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Rh wood, features of which are retained in clocks that are now made, and in 1816 he began the manufacture of this clock, in which he was successful. He continued active as an inventor, and made many new designs, including a peculiar form of gravity-escapement (1830).

TERRY, Henry Dwight, soldier, b. in Hartford, Conn., 16 March, 1812; d. in Washington, D. C, in June, 1869. He early settled in Michigan, where he entered the legal profession, and settled in Detroit. Although he was in active practice, he had for many years devoted considerable attention to military matters, and when the first call was made for troops in June, 1861, at the beginning of the civil war, he raised the 5th Michigan infantry, of which he was appointed colonel. The regiment was mustered into service on 28 Aug., 1861, and ordered to the Army of the Potomac. He soon gained the command of a brigade, and on 17 July, 1862, was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers. He served through the war in the Army of the Potomac, and when he was mustered out of service, in 1865, resumed the practice of his profession in Washington, D. C.

TERRY, John Orville, poet. b. in Orient, N. Y., 13 Aug., 1796 ; d. in Greenport, N. Y., 7 April, 1869. He was educated in Orient, and then studied medicine, but never practised. In early manhood he made several voyages to South America and taught for a time after his return. His life was passed chiefly in farming, and his rural experiences were put into verse as "The Poems of J. 0. T., consisting of Song, Satire, and Pastoral Descriptions, chiefly depicting the Scenery and illustrating the Manners and Customs of the Ancient and Present Inhabitants of Long Island " (New York, 1850).

TERRY, Luther, painter, b. in Enfield, Conn., 18 July, 1813. He studied for a short time under a portrait-painter in Hartford, and in 1838 went to Italy. He spent a year at the Academia delle belle Arti in Florence, and in 1839 went to Rome, where he has since resided. At first he devoted much time to making copies from the works of Raphael. The first important work from his easel was one that had for its subject Christ disputing with the doctors in the temple, which is now in the Wadsworth athenaeum, Hartford, Conn. Other paintings bv Mr. Terry are " The Loves of the Angels," from Byron's " Heaven and Earth " (1843-4); "Columbus before Ferdinand and Isabella " ; " Jacob's Dream," several times repeated ; " Angel announcing the Birth of Christ to the Shepherds" (1853) ; several subjects from Shakespeare ; "Toby and the Angel " ; and " Solomon's Choice." In 1846 he was made an honorary member of the National academy, and like honors were conferred upon him by the academies of Philadelphia, and Providence, R. I. He married in 1861 Louisa, widow of Thomas Crawford, the sculptor.

TERRY, Milton Spenser, clergyman, b. in Coeymans, N. Y., 22 Feb., 1840. He was graduated at the Charlotteville, N. Y., seminary in 1859, and at Yale divinity-school in 1862. After being ordained a clergyman in the Methodist Episcopal church he held various pastorates from 1863 till 1884, when he was elected to the chair of Hebrew and Old Testament exegesis in Garrett biblical institution, Evanston, Ill. The degree of S. T. D. was conferred on him in 1879 by Wesleyan university, and he was elected to the American Oriental society in 1871, and in 1883 to the Society of biblical literature and exegesis. Dr. Terry has written articles for the " Methodist Quarterly Review," and has published tracts on "Swedenborgianism" (New York, 1872) ; and "Man's Antiquity and Language" (1881); "Commentaries on the Historical Books of the Old Testament" (2 vols., 1873-5); and "Biblical Hermeneutics" (1883).

TERRY, William, soldier, b. in Amherst county, Va., 14 Aug., 1824: d. near Wytheville, Va., 5 Sept., 1888. He was graduated at the University of Virginia in 1848, studied law, and in 1851 was admitted to the bar. Settling in Wytheville, he practised his profession and was one of the editors and owners of &ldquo;The Telegraph,&rdquo; published in that place. In April, 1861, he became a lieutenant in the 4th Virginia infantry, in Gen. Thomas J. Jackson's brigade. In 1862 he was promoted major, and in February, 1864, became colonel. He was commissioned brigadier-general on 20 May, 1864. At the close of the civil war he returned to practice in Wytheville, and in 1868 was nominated for congress, but, being under political disabilities, withdrew. He was afterward elected to congress from Virginia as a Conservative, and served from 4 March, 1871, till 3 March, 1873, and again from 6 Dec., 1875, till 3 March, 1877. Subsequently he resumed his legal business. He was drowned while trying to ford Reed creek, near his home.

TERRY, William Richard, soldier, b. in Liberty, Va., 12 March, 1827. He was graduated at the Virginia military institute in 1850, and then turned his attention to commercial pursuits. At the beginning of the civil war he entered the Confederate service as captain of Virginia cavalry, and was soon promoted and given command of the 24th Virginia regiment. On 20 May, 1864, he was made brigadier-general, and given a command in Gen. George E. Pickett's division in the Army of Northern Virginia, which was known as Kemper's brigade. After the war he served as a member of the Virginia senate for eight years, and for some time was superintendent of the penitentiary in Richmond. At present he is superintendent of the Lee camp soldiers' home in Richmond.

TESCHEMACHER, James Englebert, scientist, b. in Nottingham, England, 11 June, 1790; d. near Boston, Mass., 9 Nov., 1853. He began a commercial career in 1804 by entering a foreign mercantile house in London, where he showed business talents of a high order. In 1830 he accepted a lucrative offer to go to Cuba, but it proved unsatisfactory when he reached Havana, and he returned to England. He then determined to come to the United States, and reached New York in February, 1832, after which he settled in Boston, where he engaged in commercial pursuits until his death. Mr. Teschemacher devoted his leisure to science, and during his residence in this country published about thirty papers on various subjects in chemistry, mineralogy, geology, and botany. These appeared chiefly in the transactions of scientific societies of which he was a member. Besides several addresses, he published &ldquo;Concise Application of the Principles of Structural Botany to Horticulture&rdquo; (Boston, 1840); &ldquo;Essay on Guano&rdquo; (1845); and a translation of Julius A. Stockhardt's &ldquo;Chemical Field Lectures&rdquo; (Cambridge, 1852).

TESSIER, Ulric Joseph, Canadian jurist, b. in Quebec, 4 May, 1817. He was admitted to the bar as an advocate in 1839, was mayor of Quebec in 1851, entered the parliament of Canada the same year, became a member of the legislative council in 1858, and was its speaker in 1863. He was appointed a member of the executive council in 1862, was senator in 1867, puisne judge of the supreme court of the province of Quebec in 1873, and in 1875 of the court of queen's bench. He founded &ldquo;La banque nationale&rdquo; in 1859, and is dean of the faculty of law in Laval university. &mdash;