Benjamin Franklin Ferree and Martha M. Kennedy

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Husband Benjamin Franklin Ferree ¹

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           Born: 1839 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Father: George Ferree (1794-1856) 1
         Mother: Mary S. Linn (      -1870) 1 2

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       Marriage: 1871 1

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Wife Martha M. Kennedy ^{1 3}

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         Father: David A. Kennedy (1827-1862/1863) 1 4
         Mother: Elizabeth S. Jones (1833-Aft 1908) 1 3

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Children

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1 F Lizzie Leone Ferree ¹

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           Born: 9 Apr 1873 1
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Monna Elizabeth Ferree ¹

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           Born: 2 Feb 1875 1
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M McDonough J. Ferree ¹

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           Born: 24 Mar 1877 1
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4 F Edna G. Ferree ¹

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           Born: 28 Sep 1879 1
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5 M Delmont K. Ferree ¹

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           Born: 13 Oct 1888 1
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6 F Melva C. Ferree ¹

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           Born: 26 Aug 1893 1
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General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Franklin Ferree

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He received his education in the public schools and at the Pittsburg Academy. He learned the carpenter's trade, which he combined with the business of a contractor, also engaging in farming, thus working along the lines of mechanics, commerce and agriculture. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, participating in the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. In 1863 he was honorably discharged. For a long period he filled the office of assessor of the twenty-first ward, Pittsburgh. Politically he was a Democrat. He and his family were members of the Presbyterian church.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 282.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1064.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 326.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 325.