Name: W.M. Teer
Death date: 19 Oct 1919
Death place: Miller Grove, Hopkins, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 82 years 6 months 21 days
Estimated birth year:
Birth date: 29 Mar 1837
Birthplace: Mississippi
Marital status: Married
Father's name: Curtis Wiley Teer
Father's birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's name: Dollie Jorden
Mother's birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: Osteopath Dr.
Burial date: 20 Oct 1919
Additional relatives:
Film number: 2073674
Digital GS number: 4167920
Image number: 1987
Reference number: v X cn 29826
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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Dr. William Teer was born March 29th, 1837 in Neshoba County, Mississippi to Curtis Wiley and Mary Jane Teer. They moved to Angelina, TX about 1847 and were in Hopkins County TX by 1860.
William and his younger brother Wiley enlisted in Company K, 4th Texas Mounted Volunteers on October 4th, 1861 and participated in the New Mexico campaign under General Sibley. Their older brother James died in a union POW camp at Williamsburg, Va in 1863. William and Wiley fought in the battles of Valverde, where they assisted in the capture of an artillery battery, and Glorietta Pass. Wiley was "lost or killed" during the campaign and William was seriously wounded at Glorietta Pass. His right arm was shattered by a minie ball, and his spleen was damaged. He was left in the hospital at Santa Fe where he contracted hepatitis. After the Texas Army retreated following the capture of their supply wagons by the US Army, William Teer and others were left behind in the hospital and subsequently captured. William was paroled on May 24th, 1862 and walked from Santa Fe, New Mexico to his home in Texas, a distance of some fifteen hundred miles. Due to his injuries and disability, he was discharged from his unit by General Tom Green on September 4th, 1863 and returned to Hopkins County, TX.
On December, 1862, while recovering from his wounds, he married Mary Frances Carraway. She died in 1867 and he married Louisa Frances Spears in 1868. That marriage also ended early and he married Nancy Jane Coburn on January 2nd, 1871. He had several children from this marriage including Laura Lucinda Teer, my great-grandmother. Nancy died in 1894.
William Teer established himself as an Osteopath in Tyler after 1903, specializing in "Exopthalmic Goitre, Biliary Calculi (Gall Stones) Paralysis and all Nervous Diseases." I haven't found details on his education, yet, but he was certainly inspired by the nerve damage in his shattered right arm. He was very well respected and endorsed my many prominent members of Tyler society. He was president of the State Association of Drugless Doctors of Texas, and advocated massage and other holistic approaches to healing. His final marriage was to Bettie Hill of Tyler, TX in 1907. In 1916, Dr. Teer resided at the Texas Confederate Home in Austin until June 1918.
He was considered a prominent citizen of Black Jack Grove (Cumby), TX in western Hopkins County where he died on October 20, 1919 in the home of his daughter, Pearl Jane Blount. The attending physician listed his final illness as "paralysis." His wife Bettie applied for and received a Confederate Widow's Pension and was awarded $30.00 to cover his funeral expenses. Confederate General Sid Johnson described Dr. William Teer as a brave Confederate soldier, a man of fine education and a Christian gentleman.
William's other children were: Mary Francis, John Beverly, William Curtis, Pearl Jane, Earnest Jackson, and Flora Celeste Teer.
Sources: Henry Teer, Irving TX
Texans Who Wore the Gray, Vol I. by Sid S. Johnson p115
Confederate Soldier's Application for a Pension
Certificate of Disability for Discharge
Discharge from Confederate Home in Austin
Application for Mortuary Warrant
Widow's Application for a Pension
Photos, letters, etc.
Website bio about William Teer: https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~dougmay/genealogy/Wmteer.htm, website supported by ancestry.com
Death date: 19 Oct 1919
Death place: Miller Grove, Hopkins, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 82 years 6 months 21 days
Estimated birth year:
Birth date: 29 Mar 1837
Birthplace: Mississippi
Marital status: Married
Father's name: Curtis Wiley Teer
Father's birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's name: Dollie Jorden
Mother's birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: Osteopath Dr.
Burial date: 20 Oct 1919
Additional relatives:
Film number: 2073674
Digital GS number: 4167920
Image number: 1987
Reference number: v X cn 29826
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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Dr. William Teer was born March 29th, 1837 in Neshoba County, Mississippi to Curtis Wiley and Mary Jane Teer. They moved to Angelina, TX about 1847 and were in Hopkins County TX by 1860.
William and his younger brother Wiley enlisted in Company K, 4th Texas Mounted Volunteers on October 4th, 1861 and participated in the New Mexico campaign under General Sibley. Their older brother James died in a union POW camp at Williamsburg, Va in 1863. William and Wiley fought in the battles of Valverde, where they assisted in the capture of an artillery battery, and Glorietta Pass. Wiley was "lost or killed" during the campaign and William was seriously wounded at Glorietta Pass. His right arm was shattered by a minie ball, and his spleen was damaged. He was left in the hospital at Santa Fe where he contracted hepatitis. After the Texas Army retreated following the capture of their supply wagons by the US Army, William Teer and others were left behind in the hospital and subsequently captured. William was paroled on May 24th, 1862 and walked from Santa Fe, New Mexico to his home in Texas, a distance of some fifteen hundred miles. Due to his injuries and disability, he was discharged from his unit by General Tom Green on September 4th, 1863 and returned to Hopkins County, TX.
On December, 1862, while recovering from his wounds, he married Mary Frances Carraway. She died in 1867 and he married Louisa Frances Spears in 1868. That marriage also ended early and he married Nancy Jane Coburn on January 2nd, 1871. He had several children from this marriage including Laura Lucinda Teer, my great-grandmother. Nancy died in 1894.
William Teer established himself as an Osteopath in Tyler after 1903, specializing in "Exopthalmic Goitre, Biliary Calculi (Gall Stones) Paralysis and all Nervous Diseases." I haven't found details on his education, yet, but he was certainly inspired by the nerve damage in his shattered right arm. He was very well respected and endorsed my many prominent members of Tyler society. He was president of the State Association of Drugless Doctors of Texas, and advocated massage and other holistic approaches to healing. His final marriage was to Bettie Hill of Tyler, TX in 1907. In 1916, Dr. Teer resided at the Texas Confederate Home in Austin until June 1918.
He was considered a prominent citizen of Black Jack Grove (Cumby), TX in western Hopkins County where he died on October 20, 1919 in the home of his daughter, Pearl Jane Blount. The attending physician listed his final illness as "paralysis." His wife Bettie applied for and received a Confederate Widow's Pension and was awarded $30.00 to cover his funeral expenses. Confederate General Sid Johnson described Dr. William Teer as a brave Confederate soldier, a man of fine education and a Christian gentleman.
William's other children were: Mary Francis, John Beverly, William Curtis, Pearl Jane, Earnest Jackson, and Flora Celeste Teer.
Sources: Henry Teer, Irving TX
Texans Who Wore the Gray, Vol I. by Sid S. Johnson p115
Confederate Soldier's Application for a Pension
Certificate of Disability for Discharge
Discharge from Confederate Home in Austin
Application for Mortuary Warrant
Widow's Application for a Pension
Photos, letters, etc.
Website bio about William Teer: https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~dougmay/genealogy/Wmteer.htm, website supported by ancestry.com
Name: W.M. Teer
Death date: 19 Oct 1919
Death place: Miller Grove, Hopkins, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 82 years 6 months 21 days
Estimated birth year:
Birth date: 29 Mar 1837
Birthplace: Mississippi
Marital status: Married
Father's name: Curtis Wiley Teer
Father's birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's name: Dollie Jorden
Mother's birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: Osteopath Dr.
Burial date: 20 Oct 1919
Additional relatives:
Film number: 2073674
Digital GS number: 4167920
Image number: 1987
Reference number: v X cn 29826
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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Dr. William Teer was born March 29th, 1837 in Neshoba County, Mississippi to Curtis Wiley and Mary Jane Teer. They moved to Angelina, TX about 1847 and were in Hopkins County TX by 1860.
William and his younger brother Wiley enlisted in Company K, 4th Texas Mounted Volunteers on October 4th, 1861 and participated in the New Mexico campaign under General Sibley. Their older brother James died in a union POW camp at Williamsburg, Va in 1863. William and Wiley fought in the battles of Valverde, where they assisted in the capture of an artillery battery, and Glorietta Pass. Wiley was "lost or killed" during the campaign and William was seriously wounded at Glorietta Pass. His right arm was shattered by a minie ball, and his spleen was damaged. He was left in the hospital at Santa Fe where he contracted hepatitis. After the Texas Army retreated following the capture of their supply wagons by the US Army, William Teer and others were left behind in the hospital and subsequently captured. William was paroled on May 24th, 1862 and walked from Santa Fe, New Mexico to his home in Texas, a distance of some fifteen hundred miles. Due to his injuries and disability, he was discharged from his unit by General Tom Green on September 4th, 1863 and returned to Hopkins County, TX.
On December, 1862, while recovering from his wounds, he married Mary Frances Carraway. She died in 1867 and he married Louisa Frances Spears in 1868. That marriage also ended early and he married Nancy Jane Coburn on January 2nd, 1871. He had several children from this marriage including Laura Lucinda Teer, my great-grandmother. Nancy died in 1894.
William Teer established himself as an Osteopath in Tyler after 1903, specializing in "Exopthalmic Goitre, Biliary Calculi (Gall Stones) Paralysis and all Nervous Diseases." I haven't found details on his education, yet, but he was certainly inspired by the nerve damage in his shattered right arm. He was very well respected and endorsed my many prominent members of Tyler society. He was president of the State Association of Drugless Doctors of Texas, and advocated massage and other holistic approaches to healing. His final marriage was to Bettie Hill of Tyler, TX in 1907. In 1916, Dr. Teer resided at the Texas Confederate Home in Austin until June 1918.
He was considered a prominent citizen of Black Jack Grove (Cumby), TX in western Hopkins County where he died on October 20, 1919 in the home of his daughter, Pearl Jane Blount. The attending physician listed his final illness as "paralysis." His wife Bettie applied for and received a Confederate Widow's Pension and was awarded $30.00 to cover his funeral expenses. Confederate General Sid Johnson described Dr. William Teer as a brave Confederate soldier, a man of fine education and a Christian gentleman.
William's other children were: Mary Francis, John Beverly, William Curtis, Pearl Jane, Earnest Jackson, and Flora Celeste Teer.
Sources: Henry Teer, Irving TX
Texans Who Wore the Gray, Vol I. by Sid S. Johnson p115
Confederate Soldier's Application for a Pension
Certificate of Disability for Discharge
Discharge from Confederate Home in Austin
Application for Mortuary Warrant
Widow's Application for a Pension
Photos, letters, etc.
Website bio about William Teer: https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~dougmay/genealogy/Wmteer.htm, website supported by ancestry.com
Death date: 19 Oct 1919
Death place: Miller Grove, Hopkins, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 82 years 6 months 21 days
Estimated birth year:
Birth date: 29 Mar 1837
Birthplace: Mississippi
Marital status: Married
Father's name: Curtis Wiley Teer
Father's birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's name: Dollie Jorden
Mother's birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: Osteopath Dr.
Burial date: 20 Oct 1919
Additional relatives:
Film number: 2073674
Digital GS number: 4167920
Image number: 1987
Reference number: v X cn 29826
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
---------------------------------------------------------------
Dr. William Teer was born March 29th, 1837 in Neshoba County, Mississippi to Curtis Wiley and Mary Jane Teer. They moved to Angelina, TX about 1847 and were in Hopkins County TX by 1860.
William and his younger brother Wiley enlisted in Company K, 4th Texas Mounted Volunteers on October 4th, 1861 and participated in the New Mexico campaign under General Sibley. Their older brother James died in a union POW camp at Williamsburg, Va in 1863. William and Wiley fought in the battles of Valverde, where they assisted in the capture of an artillery battery, and Glorietta Pass. Wiley was "lost or killed" during the campaign and William was seriously wounded at Glorietta Pass. His right arm was shattered by a minie ball, and his spleen was damaged. He was left in the hospital at Santa Fe where he contracted hepatitis. After the Texas Army retreated following the capture of their supply wagons by the US Army, William Teer and others were left behind in the hospital and subsequently captured. William was paroled on May 24th, 1862 and walked from Santa Fe, New Mexico to his home in Texas, a distance of some fifteen hundred miles. Due to his injuries and disability, he was discharged from his unit by General Tom Green on September 4th, 1863 and returned to Hopkins County, TX.
On December, 1862, while recovering from his wounds, he married Mary Frances Carraway. She died in 1867 and he married Louisa Frances Spears in 1868. That marriage also ended early and he married Nancy Jane Coburn on January 2nd, 1871. He had several children from this marriage including Laura Lucinda Teer, my great-grandmother. Nancy died in 1894.
William Teer established himself as an Osteopath in Tyler after 1903, specializing in "Exopthalmic Goitre, Biliary Calculi (Gall Stones) Paralysis and all Nervous Diseases." I haven't found details on his education, yet, but he was certainly inspired by the nerve damage in his shattered right arm. He was very well respected and endorsed my many prominent members of Tyler society. He was president of the State Association of Drugless Doctors of Texas, and advocated massage and other holistic approaches to healing. His final marriage was to Bettie Hill of Tyler, TX in 1907. In 1916, Dr. Teer resided at the Texas Confederate Home in Austin until June 1918.
He was considered a prominent citizen of Black Jack Grove (Cumby), TX in western Hopkins County where he died on October 20, 1919 in the home of his daughter, Pearl Jane Blount. The attending physician listed his final illness as "paralysis." His wife Bettie applied for and received a Confederate Widow's Pension and was awarded $30.00 to cover his funeral expenses. Confederate General Sid Johnson described Dr. William Teer as a brave Confederate soldier, a man of fine education and a Christian gentleman.
William's other children were: Mary Francis, John Beverly, William Curtis, Pearl Jane, Earnest Jackson, and Flora Celeste Teer.
Sources: Henry Teer, Irving TX
Texans Who Wore the Gray, Vol I. by Sid S. Johnson p115
Confederate Soldier's Application for a Pension
Certificate of Disability for Discharge
Discharge from Confederate Home in Austin
Application for Mortuary Warrant
Widow's Application for a Pension
Photos, letters, etc.
Website bio about William Teer: https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~dougmay/genealogy/Wmteer.htm, website supported by ancestry.com
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