Husband: Silas L. Ferrell
Born: ca 1864 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,2
Died: Dec-21-1930 in Zeising (now Spelter), Harrison Co, WV 3
Resided: 1889 in Doddridge Co, WV 2
Census: 1880 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV
Census: 1870 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: coal miner
Father: James J. Ferrell (1825 - )
Mother: Rachel Ash (1832 - 1887)
Wife: Mary Criss Also known as: Mary Chriss 2 Married: Feb-24-1889 in Doddridge Co, WV 4
Born: May- 9-1866 in Doddridge Co, WV 5,2 Died: Oct-13-1892 in Doddridge Co, WV 6 Buried: Underwood Cemetery 6 Cause of death: consumption 6 Census: 1870, 1880 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Joshua Criss (1834 - 1883) Mother: Jane Weekly (1834 - )
M Child 1: Homer Clyde Ferrell Born: Feb-24-1890 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV 7,3,8 Died: Mar- 2-1956 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 3 Buried: in Shinnston Memorial (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV 3 Census: 1940 in Spelter, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1930 in Zeising (now Spelter), Harrison Co, WV Resided: 1929 in Spelter, Harrison Co, WV 9 Census: 1920 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1912 in Doddridge Co, WV 2 Census: 1900, 1910 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 1) Occupation: chemical worker 3 Wife: Stella Mabel Ford b. Apr- 9-1886 d. Dec- 5-1929 Also known as: Stella Morgan 10 Married: Sep-29-1912 in Doddridge Co, WV 2
Sources: (1) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan Twp) (2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (3) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Silas L. Ferrell, 24, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Miss Mary Chriss (sic), 21, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Marrid Feb 24 1889 "at Wm. Davis residence" by Granville Currey, a Baptist minister. Informants for marriage license: B. C. Anderson & Jane Davis. MR p. 351 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790958&Type=Marriage. (5) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (6) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (7) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (8) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) (9) Death record of wife. (10) Marriage record of daughter. Event Notes Note (1) In household of his maternal grandmother.