Hannah T. Terry, daughter of Joshua and Elizabeth Terry was born Oct. 8th, 1786 in Ulster County, Town of Goshen, York State. She was the wife of Pershall Terry. Deceased emigrated to Canada, May, 1819, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, February 11, 1838, emigrated with her husband and family to Missouri in the summer of the same year, and in November of the same year was driven from the State by a ruthless mob under the exterminating order of L.W. Boggs, at the loss of some thousands of dollars worth of property. She then located in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois and in 1846 was exiled from that State. Moved to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and in 1849 came to Utah and settled in Salt Lake County, where her husband died. She endured the grasshopper and cricket war and famine and every privation without a murmur, and in 1864 moved with her son James to Rockville, Kane County. She has left a numerous prosperity. She is the mother of 18 children, 104 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. She was an affectionate wife and mother, lived a faithful Latter-day Saint and died in hope of a glorious resurrection.
