Robert "Bob" Terrell -- Farmer

 

Bob and Emma Bridges Terrell on their Wedding Day

 Robert “Bob” Terrell was born on April 20, 1882 in Trigg County, Kentucky.  He was the son of George Gibbert Terrell and Frances Caroline Davis Terrell.  George was a farmer and a native of Stewart County, Tennessee and Caroline was a native of Trigg County.

On December 26, 1906, Bob married Emma Skaggs Bridges at the home of the bride in Trigg County.  The home was known as the Headley Farm which was east of Cadiz.  The wedding took place before a decorated mantle and fireplace.  

Emma was born on April 14, 1884, the fifth of ten children of William Joseph Bridges and Sarah Wills Bridges. Emma’s siblings were Cornelius Neal Bridges, born in 1873 and married Emma Jean Sons and then Willie Rasco; Robert Lee Bridges, born in 1876 and married Lula Wade; Luther Edward Bridges, born in 1879 and married Cora Lula Banister; Julia Belle Bridges, born in 1881 and married Lemuel James Banister; Joseph Franklin Bridges, born in 1886 and married Lula Pearl Ricks; Lemuel Porter Bridges, born in 1889; Harriet Divinia Bridges, born in 1892 and married Hulett Albert Alexander; Grace Mae Bridges, born in 1896 and married Ernest Henry Barber; and Ora Lee Bridges, born in 1899 and married Homer Hall.

Bob and Emma purchased a farm in the Blue Spring community and built a new home there.  Their farm which was next to the Blue Spring Creek is now a part of the Boots Randolph Golf Course.  Their children all went to school at the Blue Spring School.  They had to cross a foot log across the creek in front of their house each day as they went to school.  When there were heavy rains, they were unable to cross the creek and they had to wait till the creek went down before returning to school.  The family also used the creek for refrigeration of perishable foods.  They took their milk, butter and other foods, put them in buckets and immersed them into the creek letting the cold spring water keep their food from going bad.

Bob spent his entire career as a farmer, mostly on the farm next to the Blue Spring Creek. In 1952, they sold the farm on Blue Spring Creek and bought a farm in the Caledonia community.  They built a new house on this farm where they lived the rest of their lives.

Bob and Emma were the parents of nine children.  They were Mary Cicero Terrell, born in 1907 and married John Carter Mitchell; Marie Eldo Terrell, born in 1907 a twin to Mary Cicero and died at birth; Sarah Frances Terrell, born in 1909 and married Clyde Crenshaw Stallons; Myra Dean Terrell, born in 1911 and married Clarence Monroe Stallons; Martha Helen Terrell, born in 1913 and married Boyce Taylor Braboy; Virginia Irene Terrell, born in 1916 and married Ernest Lee Bridges; Robert Joe Terrell, born in 1918 and married Nellie Myrtle Peal; George Edward Terrell, born in 1921 and married Gladys Opal Gray; and Grace Annalene Terrell, born in 1924 and married Herbert Haydon Braboy.

Bob died at his home in Trigg County on June 23, 1956 at the age of 74.  He was buried at the Lawrence Cemetery in Trigg County.  His wife, Emma, died at the Trigg County Hospital on January 13, 1972 at the age of 87.  She was buried in the Lawrence Cemetery next to her husband.

 Bob and Emma's tombstone

LINEAGE: (Robert Terrell was the husband of Emma Skaggs Bridges.  Emma was the daughter of William Joseph and Sarah Wills Bridges and the granddaughter of Simco N. and Emeline Martin Bridges.  Simco was the third child of William and Mary Thomas Bridges.  William was the fourth child of Drury and Charity Cohoon Bridges.)