David Anson Ferree

As printed in 1902

DAVID ANSON FERREE.

The agricultural interests of Green township are ably represented by David Anson Ferree, a general farmer and stock raiser, who was born in Springfield, Ohio, July 1849, and is a son of David ana Lizzie

(Conard) Ferree. The parents were both natives of Pennsylvania, where they were reared and married. The father was a saddier by trade and with his family removed to Ohia some years before the birth of his son, David A., locating in Springfield. In that place he and his wife both died on the same day in August, 1849, of cholera. They left a family of four small children, the oldest being about nine years of age, while David A. was an infant but six weeks old. He, with his eldest sister, Laura, was taken into the home of Elijah and Elizabeth Stewart, where they were kindly and comfortably reared until they were grown. -This sister married William Wilson and now lives in Springfield. Sarah Ellen lived with her uncle, Peter Ferree, married William Pence, a resident of Springfield, and they have five children. Elizabeth was reared hy her aunt, Marian Baker, but died in early giflhood. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart were very kind to the young orphans whom they had taken in charge, and gave them a good home apd all educational privileges which they ‘could desire.

In due course of time David Anson Ferree attained man’s estate and was married to Miss Elida T. McClintock, of Springfield township, where she was born Aprii 16, 1853. She was a daughter of John and Mary (Melvin) McClintock, and by her marriage she became the mother of five children, three of whom died in infancy. Those living are: Jessie Elizabeth, who was born March 7, 1886, and Elvin McClintock, born December 1, 1888.

With the exception of two years which he spent in Springfield, Mr. Ferree, since the death of his parents, has resided on the farm in Green township where he now lives, formerly owned by Mr. and Mrs. Stewart, his benefactors. Mrs. Stewart survived her husband for some years and at her death killed the property to Mr. Ferree, of this review. Here he has ‘lived and reared his family. In 1901 he.was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, whose death occurred on the lath of March of that year.

Mr. Ferree supports the men and measures of the Republican party, but has never been a politician in the sense of office seeking. For fifty-three years—practically all his life—he has been a resident of Green township. His interests therefore are deeply centered in the community in which he lives, and his efforts have ever been directed toward its welfare and improvement. He is a public spirited ‘man, takes an earnest interest in the questions and issues of the day, and his friends always know where to find him—for he is ever on the side of right and truth.

As printed in A Biographical Record of Clark County Ohio (1902). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.