Brief Life History of George Washington
When George Washington Terry was born on 6 December 1825, in Richmond, Virginia, United States, his father, Thomas Terry Jr, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth Kinkard, was 24. He married Nancy A. Shelton on 21 December 1847, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States in 1850 and Bean Blossom Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. He died on 21 November 1913, in Lawrence, Indiana, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Gosport, Wayne Township, Owen, Indiana, United States.
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- George W Terry, "United States Census, 1870"
- George W. Terry, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- G. W. Terry, "BillionGraves Index"
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1829
Historical Boundaries: 1829: Owen, Indiana, United States
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
Name Meaning
English and Irish: from the Norman personal name T(h)erry (Old French Thierri), a short form of Theodoric, which is composed of the ancient Germanic elements theud ‘people, race’ + rīc ‘power(ful), rich’. Theodoric was the name of the Ostrogothic leader (c. 454–526) who invaded Italy in 488 and established his capital at Ravenna in 493. His name was sometimes taken as a derivative of Greek Theodōros (see Theodore ). An Anglo-Norman family of this name has been in County Cork, Ireland, since the 13th century.
Irish: sometimes an Anglicized (‘translated’) form of Gaelic Mac Toirdhealbhaigh (see Turley ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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