SHELBYVILLE NEWSPAPER 6/1902 REUBEN TERRY DIED OF ORGANIC DISEASE OF THE HEART AT HIS HOME ON N BROADWAY SATURDAY NIGHT. HE HAS BEEN IN POOR HEALTH FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, BUT HAS BEEN ABLE TO BE UP AND AROUND MOST OF THE TIME. HE HAD QUITE A SEVERE SPELL THREE OR FOUR WEEKS AGO, BUT HAD GOTTEN SO AS TO BE ON THE STREETS AGAIN. HIS DEATH WAS NOT UNEXPECTED BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS AS THE ATTENDING PHYSICAN HAD TOLD THEM THAT HE WAS LIABLE TO DIE AT ANY TIME. THE CORONER WAS CALLED SUNDAY MORNING AND HELD AN INQUEST. THE FOLLOWING PERSON WERE EMPANELED AS A JURY: J. C. WESTERVELT, M WORTMAN, C. C. TURNEY, G. W. DONNELL, I S STORM, T M WORLEY. AFTER HEARING THE TESTIMONY OF MRS. MARTHA E. TERRY, THE WIDOW OF THE DECEASED AND DR. J. C WESTVERVILT, THE FAMILY PHYSICAN, THE JURY RETURED A VERDICT THAT HE CAME TO HIS DEATH BY ORGANIC DISEASE OF THE HEART. REUBEN TERRY WAS BORN IN KENTUCKY, DEC 10, 1832 AND DIED IN SHELBYVILLE ILLINOIS JUNE 29, 1902, BEING AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, 69 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AND 19 DAYS OF AGE. HE CAME TO SHELBY COUNTY, ILLINOIS WITH HIS PARENTS WHEN QUITE YOUNG AND HAS EVER SINCE MADE THIS HIS HOME. HE WAS MARRIED TO MARTHA SHANKS ON AUGUST 24, 1854. TO THIS UNION THERE WERE BORN TWO BOYS, AND THREE GIRLS ALL LIVING AND GROWN TO MANHOOD AND WOMAN HOOD.THEY ARE JOHN W. TERRY OF MATTOON, GEORGE R TERRY, OF WINDSOR, MRS. MARY HENDRICKS, MRS. ELLA PRICE AND MRS. SUSIE WARTHMAN, ALL LIVING NEAR FINDLAY, ILL. THE FUNERAL WAS HELD AT THE FAMILY RESIDENCE MONDAY AFTRNOON AT 1 OCLOCK, REV. WOHLFARTH OF THE FIRST M. E.CHURCH OFFICIATING. THE DECEASED HAD BEEN A FAITHFUL AND DEVOTED MEMBER OF THE METHODIST CHURCH FOR 30 YEARS. HE WAS AN HONEST CONSCIENTIOUS AND CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN. A FAITHFUL AND DEVOTED HUSBAND, A KIND AND LOVING FATHER. THE BODY WS TAKEN TO BETHEL CEMETERY, SIX MILES NORTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE FOR INTERMENT. THE GRIEF STRICKEN AND SORROWING FAMILY HAVE THE HEARFELT SYMPATHY OF ALL IN THIS THEIR SAD HOUR OF BREAVEMENT.