| David S. Terry AKA David Smith Terry Born: 8-Mar-1823
Birthplace: Christian County, KY
Died: 14-Aug-1889
Location of death: Lathrop, CA
Cause of death: Justifiable Homicide
Remains: Buried, Stockton Rural Cemetery, Stockton, CA
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Judge Nationality: United States
Executive summary: California Chief Justice, 1857-59 Military service: US Army (Mexican War); Confederate Army Father: Joseph Royal Terry (b. 17-May-1792, d. Nov-1877)
Mother: Sarah David Smith (b. 1793, d. 1837)
Brother: Joseph Terry (b. 15-Oct-1817)
Brother: Benjamin Franklin Terry (b. 18-Feb-1821, d. 17-Dec-1861)
Brother: Joseph Nathaniel Terry (b. 29-Nov-1824)
Brother: Aurelius Josiah Terry
Brother: Clinton Lucretius Terry (b. 30-Jun-1831, d. 14-Apr-1862)
Wife: Cornelia Runnels (b. 22-May-1829, m. 1852, d. Dec-1884)
Son: Jefferson Davis Terry (d. Nov-1862)
Son: Samuel Langdon Terry (b. 1855, d. 1-Apr-1885)
Son: David S. Terry (b. 1857, d. Dec-1873)
Son: Clinton Terry (b. 1859)
Son: Frank Terry
Wife: Sarah Althea Hill (m. 7-Jan-1886, d. 1936)
California State Supreme Court (1855-59)
Assault with a Deadly Weapon stabbed Sterling A. Hopkins, San Francisco (1856), no charges filed
Duel: Pistols with David C. Broderick, Lake Merced, CA (13-Sep-1859)
Murder (1859), acquitted
Shot by Police by a United States Marshal, Lathrop, CA (14-Aug-1889)
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