My Genealogy Hound

James T. Terrence, citizen and farmer of Fayette County, was born in Giles County, Tenn., May 5, 1829, and is a son of Hugh and Nancy (Granger) Terrence. The father was born in Mecklenburg County, N. C., May 16, 1786, and died in Fayette County, May 13, 1874. The mother was born in Pulaski, Giles Co., Tenn., in 1801, and died in Fayette County, February 6, 1874. They were married in Pulaski, and lived in Giles County several years. In 1834-35 they moved to Fayette County, and settled in the Twelfth District, fourteen miles south of Somerville where they spent the rest of their lives. The father was a tanner by trade, and both parents consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Our subject was the fourth of twelve children. After finishing his education he spent fifteen years in the tanning trade, and in 1855 purchased a farm, and since then has been an enterprising industrious farmer. He began life poor but by his energy has accumulated a nice estate; he now owns 400 acres of good land in Fayette County, a cotton-gin, etc. In 1861 he entered the Confederate Army in Company B, Fifty-fourth Tennessee Regiment, known and designated at the time as the Macon Grays. At first they were in Cheatham’s brigade, then in his division, and in the battles at Belmont, Columbus, Shiloh, Guntown, Miss., Richmond and Perryville, Ky. At the latter place he was severely wounded and disabled for six months, and returned home. A short while before the surrender he re-entered the service, joining Burnett’s cavalry, and was surrendered at Memphis in the spring of 1865. March 16, 1865, he married Adelia A. Anderson, born in Fayette County June 24, 1840. No children have been born to them. Mr. Terrence is a true Democrat, and stands very high in the estimation of all who know him. Mr. and Mrs. Terrence both belong to the Methodist Church.