Thomas Pleasant Terrell

Brief Life History of Thomas Pleasant

When Thomas Pleasant Terrell was born on 10 December 1816, in Highland, Ohio, United States, his father, Samuel Terrell, was 46 and his mother, Nancy Reynolds, was 40. He married Clarinda Woodward on 6 February 1840, in Fayette, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Fairfield MM, Highland, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Perry Township, Fayette, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. He died on 20 December 1892, at the age of 76, and was buried in Walnut Creek Cemetery, New Martinsburg, Perry Township, Fayette, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Pleasant Terrell
1816–1892
Clarinda Woodward
1820–1905
Marriage: 6 February 1840
Eleanor Terrell
1840–
Martha M. Terrell
1842–1923
David William Terrell
1845–
Jacob Terrell
1846–
Nancy Elizabeth Terrell
1850–1942
Rebecca Jane Terrell
1852–1900
Christopher M. Terrell
1855–1941
Lewis Pleasant Terrell
1857–1950
Eliza Annette Terrell
1862–1926

Sources (11)

  • Thomas Terrill, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Thomas B. Terrel, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
  • Thomas P. Terrell, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): variant of Tyrrell .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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