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Nelson McPherson Ferebee Sr.

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Nelson McPherson Ferebee Sr. Veteran

Birth
Camden County, North Carolina, USA
Death
15 Nov 1917 (aged 68)
Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.3085583, Longitude: -78.5976111
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(Note: Last name is also seen as Farabee, though previous generations used Ferebee.) 68yrs 7mos 9days. Son of Dennis Dozier and Sarah McPherson Ferebee/Farabee. Husband of Martha Thweatt Gregory Ferebee, who preceded him in death. He had been Medical Director of the U. S. Navy (retired).

Though he was born on a plantation in Camden Co., NC, the family moved to Norfolk, Va. in 1858, and during the Civil War, they lived in both Norfolk, and Oxford, NC. He graduated from the University of Maryland as a medical doctor, and later joined the Navy from which he retired in 1904.
(Note: Last name is also seen as Farabee, though previous generations used Ferebee.) 68yrs 7mos 9days. Son of Dennis Dozier and Sarah McPherson Ferebee/Farabee. Husband of Martha Thweatt Gregory Ferebee, who preceded him in death. He had been Medical Director of the U. S. Navy (retired).

Though he was born on a plantation in Camden Co., NC, the family moved to Norfolk, Va. in 1858, and during the Civil War, they lived in both Norfolk, and Oxford, NC. He graduated from the University of Maryland as a medical doctor, and later joined the Navy from which he retired in 1904.


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