Tag: World War I

Edward Leo Ferris KIA

Ferris - Jeffrey, Ferris - Joseph
Edward Leo Ferris died of wounds sustained while rescuing a wounded American soldier, 1918

Edward Leo Ferris [1891-1918] was born in Spencerport, New York. He is in the Jeffrey Ferris lineage through his son Joseph. He joined the New York National Guard in 1917, and when it was Federalized, continued in the machine gun company of the 108th Regiment. A local American Legion post is named after him. I […]

In Flanders Fields, Ferris Goes to War

Ferris - Jeffrey

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. William Mead Ferris 1892-1918 KIA Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France died in hospital from injuries due to gas attack buried in […]