I picked up a private label watch with L.F. Terry, South Royalton, VT on the dial. Would the sleuths on the forum care to provide some info on Mr. Terry?

Thanks,
Roger

Roger

In the 1920 census for Bethel, Windsor, Vermont
Loren F. Terry Male White 58 born about 1862 in Canada occupation Retail Merchant Jeweler

Tom

He apparently immagrated in 1862 with his parents;
1870 Stafford, Orange, Vermont
Terry, Girman abt 1833 Farmer
Terry, Alice abt 1834
Terry, Lucy A abt 1858
Terry, Jas R abt 1861
Terry, Loren F abt 1862 student

1880 Thetford, Orange, Vermont
Terry, Galem farmer
Terry, Alice
Terry, James R. working on farm
Terry, Loren F. working on farm

1900 Royalton, Windsor, Vermont
Terry, Loren F. March 1861 Merchant Jeweler
Terry, Almira E. March 1870

1910 Bethel, Windsor Vermont
Terry, Loren F. Jeweler Own Store
Terry, Myra wife about 1870 Vermont

By 1930 he must have retired
1930 De Land, Volusia, Florida
Terry, Loren F. abt 1861 Canada no occupation listed
Terry, Myra E. abt 1870 no occupation


Tom

Thanks Tom!!

Roger

Roger

Here are a few more tidbits I found;

History of Royalton, Vermont: with family genealogies, 1769-1911 By Mary Evelyn Wood Lovejoy

"Alonzo Wilmot was perhaps the first jeweler in South Royalton. He first had his shop on the north side of Chelsea street, then purchased the building which he sold later to Lewis Diek- erman, and which was burned in the fire of 1878. This was probably the old boot factory remodeled. L. P. Terry was a jeweler here a number of years, who removed to Bethel, where he is conducting the same business. F. R. Seymour now occupies his old store in the Martin block."

"What might have proved a serious conflagration was discovered in the early morning hours of April 19, 1903. The jewelry store of L. F. Terry was seen to be full of smoke, and a search for the cause of the same revealed the presence of a slow match laid beneath the floor of the upper hall near the head of the stairway leading to the tenement in the Martin block. There appeared to have been a small hole bored through the floor and through the ceiling over Mr. Terry's store. It was so evidently the work of an incendiary, that the occupant of the tenement was summoned before the proper authorities and a rigid inquest held, which resulted in bringing a charge against the man. At the June term of court he was tried, convicted, and sentenced to State's prison. There were many then, and there are still more now, who believed that the man was wrongly accused and convicted. Efforts were made to secure his pardon, which were successful after the sentence had been partly served."

Thanks again Tom...Great info.

Roger

Tom,
Nice info. How do you find out all that stuff?
Brian C.

Hi Brian

I belong to several pay on-line search engines & then I also just find stuff by searching names various ways on the web. I wish I had more to search for, it is kind of addictive.

Tom