Died, at his home in La Grange, at 12:15 o'clock at night, March 16, Mr. David D. Terrill, of blood poisoning, aged 63 years.
Deceased (we learn from a correspondent) was a prominent citizen; a Justice of the Peace and City Recorder last year; a member of the Board of Aldermen at present, a comrade of the G. A. R. post, and an active member of the First Presbyterian church.
He was a Union soldier, and belonged to the First Iowa, Company K, and served under Captain U. E. Keath of this city. This was a ninety days' regiment and, notwithstanding its time expired on the eve of the fierce battle of Wilson Creek, near Springfield Missouri, the regiment voluntarily participated and actively engaged in that sanguinary fight, in which the gallant General Lyon was killed and private Terrill was wounded in the chest and leg.
As soon as he had sufficiently recovered, he re-enlisted in the Fifth Iowa, under the command of the noted Colonel Matthias, in which he served until the close of the war. He participated in several famous battles, in which he was wounded three times: at Champion Hills, Missionary Ridge, and Jackson Mississippi. The latter wound was in his leg and undoubtedly caused his death, as he had been a sufferer from its effect ever since he received it.
Deceased was of Scottish parents, and was born on ship board, on the Atlantic ocean, after they had embarked for the United States. The vessel was wrecked off the coast of Massachusetts, and it appears that all on board perished, except this infant, which washed ashore lashed to a settee or cot, and was cared for in a hospital, superintended by a Dr. Terrill, who raised the child and gave it his name.
Several dead bodies drifted ashore, but there was none to identify them, and Terrill never could learn anything definite about his parents. The name of the ship was supposed to be "Highland Mary."
Deceased came from Iowa to La Grange in 1882, and was married to Miss Kate Triplett in 1883, the daughter of ex Mayor Triplett, deceased, a prominent citizen. They had no children.
The funeral, which was largely attended, took place yesterday at 2:30 o'clock p. m. under the auspices of the G. A. R. post.
- The Quincy Weekly Whig, Quincy, Illinois; Thursday, March 23, 1893; page 3.
Deceased (we learn from a correspondent) was a prominent citizen; a Justice of the Peace and City Recorder last year; a member of the Board of Aldermen at present, a comrade of the G. A. R. post, and an active member of the First Presbyterian church.
He was a Union soldier, and belonged to the First Iowa, Company K, and served under Captain U. E. Keath of this city. This was a ninety days' regiment and, notwithstanding its time expired on the eve of the fierce battle of Wilson Creek, near Springfield Missouri, the regiment voluntarily participated and actively engaged in that sanguinary fight, in which the gallant General Lyon was killed and private Terrill was wounded in the chest and leg.
As soon as he had sufficiently recovered, he re-enlisted in the Fifth Iowa, under the command of the noted Colonel Matthias, in which he served until the close of the war. He participated in several famous battles, in which he was wounded three times: at Champion Hills, Missionary Ridge, and Jackson Mississippi. The latter wound was in his leg and undoubtedly caused his death, as he had been a sufferer from its effect ever since he received it.
Deceased was of Scottish parents, and was born on ship board, on the Atlantic ocean, after they had embarked for the United States. The vessel was wrecked off the coast of Massachusetts, and it appears that all on board perished, except this infant, which washed ashore lashed to a settee or cot, and was cared for in a hospital, superintended by a Dr. Terrill, who raised the child and gave it his name.
Several dead bodies drifted ashore, but there was none to identify them, and Terrill never could learn anything definite about his parents. The name of the ship was supposed to be "Highland Mary."
Deceased came from Iowa to La Grange in 1882, and was married to Miss Kate Triplett in 1883, the daughter of ex Mayor Triplett, deceased, a prominent citizen. They had no children.
The funeral, which was largely attended, took place yesterday at 2:30 o'clock p. m. under the auspices of the G. A. R. post.
- The Quincy Weekly Whig, Quincy, Illinois; Thursday, March 23, 1893; page 3.
Died, at his home in La Grange, at 12:15 o'clock at night, March 16, Mr. David D. Terrill, of blood poisoning, aged 63 years.
Deceased (we learn from a correspondent) was a prominent citizen; a Justice of the Peace and City Recorder last year; a member of the Board of Aldermen at present, a comrade of the G. A. R. post, and an active member of the First Presbyterian church.
He was a Union soldier, and belonged to the First Iowa, Company K, and served under Captain U. E. Keath of this city. This was a ninety days' regiment and, notwithstanding its time expired on the eve of the fierce battle of Wilson Creek, near Springfield Missouri, the regiment voluntarily participated and actively engaged in that sanguinary fight, in which the gallant General Lyon was killed and private Terrill was wounded in the chest and leg.
As soon as he had sufficiently recovered, he re-enlisted in the Fifth Iowa, under the command of the noted Colonel Matthias, in which he served until the close of the war. He participated in several famous battles, in which he was wounded three times: at Champion Hills, Missionary Ridge, and Jackson Mississippi. The latter wound was in his leg and undoubtedly caused his death, as he had been a sufferer from its effect ever since he received it.
Deceased was of Scottish parents, and was born on ship board, on the Atlantic ocean, after they had embarked for the United States. The vessel was wrecked off the coast of Massachusetts, and it appears that all on board perished, except this infant, which washed ashore lashed to a settee or cot, and was cared for in a hospital, superintended by a Dr. Terrill, who raised the child and gave it his name.
Several dead bodies drifted ashore, but there was none to identify them, and Terrill never could learn anything definite about his parents. The name of the ship was supposed to be "Highland Mary."
Deceased came from Iowa to La Grange in 1882, and was married to Miss Kate Triplett in 1883, the daughter of ex Mayor Triplett, deceased, a prominent citizen. They had no children.
The funeral, which was largely attended, took place yesterday at 2:30 o'clock p. m. under the auspices of the G. A. R. post.
- The Quincy Weekly Whig, Quincy, Illinois; Thursday, March 23, 1893; page 3.
Deceased (we learn from a correspondent) was a prominent citizen; a Justice of the Peace and City Recorder last year; a member of the Board of Aldermen at present, a comrade of the G. A. R. post, and an active member of the First Presbyterian church.
He was a Union soldier, and belonged to the First Iowa, Company K, and served under Captain U. E. Keath of this city. This was a ninety days' regiment and, notwithstanding its time expired on the eve of the fierce battle of Wilson Creek, near Springfield Missouri, the regiment voluntarily participated and actively engaged in that sanguinary fight, in which the gallant General Lyon was killed and private Terrill was wounded in the chest and leg.
As soon as he had sufficiently recovered, he re-enlisted in the Fifth Iowa, under the command of the noted Colonel Matthias, in which he served until the close of the war. He participated in several famous battles, in which he was wounded three times: at Champion Hills, Missionary Ridge, and Jackson Mississippi. The latter wound was in his leg and undoubtedly caused his death, as he had been a sufferer from its effect ever since he received it.
Deceased was of Scottish parents, and was born on ship board, on the Atlantic ocean, after they had embarked for the United States. The vessel was wrecked off the coast of Massachusetts, and it appears that all on board perished, except this infant, which washed ashore lashed to a settee or cot, and was cared for in a hospital, superintended by a Dr. Terrill, who raised the child and gave it his name.
Several dead bodies drifted ashore, but there was none to identify them, and Terrill never could learn anything definite about his parents. The name of the ship was supposed to be "Highland Mary."
Deceased came from Iowa to La Grange in 1882, and was married to Miss Kate Triplett in 1883, the daughter of ex Mayor Triplett, deceased, a prominent citizen. They had no children.
The funeral, which was largely attended, took place yesterday at 2:30 o'clock p. m. under the auspices of the G. A. R. post.
- The Quincy Weekly Whig, Quincy, Illinois; Thursday, March 23, 1893; page 3.
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