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Eliphalet Bradford Terry
b.1866-10-01; d.1922-10-09; Brooklyn, NY, US; Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University, 1922-1923 (p.760)
(contributed by Scott Prentice on 2013-10-14)
Eliphalet Bradford Terry, B.A. 1888.
Born October 1, 1866, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Died October 9, 1922, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Ehphalet Bradford Terry, one of the nine sons of Edmund Terry (B A 1837) and Anna (Prentice) Terry, was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., October 1, 1866. His father practiced law in New York City, but resided in Brooklyn. He was the son of Roderick Terry of Hartford, Conn., and Harriet (Taylor) Terry. His first ancestor in this country, Samuel Terry, came from Barnet, England, to Springfield, Mass., about 1650 and settled finally in Enfield, Conn., of which he was one of the original patentees. Anna Prentice Terry, who graduated from the Brooklyn Female Academy (now the Packer Institute) in 1850, was the daughter of John H. Prentice, the first park commissioner of Brooklyn and one of the prime movers in the erection of the Brooklyn bridge. Her mother was Sarah Nichols (Davis) Prentice; she traced her ancestry to Nathaniel Davis, who came from England in the seventeenth century.
Mr. Terry was prepared for college at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. He passed the entrance examinations for Yale with the Class of 1887, but, owing to eye trouble he did not join that class, but entered with the Class of 1888. He was very active in rowing and track athletics, and in the fall of 1887 took part in the Cleveland Cup single race.
In the summer following his graduation, with the idea of having two years of practical business experience and thus better fitting himself for the ministry, he took a position in the office of Strong & Trowbridge, export commission merchants in New York City. Owing, however, to the development of serious knee trouble, he gave up his position and his plans for the ministry and took up the study of law in his father's office. He was later connected for a short time with Theodore B. Starr in the jewelry business, and then was engaged for ten months in the dry goods commission business with Case, Dudley & Batelle of New York City. In December, 1889, he returned to the study of law in his father's office and in February, 1891, was admitted to the bar, after which he opened an office in New York City for independent practice. He practiced law successfully for eight years, and then, his health being completely restored, returned to the profession of his first choice and became a student at the Princeton Theological Seminary, where he was graduated in 1902. On November 29, 1903, he was ordained by the Presbytery of Brooklyn as an evangelist, having served during the previous year as a missionary under the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions in Kenmare, N. Dak., where he established a church. Since 1904 he had resided in Brooklyn. He had never accepted a charge, but had engaged in evangelistic work, devoting especial attention to work in the hospitals. From 1903 to 1905 he served as chairman of the Hospital Committee of the Brooklyn Presbytery. While engaged in business and the practice of law he was active in politics. In 1894 he was a delegate to the Democratic General Committee of Kings County, a member of its executive committee, and chairman of the delegation of the First Ward Prior to that he had been largely instrumental in securing a clause for the separation of municipal from state and national elections in the Constitution of New York State as later adopted, and had helped to start the State Municipal League. In 1898 he served as secretary of the Citizens' Union. In 1892, while a member of the Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn, he won the championship in single scull rowing. He was at one time secretary of the Society of the Mayflower Descendants of the State of New York, and chaplain of the Society of Old Brooklynites and of the Montauk Lodge of Masons. He had served on the board of managers of the Brooklyn Bible Society, and was a member of the Long Island Historical Society, the Sons of the Revolution in New York State, the Society of Colonial Wars, the Presbyterian Association of New York City, and the New York Clergy Club.
He died October 9, 1922, in Brooklyn, after an illness of over a year. Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery.
He was unmarried. Surviving him are a sister, Marion Jane Terry, and five brothers: Edmund R. Terry, '78, John P. Terry, '84 S., Wyllys Terry, '85, George D. Terry, '92, and James T. Terry. He was a grandnephew of Henry W. Taylor (B.A. 1816), a nephew of Roderick Terry, a non-graduate member of the Class of 1840, and a cousin of the late Frederic P Terry, '69, and of Henry T. Terry, '69, Roderick Terry, '70, John T. Terry, '79, Charles P. Kellogg, ex-'gy, Roderick Terry, Jr., '98, Prentice Strong, '01, Theron R. Strong, '03, and John T. Terry, Jr., '11. Other Yale relatives include Nathaniel Terry (B A 1786), Edward P . Terry (B.A. 1820), Alfred Terry (B.A. 1821), Adrian R. Terry (M.D. 1831), Adrian Terry, '52, J. Wadsworth Terry (M.D. 1862), Alfred H. Terry (Honorary M.A. 1865), and Alfred H. Terry, '98.
Born October 1, 1866, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Died October 9, 1922, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Ehphalet Bradford Terry, one of the nine sons of Edmund Terry (B A 1837) and Anna (Prentice) Terry, was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., October 1, 1866. His father practiced law in New York City, but resided in Brooklyn. He was the son of Roderick Terry of Hartford, Conn., and Harriet (Taylor) Terry. His first ancestor in this country, Samuel Terry, came from Barnet, England, to Springfield, Mass., about 1650 and settled finally in Enfield, Conn., of which he was one of the original patentees. Anna Prentice Terry, who graduated from the Brooklyn Female Academy (now the Packer Institute) in 1850, was the daughter of John H. Prentice, the first park commissioner of Brooklyn and one of the prime movers in the erection of the Brooklyn bridge. Her mother was Sarah Nichols (Davis) Prentice; she traced her ancestry to Nathaniel Davis, who came from England in the seventeenth century.
Mr. Terry was prepared for college at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. He passed the entrance examinations for Yale with the Class of 1887, but, owing to eye trouble he did not join that class, but entered with the Class of 1888. He was very active in rowing and track athletics, and in the fall of 1887 took part in the Cleveland Cup single race.
In the summer following his graduation, with the idea of having two years of practical business experience and thus better fitting himself for the ministry, he took a position in the office of Strong & Trowbridge, export commission merchants in New York City. Owing, however, to the development of serious knee trouble, he gave up his position and his plans for the ministry and took up the study of law in his father's office. He was later connected for a short time with Theodore B. Starr in the jewelry business, and then was engaged for ten months in the dry goods commission business with Case, Dudley & Batelle of New York City. In December, 1889, he returned to the study of law in his father's office and in February, 1891, was admitted to the bar, after which he opened an office in New York City for independent practice. He practiced law successfully for eight years, and then, his health being completely restored, returned to the profession of his first choice and became a student at the Princeton Theological Seminary, where he was graduated in 1902. On November 29, 1903, he was ordained by the Presbytery of Brooklyn as an evangelist, having served during the previous year as a missionary under the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions in Kenmare, N. Dak., where he established a church. Since 1904 he had resided in Brooklyn. He had never accepted a charge, but had engaged in evangelistic work, devoting especial attention to work in the hospitals. From 1903 to 1905 he served as chairman of the Hospital Committee of the Brooklyn Presbytery. While engaged in business and the practice of law he was active in politics. In 1894 he was a delegate to the Democratic General Committee of Kings County, a member of its executive committee, and chairman of the delegation of the First Ward Prior to that he had been largely instrumental in securing a clause for the separation of municipal from state and national elections in the Constitution of New York State as later adopted, and had helped to start the State Municipal League. In 1898 he served as secretary of the Citizens' Union. In 1892, while a member of the Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn, he won the championship in single scull rowing. He was at one time secretary of the Society of the Mayflower Descendants of the State of New York, and chaplain of the Society of Old Brooklynites and of the Montauk Lodge of Masons. He had served on the board of managers of the Brooklyn Bible Society, and was a member of the Long Island Historical Society, the Sons of the Revolution in New York State, the Society of Colonial Wars, the Presbyterian Association of New York City, and the New York Clergy Club.
He died October 9, 1922, in Brooklyn, after an illness of over a year. Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery.
He was unmarried. Surviving him are a sister, Marion Jane Terry, and five brothers: Edmund R. Terry, '78, John P. Terry, '84 S., Wyllys Terry, '85, George D. Terry, '92, and James T. Terry. He was a grandnephew of Henry W. Taylor (B.A. 1816), a nephew of Roderick Terry, a non-graduate member of the Class of 1840, and a cousin of the late Frederic P Terry, '69, and of Henry T. Terry, '69, Roderick Terry, '70, John T. Terry, '79, Charles P. Kellogg, ex-'gy, Roderick Terry, Jr., '98, Prentice Strong, '01, Theron R. Strong, '03, and John T. Terry, Jr., '11. Other Yale relatives include Nathaniel Terry (B A 1786), Edward P . Terry (B.A. 1820), Alfred Terry (B.A. 1821), Adrian R. Terry (M.D. 1831), Adrian Terry, '52, J. Wadsworth Terry (M.D. 1862), Alfred H. Terry (Honorary M.A. 1865), and Alfred H. Terry, '98.
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