Biographical Sketch of W. M. Terry, Franklin County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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W. M. Terry, collector of Franklin County, and one of the leading 
citizens of Union, the county seat, was born in St. Louis County,
fourteen miles west from the city of St. Louis, July 31, 1828 and
is the son of Benjamin D. and Mary (Jump) Terry.  The father was
born in Rutherford County, N. C., February 14, 1784 and was the son
of William Terry.  Benjamin Terry emigrated from North Carolina to
Missouri, settling in St. Louis County, in 1802.  He was a farmer 
by occupation, and served in the War of 1812.  In recognition of the
service thus rendered he was given a land warrant for 160 acres of
land in Missouri.  He removed to Franklin County, in 1832, where he 
lived a long and useful life, his death occurring February 21, 1857.
He was a member of the Baptist Church.  The mother was born on the 
Cumberland River, in Kentucky, January 12, 1793 and was the daughter
of Peter Jump, who was a native Kentuckian, and who removed to Miss-
ouri in the early part of the present century.  She was a member of
the Baptist Church, and died in Franklin County, March, 1864.  To
the parents eleven children were born, of whom our subject was the
eighth.  He was reared on the farm and acquired a limited education.
He remained at home until August, 1864 when he enlisted in Company D,
Forty-seventh Missouri Regiment of Infantry of which he was color
bearer.  He served until April, 1865 and was then mustered out at St.
Louis.  He returned to the farm in Franklin County, where he remained
until his election, as a Republican, to the office of sheriff of 
Franklin County, in the fall of 1880, and then removed to Union.  He
was re-elected in 1882, and in 1884 was elected county collector. In
1886 he was re-elected collector, and holds that office at the pre-
sent, discharging the duties in a faithful and efficient manner.  On
January 1, 1857, he married Miss Elizabeth Boothe, a native of Iowa,
born May 18, 1841 and the daughter of James Boothe.  To this marriage
three children have been born, one now living.  Mrs. Terry died May
14, 1863 and in November, 1866 Mr. Terry took for his second wife 
Miss Mary A. Link, a native of Franklin County, Mo., born December 7,
1841 and the daughter of Henry Link (deceased).  To this union nine
children have been born, six now living.  Mr. Terry is a member of 
the Baptist Church, and of Wilhelma Post, No. 344, G. A. R.; also a
member of Union Lodge, No. 173, A. F. and A. M.  His wife is a member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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