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Ferry family of Seattle, Washington

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Lucien Peyre Ferry (1811-1844) — also known as Lucien P. Ferry — of Indiana. Born in Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, October 3, 1811. Probate judge in Indiana, 1837-39; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1843-44. Episcopalian. French ancestry. Died in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Ind., August 20, 1844 (age 32 years, 322 days). Interment at Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.

		Relatives: Brother of Elisha Peyre Ferry (1825-1895); married, August 30, 1831, to Caroline Bourie (1814-1915); father of Clinton Peyre Ferry.
		Political family: Ferry family of Seattle, Washington.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Elisha Peyre Ferry (1825-1895) — also known as Elisha P. Ferry — of Waukegan, Lake County, Ill.; Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Monroe County, Mich., August 9, 1825. Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1852; postmaster at Waukegan, Ill., 1853-54; village president of Waukegan, Illinois, 1856-57; mayor of Waukegan, Ill., 1859; delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention from Lake County, 1862; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of Washington Territory, 1872-80; vice-president, Puget Sound National Bank; Governor of Washington, 1889-93. French ancestry. Died of pneumonia and congestive heart failure, in Seattle, King County, Wash., October 14, 1895 (age 70 years, 66 days). Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.

		Relatives: Brother of Lucien Peyre Ferry; married to Sarah Brown Kellog (1827-1912); father of Eliza P. Ferry (1851-1935; who married John Leary (1837-1905)); uncle of Clinton Peyre Ferry.
		Political family: Ferry family of Seattle, Washington.
		Ferry County, Wash. is named for him.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial
		Image source: City of Waukegan

Clinton Peyre Ferry (1836-1909) — also known as Clinton P. Ferry; "The Duke of Tacoma" — of Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash. Born in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Ind., May 24, 1836. Consular Agent for France in Tacoma, Wash., 1898-1901. French ancestry. Died in San Diego, San Diego County, Calif., July 31, 1909 (age 73 years, 68 days). Interment at Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.

		Relatives: Son of Caroline (Bourie) Ferry and Lucien Peyre Ferry; nephew of Elisha Peyre Ferry (1825-1895).
		Political family: Ferry family of Seattle, Washington.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

John Leary (1837-1905) — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in New Brunswick, November 3, 1837. Lawyer; newspaper publisher; mayor of Seattle, Wash., 1884-85; defeated, 1892. Died February 8, 1905 (age 67 years, 97 days). Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.

		Relatives: Married 1892 to Eliza P. Ferry (1851-1935; daughter of Elisha Peyre Ferry (1825-1895)).
		Political family: Ferry family of Seattle, Washington.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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