simon was born in tereshchenko family to artemy tereshchenko and euphrosyne steslyavskaya, he was one of the tereshchenko brothers dynasty active family member. simon was married to olympia viktorovna velentei (varengo, tereshchenko). he studied in hlukhiv district school. from october 26, 1866 he became hlukhiv city bank director. and from september 26, 1870 he was declared as an official representator for imperial society special assignments. in 1871 was listed in the genealogical book of kursk province.