Jesse W Terrill (1805 - 1873)

Born 12 Jan 1805 in Albemarle County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail Hester (Walton) Terrill — married 1826 in Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 3 Feb 1873 at age 68 in Randolph County, Missouri

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Biography

obituary found on findagrave.com

Obituary

ANOTHER GOOD MAN GONE. From The Huntsville Herald, 12 February 1873 Jesse Terrill, after an illness of nearly three years, of dropsy of the chest, died at his residence, on the 2d instant. Jesse, the second of six brothers, was born in Albermarle County Virginia., January 12, 1805, was raised to manhood in Boone County, Kentucky, and in the fall of 1836, together with his brothers, James and Benjamin, emigrated to this county. William, the third brother and for a long time a citizen of the county, sleeps in Kentucky. James, Benjamin, Robert, and John survive. Early in Jan 1818 James and Jesse Terrill, the same day, professed faith in Christ under their father's roof, and the 1st Sabbath in that month and year, walked down into the water together and were baptized. Jesse Terrill was a remarkable man, he was a man of the finest executive ability, he governed his own house well, and in his dealings and business with men he was a pattern. The churches to which he ministered were harmonious and orderly, in his neighborhood he was a peacemaker, and he rarely, if ever, failed to affect a coneitiation (?) of differences in churches that sought his council. His comprehension of a case was accurate, his sense of justice was so correct, his findings of any case so plain, and confidence in him so great, his decisions were usually accepted by both parties as the right in peace. In the public bodies of his brethren he presided with marked ability. He was the venerated and loved moderator of Mt. Pleasant association and chairman of the executive board for many years. Uniformity and punctuality were his characteristics; he was nearer the same man every day than any I ever knew. In the daily business of life, the excitement of the war, doubts of brethren, loss of children, and great personal affliction, he was the same. He attended Mt. Pleasant association for thirty-three consecutive years, was Pastor of Friendship Church, Howard County for 17 years, and during that time was absent from but two church meetings; one at the association, and the other out of the county. He was pastor of Higher or Ebinger Church about twenty-five years, this was the church of his membership. Never in a hurry, he was on time; never making loud declarations of principle, he was as true as steel. He was an humble Heavenly minded man, talking of his sense of unworthiness, and the great need of Divine Grace, he said many desire to live their lives over again that they may better themselves, "I do not, I am willing to leave it as it is, by the Grace of God I am that I am." He talked of Heaven, loved songs about Heaven, yearned for its society, and last Sunday night the Savoir released him and took him home. On Tuesday a large gathering of neighbors, relatives and friends, attended his funeral services and burial, and those people for two generations to come will tell their children of that noble Christian man, Jesse Terrill. S. Y. P. February 5, 1873.

-Obituary thanks to Tom Waters

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #67614336

• 1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census"
  The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Silver Creek, Randolph, Missouri; Roll: 411; Page: 204b; Line Number: 28
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #4011492 (accessed 16 November 2023)
  Jesse Terrill (45), Missionary B Clergyman, in Silver Creek, Randolph, Missouri, USA. Born in Virginia.

• Marriage: "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900"
  Source number: 198.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: TS2
  Ancestry Record 7836 #1205544 (accessed 16 November 2023)
  Jessie Terrill marriage to Abigail H Walton in 1826 in KY.