Samuel was born at Woodbridge, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA, on September 3, 1830.
4,2 Samuel's occupation: Sailor at Woodbridge, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA, before 1852.
5 Samuel served in the military at Baltimore, Baltimore Co., Maryland, USA, after 1852.
1,6 He married
Jesse Brule at Fort Laramie (1849 - 1890), Goshen Co., Wyoming, USA, in 1857. He resided at St. Francis, Todd Co., South Dakota, USA, after 1857. Has been at St. Francis Mission, Todd Couty, So. Dakota most of the time since my discharge from the army.. He married
Annie Greenwood at
Fort Laramie (1834 - 1890), Platte Co., Missouri Territory, USA, after 1857. Common Law..
7,6 Samuel's occupation: During his retirement from the military, Samuel settled down with a Brule woman and worked by furnishing coal and lime at Fort Laramie for the U. S. Army; at
Fort Laramie (1834 - 1890), Platte Co., Missouri Territory, USA, before 1861.
1 He was inducted into the military at
Fort Laramie (1834 - 1890), Platte Co., Missouri Territory, USA, on April 1, 1861.
6 He served in the military during war time after April 4, 1861 at USA.
1,6 He was released from active duty at Brady Station, Virginia, USA, on April 1, 1864.
6,1 He resided at
Fort Laramie (1834 - 1890), Platte Co., Missouri Territory, USA, after April, 1864, After Samuel was discharged duty in Union Army of the Civil War he returned to Fort Laramie Wyoming.
Annals of Wyoming 5:1:34: Letter from John Hunton to Mrs. Cyrus Beard,State Historian May 13, 1927:"I am enclosing what is to me six veryinteresting but very short papers. . .The duplicate discharge of Sam Terrymay be of some interest in the distant future. Mr. Terry worked for me atBordeaux in 1871.".
1,3 He married
Julia Good Voice Bear, daughter of
(?) Charging Eagle and
(?) Close Together, in 1878 at
Spotted Tail Agency (1874 - 1878).
8 He resided at St. Francis, Todd Co., South Dakota, USA, after 1877, "has been at St. Francis Mission, Todd County, So. Dakota most of the time since my discharge from the army." [
Terry Pension].
6 He resided at Hot Springs, Fall River Co., South Dakota, USA, after 1900. Battle Mountain Sanitarium, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers..
6,1 He applied for homestead land at Tripp Co., South Dakota, USA, in 1906.
4 Samuel applied for a military pension at Hot Springs, Fall River Co., South Dakota, USA, on May 27, 1920. I am almost totally blind and must have everything done for me by other people. When traveling around outside of my ward must have somebody to look after me.
The following is the contents of an affidavit confirming Samuel's injuries for an application for military pension dated 4/12/1899:
STATE OF NEBRASKA, )
) SS.
Douglas County. )
I John J. Bruner, late of Company "G", of 115th regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, do solemnly swear, that the army of the Potomac crossed the Rapidan in (November) 1863, coming back from Mine Run, Va., I met Samuel M. Terry at that time and he was badly injured by a team running away attached to a caisson, the team running into his horse and throwing him against a tree. He told me that he was on detached duty and was stationed at army headquarters, I think, camped on John Minor Bott's farm in Va., and belonged to the regulars, I don't remember what regiment, but he was apparently injured in the back. He told me that he was from Nebraska and had enlisted at Laramie, Wyoming, As I had been living in Nebraska in 1856, 1857, and a part of 1858 I was interested in him. I had intended to go and see him after we got into camp at Brandy Station, Va., but always failed to go for some reason or another.
[signature of John J. Bruner)
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before me this 12th day of April, 1899
In another affidavit by a Domnick Bray we find the following:
State of South Dakota)
)ss.
County of Meyer )
I, Domnick Bray of Rosebud Agency, S.D., being duly sworn depose and say that I was personally acquainted with Samuel M. Terry at Laramie, Wyoming, in 1859 and 1860 before he enlisted in 1861, and that the said Samuel M. Terry furnished coal and lime at Fort Laramie for the U. S. Army; that I saw him frequently and knew the said Terry after he enlisted in April, 1861 until he returned to Laramie, Wyoming, in April, 1864.
I knew the said Samuel M. Terry well and saw that he had been wounded in the neck and left leg, as the scars showed in the neck and he was still lame with his leg.
(signature of Domnick Bray)
Subscribed and sworn to before me this sixth day of August, 1898
In another affidavit we find the following:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts)
Norfolk) S.S.
)
Weymouth
On the 30th day of December 1897 personally appears Charles Baldwin who being duly sworn dipses as follows:
That in the campaign of 1863 he was a private in Co. K 3rd U.S. Infantry and was on detached service at the headquarters of Army of Potomac.
That he occupied part of the same tent that was occupied by Corporal Samuel M. Terry 2nd U.S. Calvalry [Co. K] who was also on detached service at these headquarters.
That he distinctly remembers said Terry being in the tent wounded and said Terry stated that he had been shot in the leg by a guerrilla.
That he did not see the wound himself but all the tent mates knew that said Terry had been wounded. Further states that it is his recollection that said Terry was not taken to the hospital but was attended to by doctors in his tent. Does not remember the doctor's names.
Part of said Terry's duty was to scout for forage and while doing this he was wounded.
[Signature of Charles Baldwin]
.
6 Samuel died on August 2, 1924 at Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs, Fall River Co., South Dakota, USA, at age 93.
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