Thomas Nichols

Family/Spouse: Mary Moulton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Benoni Tucker. Benoni (son of Maurice Tucker and Elizabeth Stevens) was born in 1662 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Alice Davis. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alice married Zebulon Ferrin on 9 Jul 1747 in Sandown, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Zebulon (son of Captain Jonathan Farren and Sarah Wells) was born on 18 Sep 1727 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 03 Dec 1805 in East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 12 Apr 1776, Weare, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire; American Revolution

Notes:

In 1768, in the will of his grandfather, Jonathan FARREN [F1952], he is bequeathed one-half of three-quarters of 40 acres in Sandown, New Hampshire, but no record is known of its disposition. He appears on the Newtown (now Newton), New Hampshire tax lists in 1770 through 1774.

He married (1) in 1773 probably in Newtown, New Hampshire Mary CURRIER [F489]. His first child's birth is recorded there 19 NOV 1773.

On 18 MAY 1774 "Enos Ferren of Newtown, yeoman, buys of Jacob Tuxbury of Weare, N. H., 60 acres of land in said Weare for the sum of forty one pounds eight shillings." This land was in lot No. 41, range No. 1, and on the map of Weare, New Hampshire. It was in the southwest part of the town near the Francestown line. The old cellar hole was still seen in 1916.

Of his service in the Revolutionary War, the following has been found. His name is inscribed on a tablet in the Stone Memorial Building in Weare in memory of Weare men who served in the Revolution. In the "Town History of Weare, from a footnote on page 195, he was one of twelve men that Weare sent to Cambridge in 1775 for six weeks. This was in response to the alarm sounded by Paul Revere and others on 18 APR 1775, or shortly thereafter. He was one of eight men that Weare again sent to Cambridge for six weeks in 1776. On 7 APR 1777, a committee voted that "those who had paid out anything for the year should bring in their bills to this Committee who shall find out how much each should be allowed." Enos Ferren was allowed 1:7 for his services in 1775 and allowed __?__ dollars per month for his services in 1776. The "History of Weare" states that Weare men for the most part only saw camp service at Cambridge.

Enos remained in Weare about 5 years, and in OCT 1779 sold his land to Moses Eastman. Tradition says Enos removed to Chester, New Hampshire for a couple of years. This may mean "New Chester" which was the old name for Bristol, as some descendants relate that Enos walked from "Chester to Alexandria" searching for a place to build a house. He found a site on the hill road between Bristol and Alexandria, now known as the Atwood farm, and built a log house for himself and his family. It was the only house on this road. His wife Mary died about 1787 and was buried there, the first person buried in Alexandria. Her remains were afterwards removed to the Blake Fowler Place. Enos next moved to a part log house opposite the Henry Bailey place. When Enos first came here he had in his hand a willow cane cut by himself.

He put it in the ground just below the old Aaron Sleeper place on the right side of the road from Bristol to Alexandria. It sprouted and grew to be a large tree that was standing until recent times.

On 10 JUL 1781 Enos bought one third part of a lot of land of Jonas Minot in Alexandria, numbered 26 in the first division of lots. He lived in Alexandria, New Hampshire from 1781 to 1798. He was among those signing the petition of 10 JUN 1782 asking to be incorporated. On 23 NOV 1782 this request was granted.

He married (2) OCT 1788 at Alexandria, New Hampshire to Judith CORLISS, widow of David CROSS. They were married by Pastor Whipple. She had five children. Their children were about the same age and were brought up in the same household.

Enos appears often in the town records until 1798. On 4 JUL 1798 he swapped farms with William Crawford of Hebron, New Hampshire. From then until his death he appears in the Hebron town records. He is referred to from that time in as Deacon Enos Ferrin.

He died 3 MAR 1811 at East Hebron, Grafton County, New Hampshire; and was buried on his property there, with a common field stone to mark his grave. In 1916 a bronze tablet was erected in his memory.


Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110249504/enos-ferrin

Enos married Mary Currier about 1772 in Newton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Mary (daughter of Aaron Currier and Electa Wells) was born on 06 Apr 1757 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; died in 1787 in Newton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Enos married Judith Corliss, Cross in Oct 1788 in Alexandria, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Judith was born in 1755; died in 1839 in Bridgewater, Grafton County, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Francis married Betty Buswell before 1777. Betty was born about 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Apr 1775; American Revolution 1st Connecticut Regiment Capt. Douglas Company Discharged 23 Sep 1775

Notes:

In 1802 he received a deed from his father Enos for land in Hebron, near his brother Aaron. This was evidently on the East Hebron shore of Newfound Lake and likely part of his father's farm. However, he must have already owned land in 1799, since he appears on the Hebron tax list in 1799. He is on the tax lists until 1809. He is not on the lists in 1810 and 1811, but reappears from 1812 until 1815. Deed records show that for those two years he had sold his land in Hebron and moved to Orange, New York. He then sold the land in New York and moved back to Hebron.

They then sold their land again in Hebron in 1815 and started in the fall by oxcart for New York. He first settled in Sardinia, near Concord (which is now Springville), Erie County, New York. He resided at Sardinia until sometime between the censuses of 1830 and 1840, when he moved into Concord. He settled on Lot 52, range 6, township 7, and lived there until his death.

Ebenezer married Lydia Phelps on 26 Nov 1801 in Hebron, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Lydia (daughter of Ensign Samuel Phelps and Margaret Nevins) was born on 09 Mar 1782 in Hebron, Grafton County, New Hampshire; died on 16 Dec 1853 in Concord, Erie County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Enos married Lucy C. Ball on 3 Nov 1805 in Hebron, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Lucy (daughter of Nathaniel Ball and Sally Nevins) was born on 19 Nov 1781; died on 1 Nov 1873. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Hoyt. Mary was born in 1789 in New Hampshire; died on 22 Dec 1815 in Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Went west to Minnesota about 1869 or 1870.

Francis married Maria Stanboro in 1831. Maria was born about 1810; died in ca 1835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Francis married Sarah Ann Tousey in ca 1836. Sarah was born about 1810; died about 1854. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Francis married Laura Etta Richmond in 1854. Laura was born about 1820. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Samuel Ferrin spent his boyhood in Hebron,NH and in 1815 with his father and family moved to Concord,NY (now Springville). He was baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS) on 15 Feb 1841. In 1838 he and his wife and family moved to Lundy's Lane, Pennsylvania and from there went to Springfield,Illinois, where they remained until 1846, and then went further west to Lee County, Iowa. December 1848 they moved to Indiantown,Iowa. From there they started for Utah, arriving at Salt Lake City 4 Oct 1852. Samuel's descendants are scattered throughout the country, mostly in the West, with large marjority of them in Utah.

Samuel married Olive Fidelia Coon on 1 Mar 1825 in Concord, Erie County, New York. Olive was born on 15 Aug 1807 in Addison County, Vermont; died on 9 Jun 1830 in Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Sally Clotilda Powell on 21 Jan 1833 in Pennsylvania. Sally was born on 28 Mar 1811 in Rome, Oneida County, New York; died on 29 Sep 1855 in Ogden, Weber County, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Margaret Howard on 3 May 1857 in Ogden, Weber County, Utah. Margaret was born on 23 Dec 1814 in Churchtown, Lancashire, England; died on 5 Jul 1891 in Eden, Weber County, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Ann Chapman on 18 Mar 1860 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Ann was born on 5 Nov 1811 in Calver, Derbyshire, England; died on 15 Dec 1878 in Pleasant View, Weber County, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Anna Plant on 24 Aug 1861 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Anna (daughter of Charles Plant and Ann Chapman) was born on 14 Aug 1842 in Calver, Derbyshire, England; died on 12 Sep 1929 in Gridley, Butte County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Mary Harradine on 29 Oct 1864 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Mary was born on 14 Jan 1798 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England; died on 15 Nov 1864 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jesse came to Concord,Erie Co.,NY with his parents in 1815. He removed to Prattsburg,Steuben Co.,NY in 1830. In 1841 he removed to Almond and bought 50 acres of land and combined shoemaking with farming. He served 2 years as overseer of the poor.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87678860/jesse-ferrin

Jesse married Angeline Amelia Sims in 1831 in Prattsburgh, Steuben County, New York. Angeline (daughter of James Sims and Sarah Putman) was born in 1813 in Pulteney, Steuben County, New York; died on 5 Nov 1889 in Almond, Allegany County, New York; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Almond, Allegany County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mrs. Mary Barrett was a native of New Hampshire, born in Hebron, Grafton County, New Hampshire, Aug 1, 1807, where she resided until 1814, when she removed with her parents, Ebenezer and Lydia Ferin to Erie County, New York.
There she was married to George Barrett, Nov 1829.
She came to Linn County, Iowa with her husband and family in 1857, and settled on the farm that was her home at the time of her death. She was the mother of 10 children, Phillip Barrett being her eldest son. She departed this life Tuesday morning, Dec 5, 1893, at the age of 86 years old. She is survived by 4 sons and 3 daughters, Phillip, Enos T, Manly and George Barrett, Mrs. Carl Bowen, Mrs. G D Gillian and Mrs. J A Wagor. Her husband and 3 children await her on the other shore. Funeral services were held at the Jordan's Grove Church Thursday Dec 7th. A large concourse of friends followed the remains to their last resting place in the Jordan's Grove Cemetery

Mary married George Barrett on 23 May 1830. George was born on 11 Jan 1806 in Oswego County, New York; died on 27 Mar 1882 in Maine Twp, Linn County, Iowa; was buried in Jordan's Grove Cemetery, Franklin Twp, Linn County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Dana Aaron Truesdale. Dana was born on 16 Oct 1800 in Vermont; died on 13 Nov 1857 in Bridgewater, Washtenaw County, Michigan; was buried in Hudson Cemetery, Dexter, Washtenaw County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Angeline Stanbro about 1837 in Concord, Erie County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lydia married Liberty Barrett about 1835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Philip married Emeline Stanbro on 11 Feb 1841 in Concord, Erie County, New York. Emeline was born on 11 Jul 1822 in Massachusetts; died on 12 Feb 1895 in Springville, Erie County, New York; was buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Springville, Erie County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 6 Dec 1861; American Civil War (North) 105th New York Regt., K Co. - 08 Jul 1862 Enlisted at age 43, disability discharge at Falls Church,VA Discharged - 08 Jul 1862

Notes:

In 1883 Nathan was living in Indiana. He was a charter member of the Masonic Lodge of Hobart, Indiana. during the winter of 1865-66. He later lived in Richmond, VA, where he died.
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Nathan H. Ferrin was born in 1818 in New York. He is one of thirteen children living, born to Ebenezer and Lydia (Phelps) Ferrin, both natives of New Hampshire. Grandfather Phelps was a soldier of the Revolution. When fifteen years old, our subject began life for himself by working out and going to school up to his eighteenth year. He then began an apprenticeship as carpenter and joiner, and two years later began business for himself. After about six years, he began business as millwright, and in 1865 came to Hobart to repair mills. As circumstances had it, he leased the mills for a time but soon sold the lease. He then began bellows-making, and about a year later he bought a farm near town. In about 1874, he left the farm and was engaged at different business. He sells all kinds of farm implements, including threshing machines, mowers, reapers, etc., all kinds of sewing machines, lime, cement, land plaster, etc. He has one sewing machine wagon on the road, and repairs machines. He is a member of the F & A.M. fraternity. His political opinions have always been strong Republican. He married, in 1842 to Harriet Thompson, a native of New York. She died in 1846 of consumption. In 1847, he married a sister of his first wife. She died in 1862. He enlisted in 1861, in the 105th New York Infantry. He served near Washington and in Virginia, but on being taken sick, was placed in the hospital and soon discharged. He was united, in 1866, to Hattier Loomis, born in New York. Mr. Ferrin has ten children living - Alamantha, Josiah T., Harriet A., Alice A., Martin A., Ella, Flora M., Adna, George P., Jesse G.
(Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana (Goodspeed and Blanchard), Chicago, 1882, p.672,673)

Nathan married Harriet Newell Thompson on 5 May 1841. Harriet was born on 02 Nov 1819; died on 02 Dec 1846 in Delevan, Cattaraugus County, New York; was buried in Old Sardinia Cemetery, Sardinia, Erie County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathan married Sara Marie Thompson on 17 Dec 1847 in Richmond, Virginia. Sara was born in 1830; died on 12 Oct 1862; was buried in Old Sardinia Cemetery, Sardinia, Erie County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathan married Harriet Loomis on 15 Apr 1866 in Hobart, Lake County, Indiana. Harriet was born on 20 Jun 1848; died on 18 Oct 1890 in Richmond, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lucinda Sander. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lucy married Barrett about 1845. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lodice married Dana Aaron Truesdale about 1845. Dana was born on 16 Oct 1800 in Vermont; died on 13 Nov 1857 in Bridgewater, Washtenaw County, Michigan; was buried in Hudson Cemetery, Dexter, Washtenaw County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lodice married John Rice about 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eli married Harriet Bacon on 6 Nov 1837 in Williamson, Wayne County, New York. Harriet was born on 3 Oct 1821 in Wolcott, Wayne County, New York; died on 12 Sep 1899 in Fairport, Monroe County, New York; was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Fairport, Monroe County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 22 Feb 1864 - 04 Dec 1865, Minnesota; American Civil War (North) 2nd Minnesota Cavalry Regt., Co. M Battles of Mauvaise Terre, Rosemount, and Blue Earth River Full Wagoner

Uriah married Mary Blackere on 01 Jan 1857. Mary was born on 29 Aug 1835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 1 Nov 1862, Minnesota; American Civil War (North) 1st and 2nd Minnesota Cavalry Regt., Co. M Battles of Big Mount, Buffalo Lake, Mauvaise Terre, Rosemount, and Blue Earth River. Honorably Discharged 04 Dec 1865

Family/Spouse: Martha. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Eliza Jane Lincoln on 25 Dec 1861 in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah. Eliza was born on 1 Mar 1843 in Hudson, Columbia County, New York; died on 3 Aug 1914 in Pleasant View, Weber County, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At Allentown Monday night at 11:30 o'clock occurred the death of Mrs Sarah A. Vincent, who had been making her home with her son, Albert Vincent. Mrs. Vincent has been sick for the past two years. Mrs. Vincent was seventy-four years of age and was born in Almond, Sept. 13, 1832. She was one of the oldest residents of the town of Alma, having lived there for the past fifty years. Her husband, Benjamin M. Vincent, passed away in February. The deceased is survived by two sons, Charles F. Vincent of Wellsville, and Albert Vincent of Allentown. Also, one brother, James Ferrin of Almond. The funeral will be held from her late home in Allentown on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. W. T. Richardson of Wellsville officiating, and burial will be at Allentown.
(Bolivar Breeze, November 14, 1906)

Sarah married Benjamin Morrill Vincent on 30 Mar 1854 in Allegany County, New York. Benjamin (son of David Vincent and Freegift Saunders) was born on 16 Dec 1831 in Almond, Allegany County, New York; died on 13 Feb 1896 in Scio, Allegany County, New York; was buried in Allentown Cemetery, Alma, Allegany County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

James owned 126 acres of land in Almond,Allegany Co.,NY. Later moved to the city of Hornell. 1893 living at 251 Main Street, 1894 at 7 North Main and by 1896 when daughter Julia was married they were living at 53 1/2 Thacher St.

According to an article/advertisement in the Hornell Weekly Tribune, July 20, 1894. James suffered from sciatica pain (severe back pain)).

A Cripple Walks -- A Marvellous Change from a Sick Bed to Life and Health --

“For many months I have suffered everything but death. For weeks at a time, I was unable to stand on account of the most terrible pains, which extended from the small of my back into the sciatic nerves and streaked down my legs into my feet.

“There was a constant pain that reached to the nape of my neck and the back of my head. No man can describe the awful agony I endured, which was not only excruciating but continuous, night and day. I remained in this helpless and hopeless condition until every joint in my body became so stiff and sore I could scarcely move. My flesh left me to the extent of nearly twenty pounds. My eyes were sunken back into my head and surrounded by dark circles that made me look more like a skeleton than a human being.

“My appetite was gone. My stomach was so weak that I could not bear any strong food. During my sickness I had been treated by the best local physicians with no benefit whatever.”

Such were the sufferings of Mr. J. S. Ferrin, of 7 North Main St., this city, from sciatica. His pains were unendurable and had resisted large doses of anodynes. The muscles had contracted and the limb had shortened; Mr. Ferrin grew nervous and weak.

He said to the doctor: “I have tried everything but magnetism—if that fails I shall give up hope.” After the first magnetic treatment the pain was much relieved and he could sleep more soundly. The pain has continued to diminish and his general health to improve, and in less than a fortnight he has been able to go back to his employment at the brickyard. In less than four weeks’ time he has entirely recovered.

Mr. Ferrin now looks back on those long and weary months of his life with wonder and horror. It took Dr. Smith longer to eradicate from his system the effects of the opium, calomel, and other poisonous drugs than it has to cure the original disease.

Chronic sciatica is laid down in all medical works as incurable except by a painful and dangerous surgical operation, the effect of which is doubtful. Dr. Smith will give ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS in cash to any charitable institution in this city, designated by the patient for any case of sciatica which he cannot cure, provided the sufferer will agree to follow directions the prescribed length of time. This offer is neither bluff nor bluster but is made in the strictest good faith.

Dr. F. B. Smith is an expert in the treatment and cure of all nervous and chronic diseases and may be consulted daily, free of charge at the Page House, Hornellsville, where he is permanently established rooms 10 and 12, right at the head of the stairs.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87682350/james_s-ferrin

James married Antoinette Bernicia Miller in 1864 in Almond, Allegany County, New York. Antoinette (daughter of Harry H. Miller and Julianna Brown) was born on 14 Jan 1846 in Virgil, Cortland County, New York; died on 28 Jan 1923 in Hornellsville, Steuben County, New York; was buried in Rural Cemetery, Hornellsville, Steuben County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 13 May 1861, Angelica, Allegany County, New York; American Civil War (North) 27th New York Regt., I Co. Killed - Battle of Bull Run 1861

Notes:

1860 Eugene was working in Angelica with his Uncle Hiram Bowen, a Lawyer in Angelica.

Eugene was a member of Company "I" in the 27th New York Regiment,under Capt. Gardner. He was the first man killed in the Civil War from Allegany Co.,NY, while on the front line of the first Battle of Bull Run. Eugene was known as a young man with great promise. He had enlisted 13May1861 at Angelica,NY (some debate if he was the first killed on the second from Allegany - see below)



Rushford and Rushford People, by Helen Josephine White Gilbert, 1910. p.337/8

Extract from a letter written by William Seiver(Seaver) of Angelica, late of Co. I, 27th Regiment, N.Y.V.:
"My impression is that Eugene Ferrin of West Almond, N.Y. was the first Allegany soldier who was killed in the Civil War. Our regiment had but just got onto the fighting ground of Bull Run under command of Col. Henry W. Slocum (later Major General Slocum) when directly in our front was two Rebel regiments; the first volley they fired Eugene Ferrin was struck in the forehead, standing at my side. If Babbitt was killed in the morning, before the battle of Bull Run I did not learn about it."

Extract from a letter written by Philander D. Ellithorpe of Buffalo, late of Co. I, 27th Regiment, N.Y.V.:
"I have no recollection of Ferrin but I do know when and where Albert Babbitt was killed; I saw him receive the second shot, after he was down; it was down in the valley, near the house and not far from where Col. Slocum was wounded. The Eighth Georgia regiment was on the skirmish line down the valley and there were two other regiments of Rebs in ambush; we did not see them until they opened fire upon us."

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87678870/harland_erskine-ferrin

Harland married Helen Arminta Lattin about 1865. Helen (daughter of Nelson Lattin and Eliza Stiles) was born in Jan 1847 in Troy, Walworth County, Wisconsin; died on 5 Nov 1903 in Almond, Allegany County, New York; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Almond, Allegany County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

After the death of his father, his widow mother with his brother moved
to Freeport,Ill. and remained there for some years, later going to
Ripon,Wis.

Charles married Elizabeth Reed about 1868 in East Concord, Erie County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ward married Evaline Reed about 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ward married Amelia Harton on 27 Oct 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1919 still living in Arcade,NY

Ella married Clark Churchill about 1875. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Living in 1936 in Wilson,NY

Herbert married Ida Blackmer on 28 Nov 1883 in Morton's Corner, Erie County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Almantha married Solomon Clark Howe on 26 Sep 1866 in Erie County, New York. Solomon (son of Henry Howe and Margaret Ellen Howe) was born on 29 Sep 1842 in Delevan, Cattaraugus County, New York; died on 8 Jul 1887. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Josiah married Helen Cheney on 2 Nov 1865 in Holland, Erie County, New York. Helen was born on 2 Aug 1846. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martin married Carrie Morris on 05 May 1886. Carrie was born on 18 Sep 1860 in Bullis Run, McKean County, Pennsylvania; died in 1931 in Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York; was buried in Mount View Cemetery, Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Sep 1895 - Abt 1897; US Army 7th Cavalry, Troop K Fort Sheridan and Fort Huachuca

Notes:

After serving in the Army living in Richmond,VA, engineer on the C &
O. railroad

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 1919; World War I

Notes:

1919 living in Texas

Family/Spouse: Rose S.. Rose was born on 5 Dec 1886; died on 26 Dec 1951; was buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The sketch of the life of a self-made man is always interesting, and is not without its useful lessons.
The grandfather of our subject, Ebenezer Ferrin, was a native of New Hampshire. He emigrated from the State to Concord, Erie Co., NY, and was on e of the pioneer settlers of that town. He located and cleared a farm near the village of Springville, where he closed his days in the year 1851. Upon that farm, also, his son Adna P., father of Augustine Ferrin, died in 1854, and there the subject of this notice was born, March 9, 1843.
Mr. Ferrin’s father moved to the town of Yoirshire, Cattaraugus Co., NY, about the uear 1845, but returned to the homestead farm in Erie County in 1851. He followed the pursuit oof agriculture, as had his father before him. He married (in 1842), Lucinda Sanders, daughter of William Sanders, of Erie Co., NY, but of Connecticut partentage. She died in 1861. Of this union, Augustine was the oldest child. Owing to the death of his father when young Ferrin was but eleven years of age, his advantages for acquiring an education – limited to a few years at the district school, and a few terms at the Springville Academy – were cut short. The maintenance of his mother and sisters depending largely upon his efforts, he started out in the life-sturggle at an earlier age than most youths, - being but thirteen years of age when he entered the printing office on his maternal uncle, Lucius C. Sanders, then publishing The American Citizen, at Springville. Six months later the office was sold, and the paper discontinued. Augustine returned to his books, and thus spent the year that intervened ere he entered the office of the Springfield Heald, as a apprentice to the “art preservative.: While serving his apprenticship, and with the consent of his employer, he issued from that office a small paper entitled the Penny Weekly, the labor of his own hands and brain, and the result of diligently employed leisure hours. This early manifestation of genius shows his penchant for journalistic honor.
He remained in the Herald office until August, 1962, when he enlisted in Company F, of the 116th Regiment of New York Volunteers. He accompanied the regiment to Baltimore, thence to Fortress Monroe and New Orleans, was with it at the siege of Port Hudson, and in the Donaldsonville campaign; but upon the return of the regiment to Baton Rouge, LA., he was sent to the hospital for disability, from whence he was honorably discharged in the fall of 1963. He returned to Springville December 1, and in the January following took charge of the Springville Chronicle, remaining its editor and publisher until April 1,1865, when he became the “city editor” of the well-known Buffalo Express. This honorable position he was, on account of failing health, compelled to resign in September 1965. The following year and a half were spent in efforts to regain his health. The summer of 1866 he passed on the farm of Rev. J. B. Saxe, thereby restoring his health sufficiently to justify him in returning to his chosen field of employment. He then purchased the Springville Herald establishment, and removed the press and materials to Ellicottville, where he started the Cattaraugus County Republican, the first issue of which was dated Feb. 7, 1868, he removed his officer thither.
Jan. 1, 1873, he associated with himself B. B. Weber as a partner, and a few months later they opened an office at Salamanca. The Republican thenceforward was dated at Salamanca and Little Valley, with offices at both places. In addition to the above, in February, 1876, Messre, Ferrin & Weber engaged in a pioneer newspaper enterprise in the oil region, - establishing the Bradford Semi-Weekly Era. The paper was continued as a semi-weekly until October, 1877, when it was changed to a daily issue, Mr. C. F. Persons becoming a partner in the business. To comprehend the magnitude of the enterprise of publishing a daily at Bradford, with full “press dispatches,” it must be remembered that at the time the place was but a city in embryo, and numbered less than five thousand inhabitants. The Daily Era was a success from its inception, and became at once the organ of the oil producers in the Northern oil field. In April 1877, the two first-named partners sold their interest in the Bradford establishment to Mr. Parsons.
Mr. Ferrin married (Sept 24, 1868) Miss Anna E. Weber, of Springville, NY. She died Feb. 15, 1872, and Jan. 1, 1874, he married Miss Flavilla J. Van Hoesen, Preble, Cortland Co., NY. The result of the latter union has been one son, - Augustine W. Ferrin, Jr., - and a daughter,, - Susie L. Mr. Ferrin’s residence is at Little Valley.
Thus far in his career, Mr. Ferrin has led an active and useful life, and now, in the prime of his manhood, enjoys an enviable reputation of a journalist not only in the home of his adoption, but throughout Western New York.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 20 Aug 1862, Rochester, Monroe County, New York; American Civil War (North) 1st Sharp Shooters Battalion, 6th Co. Killed in Action before the Battle of Petersburg