Benj. F. Terry probably with Benj. F. Jr., about 1895

Dr. Benjamin F. Terry Family South Carolina, Arkansas and Texas

Benjamin Franklin Terry follows the lead of some of the Machen family who were doctors. I still don't know why he went to Rising Star, Texas. He seems to have married and had most of his children here. I was very surprised to find the cemetary record that lists all the sons who didn't survive. My previous list only had four girls surviving. I need more information on this family.

1880- US Census, Ashley Co., AR
Benjamin Franklin Terry is listed in the family of his father, W. S. Terry , He is 20 years of age, born in 1860, SC father;SC mother;SC

1900- US Census, Eastland Co., TX, Rising Star Roll: 1629 Page: 277

Terry, Benjamin Franklin  head  W  M  40(mo. bn.) Jan1860(yr. bn.) Physician	SC  SC   SC
	Edora C.  	wife	W  F    33   	Nov1866				TX  TX   AR
	Maggie O.	dau  	W  F    14    	Nov1885				"   SC   TX
	Mary  E. 	dau 	W  F	12    	Dec1888				"   "    "
	Addie  H.   	dau    	W  F     9    	Jan1891   	 		"   "    "
	Mabel  		dau	W  F  	 2   	May1898				"   "    "

Terry, Benjamin Franklin     head       M  W   50 (mar. 25 yrs) Physician	    SC  SC   SC
"		E. C.  	     wife  	F  W   43 (mar. 25 yrs)(9 births/5 living)  TX  TX   AR
"		Addie  H.    daughter   F  W   19    S    			     "   "    "
"		Mabel 	     daughter 	F  W   10    S				     "   "    "
" 	 	B.  Briggs    son       M  W    6    S   			     "   "    "

Cemetary listing for Rising Star Cemetery, Eastland Co., TX
Located in the northeast section of Rising Star. The cemetery is fenced and very well maintained. Copied Apr 15, 1975 by Mr and Mrs T B Cawyer of Stepehenville, TX.

Terry, Benj Franklin 24 Sep 1893 9 Apr 1897 son of BF & EC Terry
Terry, Benjamin Franklin MD 9 Jan 1860 4 Apr 1929
Terry, Pvt Charles W 30 Mar 1890 8 May 1921
Terry, Eudora Haley 4 Nov 1866 8 Dec 1947
Terry, infant son of Dr BF & EC Terry 31 Oct 1906 2 Nov 1906
Terry, Jack Joyce 20 oct 1911 3 Jun 1914 son of Dr & Mrs EC Terry
Terry, Mary Elizabeth 15 Dec 1888 9 Aug 1934 dau
Terry, Nay Deene 18 Dec 1911 12 Aug 1971
Terry, R Briggs 1903 1963
Terry, Thomas 8 Nov 1901 24 May 1902 son of Dr BF & EC Terry
Terry, Verda Ruth no dates
Terry, Willie Smith 21 Jul 1895 28 Mar 1897 son of Dr BF & EC Terry

1920 - US Census, Rising Star, Eastland Co., Texas.

Terry, Benjamin F.     head     M(male)     W(white)     60 M(mar.)     No yes(read) yes(write)     SC SC SC Doctor --------
      "      , Eudora         wife       F(female)   W(white)     53 M(mar.)     No yes(read) yes(write)      TX TX AR none
      "       , Mary E.       daughter   female     white          36 M(mar.)     No yes yes                            TX SC TX teacher, Pub Sch
Terry, Addie J.            daughter   female     white          24 s(single)    No yes yes                            TX SC TX stenographer, Oil Co.
      "     , Briggs R.      son             male       white           19 s(single)     No yes yes                            Bookkeeper, Oil Co
[enumerator dist. 120 sheet 2, household 91/92]

1996 - The following note on B.F. Terry's family clarifies some of the family details.

"I am the granddaughter of Mabel Terry, daughter of B. F. Terry. I noticed that you were missing some information about my grandmother's family. I will give you the information that I know and can find out the other information for you. My grandmother died in December of 1996 at the age of 98. She was buried in the Rising Star cemetery under the name of Mabel Perkins. She is buried next to her second husband Frank Perkins.

She did have a younger brother, Randolph Briggs Terry. He was married to Verda Ruth Graham Terry. They did not have any children.

My Grandmother was the only child of B.F. and Eudora to bear children. She had twin boys in Rising Star in October of 1922. They are Franklin Terry and Dwight Thomas Patterson. They were later adopted by my grandmother's husband and changed their name to Perkins." [Carol Leonard 6/15/04]

sources:

cemetery records of Eastland County, Texas, US Genweb Archives, ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/eastland/cemetery/risingstarcem.txtB
letter, transcribed from a copy of the original in the possession of Melba Collier Johnson, Clifton, Tx
Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas, Goodspeed Pub. Co.,1890, reprinted 1978
Leonard, Carol records and coorespondence 6/15/04 - leonard@sonoratx.net
US census, South Carolina and Arkansas,

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