James C. TERRY^[1]

1905 - 1954  (49 years)

• Name	James C. TERRY
  Birth	c. 1905	Portsmouth City, VA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1930, 1940	Portsmouth City, VA   [2, 3]
  	The 1930 census notes that James was working as an "assembler" in an auto factory in the Portsmouth, Virginia area. By May 1940 he was employed as a "laborer" at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth.
  Death	23 Jun 1954	Charlottesville City, VA   [4]
  	James died in Charlottesville, Virginia on 23 June 1954. He was about 49 years old.
  Burial	Portsmouth City, VA   [4]
  	His remains were interred in the Portlock Cemetery section of Oak Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia.
  Person ID	I2119	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	James Wiley TERRY,   b. c. 1859, North Carolina d. 31 Aug 1931, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Lillian Dale MARSH,   b. 29 Mar 1869, Norfolk Co, VA d. 7 May 1959, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	12 Jun 1889	Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA   [5]
  	The couple was married later that day in Deep Creek, Virginia by Rev. H.J. Clark.
  Notes	The 1910 census notes that Lillian had given birth to 3 children, all of whom were living.
  Family ID	F143	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Virginia Wilkins PORTER,   b. c. 1913, Portsmuth City, VA
  Marriage	9 Mar 1933	Norfolk Co, VA   [1]
  	The couple was married in Norfolk County, Virginia on 9 March 1933.
  Family ID	F6602	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: April 1910, Portsmouth City, VA [S5276] Resided: January 1920, Portsmouth City, VA [S5277] Resided: April 1930, Portsmouth City, VA [S5278] Resided: May 1940, Portsmouth City, VA [S5279]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1868] Sharon Rea Gable & Truitt M. Bonney, Gable & Bonney, Norfolk County Virginia Marriage Licenses 1900 - 1935., ((Suffolk, VA: privately published, 2007)). p. 296: James Cecil Terry - Virginia Wilkins Porter marriage (1933), file no. 21811. [S5278] 1930 US Census / Terry, James W. [S5279] 1940 US Census / Terry, Lillian Dale. [S5280] Portlock Cemetery at Oak Grove Cemetery burial registers, Portsmouth, VA. [S3836] James Wiley Terry - Lillie Dale Marsh, Norfolk Co, VA marriage license & minister’s return no. 21827 (1889).