Terry
Axley
Mercer
Born in Johnson County, Illinois
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Sarah Amanda (Knight) Mercer
— married
1888 in Missouri
Husband of
Dora (Cook) Mercer
— married
1904 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Elmo Emerson Mercer, Beulah Marie (Mercer) Sanner, Thelma Ann Mercer, Herbert Albert Mercer, Naomi Mercer and Charles Wesley Mercer
Died
at age 83
in Santa Clara, California
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Nov 2012
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Biography
Sources
- From email from decendent:
- "I've been searching some time for information about Sarah Amanda Knight, my great-grandmother, and hadn't found a thing until I came upon your work. I have later information: She married Terry Axley Mercer in Missouri in 1888 (name on marriage record is Amanda Knight), and they had several children including Elmo, Beulah Marie (my grandmother, who marked Asa Everette Sanner), and Naomi. They lived in Colorado, though Naomi inexplicably was born in Oregon (1902). So excited! --Patricia"
- US Census 1900
- name: Terry A Mercer
- titles & terms:
- event: Census
- event date: 1900
- event place: ED 9 Precincts 1-5 San Luis, San Pedro, Chama, San Francisco, La Costilla San Luis & San Pedro town, Costilla, Colorado, United States
- birth date: Oct 1862
- birthplace: Illinois
- relationship to head of household: Head
- father's birthplace: Illinois
- mother's birthplace: Illinois
- race or color (standardized): White
- gender: Male
- marital status: Married
- years married: 12
- estimated marriage year: 1888
- mother how many children:
- number living children:
- immigration year:
- page: 3
- sheet letter: A
- family number: 66
- reference number: 31
- film number: 1240120
- digital folder number: 004118992
- image number: 00292
- head Terry A Mercer M 38 Illinois
- wife Sarah A Mercer F 39 Missouri
- son Elmo E Mercer M 11 Missouri
- daughter Marie B Mercer F 9 Missouri
- daughter Thelma A Mercer F 6 Missouri
- son Herbert Mercer M 2 Missouri
- lodger Perley Haley M 21 Missouri
- lodger Joseph Ashley M 21 Kentucky
- lodger William Williamson M 21 Missouri
- lodger Joseph Ewing M 31 Massachusetts
- servant Emily Malmberg F 16 Sweden
- US Census 1910
- name: Terry A Meras
- birthplace: Illinois
- relationship to head of household: Self
- residence: Chariton, Macon, Missouri
- marital status: Married
- race : White
- gender: Male
- immigration year:
- father's birthplace: Illinois
- mother's birthplace: Illinois
- family number: 90
- page number: 4
- self Terry A Meras M 48y Illinois
- wife Dorie Meras F 40y Missouri
- dau Maria Meras F 18y Missouri
- dau Thelma A Meras F 15y Missouri
- son Herbert A Meras M 11y Missouri
- dau Naomi Meras F 8y Oregon
- son Charlie W Meras M 1y 6m Kansas
- US Census 1920
- name: Lerry A Mercer
- residence: , Boulder, Colorado
- estimated birth year: 1862
- age: 58
- birthplace: Illinois
- relationship to head of household: Self
- gender: Male
- race: White
- marital status: Married
- father's birthplace:
- mother's birthplace:
- film number: 1820156
- digital folder number: 4294426
- image number: 00566
- sheet number: 2
- self Lerry A Mercer M 58y Illinois
- wife Dora Mercer F 49y Missouri
- dau Naomi Mercer F 18y Oregon
- son Charles W Mercer M 11y Kansas
- dau Olive F Mercer F 9y Missouri
- US Census 1930
- name: Terry A Mercer
- event: Census
- event date: 1930
- event place: San Jose, Santa Clara, California
- gender: Male
- age: 68
- marital status: Married
- race: White
- birthplace: Illinois
- estimated birth year: 1862
- immigration year:
- relationship to head of household: Head
- father's birthplace: Illinois
- mother's birthplace: Illinois
- enumeration district number: 0057
- family number: 24
- sheet number and letter: 1B
- line number: 94
- nara publication: T626, roll 218
- film number: 2339953
- digital folder number: 4532365
- image number: 01090
- head Terry A Mercer M 68 Illinois
- wife Dora Mercer F 60 Missouri
- daughter Naomi Mercer F 28 Oregon
- son Charles W Mercer M 21 Kansas
- California, Death Index, 1940-1997
- name: Terry Mercer
- event: Death
- event date: 12 Aug 1945
- event place: Santa Clara, California, United States
- birth date: 26 Oct 1861
- birthplace: Illinois
- gender: Male
- father: Mercer
- mother: West
- Rootsweb
- 25. TERRY AXLEY5 MERCER (WILLIAM EMERSON4, TEMPERENCE3 WEST, HEZEKIAH2,JOHN1) was born October 28, 1861 in Johnson County, Illinois. He married (1) SARAH AMANDA KNIGHT. He married (2) DORA COOK.
- Children of TERRY MERCER and SARAH KNIGHT are:
- i. ELMO EMERSON6 MERCER, b. March 04, 1889.
- ii. BEAULAH MARIE MERCER, b. July 07, 1891, Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
- iii. THELMA ANN MERCER, b. December 16, 1894, Dexter, Missouri.
- iv. HERBERT MERCER, b. October 04, 1898.
- v. NAOMI MERCER, b. October 05, 1901, Portland, Oregon.
- Children of TERRY MERCER and DORA COOK are:
- vi. CHARLES WESLEY6 MERCER, b. October 31, 1908, Ft. Scott, Kansas.
- vii. OLIVE FRANCES MERCER, b. August 14, 1910, College Mound, Missouri.
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