Edward Thomas Terrell

Son of a physician, he came to Navasota, Grimes County, Texas from his native Georgia with his family in 1851 and was himself a physician in Navasota by 1860. He enlisted at Anderson in Grimes County as a Private in Company G, 4th Texas Infantry on 19 July 1861. He was detailed as an acting Hospital Steward at the Texas Hospital in Richmond, VA from 20 January to 30 June 1862 and as a medical attendant through August.

He was with his Company at Fox's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September and Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862, as a hospital attendant.

He continued on extra duty as a hospital attendant into July 1863. He was commissioned Assistant Surgeon of the regiment on 1 September 1863 and was with them to at least 26 November 1864, the date of the latest military record.

In 1870 he was farming near Anderson in Grimes County, and was again practicing medicine there in 1880. By 1886 he was practicing in Colorado City, Mitchell County, TX.

His service from Davis,1 as Jno. J Stacy, and his Compiled Service Records,2 via fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860. His name is sometimes seen as Ed Tom Terrell. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married the widow Sarah Louise Moore Fanthrop (1843-1925) in May 1866 and they had 3 children.

07/12/1839; Wilkes County, GA

12/28/1893; Grimes County, TX; burial in Colorado City Cemetery, Colorado City, TX