Last time, we talked about the descendants of Clara A Walker Welch (1851–1932), the elder daughter of Isaiah Walker (1821–1906) and Huldah Montgomery (1829–1918). Today, we'll start with her younger sister:
B. Mary Elvina Walker (1868–1957) was born on 18 May 1868 and grew up in Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana. Her older sister, Clara, was 16 years old when Mary was born.
Mary grew up and married Samuel Percy Terry (1861–1936) on 12 October 1887 in Fulton County, Indiana. He was born on 15 May 1861, the son of Samuel S Terry (1825–1893) and Sarah J McCloud (1831–1883) and grew up in Henry and Rochester, Fulton County.
Samuel's father was a physician who received his commission as an officer in Company S, Indiana 73rd Infantry Regiment on 27 September 1862. He served as an assistant surgeon until he was promoted to full surgeon on 29 January 1863. The younger Samuel followed in his father's profession, graduating from Notre Dame College in 1882 and practicing in Rochester in 1900. During the 1900s, the Terry family moved to Alameda County, California, where Dr. Terry was in practice in 1910. He also served as an examining surgeon in the United States Department of the Interior.
Samuel died in Alameda on 5 November 1936 and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland. Mary died on 8 April 1957 and was buried with her husband. They were survived by two sons and a daughter.
1. Lillian Terry (1888–1972) was born on 1 November 1888 and grew up in Rochester, Fulton Couty, Indiana. She was probably about 17 years of age when her family relocated to Alameda County, California.
On 22 January 1911, she married an optometrist named Eugene D Painter (1878–1961) in Stockton, San Joaquin County, California. Eugene was born on 13 December 1878, the youngest son of Jerome B Painter (1828–1883) and Caroline A Weaver (1837–1913). He and Lillian had a son together, but by 1920, Lillian and her son were living back in her parents' home, and she was listed as divorced.
She soon remarried James Roy Rowe (1890–1972) on 27 March 1921 in Alameda County, and they lived in Oakland. James was the son of James F Rowe (1850–1900) and Maria (or Mariah) E Freeman (1856–1929), born on 17 January 1890 in Alameda County, California.
James died in Alameda on 18 September 1972; Lillian died just a few weeks later on 23 October 1972. Their remains were interred in the mausoleum of the Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland.
a. Terry E Rowe (1913–1971) was born Terry Painter on 13 August 1913 in Alameda, California. Before he turned 18, however, he was adopted by his step-father and appears on his official documents as Terry Rowe after 1930.
On 31 October 1931, Terry married Mildred Lucille Kelber (1913–1992) in Alameda County. Mildred was born in Los Angeles on 28 August 1913 to George C Kelber (1884–1965) and Treasy May Cappleman (1889–1955). They had a son and a daughter together, both still living.
Terry died in Solano County, California, on 4 October 1971. Mildred, who was a secretary for the Plumas County Recorder's office from 1965 to 1980, remarried and moved to Reno, Nevada around 1990. She died in Reno on 1 January 1992 and is buried in the Johnsville Cemetery in Johnsville, Plumas County, California.
They were survived by their son, daughter, and five grandchildren.
2. Samuel Walker Terry (1894–1964) was born on 9 February 1894 in Rochester, Fulton, Indiana. His family moved to California when he was about 10 years old. Samuel attended University of California at Berkeley and met Ellis E Morris (1895–1995). His education was interrupted by World War I, and he saw pilot duty in France, and was discharged from the Air Corps with the rank of first lieutenant. Samuel was believed to be the first pilot on the West Coast to come out of a tailspin. He returned from St. Nazaire, France, aboard the Zeelandia in 1919.
Engagement of Samuel Terry and Ellis Morris Fri, Jul 6, 1917 – 1 · The San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, California) · Newspapers.comEllis was born in Ohio on 29 June 1895, and grew up in Alger County, Michigan. She was daughter of Henry Nelson Morris (1860–1920) and Ella Blymyer (1860–1935). Her family moved to Alameda County, California, during the 1900s.
Samuel and Ellis were both attending University of California at Berkeley in 1916, and they announced their engagement in 1917. (see right)
In 1926, with an investment of $5000, he co-founded the Aladdin Heating Corp., a 7-acre plant in San Leandro, which became one of the largest heating, ventilating and air conditioning contractors in Northern California.
Samuel and Ellis raised their children in Berkeley and Oakland. Samuel was a pioneer in the Bay area's gas beating industry and was a director of five a firms, including the News Equipment Sales Corp. and the Aladdin Heating Corp.
Samuel died on 10 August 1964 in Hayward, Alameda, California. Ellis died on 12 August 1995 in Alameda County, California. They were buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland. They were survived by three sons and 14 grandchildren.
a. Raymond Morris Terry (1918–1997) was born on 17 July 1918 in Oakland, Alameda, California. He graduated from University of California at Berkeley in 1940 and went to Stanford University that fall.
Raymond married Marian Abbie Fisher (1919–1980) about 1941, and after graduating around 1945, he accepted a commission in the U.S. Navy, serving from about 1946 to 1956. Marian was born on 1 May 1919 in Alameda County, the daughter of Edgar Clement Fisher (1889–1927) and Abbie Gail Cleary (1890–1944).
They settled in San Leandro, San Francisco County, California, where Ray and his business endeavors grew along with the town. His invention of the first coin operated newspaper vending machine led to the establishment and success of New Equipment Company, which eventually became a division of his firm, the Aladdin Heating Corporation.
Marian died on 14 June 1980, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland. Ray died "after a great day fishing and with a cookie in his hand" on 7 May 1997 and was buried with Marian. They were survived by Ray's brother and sister-in-law, and by their five children, sixteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
i. Raymond Lee Terry (1942–2002) was born on 27 September 1942 in Berkeley, Alameda, California. Like his father, the younger Ray Terry accepted a commission in the U.S. Navy. He died on 20 January 2002 and was survived by a brother, three sisters, his wife, a son, and a daughter.
b. Henry Morris Terry (1921–1978) was born on 8 February 1921 in Berkeley, Alameda, California. Henry was attending Stanford University in 1942, and while the records I have found don't tell me the details, he appears to have served as a doctor in the U.S. Navy, as late as 1959.
He married Allace Ann Heald (1924–2000), the daughter of Wallace Sheldon Heald (1890–1936) and Foss R Radebaugh (1890–1980). She was born on 9 August 1924 in Duluth, St Louis, Minnesota. Her family relocated to San Diego by 1940, and she presumably met Henry when he was stationed there. We do know that in 1974, they lived in San Diego where Henry was chief of geriatrics at the County University Hospital.
Henry died on 27 August 1978 and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland. Ann died on 20 June 2000.
c. Samuel Walker Terry, Jr (1925–1999) was born on 13 June 1925 in Oakland, Alameda, California, and grew up in Berkeley. He also had a commission in the U.S. Navy by 1948 - which rounds out an entire family of Naval officers, and completes three generations of service from one family.
Samuel Jr. died on 4 October 1999 in San Leandro, Alameda, California, but I don't believe that's the whole story. His father's 1964 obituary claimed 14 grandchildren, so Samuel and his brother, Henry, must have had nine children between them who I have not been able to identify.
3. Frederick Percy Terry (1896–1986) was born on 19 March 1896 in Rochester, Fulton, Indiana. His father moved the family to California in 1904. Fred enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving from 15 December 1917 through 18 June 1919, returning home as a sergeant from France aboard the Madawaska.
Fred married Marion Adelaide McCormick (1899–1977) on 9 October 1924 in Alameda County, California. She was born on 15 October 1899 in Saginaw, Michigan, the youngest child of Walter James McCormick (1864–1908) and Maude A Speddy (1870–1922).
Marion died on 25 April 1977 in Alameda County, California, and was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan, where her parents and other ancestors were buried. Fred died in Alameda County on 27 September 1986 and was buried with Marion in Saginaw.
a. Frederick Mccormick Terry (1927–1993) was born in Alameda, California, on 6 April 1927. He married Patricia Eleanor Goggin (1929–2006) on 3 February 1951. They were both graduates of Alameda High School. Patricia was born on 10 November 1929 in Alameda, the youngest daughter of Alfred Samuel Goggin (1884–1931) and Maude E Curley (1892–1965).
The couple lived in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California, starting in 1963. Patricia worked in the insurance industry before having children, then she retired to become a stay-at-home mom. Fred died on 4 April 1993 in Contra Costa County; Patricia died at the age of 77, on 28 November 2006 at her home in Walnut Creek.
They were survived by two daughters and two grandchildren.
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