An Odd Coincidence: Minerva A. Terry

 The daughter of John King Terry in Barry County, Missouri (son of Martin, son of William, son of John, son of William) had a daughter, Minerva Ardella Terry (1880-1898), who died tragically at age 17 when she and her brother Granville "Bud" Terry (1877-1898) crashed on a mountain road in a motorcycle he had built himself in 1898 in Barry Co., Mo. 

Searching for other records for the young woman I ran across a marriage record for another Minerva A. Terry , this one in Breathitt County, Kentucky. Looking closer at the record, I was amazed to see her father was a Miles Terry. 

Since there are "miles" of Miles Terry (and other surnames from daughters naming sons) I was intrigued. Since the name can be found going right back to a son of both John and the first William (to date) had Miles who moved into Kentucky.

Then I saw the name of the man that Breathitt County, Kentucky Minerva A. Terry married : surname was Jett.  

In the line of William and Rachel Terry of Botetourt County, Virginia is a son named Miles who married a Hannah Horton, probable daughter of a William in the county circa 1780. She may have had brothers there as well as a Joseph is listed.

This Miles and Hannah had a son, Isaac Terry, and they all moved into Kentucky.  Miles may have lost Hannah and remarried. 

This Isaac Terry may be the one listed in early 1800's land grant for Breathitt County, Kentucky.

Is the name just a coincidence? Did John King Terry have contact with cousins in Kentucky? Was Minerva A Terry or Minerva Ardella Terry just a happenstance selection based on "hot baby names of the 1870's"?

I think it might deserve a little research....especially those seeking to untangle the Terry, Jett, Horton trees.

P.S.

To further confuse things: 

A Madison, Arkansas grave is for a Minerva Rebecca Jett Grigg/ Minerva Rebecca Jett Grigg, 1846, Arkansas, USA; DEATH 12 May 1926 (aged 79–80); Madison County, Arkansas, US  A  Minerva Rebecca Jett Grigg (1846-1926) - Find A Grave Memorial

A Breathitt, Kentucky grave for a Minerva A. Terry Jett adds another coincidence due to the name of her husband, Granville Jett.  21 Nov 1878, Breathitt County, Kentucky, USA;  DEATH 19 Oct 1944 (aged 65), Breathitt County, Kentucky, USA  Minerva Ann Terry Jett (1878-1944) - Find A Grave Memorial  (The photo on this entry reveals a very familiar Terry face to my way of seeing things).