Thomas Henry Ferree and Minnie B. Shearer

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Husband Thomas Henry Ferree ¹

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            AKA: T. Harry Ferree 2
           Born: 13 Dec 1868 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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           Died: 3 Feb 1914 3
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         Father: McDonough Ferree (Abt 1841-1913) 1 2
         Mother: Mary E. Chadwick (      -Abt 1912) 1 2

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       Marriage: 5 Feb 1891 3

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Wife Minnie B. Shearer ³

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         Father: Jackson W. Shearer (      -1911) 3
         Mother: Leah V. Briney (      -Aft 1918) 3

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Children

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1 F Florence M. Ferree ³

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         Spouse: William Harvey King (      -      ) 3

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2 M McDonough Ferree ³

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         Spouse: May Donohue (      -      ) 3

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3 F Bessie Ferree ³

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 F Jeanne Ferree ³

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5 M George Howard Ferree ³

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           Born: Abt 1905
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6 M Ruth Delnora Ferree ³

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           Born: Abt 1910
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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Henry Ferree

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He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was a boy of thirteen when the family moved to Penn township, Westmoreland County. He was twenty-one when they purchased the Caldwell farm. He was trained to agricultural pursuits and developed a love and aptitude for them by which he was always distinguished. It was just a few weeks after his marriage that he took up his abode on the old Altman farm, on the Pennsylvania road near Adamsburg, Pennsylvania, six miles west of Greensburg. The estate consisted of nearly one hundred acres, and the out-buildings had been put up by his predecessors. The house, however, was enlarged by Mr. Ferree and fitted with steam-heating apparatus. As a boy he had assisted in a dairy and delivered the first milk in Jeannette in the days of that town's beginnings, and when he found himself, as a young man, on a farm of his own, that early experience bore fruit. Establishing a dairy he delivered milk to his old customers, who were also his friends and greatly pleased to resume business relations. He also set out peach and plum orchards, which proved very productive.
At times he also turned his attention to mechanical pursuits. For seven years he filled a position in the Westinghouse Electric Works in East Pittsburgh, assisting in the construction of the large turbine engines. After resigning this position he returned to the farm.
In politics he was an uncompromising Democrat, never at a loss when asked to give reasons for his faith in the principles of the party. He affiliated with the Masonic fraternity and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and was a member of the Presbyterian church.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1204.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 425.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1205.