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TERRELL, William, congressman, born in Fair-fax county, Virginia, about 1778; died in Sparta, Georgia, 4 July, 1855. During his infancy his parents removed to Wilkes county, Georgia He received a good English education, studied medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and practised in Sparta, Georgia He served in the legislature for several terms, and in 1816 and 1818 was elected to congress, but declined reelection in 1820. About 1819 he abandoned the practice of his profession, and henceforth was much interested in cotton-culture. He took much interest in the promotion of agricultural science, and in 1853 gave $20,000 for the establishment of the agricultural professorship that bears his name in the University of Georgia.
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