William Jones Terrell

William Jones Terrell

• Father: Peter Buford Terrell Jr. b. 12 September 1813, d. 27 October 1851
• Mother: Ann Catherine Wingfield b. circa 1817, d. 20 August 1862

• William Jones Terrell was born on 28 August 1841 in Georgia.
• Peter Buford Terrell Jr. and Ann Catherine Wingfield appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Coweta County, Georgia. Other members of the household included William Jones Terrell, Richmond Terrell, Mary F. Terrell and John Butler Terrell. Also in the household were sister-in-law Sophia Terrell (age 43) and Terrell children Thos P. (20), E. P. (21), Mary (16), Martha S. (14) and Edwin (8), as well as student Edwin G. Philips (20).
• He married Mary Hinton O'Neal on 9 March 1860 in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas.
• William Jones Terrell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Grimes County, Texas, in the household of Ann Randle, age 37, and her two children.. Other members of the household included Mary F. Terrell and John Butler Terrell. Also in the household was W. H/K. Terrell, age 29, whose relationship to the others has not yet been established. And William Jones Terrell's new wife Mary Hinton O'Neal is missing from the household.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
• He served in Company D, 12th Texas Infantry Regiment, CSA.
• William Jones Terrell and Mary Hinton O'Neal appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included William Peter Terrell, Mary H. Terrell and Robert Q. Terrell. William Peter is identified as Frank G. Terrell, age 9.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
• William Jones Terrell and Mary Hinton O'Neal appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included William Peter Terrell, Robert Q. Terrell, Richmond G. Terrell, Carrie Terrell and Lizzie R. Terrell.
• He was a hunter, according to the 1880 census.
• William Jones Terrell and Mary Hinton O'Neal appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Montgomery County, Texas, enumerated next to the household of their son William. Also in the household were daughters Lizzie (age 21) and Minnie (16), and married daughter Carrie A. Vinson (26) with her husband John (26) and their son William (1 month).
• He was a lumber checker, according to the 1900 census.
• William Jones Terrell became a widower at the 1903 death of his wife Mary Hinton O'Neal.
• William Jones Terrell died on 7 June 1918 at age 76 in Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas, . His death was officially witnessed by William Peter Terrell.
• He was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 31 Jul 2015