FERRIS(SoundexF620)—See alsoCHERRISH,FARRIS,FEARIS,FERRAIS,FERRAS,FERRES,FERRI,FERRIES,FERRISS,FIRES,FISER,FRIES,GERRISH,JERRIS,JERRISON,SIFFER,TERRIS.
| |  FERRIS:See alsoFerrisAlger —Mrs.Ferris Bean —FrankJohn Becker —WilliamDarius Bishop —FerrisLightner Blackmon —CharlesFerris Booher —FerrisCasemore —FerrisB. Clark —FerrisClark —JohnCurrey —FerrisDonais —FerrisS. Fitch —FerrisS. Fitch —FerrisH. Fitch —ThomasFrancis Ford —FerrisForman —WilliamSelden Gale —WilliamF. Hanna —FerrisW. Henry —FerrisJacobs Jr. —FerrisJay —CharlesH. Leonard —ClarenceLexow —MortonKing Lexow —LeslieFerris Lokken —FerrisLucas —FerrisJ. Meigs —FerrisPeterson —GeorgeWashington Prince —CharlesDaniel Sherwood —OliverHenry Nelson Shoup —CharlesArthur Standiford —FerrisR. Turkington —FerrisWebster —FerrisW. Wharton —FerrisM. White | | Ferris, A. C. — of Brookfield,LinnCounty, Mo.Republican.Chair ofLinn County Republican Party, 1916.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Abram (1786-1857) — of Indiana. Born in Greenwich,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,August20, 1786.Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1837-38; defeated, 1838.Baptist.Died near Lawrenceburg,DearbornCounty, Ind.,October8, 1857 (age71 years, 49days).Interment atGreendaleCemetery, Greendale, Ind. | | Ferris, Alice Moss — of Laddonia,AudrainCounty, Mo.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,1928,1940.Female.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Allen Frank(1865-1903) —also known asAllen F. Ferris — of Brainerd,Crow WingCounty, Minn.Born in Perrysburg,CattaraugusCounty, N.Y.,July 22,1865.Republican.Banker;member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives, 1895-1902 (District 46 1895-98,District 48 1899-1902); delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Minnesota,1900;member ofMinnesotastate senate 48th District, 1903; died in office 1903.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;ModernWoodmen of America;Eagles;Knightsof Pythias;Redmen.Died, fromappendicitisandperitonitis,in Brainerd,Crow WingCounty, Minn.,September7, 1903 (age38 years, 47days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Brainerd, Minn. | | Ferris, Andrew C. — ofWestchesterCounty, N.Y.Socialist. Candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1916, 1917.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Ann — of Allegan,AlleganCounty, Mich.Republican. Member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1949.Female.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Augustus F. — ofCayugaCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Cayuga County, 1824.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, B.F.SeeBenjamin F.Ferris | | Ferris, Benjamin — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1805-08.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Benjamin — ofWestchesterCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Westchester County, 1807-08, 1824.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Benjamin F.(c.1806-1876) —also known asB. F. Ferris;H. A. Johnson — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in New York, about 1806. Justice of the Peace, 1853 to about 1860;mayorof Oakland, Calif., 1865-66;banker.While traveling under the pseudonym 'H. A. Johnson',aboard thesteamerAmador on the Sacramento River, hekilledhimself bytakingpoison, tying his feet together, and then jumping or fallingoverboard todrownin the river, near Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.,May 20,1876 (ageabout 70years).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | Ferris, Benjamin F. — of Sherwood,BranchCounty, Mich.Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Branch County, 1848.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Benjamin F.(1815-1904) —of Aurora,DearbornCounty, Ind.; Franklin Township,RipleyCounty, Ind.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,October19, 1815.Democrat. Postmaster atAurora,Ind., 1839-40; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1865.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died inRipleyCounty, Ind.,March23, 1904 (age88 years, 156days).Interment atSt. Pauls United Methodist Cemetery, Sunman, Ind. | | Ferris, Benjamin G. — ofTompkinsCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Tompkins County 2nd District, 1851.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Charles D. — of Massachusetts. Democrat. Member, Federal Communications Commission, 1977-81; chair,Federal Communications Commission, 1977-81.Still living as of 1981. | | Ferris, Charles Goadsby(c.1796-1848) —of New York. Born in Throgg's Neck, Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y., about 1796.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1834-35, 1841-43.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 4,1848 (ageabout 52years).Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Chester A.(1885-1948) —of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Galion,CrawfordCounty, Ohio,April 5,1885.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1923-24, 1947-48; defeated (Republican), 1944, 1948; died in office1948; candidate in Democratic primary forU.S.Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1932.EnglishandIrishancestry.DiedSeptember22, 1948 (age63 years, 170days).Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Claiborne — ofWestchesterCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Westchester County 1st District, 1869.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Clarence C. — ofWestchesterCounty, N.Y.Democrat. Candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 24th District, 1916.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Cornelius, Jr. (b.1866) —ofDenver,Colo.; Fort Collins,LarimerCounty, Colo.Born in Hillsdale,HillsdaleCounty, Mich.,March26, 1866.Republican.Lawyer;U.S. Consul inAsuncion, 1909-13;Port Antonio, 1914;Bluefields, 1914-16;Mannheim, 1916-17;San Luis Potosi, 1917-19;Stettin, 1924-25;Cobh, 1925-27; U.S. Consul General inDublin, as of 1929.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Cornelius Ferris and Ermina (Pratt) Ferris; married,June 20,1900, to Mary Elizabeth Beadle. |
| | Ferris, David — of Pennsylvania. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention fromPennsylvania,2000.Still living as of 2000. | | Ferris, E. F., Sr. — of Chatham,MorrisCounty, N.J.Postmaster atChatham,N.J., 1901-03.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Ezra (1783-1857) — ofDearbornCounty, Ind.Born in Stanwich, Greenwich,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,April26, 1783.Whig. Member ofIndianaterritorial House of Representatives, 1814-15;delegateto Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member ofIndianastate senate, 1816-19; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1820-22, 1826-27, 1830-31;defeated, 1831; candidate forU.S.Representative from Indiana, 1822.Baptist.Died in Lawrenceburg,DearbornCounty, Ind.,April19, 1857 (age73 years, 358days).Interment atGreendaleCemetery, Greendale, Ind. | | Ferris, Ezra C. — of Croton-on-Hudson,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Postmaster atCroton-on-Hudson,N.Y., 1901-07.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Fitch — of Canaan,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Canaan, 1838-39.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Gideon — of Greenwich,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Greenwich, 1827.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris,HarveySeeT. HarveyFerris | | Ferris, Harvey D. — ofCayugaCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Cayuga County 1st District, 1880.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Henry C. — of Tampa,HillsboroughCounty, Fla.Mayorof Tampa, Fla., 1880-81; resigned 1881.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Henry E., Jr. — Socialist. Socialist Workers candidate for Presidential Elector forNew Jersey,2016(on behalf ofAlysonKennedy andOsborneHart).Still living as of 2016. | | Ferris, Howard — of Hastings,BarryCounty, Mich.Republican. Member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1965; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1972.Still living as of 1972. | | Ferris, J. A. — of Golden,JeffersonCounty, Colo.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado,1912.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris,JacobSeeJacobFaris | | Ferris, Jacob (1822-1889) — of Greenville,MontcalmCounty, Mich.;KentCounty, Mich.Born in1822.Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Montcalm District, 1859-60;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867.Died in1889(ageabout67 years).Interment atSpringLake Township Cemetery, Spring Lake, Mich. | | Ferris, John — of Lawrenceburg,DearbornCounty, Ind.Postmaster atLawrenceburg,Ind., 1862-63.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, John — ofDelawareCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Delaware County 2nd District, 1866, 1869.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, John C. — People's candidate forsecretaryof state of Iowa, 1904.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, John E. — of Wisconsin. Republican. Independent Republican candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Wisconsin, 1924.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, John H. (bornc.1844) —of South Norwalk (now part of Norwalk),FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Darien,FairfieldCounty, Conn., about 1844.Republican.Coaldealer; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1887, 1889; member ofConnecticutstate senate 13th District, 1893-96.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Joseph — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Democrat. Member ofMichiganDemocratic State Central Committee, 1949.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Joseph — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly 51st District, 1975-84.Still living as of 1984. | | Ferris, Joshua — of Greenwich,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Greenwich, 1834, 1838.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Joshua B. — of Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Stamford, 1836-38; member ofConnecticutstate senate 12th District, 1840-41, 1849-50.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Justus A. (b.1823) —of Waxahachie,EllisCounty, Tex.Born in Hudson,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,March26, 1823.Lawyer;member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1853-54;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1875.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Leonard W. — ofSacramentoCounty, Calif.Member ofCaliforniastate assembly 9th District, 1857-58.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, LeslieGeneSeeLeslieFerris Lokken | | Ferris, Mary EthelMcCloud —also known asMary Ethel McCloud;Mrs. Woodbridge N.Ferris —of Big Rapids,MecostaCounty, Mich.Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1934, 1938.Female.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Mortimer Y. (b.1881) —of Ticonderoga,EssexCounty, N.Y.Born in Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,March29, 1881.Republican.Civilengineer; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 33rd District, 1919-26; member ofNew YorkRepublican State Committee, 1927-30; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1928;chairof Essex County Republican Party, 1930-39.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners;Elks;Sons ofthe American Revolution.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Edward M. Ferris and Marion Eliza (Yale) Ferris; married,February14, 1905, to Elizabeth Leavitt. |
| | Ferris, Myron B. — ofTiogaCounty, N.Y.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Tioga County, 1883; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 26th District, 1900.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Newton — of San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromCalifornia,2004.Still living as of 2004. | | Ferris, Norman — of Murfreesboro,RutherfordCounty, Tenn.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,2004.Still living as of 2004. | | Ferris, Ralph Hall — of Michigan. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1914.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Richard — of Bear Lake Mills,AlleganCounty, Mich.Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Allegan County 1st District,1871-72.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Robert J., Jr. — of Toledo,LucasCounty, Ohio.Candidate in primary formayor ofToledo, Ohio, 1971.Still living as of 1971. | | Ferris, Samuel B. — ofWestchesterCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Westchester County, 1839-40.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Scott (1877-1945) — of Lawton,ComancheCounty, Okla.Born in Neosho,NewtonCounty, Mo.,November3, 1877.Democrat.Lawyer;farmer;member ofOklahomaterritorial legislature, 1904-05;U.S.Representative from Oklahoma, 1907-21 (5th District 1907-15, 6thDistrict 1915-21); delegate to Democratic National Convention fromOklahoma,1912(speaker),1916;candidate forU.S.Senator from Oklahoma, 1920; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Oklahoma, 1924-40;Vice-Chairof Democratic National Committee, 1929.Protestant.Member,Freemasons;Woodmen.Died in Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.,June 8,1945 (age67 years, 217days).Interment atRoseHill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla. | | Ferris, T. Harvey — of Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate senate 36th District, 1911-12; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1916(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1928.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, T. S. — of Fairmont,MartinCounty, Minn.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMinnesota,1912.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Thatcher I. — ofCayugaCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Cayuga County, 1817-18, 1826.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Thomas J. — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Republican.Contractor;engineer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from St. Louis City 4th District,1925-28.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Walton Canby (b.1900) —also known asWalton C. Ferris — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December2, 1900.Lawyer;Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul inPalermo, 1927-31.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, William Canby — also known asWilliam C. Ferris — of Delaware. Socialist. Candidate forU.S.Senator from Delaware, 1916; Socialist candidate for PresidentialElector for Delaware,1920.Burial location unknown. | | Ferris, Mrs.Woodbridge N.SeeMary Ethel McCloudFerris | | Ferris, Woodbridge Nathan(1853-1928) —also known asWoodbridge N. Ferris;"The Big RapidsSchoolmaster";"The Good GreyGovernor" —of Big Rapids,MecostaCounty, Mich.Born in alogcabin near Spencer,TiogaCounty, N.Y.,January6, 1853.Democrat.Schoolteacher;superintendentof schools; founder andpresident,Ferris Institute, later Ferris State University; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1892; candidate forMichigansuperintendent of public instruction, 1902; candidate forUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1907; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1912(HonoraryVice-President),1916,1924;Governorof Michigan, 1913-16; defeated, 1904, 1920; president, Big RapidsSavingsBank;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1923-28; died in office 1928; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1924.Died, ofbronchialpneumonia, inWashington,D.C.,March23, 1928 (age75 years, 77days).Entombed atHighlandView Cemetery, Big Rapids, Mich. | | Ferris, Zebulon — ofErieCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Erie County 4th District, 1861.Burial location unknown.
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