Terral, John H. D – Thacher, Samuel Cooper
Terral, John H. D
clergyman, missionary, was born Aug. 1, 1858, in Paulding, Miss. He received his education in the Summerville institute of Gholson, Miss.; was mayor of Spanish Fork, Texas, in 1885; and since that time has been a missionary, and identified with the methodist episcopal church south. He founded the town of Terral, I. T., where he is also a successful merchant, and prominent in public affairs.
Terrell, John A
physician, public official, was born in 1850 in Auburn Mills, Va. He received his education at the university of Maryland; and graduated in medicine from the Baltimore Medical college. He is one of the leading physicians of the south, and has a large practice in his native city; has been justice of the peace, postmaster, and filled various other public positions of trust.
Terrell, William
agriculturist, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1778 in Fairfax county, Va. He was frequently a member of the Georgia legislature; and was a representative in congress from Georgia from 1817 to 1821. In 1853 he made a donation of twenty thousand dollars for the establishment of an agricultural professorship in the university of Georgia, which professorship bears his name. He died July 4, 1855, in Sparta, Ga.
Terrill, William Rufus
soldier, was born April 21, 1834, in Covington, Va.
He was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers in 1862, and was killed in the battle of Perryville in the same year. He died Oct. 8, 1862, near Perryville, Ky.
Terry, Adrian Russell
educator, physician, author, was born Sept. 29, 1808, in Hartford, Conn. He was a physician and educator who was for some years professor in Bristol college, Pa.; and the author of Travels in the Equatorial Regions of South America in 1832. He died Dec. 3, 1864, in Chicago, Ill.
Terry, Alfred Howe
soldier, lawyer, was born Nov. 10, 1827, in Hartford, Conn. He served with distinction through the civil war, and was promoted to brigadier-general of volunteers in 1862. He died Dec. 16, 1890, in New Haven, Conn.
Terry, Eli
clock-maker, was born April 13, 1772, in East Windsor, Conn. In 1792 he made his first wooden clock, which is still preserved in the family, and is one of the first that was made in this country. A year later he settled in Plymouth, Conn., and there began the manufacture of wooden and brass clocks. He died Feb. 24, 1852, in Terryville, Conn.
Terry, Luther
painter, was born July 18, 1813, in Enfield, Conn. The first important work from his easel was one that had for its subject Christ Disputing with the Doctors in the Temple, which is now in the Wadsworth athenæum, Hartford, Conn. Other paintings by Mr. Terry are The Loves of the Angels, from Byron's Heaven and Earth; Columbus before Ferdinand and Isabella; and Jacob's Dream, several times repeated.
Terry, Milton Spencer
educator, clergyman, author, was born Feb. 22, 1840, in Albany county, N. Y. He is a methodist clergyman and educator; and since 1884 a professor in Garrett Biblical institute of Evanston, Ill. He is the author of Commentary on Judges, Ruth and Samuel; Commentary on Kings, Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah; Commentary on Genesis and Exodus; Biblical Hermeneutics; Sibylline Oracles; The Song of Songs; Prophecies of Daniel Expounded; and Rambles in the Old World.
Terry, Nathaniel
congressman, was born in 1786 in Enfield, Conn. He resided in Hartford, Conn., and held various offices in his native state. From 1817 to 1819 was a representative in congress.
He died June 14, 1844, in New Haven, Conn.
Terry, William
soldier, journalist, lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 14, 1824, in Amherst county, Va. He served in the confederate army, and became a general. He was elected from Virginia a representative to the forty-second congress; and in 1874 was elected to the forty-fourth congress. He died Sept. 5, 1888, near Wytheville, Va.
Terry, William Leake
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 27, 1850, in Anson county, N. C. He was elected to the city council of Little Rock, Ark., in 1877; was elected to the state senate in 1878, and was elected president of the senate at the close of the session in 1879. He served eight terms as city attorney of Little Rock; and was elected to the fifty-second, fifty-third, fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a democrat.
Terry, William Richard
soldier, state senator, was born March 12, 1827, in Liberty, Va. At the beginning of the civil war he entered the confederate service as captain of Virginia cavalry, and was soon promoted and given command of the twenty-fourth Virginia regiment. In 1864 he was made brigadier-general. After the war he served as a member of the Virginia senate for eight years, and for some time was superintendent of the penitentiary in Richmond. He then became superintendent of the Lee Camp Soldiers' home in Richmond.
Teschemacher, James Engle- Bert
merchant, scientist, author, was born June 11, 1790, in England. Besides several addresses, he published Concise Application of the Principles of Structural Botany to Horticulture; Essay on Guano (1845); and a translation of Julius A. Stockhardt's Chemical Field Lectures.
He died Nov. 9, 1853, in Boston, Mass.
Tesla, Nikola
electrician, was born in 1857. He is the inventor of the mechanical and electrical oscillator. was
Test, John
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in Salem, N. J. He was a representative in congress from Indiana from 1823 to 1827, and from 1829 to 1831.
He was presiding judge of one of the circuit courts of Indiana. He died Oct. 9, 1849, near Cambridge City, Ind.
Tetlow, John
college president, author, was born April 1, 1843, in Providence, R. I. He became headmaster of the Boston Girls' High and Latin schools, and president of the New England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools. He is the author of a series of elementary Latin and Greek classics.
Teuffel, Mrs. Blanche Willis
[HOWARD] VON, author, was born in 1847 in Maine. She is a novelist who has lived in Stuttgart, Germany, since 1875; and is the author of One Summer; Aulnay Tower; Aunt Serena; Guenn; The Open Door; No Heroes, a Story for Boys; A Fellowe and His Wife; Seven on the Highway, short stories; and One Year Abroad: European Travel Sketches.
Thacher, George
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born April 12, 1754, in Yarmouth, Maine. He was a delegate to the old congress; and on the adoption of the constitution he served as a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1789 to 1801. In 1792 he was elected a district judge in Maine, serving until 1800, when he was chosen a judge of the supreme court in Massachusetts; and held the latter office until 1824. He died April 6, 1824, in Biddeford, Maine.
Thacher, James
physician, author, was born Feb. 14, 1754, in Barnstable, Mass. He was a physician of Plymouth, Mass., prominent in his youth as a military surgeon in the battles of the American revolution; and the author of American Medical Biography; History of Plymouth; Essay on Demonology; American New Dispensatory; Observations on Hydrophobia; A Military Journal During the American Revolution, a work of great value; The Management of Bees; American Orchardist; and Observations Relating to the Execution of Major André. He died May 26, 1844, in Plymouth, Mass.
Thacher, John Boyd
bibliographer, author, was born in 1847 in New York. He is a critical scholar and bibliographer of Albany, mayor of that city in 1897; and the author of Charlecote, a drama; The Continent of America, its Discovery and its Baptism; and Little Speeches.
Thacher, John Marshall
soldier, lawyer, public official, was born July 1, 1836, in Barre, Vt. He served as a volunteer officer during the war of the union. In 1864 he was appointed assistant examiner in the patent office; and rose by regular promotion to the rank of commissioner in 1874.
Thacher, Oxenbridge
lawyer, author, was born in 1720 in Milton, Mass.
He was successful at the bar, and took an active part in opposition to the English government during the early stages of the revolution, being at that time one of the four representatives of Boston in the general court. He published Considerations upon Reducing the Value of the Gold Coins Within the Province; and Sentiments of a British-American, occasioned by an Act to Lay Certain Duties in the British Colonies and Plantations. He died July 8, 1765, in Boston, Mass.
Thacher, Peter
clergyman, author, was born in 1651 in Salem, Mass. He was ordained pastor of the church in Milton, Mass., in 1681, and labored there for the remainder of his life. He published Unbelief Detected and Condemned, to which is added the Treasures of the Fathers Inheritable by their Posterity; Election Sermon; Christ's Forgiveness a Pattern: A Sermon; A Sermon on the Death of Samuel Man; A Divine Riddle: He that is Weak is Strong; and The Perpetual Covenant. He died Dec. 17, 1725, in Milton, Mass.
Thacher, Peter
clergyman, author, was born March 21, 1752, in Milton, Mass.
He published a Narrative of the Battle of Bunker Hill. He died Dec. 16, 1802, in Savannah, Ga.
Thacher, Samuel
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born July 1, 1776, in Cambridge, Mass. He was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1802 to 1805; and served eleven years in the Massachusetts legislature. He was sheriff of Lincoln county from 1814 to 1821. He died July 19, 1872, in Bangor, Maine.
Thacher, Samuel Cooper
clergyman, author, was born Dec. 14, 1785, in Boston, Mass. He was a unitarian clergyman of Boston, pastor of the New South church in 1811-15; and the author of An Apology for Rational and Evangelical Christianity; The Unity of God; Sermons; and Evidences Necessary to Establish the Doctrine of the Trinity. died Jan. 2, 1818, in France.
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