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Edmund Terry
b.1817-05-23; d.1890-02-11; Brooklyn, NY, US; Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University, 1890 (p.567)
(contributed by Scott Prentice on 2013-10-09)
EDMUND TERRY was born in Hartford, Conn, May 23, 1817, the second son of the Hon. Roderick and Harriet (Taylor) Terry
After graduation he studied law in the office of the Hon William W. Ellsworth, in Hartford, for nearly a year, and then in the Law School of Harvard University. In 1840 he began the practice of his profession in New York City and Brooklyn, and so continued with success until his death, which occurred suddenly from pneumonia, at his residence in Brooklyn, on February 11, 1890, m his 73d year.
He was married, March 8, 1855, to Miss Anna Prentice, daughter of John Prentice, of Brooklyn, who survives him with six sons and one daughter; four of the sons have received degrees at Yale, and a fifth is now in College.
After graduation he studied law in the office of the Hon William W. Ellsworth, in Hartford, for nearly a year, and then in the Law School of Harvard University. In 1840 he began the practice of his profession in New York City and Brooklyn, and so continued with success until his death, which occurred suddenly from pneumonia, at his residence in Brooklyn, on February 11, 1890, m his 73d year.
He was married, March 8, 1855, to Miss Anna Prentice, daughter of John Prentice, of Brooklyn, who survives him with six sons and one daughter; four of the sons have received degrees at Yale, and a fifth is now in College.
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