- LEWIS W. TERRY, a general merchant of Brodhead, Green county,
has by close application to
- his business, together with a readiness to accommodate and
please his customers, and a uniform integrity and fair dealing
with all, built up a large and flattering trade, and is placed
among the representative men of the county.
- Mr. TERRY was born in Durand, Ill., Sept. 17, 1855, and is
a son of Nirie and Sarah
- (QUISLEY) TERRY, natives of Norway. They were the parents
of seven children: Thomas, of Sweetwater, Neb.; Lewis W., of
Brodhead; Bessie, the wife of Fred KROGH, of Chicago; Ole E.,
of Stoughton, Wis.; Carrie, the wife of W. LEE, of Sweetwater,
Neb.; Tillie of Chicago; and John, of Sweetwater, Neb. The father
was a farmer and came to America about 1845, locating at Durand,
Ill. He worked in the northern pineries for several years during
the winter season. After a time he married, and bought a farm
near Durand, Ill., where he lived some twenty-five years. At
the expiration of that period this land had become too valuable
for farming purposes, and the senior TERRY sold it and moved
to Brodhead, Wis., living here for some two years. After this
he went to Nebraska, and settled at Sweetwater, which is his
present home. His wife died in 1873 at the age of forty-eight.
They were both Lutherans in their religious faith. His father
died in Norway. Mrs. TERRY's father bore the name of Lars QUISLEY,
and was a Norwegian farmer, dying in his native country at an
advanced age. He was the father of a numerous family.
- Lewis TERRY was reared on the farm at Durand, attending the
high school at that place, and the
- Rockford business college. He was a farmer for a time, and
then entered a store at Lyle, Minn., where he was a clerk for
some months, and then for a year engaged in similar work at Clear
Lake, Iowa. After this he came back to Brodhead, where Jan. 1,
1877, he entered the store of B. R. CLAWSON, and was in his employ
three years. In 1880 he formed a partnership with G. C. AURAND,
and bought out Mr. CLAWSON. The firm was AURAND & TERRY until
1885, in which year Mr. AURAND sold his interest to Ole E. TERRY,
and the firm was changed to TERRY Brothers. In 1897 Lewis W.
TERRY bought his brother's interest and has since continued the
business alone. He has made a large success of it, dealing extensively
in wool and tobacco, and is one of the leading country merchants
in the southern part of the State.
- On Sept. 8, 1880, Mr. TERRY was married to Henrietta M. BAYLISS,
a daughter of Henry M.
- and Angelette (BATCHELDER) BAYLISS. Two children were born
to this union, Mabel E. and Maude L. Mrs. TERRY died in 1890,
when only twenty-nine years old, and her loss was deeply felt
by a large circle of friends and relatives. She was a woman of
much character and a fine spirit. On Oct. 5, 1895, Mr. TERRY
wedded Miss Anna B. BURTNESS, the daughter of H. T. BURTNESS.
Socially Mr. TERRY belongs to Bicknell Lodge, No. 94, A.F. &
A.M., the Knights of Pythias, and the Modern Woodmen of America,
and is a valued member of these various organizations. Politically
he is a Republican. He resides in a comfortable home on Main
street.
-
- Taken from "Commemorative Biographical Record of
the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin,"
(c)1901 Union Publishing; pp. 591-592.
-
- Courtesy of Carol.
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