Adaline Forrest Ferris was the daughter of Gordon Forrest and Julia Hale. She spent her youth in both Missouri and Illinois. She married Benjamin Franklin Ferris Nov. 15, 1870 in Dayton, MO and they spent several years in Butler Co. before making their home in Hampton IA where her husband operated a nursery.
She and her husband Ben had three sons, Benjamin Franklin Ferris, John C Ferris and Ernest W Ferris, and four daughters, Millicent Ferris Dovey, Lulu Ferris Barry, Ada Ferris Cary, and Concha Fern Saley. At the time of her death, all children except for Benjamin were alive in addition to one brother, two sisters and her mother, Julia who was 82 and living in Broken Arrow, OK.
Adaline died while in California visiting her daughter, Mr. R. H. Carey of Lemoore, CA.
Her obituary in the Franklin Co. Recorder stated: "For thirty-five years Mrs. Ferris has gone in and out among the people of this city, ever a model of diligence and of faithfulness. In church work and fraternal efforts she was much interested. The Christian church and the Woman's Relief Corps had in her an earnest advocate. But above all was her devotion and service to her home and loved ones."
Adaline Forrest Ferris was the daughter of Gordon Forrest and Julia Hale. She spent her youth in both Missouri and Illinois. She married Benjamin Franklin Ferris Nov. 15, 1870 in Dayton, MO and they spent several years in Butler Co. before making their home in Hampton IA where her husband operated a nursery.
She and her husband Ben had three sons, Benjamin Franklin Ferris, John C Ferris and Ernest W Ferris, and four daughters, Millicent Ferris Dovey, Lulu Ferris Barry, Ada Ferris Cary, and Concha Fern Saley. At the time of her death, all children except for Benjamin were alive in addition to one brother, two sisters and her mother, Julia who was 82 and living in Broken Arrow, OK.
Adaline died while in California visiting her daughter, Mr. R. H. Carey of Lemoore, CA.
Her obituary in the Franklin Co. Recorder stated: "For thirty-five years Mrs. Ferris has gone in and out among the people of this city, ever a model of diligence and of faithfulness. In church work and fraternal efforts she was much interested. The Christian church and the Woman's Relief Corps had in her an earnest advocate. But above all was her devotion and service to her home and loved ones."
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