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and remained until after the surrender. After the war he 

 returned to Texas and began farming in Gaudeloupe 

 county, where his parents had moved during the war. 

 Becoming dissatisfied with the political condition of his 

 native State he went to Mexico, and stayed five years, 

 when he returned to Gaudeloupe county and again 

 engaged in farming. In 1876 he was married to Miss 

 Katie Heaner, of Gonzoles county, whose parents were 

 natives of South Carolina. He continued the occupation 

 of farming until November, 1886, when he joined De 

 Laney Alliance as a charter member, and was its first 

 Lecturer. He was sent as a delegate to the County Alli- 

 ance at its January meeting, in 1887. From here he 

 was sent as a delegate to a called meeting of the State 

 Alliance, which met at Waco in the same month. He 

 was also a delegate from his county to the regular meet- 

 ing of the State Alliance, which was held in Waco in 

 August, 1887. At this meeting the National Alliance 

 was organized and he was elected National Lecturer. He 

 was also elected one of the Executive Committee of the 

 State Alliance and an Exchange Trustee for the Seventh 

 District. At a meeting of the trustees he was elected one 

 of the Directors of the Exchange. At the first meeting of 

 the National Alliance, held at Shreveport, Louisiana, he 

 was re-elected National Lecturer, and at the National 

 meeting at Meridian, Mississippi, was again elected to 

 fill the same position. When the Alliance and Wheel 

 consolidated and met at St. Louis in December, 1889, 

 Mr. Terrell was again re-elected to the position of 

 National Lecturer, a place that he had for three consecu- 

 tive years filled with honor to himself and credit to the 

 organization. 



Mr. Terrell is a man of strong personal character- 

 istics. His speeches, while not remarkable for oratorical 

 power, are eloquent in common sense. There is , a mag- 



