Geoffrey Cheney Ferris was awarded a posthumous Distinguished Service Cross in World War II, as chronicled in these leaves. His brother, Charlton Cheney Ferris, was also a hero, and this is his story.
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From Iowa to the Lights of Broadway
Growing up in Iowa, Mabel Alice Ferris had stars in her eyes. Or, maybe it was the lights of a stage. The daughter of Algenon Norman Ferris and Sallie Leonard had dreams, big dreams buy kamagra , that would take her all the way to Broadway. She was the seventh great-granddaughter of Jeffrey Ferris through […]
A Ferris Love Story
or “Fancy meeting you, here!” This is the story of Harlo Hakes Ferris and Rubey Statira Ferris. It is a love story and among the most unusual that you will find in the Jeffrey Ferris lineage.
Geoffrey C. Ferris – an American Hero
Geoffrey C. Ferris (1918-1943) 9th great grandson of Jeffrey Ferris. Youngest of four children of Alice Josephine Cheney and Walter Lewis Ferris. Naive of New Haven, Connecticut. Ferris is buried in the Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York. His awards include the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star and the Purple Heart. The […]
More old time religion
Here is an updated list of Ferris family members who were ministers. There are more to be found.
Devoting a life to caring for the Chinese
Myrtle Inez Ferris Pollock (1987-1940) is the great-great-great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Jeffrey Ferris through his son, Peter. When I discovered her story, I nearly wept. I hope it moves you, as well.
Dr. George N. Ferris and the Insane Asylum
One of the many leaves on the Ferris Family tree belongs to George Newton Ferris (1854-1919). He was the great-great-great-great-great-grandson of Jeffrey Ferris through his son, Peter. The man was of some note in 1880’s Brooklyn, where he practiced medicine and was a community leader. What caught my attention was a piece from the Brooklyn […]
A Ferris Family’s Sacrifice
Simeon Ferris and his wife, Hila Ann (June) Ferris had a good life in Mehoopany, Pennsyvania, in the 1850’s. They had 12 children, eight sons. Little did they know that by 1865 they would have suffered the worst loss a parent may have, the death of a child, not once but three times. Henry Ferris […]