FRANK J. TERRILL 1868-1914

Frank J. Terrill Collection of Jerry Blanchard, 8-17-07

 

Frank J. Terrill And His Curtiss Biplane Collection of Jerry Blanchard, 8-17-07

 

Frank J. Terrill And His Curtiss Biplane Collection of John Davis, 6-20-09

 

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE via email from John Davis (Great-Great Nephew of Frank Terrill), 9-20-09 Ralph,      Here is the information that I have. I hope this is helpful to you. Frank Terrill was the son of John Terrill Jr., and his wife Maria (Margaret) Long Terrill. John and Maria had five children: William L. Terrill, Ida Terrill, Flora Terrill (Who was my Great Grandmother), Frank J. Terrill, and Martha Terrill. (Most information has the name spelled Terrill, however some records use the spelling Terrell which is how the English Ancestors spelled it) So Frank was my Great Grandmother's younger brother.      The Terrill family grew up in Western Pennsylvania (Cambridge Township. Crawford County, PA), with several daughters moving to the Baltimore, MD area (My Great-Grandmother included, which is where she met my Great-Grandfather James Armitage. James was killed in a boiler explosion when my Grandfather was very young, and Flora remarried to a Thaddeous Van Tassell. I believe he met her in Erie,PA when they were both working at a cigar factory.      I know very little of Frank's childhood, but my information says that he moved to Kentucky and flew planes at County Fairs. He was married twice. His frst wife left him and moved to Erie, PA with their two daughters Helen Terrill and Juanita Terrill. I have no information about his second wife. I have attached a pictures of a post card I have of Frank in his plane at one of the fairs. I also have attached a picture of the Western Union Telegram that his daughter Helen Terrill sent to my Great-Grandmother (her Aunt) Flora Armitage Van Tassell in Erie to inform her of her brother's accidental death. As the information states, the funeral and burial were to be in Worcester, MA, which is where my information ends. I do not know what the connection to Worcester is, or why Frank was to be buried there. I can only assume that perhaps that is where his second wife was from.      I hope this information has been helpful. Regards, John Davis

 

Western Union Telegram Collection of John Davis, 6-20-09

 

ONLINE RESOURCES      If you search for "Frank J. Terrill", using the Google search engine, (9-2-07), you will find five links which refer to entrys in various family trees.

 

Frank J. Terrill killed by his areoplane November 14, 1914 at Chesterfield. from the the Aaron W. Knight Diary

 

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