William S. Terrell, Vernon Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Jane P. McManus
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William S. Terrell
William S. Terrell (10 Sep 1815 GA), married ca. 1838/9 to Mary Saucier
(21 Sep 1820 MS). The Terrells came from Mississippi to Louisiana by ox
cart. They settled in Rapides/Vernon Parish, where they raised their family.
William S. Terrell was the minister who constituted the Laurel Hill Baptist
Church in 1869. He preached there many times over the years. In the 1880
Vernon Parish Census, he was listed as a farmer which was his primary
occupation. 
After his wife died, William Terrell was vsisting with a family who had a
new baby girl. When he was holding this little girl, he remarked to someone
that when she grew up, he was going to marry her. He kept his word, and when
that little girl was 13 years old, William married (?) Bellvin, and three
sons were born. The second Mrs. Terrell lived at Longleaf, LA, long after
her husband's death. 
The issue of William and Mary Terrell: (1) Martha R. (14 Sep 1839); 
(2) Warren (6 Sep 1842); (3) Morgan F. (1 Jun 1847); (4) David E. 
(17 May 1848); (5) Josiah P. (21 Jan 1850/12 Nov 1923, Hemphill Star
Cemetery); (6) Wiley H. (8 Jul 1851 MS/1918), married Fannie O. (?)
(13 Oct 1849/25 Dec 1912), both buried Smith Cemetery; (7) Woodard C.
(25 Nov 1852); (8) William S. (16 Jan 1854); (9) John M. (26 Dec 1855);
(10) Norval Robert (19 Feb 1858/21 Apr 1940), married Frances R. Crawford
(26 Jul 1850/15 Oct 1937), both buried in Hemphill Star Cemetery; 
(11) Jasper O. (16 Sep 1860); (12) Newton J. (Rev.) (5 Sep 1862/13 Feb 
1951), married Caroline Carruth (11 Nov 1861/19 Feb 1942, both buried
Smith Cemetery; and (13) Bazzil S. Terrell (26 Nov 1869/13 Mar 1964).
References:
Bible Records of William S. Terrell, xerox copy in possession of 
Jane P. McManus, 2005
1850 Rapides Parish, Louisiana Census Records
1880 United States Population Census Records, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
1900 United States Population Census Records, Vernon Parish, Louisiana
Ruff, Verda Jenkins, Central Louisiana Families in 1880, (Forest Hill,
LA: Privately Published, 1986)
McManus, Jane P., L'est We Forget, Volume I-III (Revised), Parker Enterprises, 
Ball, LA, 1995 (Welcome Cemetery & Good Hope Cemetery)
McManus, Jane P., A Backward Glance, (Pineville, LA: Parker Enterprises, 1986)
McManus, Jane P., Pioneers West of Appalachia, Revised, (Seattle, WA: Parker 
Enterprises, 1984)
McManus, Jane P., Laurel Hill Missionary Baptist Church Vernon Parish Louisiana 
1869-1920, It's People and Its History, (Englewood, Co: Parker Enterprises, 1988)