Jenkins-Terry-Gregory-Green Oklahoma & McSwain-Dumond Ark:Information about William Owen Terry
William Owen Terry (b. 07 Jan 1877, d. 03 Mar 1940)
Notes for William Owen Terry:
The 1880 census reports William O as 5 years old, which means his birthday would have been in 1875 or even 1874.Yet his exact birth date is reported by Kaye Nicholson and Richard Bates as 7 January 1877.This is not the only date in these two genealogies that fails to match the reported ages in censuses.I comment on discrepancies in this matter for Grover Cleveland as well as Grover's wife Sarah in the notes for Sarah Addie Pendley.
In 1920, a William O Terry is reported as a boarder in Atlanta, Georgie, where he works as a Railroad Freight Clerk.This William is 44 years old, which puts birth at about 1876, matching the earlier reports.On the other hand, the 1930 census reports that William is 39 years old, which would yield a birth year of 1891!This is 16 years different from the 1880 census, and 14 years off from the genealogy date.In 1930, William is single and living with his single brother Cyrus L Jr.Their widowed mother is also living with them.Cyrus is reported as age 49, which would make his birth year about 1881.This also differs, of course, from the birth dates reported by Nicholson and Bates in their genealogies, 8 September 1882, but only by about a year.
The younger brother of William Owen, Robert Lee Terry, is reported was 3 years old in 1880.This would yield a birth year matching the date of birth Nicholson and Bates give for William, January 1877!But there are two different conflicting dates of birth for Robert Lee from Nicholson and Bates.Bates reports the birth date of 13 January 1879, while Nicholson reports 13 January 1878.I find no notes explaining or citing sources in either of the genealogies.I have not found any independent sources to confirm these exact dates.
There are two sets of death information for what appear to be this same William O Terry.The Georgia Death Index (certificate #9215) reports for Wm O Terry a date of 20 Mar 1940, with death occurring in Cobb County.Richard Bates reports 3 March 1940, with death in Murray County, Georgia.Bates may have used the place of residence at time of death.I have found other cases of official entries for death dates differing by a few days from the date reported by family sources.But it is possible the Georgia death registry I found is for another William O Terry that I have not yet identified.
More About William Owen Terry:
Date born 2: 1875, Georgia.12283
Burial: Aft. 03 Mar 1940, Hassler's Cemetery, Murray County, Georgia.12284
Residence: Bet. 1877 - 1900, Murray County, Georgia.12285
Residence2: 1920, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia.12286
Residence3: 1930, Murray County, Georgia.12287