James Parshall Terry

James Parshall Terry

Male 1830 - 1918  (88 years)


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  • Name James Parshall Terry 
    Birth 01 Jan 1830  Albion, Home District, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 01 Jan 1830  Albion, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 12 Aug 1918  Hinckley, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 16 Aug 1918  Draper - Draper City Cemetery, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I312684224378  Oswald Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Father Parshall Terry, III,   b. 30 Sep 1778, Youngstown, Niagara, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Oct 1861, Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Hannah Terry,   b. 08 Oct 1785, Goshen, Orange, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 04 Oct 1877, Rockville, Washington, Utah Territory, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 16 Mar 1802  Palmyra, Wayne, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1962  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Richards,   b. 14 May 1837, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1902, Hinckley, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 02 Nov 1856  Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2016  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family 2 Sarah Catherine Brown,   b. 11 Apr 1852, Manti, Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jul 1923, Leslie, Custer, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 06 Oct 1886  Palmyra, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2015  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family 3 Sarah Matthews,   b. Abt. 1835, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2001  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family 4 Susan Terry,   b. Penn. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 02 Aug 1871, Fort Niagara,Niagara,New York,United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2002  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family 5 Abigail Horton,   b. 06 Mar 1795, Somerville, Somerset, N.J. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1875, Somerset, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Family ID F2003  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family 6 Elizabeth Galloway,   b. Abt. 1825, N.Y. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2004  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family 7 Adella Newton,   b. Abt. 1840, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2005  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family 8 Harriet Drake,   b. Mich. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2006  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family 9 Julia Ann Hedden,   b. 1889, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2007  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
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    Family 10 Mamie I Hackett,   b. 01 Mar 1869, North Freedom, Sauk, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Aug 1891, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years) 
    Family ID F2008  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family 11 Hellen Jane Newton,   b. Abt. 1818, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1836 (Age 18 years) 
    Family ID F2009  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family 12 Deborah Emily Horton,   b. 07 Nov 1843, Terrytown, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1869, Terrytown, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years) 
    Family ID F2010  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family 13 Permelia Ditha Newton,   b. Abt. 1840, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2011  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family 14 Nancy Terry Horton,   b. 15 Jul 1846, Terrytown, Bradford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Jan 1872, Terrytown, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years) 
    Family ID F2012  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family 15 Eliza Kirkham,   b. Abt. 1835, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2013  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family 16 Mary A Murphy,   b. 17 Oct 1849, Hawkesville, Wellesley, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2014  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Short bio
      James Parshall Terry (1830–1918) was born in Ontario, Canada and baptized Mormon in 1840. He emigrated to the Salt Lake Valley in 1848–49 and settled in Draper, Utah. In April–May 1857 he worked as a freighter, and later that year he served under Lot Smith as a scout and saboteur. In 1862 he moved to Rockville, Washington County, Utah, where he served as a county selectman, bishop’s counselor, and president of a co-op store. While living at Rockville he made frequent freighting trips to Salt Lake City, and in 1864 he bought a half interest in a molasses mill and cotton gin there. In the 1870s he was elected vice-president of the United Order and served as director of a co-op herd. He spent his final years in Hinckley, Millard County, Utah.

      Ordained an Elder at Winter Quarters, Do
      Ordained an Elder at Winter Quarters, Douglas, NE. Seventy 4 Mar 1855, High Priest 6 May 1877, Patriarch 24 Feb 1902.

      Autobiography of James P Terry
      Link to 98 page autobiography https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE4753808

      Terry, James Parshall, a Patriarch in t
      Terry, James Parshall, a Patriarch in the Church and a resident of Hinckley, Millard county, Utah, was born Jan. 1, 1830, at Albion, Home District, Upper Canada, the son of Parshall Terry and Hannah Terry. In 1838 he removed with his father's family to Missouri, whence the family with the rest of the Saints were driven out under the exterminating order of Gov. Lilburn W. Boggs. The Terry family settled temporarily in Pike county, Ill., where young James P. was baptized in June, 1840, by Wm. Allred. In the summer of 1843 the family moved to Nauvoo, Ill., where they resided until 1846, when they became participants in the general exodus of the Saints. His father lost nearly everything he owned during the drivings and stopped for a time at Carterville on Mosquito creek, Iowa. While stopping temporarily at Winter Quarters, James P. was ordained an Elder. The family migrated to Great Salt Lake Valley in 1849, arriving there Oct. 15th. Bro. Terry was ordained a Seventy by John Pack March 4, 1855, and became a member of the 8th quorum of Seventy. In 1856 (Nov. 2rid) he married Mary Richards (daughter of John and Agnes Hill Richards) who subsequently bore her husband eleven children. Subsequently he married Sarah K. Lemons, a widow, by whom he had one child (a boy). After living with him about three years she asked for and obtained a bill of divorce. In 1862 Bro. Terry moved to Southern Utah with his family, arriving at Rockville Jan. 13, 1863. The following year he was commissioned as a captain of militia in the Iron Military District. In 1877 (May 6th) he was ordained a High Priest and set apart as first counselor to Bishop Chas. N. Smith in the Rockville Ward, which position he held until March 22, 1891. He acted as school trustee about fourteen years in the Rockville school district, and was also road supervisor about the same length of time. For two or three years he held the office of selectman in Washington county. In 1887-88 he filled a mission to Canada and the Un ited States. On his way home, April 20, 1888, as he was traveling between Toquerville and Virgen City on foot, he was overtaken by deputy U. S. marshals and arrested on a charge of unlawful cohabitation. After examination at Silver Reef he was placed under $1500 bonds to appear at Beaver May 11, 1888. On his appearance in court on that day the Prosecution failed to make out a case against him and he was consequently discharged. In 1902 (Feb. 24th) Elder Terry was ordained a Patriarch by Apostle Mathias F. Cowley, and since 1899 he has been a resident of Hinckley, Millard county, Utah. Bro. Terry has ever been a faithful and consistent Latter-day Saint, ever on hand to defend the principles of the gospel and to labor in any capacity in which the authorities of the Church have asked him to labor. As an aged man he still enjoys good health and is generally beloved and respected by all who know him. He is the father of twelve children and has at the present time a numerous posterity. His wife, Mary, died May 17, 1902, at Hinckley, Millard county, after doing a great deal of ordinance work for the dead in the St. George Temple; in this vicarious labor her daughter and others assisted her. [Source: Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, Vol 3]