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Alexander Watkins TERRILL [Parents] was born on 11 Jul 1861. He died on 30 Aug 1912 in Lynchburg, , Virginia. Alexander married Lillian KING on 6 Nov 1889.

They had two daughters one son and an adopted son. Fred Poindexter,who was given their name. Dr.Terrell was physician for Randolph Macon College for 49 years.

Lillian KING was born on 1 Apr 1868. She died on 28 Dec 1935. Lillian married Alexander Watkins TERRILL on 6 Nov 1889.

Dtr. of Judge Thomas Fitch King.


Gen. Alexander Watkins TERRILL [Parents] was born on 3 Nov 1827 in , Patrick Co., Virginia. He died on 8 Sep 1912 in Austin, , Texas. Alexander married Sue Helen WADE on 17 Mar 1857.

See the site on him at: http://www.37thtexas.org/html/BGTerrell.html

See the site on him: http://www.webhosters.com/34thtxcav/html/UnitHist.html

He was a Brig. Gen. in the Confederate Army in Texas. This is from that site:

Alexander Watkins Terrell, Quaker, jurist, Civil War officer, and statesman, the son of Christopher Joseph and Susan (Kennerly) Terrell, was born in Patrick County, Virginia, on November 3, 1827.

In 1831 his Quaker parents migrated to Booneville, Cooper County, Missouri, where Terrell grew to maturity. After graduating from the University of Missouri, he returned to Booneville to study law in the office of Judge Peyton R. Hayden. He was admitted to the bar in 1849 and practiced law in St. Joseph, Missouri, until 1852, when he moved to Austin, Texas. There he soon won a reputation as a courtroom protagonist of great astuteness and skill.

Terrell was elected judge of the state's Second District in 1857. Due to his office and his friendship with Governor Sam Houston, an ardent Unionist, he took no part in the secession movement. Upon the expiration of his judicial term in 1863, however, he joined the First Texas Cavalry Regiment, Arizona Brigade, of the Confederate Army, as a major. Within two years he was assigned the rank of brigadier general by Gen. E. Kirby Smith, commander of the Trans-Mississippi Department, but the war ended before his promotion was confirmed.

As commander of what came to be called "Terrell's Texas Cavalry Regiment," he participated with distinction in the battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill during the campaign in northern Louisiana against Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks (the Red River Campaign). When the war ended he fled to Mexico, where he briefly served Emperor Maximilian as a battalion commander. His memoir, "From Texas to Mexico and the Court of Maximilian in 1865," appeared in 1933.

After Reconstruction, Terrell served in both the Texas Senate and House of Representatives. In spite of his public declarations declining his candidacy for re-election, he continued to be re-elected by record margins. In total, he served sixteen years in the state legislature.

From 1893 until 1897, Terrell was named minister to Turkey under U. S. President Grover Cleveland's second administration.

After his return from Turkey, the aging statesman became active in preserving the rich history that he had helped create in Texas. At his death on September 8, 1912, Terrell was serving as president of the Texas State Historical Association. He is buried in the state cemetery in Austin.

TERRELL COUNTY. Terrell County (K-9) is in the Big Bend area of southwestern Texas, bordered on the south by Mexico, on the east by Val Verde and Crockett counties, on the north by Pecos County, and on the west by both Pecos and Brewster counties. The center point of the county is at 3015' north latitude and 10203' west longitude. Sanderson, the county seat, is about halfway between San Antonio and El Paso. The county was named for Alexander Watkins Terrell.

Sue Helen WADE was born about 1830. She died in Oct 1919. Sue married Gen. Alexander Watkins TERRILL on 17 Mar 1857.

They had the following children:

  M i Joseph Christopher TERRILL was born on 16 May 1858. He died on 28 Jul 1927 in Fort Worth, , Texas and was buried in Spring Hill Cem., Lynchburg, Virginia.

Practice law in Ft. Worth for 42 years, but reportedly buried back in Va. He was a graduate of the U. of VA.
  M ii Alexander Watkins TERRILL
  M iii Otway Owen TERRILL was born on 13 Feb 1863. He died on 14 Oct 1889 in Harrisburg, , Penn..

Graduate in Mechanical Engineering. Lehigh University.
  F iv Mary Catherine TERRILL
  M v Thomas Kennerly TERRILL was born on 10 Jul 1869.

Graduate of Unversity of Virginia 1895,practiced at his home,taking his father's field of work.After father's death in 1922 he purchased the home site,lived there till 15 Sep.1917.Since has sold and purchased a home in Lynchburg
  F vi Sue Clark TERRILL was born on 26 Dec 1871.

Educated at Hollins College."Has lived at home with the loveliest old people in the world".
  M vii John Jay TERRILL was born on 13 Nov 1873. He died on 4 Aug 1890.
  M viii Herbert Oliver TERRILL was born on 9 Sep 1876. He died on 11 Dec 1914.
  M ix Ernest Gerard TERRILL was born on 1 Aug 1878. He died on 25 Jan 1901.

d.his third year in medicine at University of Virginia 25 Jan 1901.Buried at Terrell plot.Spring Hill Cemetery Lynchburg, VA.

John Richard TERRILL [Parents] was born on 13 Jun 1854 in Bland, Maries Co., Missouri. He died on 3 Nov 1942 in Bland, , Missouri. John married Margaret Elizabeth GIESLER on 11 Mar 1875.

Margaret Elizabeth GIESLER was born on 13 Oct 1854. She died on 13 Nov 1929. Margaret married John Richard TERRILL on 11 Mar 1875.

They had the following children:

  M i Reuben Adam TERRILL

James O. TERRILL [Parents] was born on 5 Mar 1856 in , Maries Co., Missouri. He died on 4 Aug 1905. James married Emma CREEKPALM.

Emma CREEKPALM was born about 1860. She married James O. TERRILL.


Henry SCANTLIN was born about 1855. He married Eliza Jane TERRILL on 7 Apr 1878.

Eliza Jane TERRILL [Parents] was born on 30 Oct 1858 in , Maries Co., Missouri. She died on 20 Apr 1937. Eliza married Henry SCANTLIN on 7 Apr 1878.


Charles Marion TERRILL [Parents] was born on 17 Mar 1864 in , Maries Co., Missouri. He died on 8 Feb 1945 in MO. Charles married Dena Rebecca SHOCKLEY on 24 Sep 1885.

Twin to Andrew. The children and spouses on this family was given to me 1/00 by his granddtr., "Shirley Stanton"

Dena Rebecca SHOCKLEY was born on 6 Aug 1865. She died on 9 Jul 1935 in MO. Dena married Charles Marion TERRILL on 24 Sep 1885.

She went by the name of Rebecca.

They had the following children:

  F i Stella TERRILL
  F ii Pearl TERRILL
  M iii Alfred Francis TERRILL
  M iv Homer R. TERRILL
  F v Ethel R. TERRILL
  F vi Myrtle TERRILL
  F vii Living
  F viii Grace Mae TERRILL
  F ix Gladys TERRILL

Robert W. TERRILL [Parents] was born on 2 Dec 1866 in , Maries Co., Missouri. He died on 30 May 1961. Robert married Edna PRICE.

Edna PRICE was born about 1870. She married Robert W. TERRILL.


Rush PRICE was born about 1870. He married Mary F. TERRILL.

Mary F. TERRILL [Parents] was born on 24 Apr 1871 in , Maries Co., Missouri. She died on 23 Apr 1939. Mary married Rush PRICE.


William Morton TERRILL [Parents] was born on 19 Mar 1874 in , Maries Co., Missouri. He died on 11 Jun 1950. William married Nora ANDERSON.

Nora ANDERSON was born about 1875. She married William Morton TERRILL.


George Washington TERRILL [Parents] was born on 28 Mar 1881 in , Maries Co., Missouri. He died after 1972 in Bland, , Missouri. George married Frances HAWKINS on 25 Apr 1901.

Ellsberry, writing in her bulletin about 1972, says that George was still alive and had family reunions at his place in Bland, MO annually on his birthday. Children listed by Ellsberry. Their first child was born and died on 17 Feb 1902. Since he is unnamed by sources, he is not listed here.
Also, another son was born and died 14 May 1920, and is also unnamed.

Frances HAWKINS was born on 20 Aug 1882. She died on 23 Apr 1950. Frances married George Washington TERRILL on 25 Apr 1901.

They had the following children:

  F i Elva B. TERRILL
  M ii Loyd Luther TERRILL was born on 6 Nov 1904 in , , Missouri. He died on 10 Nov 1904.
  M iii Cleon B. TERRILL
  F iv Gertrude E. TERRILL
  M v Lowell E. TERRILL
  M vi Earl E. TERRILL
  M vii Herbert C. TERRILL was born on 3 Oct 1912 in , , Missouri. He died on 14 Oct 1925.
  F viii Opal M. TERRILL
  F ix Velda M. TERRILL was born on 26 Jul 1916. She died in Oct 1986 in Bland, Gasconade Co., Missouri.

Still living in Bland, MO 65014, when Ellsberry wrote her article in 1972. Ellsberry says that Velda was the "family historian" and requested that any available information on other descendents of Reuben and Frances be sent to her. Place and dod is from SSDI.
  F x Georgia F. TERRILL
  M xi Elmer E. TERRILL

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