Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904,
pp 560-562 [McCracken]

     JOHN HORACE TERRELL, deceased was born in Richmond, Virginia,
March 12, 1815, and died in Paducah, Kentucky, in 1876.  He was a
son of Chiles and Cordelia (Upshaw) Terrell, both natives of
Virginia.  His parents came to Kentucky in 1835 and settled on a
farm at old Wilmington, the first county seat of McCracken county. 
While his father resided on a farm, farming was incident in his
life, for he was a pioneer school teacher, and teaching was his
profession.  He was a well educated man and a very competent
instructor.  Both he and his wife died here.
     Their son, John Horace Terrell, received a fair education and
early in life embarked in business of various forms.  As a
speculator he was successful and eventually acquired large real
estate possessions, much of which were farm lands, which
deteriorated much n value in consequence of the Civil war. 
Nevertheless he died leaving a fair estate, which under the
excellent business management of his widow materially increased in
worth.
     In 1842 he married Miss Martha Grundy.  She was born in
Washington county, Kentucky, December 6, 1824.  Her parents were
George and Mary (Logan) Grundy, the former a native of Washington
county, Kentucky, and the latter a native of Virginia.  Mrs.
Terrell's paternal grandfather was John Grundy and her maternal
grandfather was David Logan, and both were born in Virginia and were
of Scotch descent.  George Grundy was a farmer by occupation and in
1837 he settled in McCracken county, Kentucky, locating on the
property now known as Grundy Hill, two miles from Paducah.  Here he
and his wife passed away in death.  They were Methodists in church
faith, and numbered among the respected pioneers of McCracken
county.  He died in 1840, aged about forty-eight years.  His wife
survived him many years and died aged seventy-nine years.  While
living in Washington county he served in the legislature of Kentucky
some two or three terms.  To him and his wife were born the
following children: William, John, David, Benjamin, George, Robert,
Thomas and Samuel, the sons, all of whom are deceased, and the
daughters were Susan (now Mrs. Stone, of Louisville), and Martha
(the widow of our subject), the daughters being the only survivors
of the family.
     To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Terrell were born the following
children: Mary C., widow of E. W. Vaughan; Susan, deceased; and
Nannie, single and living with her mother in Paducah.
     Mrs. Terrell is well known in Paducah, to which city she and
her husband came in the year 1853, since when she has resided here. 
She is respected for many excellent traits of character, both of
mind and heart.  She bears her age well, retaining health and mental
faculties to a remarkable degree, her recollections of earlier days
being very entertaining.  Her life has been that of a consistent
Christian, a member of the Presbyterian church.

Terrell Upshaw Grundy Logan Stone Vaughan
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VA Washington-KY

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