James B. Terhune1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 16626, (abt 1816 - 1893)

Key Events:

Birth: about 27 Dec 1816, Kentucky4,5,6
Marriage: 7 Dec 1843, Decatur Co., Indiana, Martha M. Cobb (1 Oct 1822 - 2 Aug 1901)7,8
Death: 23 May 1893, Willow Hill, Jasper Co., Illinois9,10
Burial: Mound Cemetery, Hunt City, Jasper Co., Illinois11
ChartsDescendants of Gideon Cobb

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Narrative:

     James B. Terhune was born about 27 Dec 1816 in Kentucky.4,5,6
     James married Martha M. Cobb, daughter of Joshua Cobb and Nancy Crawford, on 7 Dec 1843 in Decatur Co., Indiana, with Rev. James Blair Elder, Methodist minister, offciating.7,8
     He was a farmer most of his life.12,13,14
     James and Martha appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Marion Twp., Decatur Co., Indiana, enumerated 25 Oct 1850, reporting real estate valued at $2,000. Their children Phillip, Elkanah, Anna and Elizabeth were listed as living with them, as were her parents, and 14 year-old Elizabeth F. Richards.2
     James and Martha moved to Illinois about 1858.15 They appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of St. Marie, Jasper Co., Illinois, reporting real estate valued at $3,500 and personal estate of $800. Their children Phillip, Elkanah, Anna, Elizabeth, Joshua, Sarah, Mariah and Nancy were listed as living with them.16
     James appeared on the 1865 State Census of Willow Hill, Jasper Co., Illinois, with a household consisting of two males age 10 to 20 (sons Elkanah and Joshua), one age 20 to 30 (Phillip), one age 40 to 50 (himself), and four females under age 10 (daughters Mariah, Nancy, Sophronia and Mary), three age 10 to 20 (Anna, Elizabeth and Sarah), and one age 40 to 50 (wife Martha.)17
     James and Martha appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Willow Hill, Jasper Co., Illinois, enumerated 22 Jun 1870, reporting real estate valued at $5,200 and personal estate of $1,000. Their children Elkanah, Joshua, Sarah, Mariah, Nancy, Sophronia and Mary were listed as living with them.18
     James and Martha returned to Indiana between 1870 and 1880.19 They appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Jackson Twp., Jackson Co., Indiana, enumerated 9 Jun 1880. Their children Nancy, Sophronia and Mary were listed as living with them, as was Thomas Bruner, age 17, a gardener listed as a servant, but was more likely an assistant to James.19
     He called himself a gardener after moving back to Indiana.20
     James died on 23 May 1893 in Willow Hill, Jasper Co., Illinois.9,10 He was buried in Mound Cemetery, Hunt City, Jasper Co., Illinois.11

Children:
     Children with Martha M. Cobb:

Citations

  1. [S1938] Marriage Records, Decatur Co., Indiana, F:254, James B. Terhune and Martha Cobb.
  2. [S1585] James B. Terhune household, 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana.
  3. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 146983061, James Blair Terhune, includes tombstone photo showing name as James B. Terhune.
  4. [S1585] James B. Terhune household, 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana, shows age 32 and state.
  5. [S1102] James B. Terhune household, 1860 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois, shows age 43 and state.
  6. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 146983061, James Blair Terhune, includes tombstone photo showing age 76 yr 4 mo 26 days at death 23 May 1893.
  7. [S1938] Marriage Records, Decatur Co., Indiana, F:254, James B. Terhune and Martha Cobb, shows date, county, state, and officiant.
  8. [S1585] James B. Terhune household, 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  9. [S11717] Local item, Newton Press, 24 May 1893, shows died last night, and town.
  10. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 146983061, James Blair Terhune, shows date and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  11. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 146983061, James Blair Terhune, includes tombstone photo.
  12. [S1585] James B. Terhune household, 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana, shows occupation as farmer.
  13. [S1102] James B. Terhune household, 1860 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois, shows occupation as farmer.
  14. [S1152] James Terhune household, 1870 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois, shows occupation as farmer.
  15. [S11645] Counties of Cumberland, Jasper and Richland, Illinois, pg 524, shows Phillip moved to Willow Township with his parents when he was about 14.
  16. [S1102] James B. Terhune household, 1860 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois.
  17. [S11679] J. B. Terhune household, 1865 Illinois State Census, Jasper Co., Illinois, Willow Hill.
  18. [S1152] James Terhune household, 1870 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois.
  19. [S1543] James Terhune household, 1880 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Indiana.
  20. [S1543] James Terhune household, 1880 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Indiana, shows occupation as gardener.
  21. [S1585] James B. Terhune household, 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  22. [S1102] James B. Terhune household, 1860 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  23. [S11645] Counties of Cumberland, Jasper and Richland, Illinois, pg 524.
  24. [S1152] James Terhune household, 1870 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  25. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Anna Eliza Mccord, citing cert. no. 6.
  26. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Elizabeth C. Bruner, citing cert. no. 45144.
  27. [S1166] Kennedy, "Re: The Joshua Cobb Family," e-mail to author, 29 Jan 2007.
  28. [S3560] "Illinois, Marriages, 1815-1935," FamilySearch.org, record for Charley P. Watts and Nancy A. Terhune, citing FHL #1312612.