Wilson Edgar Terry was the last
Kentucky veteran of the
Spanish–American War. He was born March 7, 1874, in Crockettsville,
Breathitt County, Kentucky, to his father Isaac Terry. He attended
Lees College
Lees College Campus of Hazard Community and Technical College is a campus in Jackson, Kentucky of Hazard Community and Technical College, a public community college. It was founded in 1883 as Jackson Academy, an elementary and high school for Brea ...
in Jackson. His first wife was Ida Kidd, who died when their first child, a daughter, was an infant. He then married Ruse Wilder and had seven children with her, among them the writer
Berniece T. Hiser
Berniece Iona Terry Hiser (April 6, 1908January 5, 1995) was an American writer and schoolteacher.
Life
Berniece Iona Terry Hiser was born April 6, 1908, in Cow Creek, Kentucky, to Wilson Edgar Terry and Ruse Wilder. She has an undergraduate de ...
. He lived at
Cow Creek, Kentucky
Cow Creek is an unincorporated community in Owsley County, Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It bord ...
, until 1927, when he moved to
Kings Mills, Ohio, where he ran a general store. He was a staunch Republican all his life. He was also a notary public and licensed to preach by the Baptists. Governor
Bert T. Combs
Bertram Thomas Combs (August 13, 1911 – December 4, 1991) was an American judge, jurist and politician from the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Kentucky. After serving on the Kentucky Court of Appeals, he was elected the List of Gov ...
appointed him a
Kentucky colonel. He died February 15, 1968, at age 93 and was buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery in
Mason, Ohio.
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1874 births
1968 deaths
People from Breathitt County, Kentucky
People of the Spanish–American War
United States Army soldiers
People from Warren County, Ohio
Baptists from Kentucky