George W. Terrill

Boone County, Kentucky, Encyclopedia


Capt. George W. Terrill (1828 - 1894) was born on 19 Jul 1828. He died on 5 Feb 1894 in Petersburg, Boone Co., Kentucky and was buried in Petersburg Cem. His wife Amanda M. Walton ( - 21 Aug 1885; aged 58y 4m 12d) m. 19 May 1847 - Mason Co. He married Ann Huff in 1887.

Hon. George W. Terrill, a native of Boone County, Ky., was born in 1827. His father was John Terrill, of Virginia, who moved to Kentucky when five years of age, with his father, John Terrill, Sr. After living near Maysville, Ky., for some years, he moved to Boone County. He was born in 1799, was a farmer by occupation, and died in 1873. One of the early members of this family was an officer in the Revolutionary war. They are of English ancestry. Our subject was one of a family of nine children, only two of whom are now living, the other a brother, Joshua. George W. Terrill was reared on the farm, and educated in the common schools. He has followed farming most all his life, and is the owner of a splendid farm on the Burlington and Petersburg pike. He was a member of the Legislature from Boone County in 1869-70, in which capacity he served with credit to himself and the county. He was captain in the Confederate Army, in Company G, Fifth Kentucky Cavalry, where he served twelve months, but, on account of failing health, he returned home. In 1847 he married Miss Amanda Wallin, daughter of Simon Wallin, of Mason County, Ky., who died in 1884, leaving eight children: Adelaide V., Simon E., John L., William R., Lucy, Joshua D., George W. and Nannie F. Mrs. Terrill was a member of the Christian Church. In 1887 Mr. Terrill married Mrs. Ann McComus, daughter of William Huff, of Boone County. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and her husband is a member of the Christian Church." "Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887, Boone Co.

Served as a member of the Kentucky State Legislature 1867-70. Biography in "Perrin's History of Kentucky" 1887, edit. Boone Co., Kty. Section, p. 898. Served in the Confederate Army.


References:

Rouse, Civil War ;
"Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887, Boone Co.


Boone County, Kentucky, Encyclopedia