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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Nevada County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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G. W. Terry. Among the prominent citizens of Nevada County, who have been influential in building up the beautiful city of Prescott, none is more worthy of mention than Mr. Terry, druggist, of Prescott. He was born in Atlanta, Ga., in 1841, a son of G. B. H. and Eleanor (Gill) Terry, natives of South Carolina, who emigrated to Arkansas in 1848. They had a family of seven children, four of whom are still living. The father died March 22, 1848, and the mother October 5, 1861. The subject of this sketch was principally reared in Union County, Ark., receiving most of his schooling before the war. In 1861 he enlisted in Company G, Ninth Arkansas Regiment, and served until the surrender of Joseph E. Johnston in North Carolina. He was captured at the surrender of Vicksburg, but was paroled. At the close of the war he went to New Orleans and took a course in a business college, and then accepted the position as clerk in the drug firm of E. J. Hart & Co. He remained in New Orleans until 1872, and then came to Prescott just as the town was starting, and embarked in the drug business, and had charge of the post-office for several years. He was elected clerk of Circuit Court, and served for two terms. In May, 1889, he succeeded John M. Milburn in the drug business, and is still continuing the same. He was married in 1871 to Miss Fannie A., daughter of Capt. Pitfield, of New Orleans, by whom he has six children, viz.: May, Lauru, Lula, George, Howard and Earl. His wife died January 21, 1887, and February 9, 1888, he was again married, to Miss Jennie O. Feemster. Both Mr. and Mrs. Terry are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mr. Terry is a member of the Masonic fraternity, of the K. of P. and A. L. of H.

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