Legislator Details


Richard Ferris
AKA:
Number of sessions served 1
Sessions served
Gender: Male
Age at election: 48

Vital Records Information:

Birth
Date: 8/7/1822
City:
County: Wayne County, NY
Country: US
 
Death
Date: 5/28/1904
City: Cheshire, MI
County: Allegan County, MI
Country: US
Type of Burial:
Burial
Date: 5/30/1904
City: Bloomingdale, MI
County: Allegan County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Pearson Cemetery

Marital Information:
married Hannah Milburn, dau. of Thomas and Ann Milburn, 4/29/1851; children: William M., Mary E., Marcus A. and Joseph G.

Number of Children: 4

Background

Religion: Catholic
Military Service:
Occupation: miller, farmer
Race: Caucasian or White

Education:
district schools of New York; 1 year at Mishawaka school in Indiana; attended Notre Dame University during the winters of 1848 and 1849

Biographical Sketch:
Of Irish ancestry. Son of Leonard and Betsy (Ryon) Ferris. He went to Mishawaka, IN in 1843 to work in a mill-yard; in 1844, he worked in Cass Co., MI. After returning to Indiana briefly, he moved to Van Buren Co., MI in 1850. He moved from Van Buren County to Cheshire in Allegan, Co. in 1854. He built a sawmill on Swan Creek, operating it until it was destroyed by fire in 1860. 3 years later he built another not far from the site of the first. He was school inspector for several years; Cheshire township clerk, 1855 and constable in 1866. After 1876, he consentrated on farming.

Notable Facts:

Sessions Served:

Twenty-Sixth Legislature, 1871-1872
Chamber: House
Party: Other
Committees Served On: State Prison , Lumber Interests
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Bear Lake Mills
County of Residence Allegan
District: Allegan 1
District Description: Townships of Allegan, Casco, Cheshire, Clyde, Fillmore, Ganges, Heath, Laketown, Lee, Manlius, Monterey, Overeisel, Pine Plains, Salem and Saugatuck

Date Elected: 11/4/1870
Date Sworn In: 1/4/1871
Date Left Office:

Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed

Maritial Status: Married
Notes: 1871 Manual says he lived in Bear Lake mills, V.B. County even as it lists his county as Allegan.

Bibliography:

ENSIGN(A) p.194, includes portrait; SeekMI; Manual 1871 p.116
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