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Terrell, William – Terry, William Leake

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.