Benjamin Franklin Ferree |
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Quick Facts |
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- Born: 1839
- Died: October 12, 1912
- Parents: George Ferree & Mary Linn
- Married: Martha Kennedy
- Six Children
- Sixth Generation Ferree Descendant on Daniel Ferree&Anna Maria Leninger Line
- Civil War Veteran
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Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1839, on the Ferree estate that his father, George, had inherited from his father. Benjamin attended the public schools in Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Academy, later learning the carpentry trade. He combined this with contracting business and also engaged in farming. In August 1862, he enlisted as a Private in the Civil War Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Company G, 136th Regiment, saw action in the Virginia campaign, and mustered out May 29, 1863.
For more information on the 136th "PVI Veterans Reunion 1911"
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Camp near Bell Plains, VA |
December 30th/62 |
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Received of Franklin B. Ferree of my company one purse containing sixteen dollars belonging to Thomas A. Parvess who was killed in the battle of Fredericksburg also one (?) of a young lady. |
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Capt. Corwndy(?) Per Earle Strahley (?) |
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NARA Civil War Pension Index Card |
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Benjamin Franklin Ferree married Martha Kennedy in 1871. They became the parents of six children: Lizzie Leone (1873), Mona Elizabeth (1875), McDonough J. (1877), Edna G. (1879), Delmont K. ((1888), Melvin C. (1893). He passed away on October 12, 1912, just four days before the death of his only brother.
Pittsburgh Newspaper 1912 |
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