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Edmund Roderick Terry
b.1856-06-11; d.1932-04-05; Brooklyn, NY. US; Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University, 1931-1932 (p.46)
(contributed by Scott Prentice on 2013-10-15)
Edmund Roderick Terry, B.A. 1878.
Born June 11, 1856, in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Died April 5, 1932, in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Father, Edmund Terry (B.A. 1837); son of Roderick and Harriet (Taylor) Terry, of Hartford, Conn Mother, Anne (Prentice) Terry; daughter of John Hill and Sarah Nichols (Davis) Prentice, of Brooklyn. Yale relatives include Rev. John Taylor (B.A 1784) (great-grandfather), Henry W. Taylor (B.A 1816) (great-uncle); Roderick Terry, ex-1840 (uncle); Henry T. Terry, '69, Rev. Roderick Terry, D D , '70, John T. Terry, '79, Charles P . Kellogg, ex-'97, Prentice Strong, '01, and Theron R. Strong, '03 (first cousins); and Wyllys Terry, Jr, '31 (nephew).
College Grammar School, Brooklyn (principal, Rev. Levi W. Hart, '46). Entered Yale with Class of 1877; joined Class of 1878 in spring of 1876; took part in Sophomore play at Thanksgiving Jubilee 1874 and in Junior play 1877; secretary of Yale Athletic Association Senior year, member Linonia, Delta Kappa, Delta Beta Xi (Alpha Sigma Phi), and Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Studied law at Dwight Law School (later merged with Columbia Law School), New York, 1878-79; admitted to New York Bar 1880 and practiced law in New York until his death; associated in practice with his father until 1890 and later with his brother, Eliphalet B. Terry, '88, for a time; member First Ward Democratic Association 1880 and later chairman of committee on organization of General Democratic Committee of Kings County; member New York Assembly 1908 and 1910; author. Votes for Women--Why? (1917) and The UniversalLanguageand OtherPoems (1932); wrote a play, "The Matchmaker," which was produced at Criterion Theatre, Brooklyn, 1888, contributor to Century, Scrtbner's, The Independent, St. Nicholas, and Tidbits (London); deacon of Spencer Memorial Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, since 1902.
Unmarried.
Death due to indigestion followed by heart failure. Buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn. Survived by a sister, Miss Marion J. Terry, of Brooklyn, and four brothers, John P. Terry, '84 S., Wyllys Terry, '85, George D. Terry, '92, and James T. Terry, of New York City. His brother, Rev. Eliphalet B Terry, died in 1922.
Born June 11, 1856, in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Died April 5, 1932, in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Father, Edmund Terry (B.A. 1837); son of Roderick and Harriet (Taylor) Terry, of Hartford, Conn Mother, Anne (Prentice) Terry; daughter of John Hill and Sarah Nichols (Davis) Prentice, of Brooklyn. Yale relatives include Rev. John Taylor (B.A 1784) (great-grandfather), Henry W. Taylor (B.A 1816) (great-uncle); Roderick Terry, ex-1840 (uncle); Henry T. Terry, '69, Rev. Roderick Terry, D D , '70, John T. Terry, '79, Charles P . Kellogg, ex-'97, Prentice Strong, '01, and Theron R. Strong, '03 (first cousins); and Wyllys Terry, Jr, '31 (nephew).
College Grammar School, Brooklyn (principal, Rev. Levi W. Hart, '46). Entered Yale with Class of 1877; joined Class of 1878 in spring of 1876; took part in Sophomore play at Thanksgiving Jubilee 1874 and in Junior play 1877; secretary of Yale Athletic Association Senior year, member Linonia, Delta Kappa, Delta Beta Xi (Alpha Sigma Phi), and Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Studied law at Dwight Law School (later merged with Columbia Law School), New York, 1878-79; admitted to New York Bar 1880 and practiced law in New York until his death; associated in practice with his father until 1890 and later with his brother, Eliphalet B. Terry, '88, for a time; member First Ward Democratic Association 1880 and later chairman of committee on organization of General Democratic Committee of Kings County; member New York Assembly 1908 and 1910; author. Votes for Women--Why? (1917) and The UniversalLanguageand OtherPoems (1932); wrote a play, "The Matchmaker," which was produced at Criterion Theatre, Brooklyn, 1888, contributor to Century, Scrtbner's, The Independent, St. Nicholas, and Tidbits (London); deacon of Spencer Memorial Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, since 1902.
Unmarried.
Death due to indigestion followed by heart failure. Buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn. Survived by a sister, Miss Marion J. Terry, of Brooklyn, and four brothers, John P. Terry, '84 S., Wyllys Terry, '85, George D. Terry, '92, and James T. Terry, of New York City. His brother, Rev. Eliphalet B Terry, died in 1922.
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