Life History

Other facts

Notes

• The middle name of Louis A Terry is likely Alexander.  I have not found it definitely documented, but his brother Duncan Lafayette named his first son Louis Alexander, who also named his son Louis Alexander.  There is a pattern in this Terry line for brothers to name sons after their brothers, rather than fathers naming their sons after themselves.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 26 July, Georgia Militia District 1013, PO Hoplers Mills, page 92-93, Hse #653, Fam #624
  Duncan Terry 47 M Georgia  Former Baptist Preacher 4000 3000 South Carolina
  Wyzitta Terry 43 F South Carolina
  George W 15 M Farm Laborer Georgia
  Martha L 11 F Georgia
  Mary E 8 F Georgia
  Louis A 6 M Georgia
  Duncan L 3 M Georgia
  
  1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 21 July, Militia District 1013, PO Spring Place, page 2 (scan p544), Hse/Fam #11
  Terry, Wysetty  55 F W Keeping House South Carolina
  Terry, Mary E 19 F W Farm Laborer Georgia
  Terry, Lewis A 17 M W Farm Laborer Georgia
  Terry, Duncan L 15 M W Farm Laborer Georgia
  
  1880 Federal Census, Scott County, Arkansas, 10 June, Hickman, District 171, page 2, Hse #16, Fam #18
  Terry, Louis A W M 27 Husband Clerk in Store GA SC SC [b abt 1853]
  Terry, Mary F  W F 17 Wife Keeps House TN SC SC [abt 1863]
  
  Mary's maiden name was found in a Social Security record for their daughter, which reports Eulah Lee Terry Searl's mother as Mary F Thomas.
  
  U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
  Louis A Terry
  Spouse Mary F Thomas
  Child Eulah Lee Searl
  
  The following death record in Riverside County, California, appears to be for our Louis A Terry.  But it may be for a different Louis A Terry.  A burial record in Find A Grave reports a matching L A Terry, but no birth information.  There is another Terry male buried in the same cemetery who was born in New York.
  
  California, Death Index, 1905-1939
  Louis A Terry
  Birth Year abt 1852
  Death Date 31 May 1910 Riverside County, California
  Age at Death 58

Sources

• 1. 1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 26 July, Militia District 1013, PO Hoplers Mills, page 92-93, Hse #653, Fam #624
• 2. 1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 21 July, Militia District 1013, PO Spring Place, page 2 (scan p544), Hse/Fam #11
• 3. 1880 Federal Census, Scott County, Arkansas
  • 10 June, Hickman, District 171, page 2, Hse #16, Fam #18
• 4. Terry Family
• 5. California, Death Index, 1905-1939
• 6. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• 7. California, Death Index, 1940-1997
• 8. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 9. Find a Grave Memorial Registry