U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Teter, Thomas Benton (1852-1918) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Page 481 Thomas Benton Teter, born 1852, son of Jesse and Elizabeth (Phillips) Teter, was married March 5, 1874, to Mary, daughter of B. B. Durrett. Children, Minnie, Darwin, Ora Bessie and Bertzell. He is a Democrat, and is owner of the mill at Belington where he lives. In 1893 he was appointed United States Indian Agent over the Bannock and Shoshone Indians at Port Hall Reservation, Idaho, and had control of the U. S. forces sent to Jackson Hole during the Indian trouble in 1896, which grew out of a dispute as to the right of the Indians to hunt in the Yellowstone Park. That right had been granted by treaty, but forbidden by the Wyoming game laws, and the Wyoming officers killed a few Indians, whereupon the tribes collected to avenge it. Mr. Teter's prompt action in getting troops on the scene prevented further trouble. Mr. Teter has traveled extensively, and he considers that West Virginia has resources and advantages possessed by few, if any States of the Union, and he has unbounded faith in the development of West Virginia. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Barbour County, WV #128 FULL-NAME: Thos. Benton Teter BIRTH-DATE: February 4, 1852 BIRTH-PLACE: Barbour County, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: February 12, 1918 DEATH-PLACE: Belington, Barker District, Barbour County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: married OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: Jesse Teter (born in Virginia) MOTHER: Elizabeth Phillips (born in Virginia) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: organic heart disease, heart failure, sudden INFORMANT: Bessie Teter McCollam of Belington, W.Va. BURIAL-Place: Belington, W.Va. (wife of Thomas Benton Teter) From Death Certificate, Barbour County, WV #12672 FULL-NAME: Mary Sophia Teter BIRTH-DATE: March 5 (b-year was not recorded) BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: February 27, 1937 at 81-years of age DEATH-PLACE: Belington, Barker District, Barbour County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: widow OCCUPATION: House Duty FATHER: Braxton B. Durett (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Ann Elizabeth (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Arterial sclerosis, Cerebral hemorrhage INFORMANT: Mrs. J. E. McCollam of Belington, W.Va. BURIAL: Elliott Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------