Emily W. Terrell
Emily W. (Parmer) Terrell, Jeffersonville, is a daughter of William and Margaret (Whitsite) Parmer, who came to this county from Kentucky in 1814. Mr. Parmer was a native of Virginia, and died December 31, 1865, aged seventy-five years. Mrs. Parmer was a native of Kentucky, and died March 13, 1863, aged sixty-four years. They were members of the Universalist Church.
Our subject was born (January, 1815) in this couuty, where, on the 2d of January, 1834, she was married to Gilbert Terrell. He was engaged in the mercantile business in Jeffersonville for several years, after which he retired from active life. He was born October 1, 1808, and died August 18, 1874; having been a hale and hearty man all his life, up to the time of his death. Mr. and Mrs. Terrell were worthy and consistent members of the Universalist Church, in which she still holds membership, strong in the faith. She has a farm of ninety-six acres, one-half mile west of Jeffersonville, and one of one hundred and thirty-five acres two and one-half miles west of town.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County