889.

. During the war, Parshall Terry.1 went to Forty Fort for protection after the Wyoming Valley massacre, along with at least some of his family. He belonged to the 24th Regiment, Connecticut Militia in 1778. Deborah Clark Terry, wife of Parshall Terry I, apparently tried to escape the Wyoming Valley massacre, but was killed in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania in July 1778 when Deborah was captured & scalped at the door of Forty Fort. Her child escaped.
Parshall Terry II was with the British loyalists who entered Forty Fort, & he interceded on his family's behalf. Later his son, Captain Jonathon Terry, gave this account of his brother Parshall Terry.Ii in his attempts to quell the vicious rumors about his brother. " False reports have been circulated in respect to my brother, Parshall Terry, & I have heard that it has been in print that he killed his father, etc., hence I wish to, in this place, declare the real truth in regard to it. My brother, Parshall Terry, was indeed on the opposite side of the great question from us, who were true Whigs, & was with the enemy, as well as many more. He also came into the fort with Col. Butler & his army; but he offered no manner of violence to any of his friends. On the contrary, he said he had come into the fort to save our lives; & his father, who was also my father, has survived many years." This is a sworn statement given at Terrytown.
Ref: History of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, Dr. Craft.
. Deborah Terry Hortonhad this to say about her brother. "When my Tory brother, Parshall, who had been with the Indians up the river & was in the battle, came in he spoke kindly, saying he had come to save our lives, but seemed overcome with shame. When my father upbraided him with the wickedness of his conduct, & horrible company he was in, he could not look him in the face, or answer a simple word. My father had on a pair of new shoes, which at that time were articles of great importance, which few people could afford to wear in warm weather. An Indian, observing them got down on his knees and recklessly cut the strings with his knife and took them off his feet. My Tory brother had not influence enough with them to prevent them from robbing us of everything they could carry away." At the time of the attack, Deborah Terry was 12 years of age.
. James Parshall Terry, of Rockville, grandson of Parshall Terry II states in his autobiography: "In justice to him it ought to be said that between him & the rest of the family, there were only political differences."
Ref: A SKETCH OF KELLAND TERRY'S LIFE


. UCLPetition 10, 1794 Jun 6 - To his Excellency Gov. John Graves Simcoe,
The Petition of Parshall Terry, Esq., Member of the Assembly,
That whereas you petitioner having joined his Majestys Forces in the year & served that time faithfully during the War & having left some Commonwealth Property Lands in the States of America for which he had never received any compensation, he begs, therefore, that you Excellency will take his matter into you consideration & grant him leave to hold 500 Acres of land in one body 150 of which are in front being a number 4 & half Number 3, in the first concession below Black Creek* & on which he now dwells & also to hold 700 Acres in the Forks of Black Creek, there being plenty of vacant lots there.
& your petitioner, as in duty bound will ever pray, Signed, Parshall Terry.
Envelope: Read in Council the 6 Jun 1794. Entered in Land Book A, page 180.
Ref: Upper Canada Land Petitions, T Batch1, pg.1012, Film C2832, Archives of Canada.
Note*1: Black Creek is in Township of York in the west end of Toronto, near today's Jane Street

. UCLPetition 47, C2950, p788.
To Gov. John Graves Simcoe, Petition of Frederick Williams, served His Majesty from 1778 to 1780 in Capt Elias Smith, Engineer Dept. at NY & Philadelphia as a carpenter. From 1783 served as private on Ships as Pilot. He brought into this county in the year 1786 a wife & 5 children. Wants Land. Signed, Frederick Williams.
Affidavit: These may certify that Frederick Williams moved into this province with his wife & 6 children in the year 1786 & that the said Williams is an honest industrious man.
Signed, Parshall Terry.
Note2: Recommended for 400 A. No date on any of these documents, but it was addressed to Governor Simcoe who governed until before Jul 1797. - PJA

. UCLPetition 10, 1797 May 2. To Peter Russel, Esq., Administrator of Province of Upper Canada,
The Petition of Parshall Terry Esq. having a large family to provide for of 9 children & 4 of who were born previous to the year 1789.
That your petitioner [2nd wife:] married Rhoda Skinner, daughter of Timothy Skinner, whose name is entered on the U.E. list. Wherefore your Petitioner humbly prays your Honour would be please to allow him a location of 200 acres of land for his wife, as likewise such a grant for his children as your Honour may seen meet. Petitioner as in duty bound, will ever pray.
Signed, Parshall Terry.
ENVELOPE: Recd. 2 May 1797, Read 10 May, Ordered to Rhoda Skinner, the wife of the Petitioner, 200 Acres as the daughter of a loyalist. The Petition has already got the amount of land assigned, to him. Initialed, Peter Russell.
. The warrant appears to have issued to Parshall Terry in stead of Rhode Terry, his wife, described to him in right of his wife 1811.
Ref: UCLP, T Batch 3, C2833, p210-218.

A Record of the Marks of Horn Cattle, Sheep & Swine. For the Inhabitants of the Townships of York:
. 1799 May 22 - Parshal Terry Senr, A Hole in the right Ear Close to the Head.
Ref: York, Upper Canada Minutes of Town Meetings, Toronto Ref. Library.

. UCLPetition 10b, 1804 Apr 28, To Peter Hunter Esquire, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, In Council
The Petition of Parshall Terry of York Twp.
That your petitioner on the 24 Aug 1798 purchased from Henry Whitmer, alias Henry Wilner, 500 acres of land in Charlotteville Twp. in consideration of £62.30s of lawful money. That the size Whitner at the time of such sale had an order in Council for the said 500 scars. But your petitioner now finds that the Deed of such land has late been stayed in the Secretary's Hands, by an order dated in the year 1803 from the Inspector General of Provincial Accounts, by reason that the skas Henry Whitner is charged with having obtained 200 A of the said tract beyond what he was at the time entitled to receive.
That the said Whitner is unable to refund to your petitioner the money advanced for the said land or any part thereof, Wherefore your petitioner humbly prays that your Excellency will take his situation into consideration & permit His Majesties' Letters Patent of Grant to issue in the name of the said Whitner or petitioner for 300A of the said tract. Also permit your petitioner to locate the remaining 200 A thereof in the name on behalf of some other person entitled to the Bounty of the Crown, in order to enable your petition to make good eventually a Bargain & Sale of the Premises, which he hath made & which will effectually xx him if he do not fulfill.
York, 28 April, 1804, Parshall Terry.

. I Henry Whitner, alias Wilner of Bertie Twp, do hereby acknowledge to have received of & for Pershall Terry, Twp. of York, £62 10 shillings currency in full for 500 Acres, Lot SW 11 & 16 & 10th Concession of Charlotteville. 24th Day Aug, 1798.
. Henry Whitner was entitled to 350 Acres, located in 3 locations, which he received. The Survey General's office in a very rare mistake, issued him a letter stated 500 which he then sold to Parshall.
. 1804 May 2. Affidavit may issuer for this 200 Acres granted to Witner for taking up the Dorchester grant, upon payment of the survey fees. The Clerk of the Council should issue a separate warrant for this 200 acres which now all that Wilmer has a just claim to. Signed, John Gill & Peter Russell.
Ref: UCLP, T Batch 3, C2833, p210-218.

Note3: Implied here is that now that Henry Whitner has been given another 200 Acres in Dorchester Twp., he could meet his obligations to Parshall Terry. The actual outcome needs further research. This area in southern Ontario was renowned for its large hardwood trees which, no doubt, Parshall was eyeing for his sawmill in Black Creek. - PJ Ahlberg.

. 1st Heir & Devisee Commission, H1140, p.x
Report upon sundry Claims allowed on 1 & 23 May, 1804:
Claim 42, Parshall Terry, of Town of York, yeoman, Lot 7, Con 2, York; Original Nominee, Angus McDonell
Proceedings of Comm. Allowed, proved the title from the Crown is regular. Remarks: Angus McDonnell is entered on the Plan for this Lot. A Return being made from the Council Office on 8 Oct, 1796, is was recommended that the Petitioner be confirmed in L7, C2 East Side of the Don, upon condition of improving the same with in one year.
Note4: Angus McDonell was a barrister & had 2,000 Acres on the go in Flamboro W, Scarboro, Clinton, Louth & Beverly Twps. He was a major land speculator. It appears Angus McDonell did not make the improvements thus leaving the lot available for Parshall Terry. - PJ Ahlberg.

. 1808 July 20 - DROWNED IN THE DON.
Departed this life on the 20th Mr. Parshall Terry. His death was occasioned by his getting into the River Don on horseback. By this misfortune an exemplary wife & large, helpless family are left to the care of the all-disposing Providence, & a resistless appeal is made to the benevolence & sympathetic generosity of a virtuous public. The particular situation of the road near the Don bridge, calls imperiously upon the commissioners appointed by his Excellency for the particular care of the roads & employing the voted money for immediate repairs, as many lives are seriously threatened with danger by its present state, in consequence of the causeway being removed by an excessive flood. The place, when seen, suggests the nature of the required improvement, & as a part of duty we earnestly recommend o public attention."
Parshall Terry essayed to ford the Don on horseback, at a point some 50 yards north of the present (1913) Queen street bridge. He was swept away, his body being afterwards found near the mouth of the river, but his horse reached the shore.
Ref: York Gazette, Published Sat. Jul 23, 1808 and reprinted Robertson Landmarks, Vol 5.

Parshall Terry.4th
* * 1809 Apr 11, Claim #3, See p. 20. Notice is hereby given that I Parshall Terry of County of Ontario, in the State of New York, Farmer, will claim before the Honorable Commissioners upon claims to Land at their next sitting in the Town of York, the Lot # 7, 2nd Concession of York Twp. from the Bay [L. Ontario], containing by a measurement 200 acres, as heir-at-law of Parshall Terry, The Elder, late of Twp. of York, deceased.
Signed, York present upon my office this 11 April, 1809, Thos. Ridout, Signed, Parshall Terry.
Envelope: This is to certify that the within claim has been applied in this Office of the Clerk of Peace for the Home District [i.e. Toronto, York Co., Ontario], upwards of 30 days before this date.
Signed, Clerk of the Peace, York 31 May, 1810, Thos. Ridout, Clk. Peace.
Ref: Upper Canada Sundries, H1140, p. 577. Archives of Canada

Research & transcripts by PJ Ahlberg, 2014, Thank you.
Continued

Page TWO, Parshall Terry

. Biography of PARSHALL TERRY, III (1778-1861).
Born at Fort Niagara, New York, son of Parshall Terry & Amy Stevens. Family move from New York to Upper Canada; family conversion in 1838; immigration to Missouri shortly thereafter; death of his 11 year old daughter due to exposure after being forced from home by mobs in Missouri; exodus west.
The beginning of the evacuation of Nauvoo, Illinois, was planned for March-April, but because of mob threats President Brigham Young directed that the exodus of the Saints across the Mississippi River begin on 4 Feb 1846. President Young remained behind to administer endowments to the Saints & did not leave Nauvoo until mid-February.
Significant Events: Before his death the Prophet Joseph Smith prophesied, "Some of you will live to go & assist in making settlements & build cities & see the Saints become a mighty people in the midst of the Rocky Mountains" (HC 5:85). Nearly 12,000 Saints departed Nauvoo from February to September 1846. After the Saints left Winter Quarters & later locations, they were organized into companies of tens, fifties, & hundreds, under a company captain. In September 1846 a mob of approximately 800 men equipped with 6 cannons laid siege to Nauvoo. After several days of fighting, the remaining Saints were forced to surrender in order to save their lives & gain a chance to cross the river. Five to 600 men, women, & children crossed the river & camped on the riverbank. President Brigham Young sent rescue teams with supplies to evacuate these "poor Saints."
Ref: Mormon Manuscripts to 1846: Guide to Lee Library, BYU.

. Elizabeth Terry, daughter Parshall & Hannah Terry, when was 4 years old they moved back to Upper Canada. We lived in several different places near Little York, (since called Toronto) till the 2nd day of July, 1822, we moved to the Township of Albion, Home District Upper Canada. It was a new country, with much timber upon the land. Elizabeth was baptized a Mormon on 3 Jul 1838.
... My mother & father & their family came to our home & started for Toronto on their way to Far West, Missouri. Kirby & my sister Dency & myself accompanied them to the city of Toronto & saw them on board the steamer "Transit" on the 10th.
. 1839 October the 26th. I went out a few minutes with my servant girl to pick up a few Beech nuts.

* Biography continued at Jane Parshall.

. Parshall Terry drowned while attempting to cross the Don River on a floating bridge.

Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg 2018. Thank you.- - -

Birth:
Alt DOB: 3 Jan 1756.

Died:
Drowned crossing Don River.

Parshall married Amy STEVENS in 1777 in Wyoming Valley, Luzerne Co, Pennsylvania. Amy was born on 20 Apr 1758 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut; died in Dec 1792 in Niagara Falls, Niagara Co., New York State. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Amy is the daughter of Alice Weaver & Wm. Stevens.

Children of Parshall Adam Terry.1 & Amy Stevens are:

1. Parshall Terry.2, b September 30, 1778; married Hannah Terry;
2. Mary Terry, b 1780, in New York State; married Joseph Lutz.
3. Mitty or Submission, about 1782, in NY State; married Alexander Gallaway, born 1780. Lived in NewYork until about 1796 when they moved to Michigan.
4. Elizabeth Terry, b about 1781 NY.
5. William Terry, b. c. 1855, at Fort Niagara, NY State; died in Ill­inois, Physician; married (1) Mary Reeves, b1739 NY; died in Ontario, Canada; married (2) Sara Cox; married (3) Mary Red, she died in Calhoon County, Illinois.
6. Joshua Terry, b 1789 NY, d. Michigan, daughter of Capt Elias Rerves.

Alternate parent for research
There was an Amy, daughter of Joshua Stevens, living at Goshen, about 20 miles north of NewYork City in 1777. She would have been about 7 years old at the time if source is correct. An Able Stevens moved with his family into Canada after the war & took possession of a grant of land near the Don River, next to that of Parshall Terry II. He stayed there but a short time before he moved on east into Leeds County.
Ref: History of Parhsall Terry. - - -