Terry, Charles; Eaton, Clark County, Wisconsin

Dr. Charles Terry-Pioneer, Physician & Surgeon

Eaton, Clark County, Wisconsin

Dr. Charles Terry was probably the first resident doctor of Eaton Township, Clark Co., Wisconsin where nearly all of the men were employed in the pineries. Logging was dangerous work and one can only imagine how much his skills were appreciated. He was the son of Edward Pomeroy and Mary Sophia (Hamilton Ross Pollock) Terry. He was born in Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut. and died at Baton Rouge, La., August 4, 1865. He graduated from Trinity College in 1851 and New York Medical College in 1853. He enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut, with the 12th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company I, on September 4, 1862.

Other Possibilities

1. Charles Henry Tisdale, son of Henry and Sophia Terry, born June 17, 1843. In 1887 he was a physician practicing in Brooklyn, NY.

2. Charles Mills, born October 23, 1819, the son of Orrin and Marilla Terry of Lafayette, Indiana. Married in Simsbury, Conn. Jane Western. In 1887 he and Jane lived in Lafayette.

3. Charles Church Terry, born in Fall River, Mass. June 26, 1840. In 1887 he was a physician practicing in New York City.

Census Records

6 Sept, 1850 US Census, Hartford, Hartford, Conneticut
Family	Name	Age	Sex	Estate	Occupation	Nativity	Attended School in 1850
920-1205	Terry, Sophia	1803-47	F	$5600		NY
	~Louisa G.	1827-23	F			CT
	~Charles E.	1831-19	M		Student	CT
	~Emma	1837-13	F			CT	Yes
	~Edward	1839-11	M			CT	Yes
	~Clarence	1840-10	M			CT	Yes
	Mulligan, Jane	1820-30	F			Ireland

July 24, 1860 US Census, District 2, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
Family	Name	Age	Sex	Estate	Occupation	Nativity	Attended School in 1850
1819-2030	Terry, Mary S.	1803-57	F	$1000		NY
	*~Emma G.	1838-23	F			CT	Yes
	~Clarence	1841-19	M			CT	Yes
	Ward, Catherine	1840-20	F		Domestic	Ireland

*Emma Gillingham Terry was sister to Charles and she was born December 1, 1838 in Hartford, CT. She married Edward Phelps Lull November 5, 1870 in Hartford.

Aug. 2, 1860 Federal Census--Neshonoc, LaCrosse, WI by J. H. Campbell
Name	Age	Sex	Estate	Occupation	Nativity
*Terry, Charles	1826-34	F	$500		CT
~Jane	32	F			CT

*We are not certain this is the same Charles Terry because of the age difference.

1870 US Census, Town of Eaton, Clark Co., Wisconsin;

Enumerated by Edward E. Merritt (Ass't Marshall) July 13th & 14, Post Office, Lumberman and Neillsville

Family

Name

given names

Age

Sex

Race

Occupation

Nativity

Male citizen over 21

Terry, Charles

Charles

1830-40 yrs

Physician & Surgeon

Connecticut

Yes

1880 Federal Census--Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut
Name	Relation	Marital Status	Sex	Race	Age	Nativity	Occupation	Father's Nativity	Mother's Nativity
*Clarence Terry	Self	M	Male	W	39	CT	Clerk	CT	NY
Emma L. Terry	Wife	M	Female	W	33	CT	Keeping House	CT	CT
Ellen L. Terry	Dau	S	Female	W	10	CT	At School	CT	CT
Charles E. Terry	Son	S	Male	W	2	CT		CT	CT
Honora McCarthy	Other	S	Female	W	19	IRELAND	Domestic Servant	IRELAND	IRELAND

*Clarence was a brother to Charles E. Terry. He was born March 14, 1841. January 20, 1869, he married Emma Louise Buck who was born in March of 1847 in Connecticut.

1880 Federal Census--5th Ward, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Name	Relation	Marital Status	Gender	Race	Age	Nativity	Occupation	Father's Nativity	Mother's Nativity
*Edward Terry	Self	M	Male	W	1838-41	CT	Navy Officer	CT	NY
Marian S. Terry	Wife	M	Female	W	35	MI	Keeping House	NY	NY
Fanny Brohm	Other	S	Female	W	21	GER	House Servant	GER	GER
Concha Rodriguez	Other	S	Female	W	19	MEX	Gardner	MEX	MEX

*Edward was a brother to Charles E. Terry and was born Jan. 24, 1939. He was an officer in the United States Navy during the Civil War and following that, served several tours of duty at the United States Naval Academy, including a tour in the 1870s as a Commandant of Cadets. By 1861, he was assigned to the steam sloop Richmond and served in her with the Western Gulf Blockading Squadron throughout the Civil War. He participated in the engagement with the Confederate ram Manassas on October 12, 1861, the artillery duel with Fort McRee and other shore batteries on 22 November, the passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and the capture of New Orleans in late April 1862.

After New Orleans, David Farragut's force moved up the Mississippi, and Terry was present when the salt water fleet ran the gauntlet at Vicksburg and joined Flag Officer Charles H. Davis' riverine fleet above the Southern stronghold. In January 1863, Terry was promoted to lieutenant commander. On March 14, his ship joined others of the fleet in bombarding the batteries surrounding Port Hudson so that Farragut could dash past them and establish a blockade cutting the Confederacy's Red River supply line. In his last major engagement, the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864, Terry helped to close the last major Conferederate port on the Gulf of Mexico. Following the Civil War, Edward alternated between sea duty and a series of shore assignments at the Naval Academy. In 1866 and 1867, he served in the Pacific Squadron in the steam frigate Powhatan.

His first tour of duty at the Naval Academy followed in 1868 and 1869. He assumed his first command, Saco, in 1870 and cruised with the Asiatic Fleet until 1872. During that assignment, on October 30, 1871, he was promoted to commander.

He returned to the Naval Academy in 1873 and, by 1875, was appointed Commandant of Cadets, a post he held until 1878.

Commander Terry was then ordered to the Pacific Squadron as Flag Captain in Pensacola, Florida; first to Rear Admiral C. R. Perry Rodgers and in 1880 and 1881, to Rear Admiral Thomas H. Stevens.

In 1881, he went on leave due to illness. On June 1, 1882, Commander Terry died at Manitou Springs, Colorado.

Two ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Terry for him.

1895 Wisconsin State Census, Ward 5, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., Wisconsin

Name: Charles Terry

Family Notes

Edward Pomeroy Terry was born October 28, 1800 in Hartford, Hartford, CT. He died December 22, 1843.

Nathaniel Terry (grandfather of Charles) was born January 30, 1763 and married Catherine Wadsworth, March 14, 1798. She was the daughter of Jeremiah and Mehitabel (Russell) Wadsworth who was born January 17, 1774 in Hartford. Nathaniel died December 22, 1843 (alternate date: June 14, 1844), and is buried in the Old North Cemetery in Hartford. He was a U. S. Representative for Hartford, CT between 1817-19. He was president of the Board of Directors for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb which was incorporated in Hartford in 1818. Catherine died October 26, 1841.

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CONNECTICUT ASYLUM FOR THE EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTION OF DEAF AND DUMB PERSONS.

Be it enacted by the Governor and Council and House of Representatives in General Court assembled: That John Caldwell, Nathaniel Terry, Daniel Wadsworth, Mehitable Wadsworth, Susan Tracy, Ward Woodbridge, Henry Hudson, Daniel Buck, Mason F. Cogswell, Joseph Battell, William H. Imlay, Charles Sigourney, David Porter, David McKinney, Isaac Bull, Thomas S. Williams, John Morgan, Samuel Tudor, Jr., John Butler, George Goodwin, John Beach, James Ward, Roswell Bartholomew, George Smith, Joseph Rogers, Moses Tryon, Jr., Nathan Strong, Jr., Charles Seymour, James H. Wells, Jonathan W. Edwards, William W. Ellsworth, William Watson, Russel Bunce, Eliphalet Terry, Seth Terry, Lynds Olmsted, Thomas Lloyd, James B. Hosmer, Joseph Trumbull, Samuel Tinker, Horace Burr, Russell Talcott, Christopher Colt, Eliphalet Averill, Nathaniel Fatten, Joseph Wells, William Ely, Spencer Whiting, Barzillai Hudson, Jr., Jonathan Law, George Goodwin, Jr., Daniel Crowell, Charles Goodwin, Michael Shepherd, Caleb Goodwin, Dudley Buck, Aaron Chapin, Jared Yarborough, Barzillai Hudson, Jacob Sargeant, Peter Thatcher, Talcott Wolcott, Nathaniel Spencer, and their associates be, and they hereby are, formed into, constituted, and made a body politic and corporate, by the name of "The Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons," and by that name they and their successors shall and may have perpetual succession: shall be capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded in all suits of what nature soever, may have a Common seal, and may alter the same at pleasure, and may also purchase, receive, hold, and convey any estate, real or personal, the annual income of which shall not exceed five thousand dollars. Hartford Connecticut, 1816.

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The Terry and Bacon families of Hartford and New Haven were both highly respected. "Nathaniel Terry, the progenitor of the family, married Catherine Wadsworth. Nathaniel was mayor of Hartford and a Congressman. His sons were also quite distinguished and most of them attended and graduated from Yale. One son, Adrian Russell Terry, was a physician, and his most fascinating letters are those written while he was in Ecuador trying to establish a medical practice there. Great observations of the local land and citizens, plus a huge list of medical supplies he purchased in New York City are two of the highlights among his papers.

Charles A. Terry, another of Nathaniel’s sons, was also a physician and when he moved to Cleveland, Ohio, he sent back vivid descriptions of that city. His brother, Alfred Terry, was the most avid letter writer in the family. His letters are mostly from his student days at Yale and later at Litchfield, Connecticut, where he studied law under James Gould.

Daughter Catherine Terry married noted minister, theologian and author Leonard Bacon. All of their children (and there were plenty) wrote to mother about their activities, the development of their children, their relationships with other family members, etc. Leonard Bacon and his son Leonard W. traveled to Europe and the Middle East from 1850-1851 and they wrote long, detailed letters of their impressions of the familiar and unfamiliar.

Catherine and Leonard’s son, Francis Bacon, a physician, wrote from Galveston, Texas where he tried (unsuccessfully) to get established in a practice. His letters are filled with disparaging remarks about the lack of culture among the population there. He also could not stand the weather". Connecticut Historical Society Library.

6 Sept, 1850 US Census, Hartford, Hartford, Conneticut

July 24, 1860 US Census, District 2, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

1870 US Census, Town of Eaton, Clark Co., Wisconsin;

Enumerated by Edward E. Merritt (Ass't Marshall) July 13th & 14, Post Office, Lumberman and Neillsville