Re: Terry/Casebolt?
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Terry/Casebolt?
Derrick Terry 2/20/02
Hi Derrick.Another of the enduring CASEBOLT mysteries is the alternate use of the TERRY family.On January 7th I received the following e-mail:
My husband is a 4th grandson of Silas CASEBOLT.Sila's son Thomas and his grandson Huey are CASEBOLT in the 1900 census but TERRY in the 1910 census.Huey married Armanda SLONE in 1896 as a CASEBOLT.She died in 1903 and was buried Armanda TERRY.Her husband Thomas was buried a CASEBOLT.Why?Did Huey do something bad?All of Thomas' children went by TERRY, but some of his brothers went by CASEBOLT.Can you put some light on this mystery?
It is true that when Sabra (ESTEP) CASEBOLT found herself alone with three small kids and the county taking her daughters away from her that William TERRY married her and provided a home for her and her children.But it is too simple an explanation just to say that Silas CASEBOLT, who was the only male of the 3 kids, changed his name to TERRY out of gratitude and love for his step-father.If that were true surely Silas and maybe his sisters would have whole-heartedly embrased the TERRY name.That was not the case.
All three of those kids married as CASEBOLT.Silas did use TERRY sometimes but more often CASEBOLT.In records of the 1800's and 1900's I will leave off the 18 and the 19 and use a capital C when the person used CASEBOLT and a capital T when a person use TERRY.Here is a partial list of name use for Silas and those of his children for whom I have found records:
1840 census.So far I cannot find the family although Silas and Jane were married in 1836 -- perhaps in 1840 they and their two small children were living with older relatives, but they were not with William and Sabra TERRY.
Silas. censuses: T= 50, 60, C=70, 80; land-tax-court records: T=45, C=41, 48, 49, 58, 90.
daughter Mary. censuses: T= 50; marriage record not found.
son? William. censuses: T=50, 60; C=60, 70, 80, 00; other record: C= 97; 57 marriage=C.
daughter Ann. censuses: T=50; marriage record not found.
son Jesse/Daniel.censuses: T=50, C= 70, 80; other: C= 90; 70 marriage=C.
daughter Elizabeth. censuses: T=50; 57 marriage= C.
son Thomas. censuses: T= 50; C= 00, 10; other C = 90; marriage record not found.
son Elisha.censuses: T= 50, 1920; C= 70, 80, 00, 10; other C= 90, 04; marriage record not found.
son John. censuses: T= 50, C= 80, 00, 10; other C= 90; marriage record not found.
daughter Sabra/Sarah. censuses: C=70; other: C= 90; marriage record not found.
daughter Jane. censuses: C=&0; other: C=90; marriage record not found.
So for these two generations we have a pattern up to the Civil War of using TERRY sometimes, CASEBOLT sometimes, but CASEBOLT for almost all official purposes except the census.After the Civil War until just about 1910, these two generations seem to have reembrased their CASEBOLT roots and used that name for just about all purposes.Then something happened.
Sometime about 1910 or just after, several of those of these two generations who still survived and many of their children and grandchildren began fairly consistently using the name TERRY.
So what did happen?Were these folk so overcome by gratitude some 80-90 years after the fact of William TERRY's noble action that many decided to abandon the CASEBOLT name that they had used day in and day out for over a generation?I seriously doubt that.At that late date this does not seem to me powerful enough a motivation to abandon one's family name.
My guess in 1910 or thereabouts they learned something about John CASEBOLT, their blood ancestor, which made them very, very angry ... so angry that many decided to abandon his name, some to abandon it forever.It also must have so embarassed them that they did not talk about their reasons(without exception??) to upcoming generations.
If anyone has a alternate explanation for their behavior, I would love to hear it.
--cousin Dick
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