CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: WILLIAM TEER - Smith County, TX

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Submitted by Doris Peirce - ginlu@charter.net
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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson 
WILLIAM TEER

Dr. William Teer, of Tyler, was born in Neshoba county, Miss., 
March 29, 1837, and removed with his father's family to Texas 
in 1847.  He enlisted in the Confederate service at San Antonio 
October 4, 1861, in Co.K, Fourth Regiment of Texas Mounted 
Volunteers, being a part of Sibly's brigade.  He participated in 
the battles of Valverde, March 28, 1862, and Glorietta, New Mexico;
in the latter fight he received a serious wound.  He was made a 
prisoner by the Federal forces, and after a partial recovery from 
his wounds at Santa Fe, being paroled, made his way across the 
plains to San Antonio, thence to his home in Houston county.  
After being notified of his exchange, although not having 
completely recovered, returned to his company, but received an 
honorable discharge from the service on account of wounds and 
disability, on Oct. 20, 1863, by order of Gen. Tom Green.  Dr. 
Teer has been married three times: First, Miss M. F. Carraway, 
December 10, 1862, who died May 12, 1867; second, Miss N. J. Coburn, 
who died February 28, 1894; third, Mrs. Bettie Hill, of Tyler, 
March 3, 1907.  He located in Tyler in  November, 1903, and has 
been actively and successfully engaged in the practice of osteopathy.  
Dr. Teer was a brave Confederate soldier, is a man of fine education 
and a Christian gentleman.