David TERRY

1817 - 1888  (71 years)

• Name	David TERRY
  Born	17 Apr 1817	Palmyra, Wayne Co., New York
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Oct 1888	Wellesley, Waterloo Co., Ontario
  	Aged 71, Old Age, sick 1 week.
  Person ID	I2953	Richard Patterson NJ & ON
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	Parshall Wm. TERRY, .III           b. 30 Sep 1778, Fort Niagara, New York           d. 8 Oct 1861, Terry's Mound, Draper, Utah  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Hannah TERRY           b. 8 Oct 1786, Goshen, Orange Co., New York           d. 4 Oct 1877, Rockville, Washington, Utah  (Age 90 years)
  Married	11 Mar 1802	Palmyra, Wayne Co., New York
  Family ID	F1967	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  David is the son of Hannah Terry & Marshall Terry.III . 1848 marred1 In Inward, ON, to Mary Ann Cunningham, 1830-1890' married2, to Elizabeth Washburn. THE HISTORY OF DAVID TERRY by Charles R. Terry, a Son Clarkson, Canada, December 6, 195O . The following is a history of the life of my father as told to me by others: David Terry was born in the town of Palmyra, state of New York on April 17, 1817. He started life as a child the hard way, having to chop wood when it kept him busy all day to keep the stove going. His education consisted of 2 weeks at schoo . As a lad he was taught to work & be­ came an expert with the axe, so much so that he used to put up his 4 cords of steam boat wood a day on the banks of the Mississippi River, I have heard that when a young man he had been in every state in the Union. He came with his parents and family to Canada; settling in the township of Albion, at a village called Caladon East, where they estab­lished a gristmill and where (I presume) David learned the milling business. As well as a mill, the family had a store and hotel. His sister Elizabeth married a man who kept a tavern. He died & David tended bar for his sister for a year thereafter. He grew up to be quite a swell & used to wear a stovepipe hat & straps under his instep to keep his trousers down straight. - - -