On the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One, I would like to list those members of the Jeffrey Ferris lineage who served in that war. The list is a work in progress.
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William Mead Ferris 1892-1918 KIA Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France died in hospital from injuries due to gas attack buried in Arlington National Cemetery |
| Name | Life Span | Service | Notes |
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| Alfred McClellen Ferris | 1893-1966 | ||
| Allen Harvey Ferris | 1897-1954 | CH YEOMAN US NAVY 1918-1922 |
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| Arnold Jackson Ferris | 1895-1974 | U.S. Army – Battery F, 307 FA 1917-1919 |
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| Arthur Newton Ferris | 1897-1926 | Quartermaster Corps 1918-1919 |
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| Basil Gerald Ferris | 1896-1975 | 1918-1918 | |
| Burdett Ferris | 1883-1955 | Co I 166 Inf Reg 42 Div 1916-1919 |
10 Aug 1918, listed as prisoner of war, on second day list 10% disability |
| Charles Gilbert Ferris | 1884-1969 | 1st Lieutenant, 45 Engineers | |
| Charles James Ferris | 1894-1956 | 18th Infantry | |
| Chester Arthur Ferris | 1885-1969 | CO. K 23 ENGINEERS | |
| Clarence Harold Ferris | 1896- | Supply Co.
, 1st FA |
Never sent overseas |
| Claude Roland Ferris | 1895-1985 | HQ Co.
, 63 Art. |
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| Clifford Charles Ferris | 1895-1966 | Battery E, 334th Field Art | |
| Dakin Bennett Ferris | 1894-1936 | Chief Quartermaster, Naval Aviation Detachment at MIT 1918-1918 |
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| Daniel Ostrander Ferris Jr. | 1892-1966 | He entered the Army in 1916/17 and spent the War in the mountains of West Virginia making mustard gas. | Helped found IBM |
| Donald Morrison Ferris | 1894-1943 | Battery D, 5th Field Art, 1st Division | |
| Elmer Alton Ferris | 1902-1964 | Served in both world wars | |
| Everett Leon Ferris | 1895-1957 | 1914-1920 | On June 13, 1914, at the age of 19 years, he enlisted in the U.S. Regular Army at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. He served in the U.S. Army for six years, including World War 1. He held the rank of sergeant in the medical department of the Army at the time of his discharge at Erie Proving Ground in Ohio on June 4, 1920. |
| Forrest G Ferris Jr | 1899-1958 | U.S. Navy – Yeoman First Class | |
| Frank Apollis Ferris | 1893-1984 | US Army 1917-1919 |
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| Frank Dunning Ferris | 1896-1972 | US Army 1918-1919 |
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| Frank Fenton Ferris | 1872-1972 | physician | |
| Frank Halliday Ferris | 1892-1974 | U.S. Navy – Lt JG, Chaplain’s Corps | |
| Frank Orsemus Ferris | 1857-1938 | CAPTAIN US Army | Fought in the Indian Wars on the plains; was stationed for a time at Fort Leavenworth KS; retired before WWI but was called back; listed as veteran of Spanish-American War. |
| George William Ferris | 1881-1965 | 2Lt, 18 Engineers | Native American |
| Harold Brayton Ferris | 1893-1966 | 353d Infantry, 89th Division | WIA in the Argonne |
| Harry Ranselaer Ferris | 1893-1963 | Cpl, Troop M, 3 Cavalry | |
| Herbert Clarence Ferris | 1898-1982 | US Navy – Fireman 2nd 1918-1919 |
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| Homer Dolph Ferris | 1894-1988 | 1918-1918 | discharged while in cooks school |
| Howard Elisha Ferris | 1896-1985 | US Army 1917-1919 |
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| Ira Newland Ferris | 1899-1962 | US Navy BM 2c 1917-1919 |
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| Isodore Marion Ferris | 1894-1953 | PFC CO E 13 AMMUNITION TRAIN | |
| James Covell Ferris | 1896-1974 | 54 MG Bn 1918-1919 |
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| James Herbert Ferris | 1882-1977 | U.S. Army – Captain artillery | born to missionary parents in India |
| James Lawrence Ferris | 1893-1992 | US Army Quartermaster Corps 1917-1919 |
rose from private to 2ndLT Citation certificate for meritorious service |
| John Estill Ferris Sr. | 1877-1960 | US Army | Hunted Reds at home. U.S. Department of Justice
, Bureau of Investigation 1917-18; resident in charge Military Intelligence, General Staff, U.S. Army at Milwaukee WI, February-November 1918; commissioned Major, Military Police, US Army Reserve, 1923; served with the 306th Military Reserve Battalion, 1923-28 |
| John Stewart Ferris | 1891-1974 | U.S. Army – 58th Engineers
, private |
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| John William Ferris | 1897-1969 | US Army | |
| Joseph Robert Ferris | 1891-1938 | US Army Field Arty, PVT 1CL | |
| Karl Milburn Ferris | 1896-1933 | US Navy | a veteran of World War I, having served in the U. S. Navy |
| Lawson Henry Ferris | 1891-1935 | US Army – Evac Hospital #9 1918-1919 |
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| Lester Peter Ferris | 1894-1968 | US Army Depot brigade, Provost Company, Cpl 1918-1919 |
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| Lyell Ely Ferris | 1893-1923 | Corporal, Co. H 52 Pioneer Inf | suicide by gun shot |
| Nial Edwin Ferris | 1890-1950 | US Army – dentist | |
| Ora Cecil Ferris | 1896-1972 | 1918-1919 | |
| Otho E Ferris | 1895-1924 | U.S. Army – 109th Inf, 28th Div | |
| Paul Peterson Ferris | 1897-1956 | U.S. Army – 27th Div, 102 Supply train | |
| Ralph Hubert Ferris | 1889-1969 | US Navy – Naval Air Station
, Pauillac, France |
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| Reginald Sherman Ferris | 1891-1972 | Co F 301 Engrs 1917-1919 |
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| Richard Ferris | 1893-1964 | US Army, Co M 324 Inf, Sgt 1918-1919 |
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| Richard Sanford Ferris | 1899-1993 | US Marine Corps 1918-1919 |
never served overseas |
| Robert Reed Ferris | 1896-1928 | US Navy | |
| Roy Thomas Ferris | 1895-1966 | Co B, 314 MG Bn 1917-1919 |
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| Royal A Ferris Jr | 1895-1958 | US Army | founder, Browning-Ferris Machinery, served in both world wars. rose to rank of Colonel |
| Theodore Franklin Ferris | 1895-1975 | US Armt 1918-1919 |
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| Theodore Nelson Ferris | 1890-1973 | 157th Depot and Quartermasters Corps, private | |
| Valentine E Ferris | 1896-1918 | US Army | died of influenza in hospital in Maryland |
| Warren Cuslee Ferris | 1895-1954 | US Navy – Naval Air Station, Brest, France, QM2 1917-1919 |
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| Warren O Ferris | 1897-1956 | HQ company, 9th Infantry, Second Division 1917-1919 |
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| Wayvis William Ferris | 1895-1971 | US Army – Ord 1918-1919 |
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| William Edward Ferris | 1892-1935 | PVT CO L 10TH NY INF US ARMY 1916-1918 |
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| William H Ferris | 1897-1982 | US Army 1918-1918 |
My grandfather, Elmer Warren Ferris, served in WWI in the navy. He was a signalman on a battle ship (name I can’t remember. I’ll try and get it for you.) He enlisted late in the war (and young – had to get his father to sign for him!), so he lucked out and missed some of the worst of the war. While in Barbados, he contracted either measles or mumps and was put off the ship for awhile. I have a picture of him if want one.