The Political Graveyard: Ferris family of Lawrenceburg, Indiana

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Ferris family of Lawrenceburg, Indiana

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Ezra Ferris (1783-1857) — of Dearborn County, Ind. Born in Stanwich, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn., April 26, 1783. Whig. Member of Indiana territorial House of Representatives, 1814-15; delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana state senate, 1816-19; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1820-22, 1826-27, 1830-31; defeated, 1831; candidate for U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1822. Baptist. Died in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Ind., April 19, 1857 (age 73 years, 358 days). Interment at Greendale Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Ind.

		Relatives: Son of Isaac Ferris and Mary (Sherwood) Ferris; brother of Abram Ferris; married, December 5, 1804, to Catherine Thornell; married, November 6, 1847, to Amanda Abbott; uncle of Benjamin F. Ferris (1815-1904).
		Political family: Ferris family of Lawrenceburg, Indiana.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Abram Ferris (1786-1857) — of Indiana. Born in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn., August 20, 1786. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1837-38; defeated, 1838. Baptist. Died near Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Ind., October 8, 1857 (age 71 years, 49 days). Interment at Greendale Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Ind.

		Relatives: Son of Isaac Ferris (1735-1819) and Mary (Sherwood) Ferris (1742-1825); brother of Ezra Ferris; married, September 15, 1807, to Rhoda Wheeler (1789-1871); married to Frances Fisher; father of Benjamin F. Ferris (1815-1904).
		Political family: Ferris family of Lawrenceburg, Indiana.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Benjamin F. Ferris (1815-1904) — of Aurora, Dearborn County, Ind.; Franklin Township, Ripley County, Ind. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, October 19, 1815. Democrat. Postmaster at Aurora, Ind., 1839-40; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1865. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Ripley County, Ind., March 23, 1904 (age 88 years, 156 days). Interment at St. Pauls United Methodist Cemetery, Sunman, Ind.

		Relatives: Son of Abram Ferris (1786-1857) and Rhoda (Wheeler) Ferris (1789-1871); married, June 13, 1839, to Martha Jane Taylor (1822-1906); nephew of Ezra Ferris.
		Political family: Ferris family of Lawrenceburg, Indiana.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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