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Benj. F. Terry probably with Benj. F. Jr., about 1895
Dr. Benjamin F. Terry Family

South Carolina, Arkansas and Texas


Dr. Benjamin Franklin Terry
b. 9 Jan 1860 Tumbling Shoals, Laurens Co., S. C.
d. 4 Apr 1929 Rising Star, Eastland Co., TX
buried: Rising Star Cemetery, Rising Star, Eastland Co., TX

m. Eudora C. Haley 9 Nov 1884, Commanche Co., TX
b. 4 Nov 1866
d. 8 Dec 1947, Lockney, Floyd Co., Texas [findagrave.com]
buried: Rising Star Cemetery, Rising Star, Eastland Co., TX
her father: T. F. Haley born in Texas
mother: Margaret Maxwell.  born in Arkansas

his father: William Smith Terry
his mother: Mary Octavia Jones
Children with Edora C. Haley
Margaret "Maggie" Octavia Terry b. 12 Nov. 1885 Sipe Springs, Comanche Co., TX d. 18 Nov 1973 Georgetown, Williamson Co., TX
buried: Rising Star, TX#
m. David Jasper Jobe (1879 -    ) buried: Rising Star, TX#
Mary Elizabeth Terry b. 15 Dec 1888 TX d. 9 Aug 1934 #
buried: Rising Star, TX#
dau.  died young
Addie H. Terry b. Jan. 1891 TX d. m.
Benjamin Franklin Terry b. 24 Sep 1893 TX d. 9 Apr 1897, Rising Star,TX.#
buried: Rising Star, TX#

son of Dr BF & EC Terry, died young
Willie Smith Terry b. 21 Jul 1895 TX d. 28 Mar 1897# buried: Rising Star, TX# son of Dr BF & EC Terry
Mabel Mattie Terry b. 11 May 1898 TX d. 4 December 1996 (age 98)
buried Rising Star Cem., next to F. Perkins#
1m. Dwight Thomas Patterson (in 1920 census)
2m. Frank Perkins (b. 1886 d. 1971)buried next to Mable, Rising Star Cem.
Thomas Terry b. 8 Nov 1901 d. 24 May 1902 #
buried: Rising Star, TX#
m. son of Dr. BF and EC Terry
Randoph Briggs Terry b. 1903 d. 1963 #
buried: Rising Star Cem., Rising Star, TX
m. Verda Ruth Graham (1908 -  1992)
(also buried in Rising Star Cem. no date) had no surviving children
Terry, infant son b. 31 Oct 1906# d. 2 Nov 1906
buried: Rising Star, TX#
son of Dr BF & EC Terry
Jack Joyce Terry b. 20 Oct 1911 d. 3 Jun 1914#
buried: Rising Star, TX#
son of Dr BF & EC Terry

#buried in Rising Star Cemetery, Eastland Co., TX

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 cemetery 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.

Benjamin Franklin Terry graduated from Vanderbuilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee in 1888.   [Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929]

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

1910- US Census, Eastland Co., TX, Rising Star Roll: 1547 Page: 237

Cemetery 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.

[ US Genweb Archives, ]

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

1928- Oct 28  Mabel Terry and Franklin Perkins have twin boys, Franklin Terry Perkins and Thomas Dwight Perkins in Eastland Co., Texas  [Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997]


1930 - US Census, Rising Star

Patterson, Dwight         head         m  w  32    mar 21         TX    Miss    Miss                        Manager     ? calabreo
"              , Mabel          wife          f   w  32    mar 21         TX    SC      TX
"               , F Terry       son            m w  3 6/12      s           TX    TX     TX
"              , T Dwight     son           m  w  1  5/12     s       
[Rising Star, Eastland Co., enum. dist. 67 - 32,  Sheet 5B]

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

1996 - 4 Dec - Mable M. Perkins dies who had lived in Lockney, Floyd Co., Texas.  [ Social Security Death Index]

sources:

Terry Family Index || Elroy's Family Index || Ancestor Chart #1
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