McFerren Family Tree

 

Descendants of Samuel McFerren

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  SAMUEL¹ MCFERREN was born Bet. 1776 - 1781 in Pennsylvania, and died 1865 in Hoskinsville, Noble Co., Ohio.  He married SARAH COULTER^1,2 Abt. 1801 in Fayette, Pennsylvania, daughter of THOMAS COULTER and LYDIA CONWELL.  She was born 09 Sep 1782 in Bedford, PA³, and died 1864 in Hoskinsville, Noble Co., Ohio.

 

Notes for SAMUEL MCFERREN:

According to the book, First Families and Pioneer Families of Jefferson Co., Ohio, Samuel came to Jefferson Co., Ohio 1811.

 

 

Unsure if this information should be under this Samuel McFerren or his son Samuel McFerren.

 

The dates match Samuel McFerren however the information regarding spouce matches the son Samuel  McFerren

 

Samuel McFerren was born in Pennsylvania in 1776. In 1836 he settled in Noble Township, where he died in 1866. He married a Miss Needham, whose father, J. Needham, settled in Morgan County. Mr. Needham was the only survivor of a family of several members. The rest were killed by the Indians on their way from Pennsylvania to Ohio.

 

 

History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887

Noble     http://members.tripod.com/debmurray/ohio/nobbioref-21.htm

 

 

     

Children of SAMUEL MCFERREN and SARAH COULTER are:

                   i.    JOHN² MCFERREN³, b. 1802, Fayette Co., PA.

2.               ii.    THOMAS MCFERREN, b. 20 Oct 1804, Pennsylvania; d. 1878, Toronto, Ohio.

                 iii.    COMFORT MCFERREN³, b. 1806; d. 06 Jun 1860³.

                 iv.    ELIZABETH MCFERREN, b. 05 Feb 1808, Union Town, Fayette, PA, USA⁴; d. 31 Mar 1881, South Olive, Noble, OH, USA⁴; m. DAVID COULTER.

                  v.    NANCY MCFERREN, b. 10 May 1810, Fayette Co., PA.

                 vi.    LYDIA MCFERREN, b. 1812, Jefferson, OH, USA⁴.

3.             vii.    ELMY MCFERREN, b. 05 Sep 1813, Hoskinsville, Noble, OH; d. 1902.

4.            viii.    SAMUEL MCFERREN, b. 01 Apr 1818, Jefferson Co, OH; d. 31 Mar 1884, Hoskinsville, Noble, Oh.

                  ix.    RICHARD MCFERREN, b. 1821, Jefferson, OH, USA⁴; m. LOUISA JENNINGS, 1841.

 

Notes for RICHARD MCFERREN:

Unsure if this is the son of Samuel McFerren however, the dates seem to match (give or take a couple of years regarding when Richard's father came to Ohio)

 

Richard C. McFerren is of German and English descent. His father, a native of Pennsylvania, settled in 1808, in Jefferson County, Ohio, where Richard was born in 1821. In 1835 he came to the vicinity of Hoskinsville, where he has since resided, engaged in farming. Mr. McFerren was married in 1841 to Louisa Jennings, and is the father of two sons and three daughters, all living and all married. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Methodist church. He served as township treasurer fourteen years.

 

 

History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887

Noble http://members.tripod.com/debmurray/ohio/nobbioref-21.htm

 

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  THOMAS² MCFERREN (SAMUEL¹) was born 20 Oct 1804 in Pennsylvania, and died 1878 in Toronto, Ohio.  He married MARY FARQUER 28 May 1829 in Jefferson Co. Ohio, daughter of JOHN FORQUER.  She was born 1811, and died 1885.

 

Notes for THOMAS MCFERREN:

Thomas was a cooper (barrel maker)

     

Children of THOMAS MCFERREN and MARY FARQUER are:

5.                i.    FRANCIS ASBURY³ MCFERREN, b. 30 Oct 1833, Toronto, Ohio; d. 05 Feb 1913.

                  ii.    THOMAS MCFERREN, b. 1834; m. LAVENIA.

 

Notes for THOMAS MCFERREN:

 

Source Information:

  Census Place Sloxius Station, Jefferson, Ohio

  Family History Library Film   1255037

  NA Film Number   T9-1037

  Page Number   325D   

1880 Ohio Census Record

 

NOTE the spelling of the last name:

 Thomas MC FERRON   Self   M   Male   W   45   OH   Carpenter   OH   OH 

 Lavenia MC FERRON   Wife   M   Female   W   30   PA   Keeping House   PA   PA 

 Maud MC FERRON   Dau   S   Female   W   12   AL      OH   PA 

 D. Edgar MC FERRON   Son   S   Male   W   8   OH      OH   PA 

 H. Thomas MC FERRON   Son   S   Male   W   6   OH      OH   PA 

 C. Fred MC FERRON   Son   S   Male   W   4   CA      OH   PA 

 Thareta MC FERRON   Son   S   Male   W   2   OH      OH   PA 

 

 

More About THOMAS MCFERREN:

Occupation: Carpenter

 

                 iii.    ELENOR MCFERREN, b. 1836.

                 iv.    SARAH ANN MCFERREN, b. 1838.

                  v.    MARY MCFERREN, b. 1840.

                 vi.    ELMA RAE MCFERREN, b. 1842.

                vii.    ANNIE MCFERREN, b. 1844.

               viii.    MARTHA MCFERREN, b. 1846.

                  ix.    HARRIET MCFERREN, b. 1853.

 

 

3.  ELMY² MCFERREN (SAMUEL¹)⁵ was born 05 Sep 1813 in Hoskinsville, Noble, OH⁵, and died 1902⁵.  She married EDMUND BROWN⁵. 

     

Children of ELMY MCFERREN and EDMUND BROWN are:

                   i.    MARY A.³ BROWN.

                  ii.    THERESA BROWN.

 

 

4.  SAMUEL² MCFERREN (SAMUEL¹) was born 01 Apr 1818 in Jefferson Co, OH, and died 31 Mar 1884 in Hoskinsville, Noble, Oh.  He married RACHEL NEEDHAM.  She was born 1816, and died 04 Mar 1888.

 

Notes for SAMUEL MCFERREN:

146th Regiment, Ohio Infantry (National Guard)

 

 

Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, and mustered in May 12, 1864. Left State for Charleston, W. Va., May 17; thence moved to Fayetteville, W. Va., and garrison duty there till August 27. (Cos. "A" and "H" detached at Camp Chase, Ohio, to guard prisoners.) Moved to Camp Piatt, W. Va., August 27; thence to Camp Dennison, Ohio, and mustered out September 7, 1864.

 

Lost during service 8 Enlisted men by disease.

 

     

Children of SAMUEL MCFERREN and RACHEL NEEDHAM are:

6.                i.    JOHN WESLEY³ MCFERREN, b. 10 Jul 1840, Noble, Ohio; d. 29 Oct 1909, Hoskinsville, Ohio.

                  ii.    ELIZABETH JANE MCFERREN, b. Abt. 1851, Ohio.

                 iii.    ELANOR FISHER MCFERREN, b. Abt. 1855, Ohio.

                 iv.    ALONZO MCFERREN, b. Abt. 1857, Ohio.

                  v.    DAVID MCFERREN, b. Abt. 1845, Ohio.

                 vi.    AUGUSTUS MCFERREN, b. 1849, Ohio.

                vii.    LEANDER MCFERREN, b. 1856, Ohio.

               viii.    SARA J. MCFERREN, b. 18 Jan 1842, Ohio.

                  ix.    FRANCIS MCFERREN, b. Feb 1853, Ohio.

                   x.    LYDIA MCFERREN, b. 28 Feb 1843, Ohio.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

5.  FRANCIS ASBURY³ MCFERREN (THOMAS², SAMUEL¹) was born 30 Oct 1833 in Toronto, Ohio, and died 05 Feb 1913.  He married MARTHA MYRTILLA CRAWFORD 07 Dec 1853, daughter of ADAM CRAWFORD.  She died 10 Jul 1868.

 

Notes for FRANCIS ASBURY MCFERREN:

FRANCIS A. McFERREN

 

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FRANCIS A. McFERREN, of the firm of Myers & McFerren, of Toronto, which is extensively engaged in the planing-mill and wholesale and retail lumber business and contracting, was born October 20, 1832. The first of his family in Jefferson County, was his grandfather, Samuel McFerren, a native of Pennsylvania, who migrated thither in an early day, and engaged in farming, but subsequently removed to southern Ohio, where he died. His son, Thomas, who became the father of Francis A., was born in Pennsylvania and came to Ohio with his father, and was engaged in agriculture until his death in 1865/ He was married to Mary, daughter of John Forquer, of Jefferson county, a native of Maryland, and they had five daughters and two sons, five of whom are living. THe mother died in 1886. Francis A. was reared as a farmer, and followed that pursuit about fifteen years, after which he took up the carpenter's trade. This was his vocation until in 1879 he formed the partnership which still exists between himself and B. F> Myers. In December 1852, Mr. McFerren was married to Martha M., daughter of Adam Crawford, of Jefferson county, and by this union has six children, Mary J., Jennie, Kate, Annie, Walter S., John. Jennie is the wife of William B. Francy, elsewhere mentioned. Mrs. McFerren died July 11, 1868, sincerely mourned by all who had her acquaintance. He is a member of the Methodist Protestant church, and in both social and business relations is highly esteemed.

 

 

Francis served in the Civil War 157th Ohio National Guard Infantry Regiment

He was a charter member of the First Methodist Protestant Church of Toronto, Ohio

He help build Fosterville M.E. Church in Toronto Ohio

He owned a planing mill with Mr. Myers called Myers and McFerren

 

UNION OHIO VOLUNTEERS

 

157th Regiment, Ohio Infantry (National Guard)

 

 

Organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, and mustered in May 15, 1864. Left State for Baltimore, Md., May 17. Assigned to Tyler's Command, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department. Duty in the Defences of Baltimore and at Fort Delaware guarding Confederate prisoners till September. Mustered out September 2, 1864.

 

Regiment lost during service 10 Enlisted men by disease.

 

     

Children of FRANCIS MCFERREN and MARTHA CRAWFORD are:

                   i.    MARY⁴ MCFERREN, b. 1855.

                  ii.    WALTER S. MCFERREN, b. 20 Aug 1856, Toronto, Ohio; d. 06 Aug 1896; m. ANNIE COLLINS, 12 Jun 1881.

 

Notes for WALTER S. MCFERREN:

Walter S. McFERREN

 

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Walter S. McFERREN, son of Francis A., was born August 20, 1856, at Toronto, of which flourishing young city he is still a resident. After he had completed his school days, his first occupation was in the sewer pipe works, as a pipe finisher. Subsequently he went to Pittsburgh, and secured employment with the Pennsylvania railroad company as fireman, running between Pittsburgh and Altoona. In 1881 he was promoted engineer, and held that position, being one of the company's trusted employees, until September 1888. He then returned to Toronto, and accepted a position in the planning mill, which he still holds. This change of occupation he was compelled to make on account of his father's failing health. Mr. McFerren is active in all commendable enterprises. He is a member of the Masonic order, and of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and was the organizer of the Toronto lodge, No. 10, Junior Order of American Mechanics. He was married June 12, 1881, to Annie, daughter of Ephraim Collins, of Pittsburgh, and they have four children, Francis A., Walter S., Myrtilla, and Ida M. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was the youngest passenger engineer on the Pennsylvania railroad on the Pittsburgh division at one time, having run for over three years successfully hauling their fastest passenger trains from Pittsburgh to Altoona.

 

Obituary reports his death was caused by sporadic cholera brought on by drinking ice water while overheated. 

 

7.              iii.    JENNIE MCFERREN, b. 1859; d. 1950.

                 iv.    CATHERINE MCFERREN, b. 1864.

                  v.    ANNA MCFERREN, b. 1866.

8.              vi.    JOHN BENJAMIN MCFERREN, b. 09 Mar 1868, Toronto, Ohio; d. 27 Sep 1950.

                vii.    LIZZIE MCFERREN, b. 1858; d. 1858.

               viii.    FRANK MCFERREN, b. 1861; d. 1865.

 

 

6.  JOHN WESLEY³ MCFERREN (SAMUEL², SAMUEL¹) was born 10 Jul 1840 in Noble, Ohio, and died 29 Oct 1909 in Hoskinsville, Ohio.  He married REBECCA JANE JORDAN^5,6 23 Nov 1867 in Noble, Ohio, daughter of WILLIAM JORDAN and CHLOE DOWNEY.  She was born 24 Mar 1849 in Brookfield Twp, Noble, OH⁷, and died 10 Feb 1910 in Hoskinsville, Noble, OH⁷.

 

Notes for JOHN WESLEY MCFERREN:

Served in the Civil War.  He was accused of being a deserter and was tried. (Hoskinsville Rebellion)

 

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350     OHIO ARCHAOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY

 

 

 

the jail provision.142  The case against John Racey was abated

 

by his death and all the others in this series were nolle prossed,

 

most of them on April 26, 1864.

 

The grand jury which indicted these men also indicted Ter-

 

tullus W. Brown for enticing soldiers to desert 143 and returned a

 

true bill for conspiracy against him and nine others--Curtis

 

Willey, Samuel McFerren, John Wesley McFerren, John Racey,

 

Alexander McBride, Benton McKee, Andrew Coyle, Peter Racey,

 

and James McGee.144 These indictments were filed April 25,

 

1863, and John Racey and Andrew Coyle were promptly ar-

 

raigned and put under bond of $2,000 each. At the October

 

term, a writ issued by the court was returned with the indorse-

 

ment, "I arrested the within named Sam'l McFerren and took

 

him before the Probate Judge of Noble Co. a Comr of this

 

Court & said McFerren gave bail and was discharged. Not

 

found as to other defts." The three who had been apprehended

 

went on trial in November, 1863,145 and the press reported the

 

outcome:

 

 

 

The jury, who have been fourteen days investigating the charge of

 

conspiracy against Samuel M'Ferrin [sic], John Racey and Andrew Coyle,

 

in the United States Circuit Court, at Cincinnati, on Tuesday morning,

 

Dec. 1, brought in a verdict of guilty on the 1st and 2d counts of the in-

 

dictment.

 

The indictment is based on an act of Congress of July, 1861, in which

 

there are two counts. The first states in substance that a warrant has

 

been issued by Commisioner Hallida [sic] for the arrest of Tertulius [sic]

 

Brown, on the charge of having unlawfully enticed John Wesley McFerrin

 

a private soldier, to desert the United States service. It is said that this

 

warrant was placed in the hands of Samuel Colby, a Deputy Marshal, for

 

execution, and that the defendants did, on the 12th day of March, 1863,

 

wickedly devise, and by force of arms oppose, the authority of the United

 

States, by hindering and opposing the execution of the act of Congress.

 

The second count states that on the 4th of March, 1863, a military order

 

was issued by Lieutenant Colonel Eastman, directing Corporal Davidson

 

to arrest John Wesley McFerrin as a deserter, and detaching four privates

 

to arrest him, and directing him to co operate with the Marshal in making

 

his arrest. That on the 12th of March Corporal Davidson attempted to

 

execute said order, but the defendants, by force, attempted to hinder the

 

execution of the law of the United States, by seizing certain muskets and

 

opposing said Davidson and the soldiers under his command, and that they

 

did then and there conspire to prevent the execution of said order.146

 

142 Ibid., 59-63.

 

143 Ibid., 67, Case No. 105; Order Book, L, 519.

 

144 Criminal Docket, A, 66, Case No. 102; Order Book, L, 495.

 

145 Ibid.

 

146 Ohio Statesman, quoted in McConnelsville Weekly Enquirer, December

 

16, 1863.

 

 

21st Regiment, Ohio Infantry

 

 

 

Organized at Findlay, Ohio, and mustered in September 19, 1861. Left State for Nicholasville, Ky., October 2. Attached to Thomas' Command, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1861. 9th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to December, 1861. 9th Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Ohio, to July, 1862. 7th Independent Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 7th Brigade, 8th Division, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Center 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

 

SERVICE.-Action at Ivy's Mountain, Ky., November 8, 1861. Try Mountain and Piketown November 8-9. Duty at Bacon Creek and Green River, Ky., till February, 1862. Advance on Bowling Green, Ky., February 10-15, and on Nashville, Tenn., February 22-25. Occupation of Nashville February 25-March 17. Advance on Murfreesboro, Tenn., March 17-19. Advance on Huntsville, Ala., April 4-11. Capture of Huntsville April 11. (Pittinger's Raid on Georgia State Railroad April 7-12, Detachment.) Near Pulaski May 1. At Athens May 28 to August 28. Action on Richland Creek near Pulaski August 27. March to Nashville August 29-September 2. Siege of Nashville September 12-November 7. Murfreesboro Road November 8. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till June. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Davis Cross Roads or Dug Gap September 11. Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., September 19-21. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27. Rossville Gap November 26. Regiment re-enlisted January 1, 1864. Reconnoissance of Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864 (Non-Veterans). Rocky Faced Ridge and Buzzard's Roost Gap February 23-25 (Non-Veterans). Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Vining Station July 9-11. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama April 29-November 3. Near Atlanta October 2. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Jacksonboro December 11. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Taylor's Hole Creek, Averysboro, N. C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June, and duty there till July. Mustered out July 25, 1865.

 

Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 166 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 218 Enlisted men by disease. Total 392.

 

 

Noble County Mirror of Nation in Rebellion  http://www.uh.edu/~jbutler/gean/haskinsville.html

 

The Hoskinsville Rebellion

The following quotes are from a newspaper article that was published sometime post the Vietnam War. [The name of the paper and the writer are unknown at this time]. Larry Willey (Iowa) sent me a copy of the article. He is a descendant of William Polk Willey who married Sarah Dye in Greene County, Pennsylvania in . Her father was Benjamin Dye, son of James Dey of Middlesex County, New Jersey. The Willey's moved to Morgan County, Ohio along with the families of her brothers George and James.

 

 Noble County was far from an apathetic bystander during the turbulent years before, during and after the Civil War. Nobel County, in fact, was a microcosm of the nation, exhibiting violently the extremes that split the union.

 

Abolution of slavery and the repeal of Ohio's Black Laws were subjects hotly debated in Noble County beginning in the 1830's. The wilderness of eastern Noble County seems a highly unlikely setting for a debate about slavery. Ohio was and always has been a "free" state; the townships that would soon become Noble County could count their black neighbors on the fingers of one hand. Nevertheless, emotions were high.

 

Hundreds of runaway Black slaves crossed the river into Ohio and were passed from family to family as they carefully picked their way north into Canada. Local stops included Summerfield, Stafford, Senecaville and Sarahsville, which was the underground station founded by Daniel Pettay, one of the men who also stood inthe forefront of the fight to create Noble County. Hoskinsville (red dot on the above map) is about half way between Renrock (not shown) and Sarahsville.

 

Abolutionists during thosepre-war days were considered to be members of the radical fringe. Many, particularly abolutionist merchants were boycotted by their neighbors. The Summerfield postmaster at one point refused to deliver anti-slavery mail.

 

The county was crisscrossed hundreds of times during those years by fleeing slaves, hounded by bounty hunters and slave owners.

 

Butunbridled allegiance to the Union cause was not universial in Noble County. Silas Thorla, the late folk historian and columnist (and author of a number of resources that I have included in this collection) wrote: "As a child I saw and felt some of the bitterness and sting of that conflict. It was a war that came right up to our door-step, yes, right into the house. Don't think for a moment that the community between Renrock and Hoskinsville was peaceful and harmonious and all of one accord as to the outcome of the war; far from it. While brother was fighting brother down on Southern soil, here at home the neighbor was bitterly hostile and antagonistic against neighbor, and the spirit of hate was rampant. Living conditions were anything but pleasant... While Lincoln was President, we heard him called all the nasty, vile names that men could lay their tongues to.

 

As a kid I witnessed musters, etc. At public gatherings people, for and against the Union would show their colors in various ways.

 

A rank Southern sympathzer would be seen with a butternut pinned on the lapel of his coat. This was apt to start a fight. In those days little boys wore dresses until they were about six years old. My mother made me a dress of calico covered all over with little American flags."

 

Thus the stage was set for the famous or infamous Hoskinsville Rebellion.

 

It began in February, 1863 when the Attorney for Southern Ohio intercepted a letter written by Tertullus Brown of Hoskinsville to his cousin, Union soldier John Wesley McFerren. Brown's letter advised McFerren "well Wesley, my advice to you is this and it is not given without much reflection, knowing the danger to which such a step will expose you. Come home if you can possibly get home, for to conquer the South is an impossibility and the only hope for you to reach home is to desert, for to stay where you are is death and to desert can be no worse."

 

McFerren, about 23, had already left his regiment when the letter arrived. In some acconts he had already deserted. Other accounts claim that McFerren had been captured by rebel, paroled and sent home, a common practice during the Civil War.

 

The government dispatched Deputy U.S. Marshall Samuel Colby, bearing a warrent for Brown's arrest and Army Cpl. James F. Davidson with four Union privates and a warrent for the arrest of McFerren. The charge against Brown was "aiding and abetting and enticing a soldier to desert". The charge against McFerren was desertion.

 

The "rebellion" occurred at 9 a.m. on March 12, 1863. The marshall and the posse rode to John Racey's storehouse where they were confronted by 75 to 100 men, many of whom were armed. The wanted men, McFerren and Brown,were in the crowd. The Union party left without making any attempt to serve their warrents.

 

Thus ended the bloodless confrontation between the frustrated farmers and the timid federal marshal and his soldier escort.

 

WIthin days Ohio newspapers were creasming for bloody revenge against the traitorous copperheads of Noble County. Noble County, which had voted overwhelmingly for Lincoln in 1860, was painted as a hotbed of Southern resistence to the war. The New York Tribune reported that 600 to 1,000 Noble Countians had organized and armed themselves to resist the government in arresting deserters.

 

Union politicians, fearful of further embarassment, dispatched 200 soldiers from Cincinnati to Noble County. Upon arriving at Hoskinsville on March 19, the troops found the town deserted except for a few women, children and a one legged man named Matson. The troops left Hoskinsville and swept through Noble County in search of the 65 wanted men.

 

After scouring the area, the troops arrived back in Cincinnati on March 27 with 16 Nobel County men who were marched through the streets to the Hamilton County jail and locked up. Thirteen more were jailed in Cincinnati a few days later.

 

After preliminary hearings, 18 were freed due to lack of evidence and 11 were held for grand jury action. On April 23, 1863, 40 Noble County men were indicted for "obstructing process". The list included Benton Thorla, Absalom Willey, Asher Willey, Curtis Willey, John Willey, Marshall Willey, Martin Willey, Milton Willey, Wesley Willey and William Willey.

 

Bail was set at $1,500 for each of the defendants; ten of the 40 were also indicted for conspiracy. Twelve of the men pled guilty , were fined $10 and sentenced to 24 hours in jail. Three were found guilty on the conspiracy charge and fined $500 and costs. Charges against all of the others were "nolle prossed" in 1864.

 

Tertullus Brown, who had escaped to Canada during the 1863 roundup by federal troops, never returned to Noble County. John Wesley McFerren returned to Koskinsville after the war and lived out his days.

 

LarryWilley sums it up in the following statement ... "they had some rocky times that prompted their (the Willey's) resettlement in Iowa".

 

One wonders what happened to the other families involved.

 

 

 

     

Children of JOHN MCFERREN and REBECCA JORDAN are:

                   i.    ALICE ALBERTA⁴ MCFERREN, b. 23 Oct 1875, Noble, Ohio; d. 22 May 1958.

                  ii.    LEROY MCFERREN, b. 03 Sep 1870, Noble, Ohio; d. 02 Jul 1932.

                 iii.    CLARENCE MCFERREN, b. 10 Sep 1868, Hoskinsville, Noble Co., Ohio; d. 19 Apr 1953.

                 iv.    WALTER C. MCFERREN, b. 06 Nov 1872, Noble, Ohio; d. 18 Aug 1919.

 

 

Generation No. 4

 

7.  JENNIE⁴ MCFERREN (FRANCIS ASBURY³, THOMAS², SAMUEL¹) was born 1859, and died 1950.  She married WILLIAM B. FRANCY.  He was born 1857.

     

Children of JENNIE MCFERREN and WILLIAM FRANCY are:

                   i.    DANA⁵ FRANCY, b. 1880.

                  ii.    JAY FRANCY, b. 1885.

                 iii.    JOHN FRANCY, b. 1888.

                 iv.    DONALD FRANCY, b. 1889.

                  v.    BEATRICE FRANCY, b. 1891.

 

 

8.  JOHN BENJAMIN⁴ MCFERREN (FRANCIS ASBURY³, THOMAS², SAMUEL¹) was born 09 Mar 1868 in Toronto, Ohio, and died 27 Sep 1950.  He married ANNE LAURA HUNTER 13 Nov 1890 in Toronto, Ohio, daughter of GEORGE HUNTER and MARGARET HARDMAN.  She was born 20 Jan 1868 in New Cumberland Co., W. Virginia, and died 09 Jul 1940 in Ohio.

     

Children of JOHN MCFERREN and ANNE HUNTER are:

9.                i.    WALTER V⁵ MCFERREN, b. Dec 1889, Toronto, Ohio; d. 16 Feb 1962, Toronto, Ohio.

                  ii.    EDITH MCFERREN⁸, b. 28 Nov 1891⁹; d. 04 Jan 1966, Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio⁹.

 

Notes for EDITH MCFERREN:

Never Married

 

More About EDITH MCFERREN:

Residence: Toronto, Jefferson, Ohio, United States⁹

Social Security Number: 276-10-9563¹⁰

SSN issued: Ohio¹⁰

 

10.            iii.    WILLIAM MCFERREN, b. 01 Aug 1894, Ohio; d. May 1982.

                 iv.    VERA MCFERREN, b. 1896¹¹; d. 19 Jan 1970; m. BLACKBURN.

 

More About VERA MCFERREN:

Residence: Toronto, Jefferson, Ohio, United States¹¹

Social Security Number: 288-16-8954¹²

SSN issued: Ohio¹²

 

11.             v.    GERALD MCFERREN, b. 31 Jul 1896; d. Jul 1986, Wellsburg, W. Virginia.

12.            vi.    RALPH MCFERREN, b. 12 Oct 1906; d. 07 Dec 1991, Florida.

                vii.    PAUL MITCHELL MCFERREN¹³, b. 30 Jul 1911¹⁴; d. 12 Jan 1996.

 

Notes for PAUL MITCHELL MCFERREN:

Adopted

 

More About PAUL MITCHELL MCFERREN:

Social Security Number: 232-03-7638¹⁴

SSN issued: North Carolina or West Virginia¹⁴

 

 

Generation No. 5

 

9.  WALTER V⁵ MCFERREN (JOHN BENJAMIN⁴, FRANCIS ASBURY³, THOMAS², SAMUEL¹)^15,16 was born Dec 1889 in Toronto, Ohio¹⁷, and died 16 Feb 1962 in Toronto, Ohio.  He married MARGARET ZELLA HUMPHREY¹⁸ 09 Oct 1912 in Wellsburg, Brooke Co. West Virginia, daughter of LEWIS HUMPHREY and NANCY WARWICK.  She was born 17 Jul 1895 in West Virginia¹⁸, and died 15 Aug 1990 in Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina¹⁸.

 

Notes for WALTER V MCFERREN:

Walter was a carpenter and foreman at the Guy Johnson Co. After his retirement he went into business with Arthur Mendenhall.  Arthur was the husband of Za's friend Orpha.   Za and Orpha had been friends since age 5.  Walter and Arthur purchased a farm at the south end of town and turned it into a housing development called Walton Acres. 

 

More About WALTER V MCFERREN:

Other-Begin: Jefferson County¹⁹

Residence: Toronto, Jefferson, Ohio, United States²⁰

 

More About MARGARET ZELLA HUMPHREY:

Residence: Cumberland, North Carolina²¹

 

Marriage Notes for WALTER MCFERREN and MARGARET HUMPHREY:

Minister of wedding service N.J. Holmes

     

Children of WALTER MCFERREN and MARGARET HUMPHREY are:

13.              i.    DONALD VANCE⁶ MCFERREN, b. 04 Nov 1917, Ohio; d. 13 Jun 1996, Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States of America.

14.             ii.    JOHN HAROLD MCFERREN, b. 23 Oct 1913, Ohio; d. 24 May 1968, Ohio.

 

 

10.  WILLIAM⁵ MCFERREN (JOHN BENJAMIN⁴, FRANCIS ASBURY³, THOMAS², SAMUEL¹)^22,23 was born 01 Aug 1894 in Ohio, and died May 1982.  He married AMACE KEENAN^23,23.  She was born Abt. 1899 in Ohio.

 

More About WILLIAM MCFERREN:

Residence: Toronto, Jefferson, Ohio, United States²⁴

Social Security Number: 280-16-0033²⁵

SSN issued: Ohio²⁵

 

Notes for AMACE KEENAN:

1920 Census reports Amace's parents were both born in Ireland. At this time it is unsure of Amace's madian name.

     

Children of WILLIAM MCFERREN and AMACE KEENAN are:

                   i.    WILLIAM ANDREW⁶ MCFERREN, b. Abt. 1917, Ohio; d. 14 Jan 1998, Toronto, Jefferson, Ohio, United States of America²⁵.

 

More About WILLIAM ANDREW MCFERREN:

Military: 07 Mar 1944, Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky²⁶

Residence: Jefferson, Ohio²⁶

Social Security Number: 276-10-7818²⁷

SSN issued: Ohio²⁷

 

                  ii.    MARIEN MCFERREN, b. Bet. 1919 - 1920, Ohio.

 

 

11.  GERALD⁵ MCFERREN (JOHN BENJAMIN⁴, FRANCIS ASBURY³, THOMAS², SAMUEL¹)²⁷ was born 31 Jul 1896²⁷, and died Jul 1986 in Wellsburg, W. Virginia.  He married GRACE. 

 

More About GERALD MCFERREN:

Social Security Number: 294-05-2542²⁷

SSN issued: Ohio²⁷

     

Children of GERALD MCFERREN and GRACE are:

                   i.    ANNA LOUISE⁶ MCFERREN.

                  ii.    EUGENE MCFERREN.

                 iii.    BEVERLY MCFERREN.

 

 

12.  RALPH⁵ MCFERREN (JOHN BENJAMIN⁴, FRANCIS ASBURY³, THOMAS², SAMUEL¹) was born 12 Oct 1906^28,29, and died 07 Dec 1991 in Florida.  He married ANNA. 

 

More About RALPH MCFERREN:

Military: 11 Apr 1944, Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky³⁰

Residence: Jefferson, Ohio³⁰

Social Security Number: 236-01-9318³¹

SSN issued: West Virginia³¹

     

Children of RALPH MCFERREN and ANNA are:

                   i.    CAROLINE M.⁶ MCFERREN.

                  ii.    DONALD MCFERREN.

 

 

Generation No. 6

 

13.  DONALD VANCE⁶ MCFERREN (WALTER V⁵, JOHN BENJAMIN⁴, FRANCIS ASBURY³, THOMAS², SAMUEL¹) was born 04 Nov 1917 in Ohio³¹, and died 13 Jun 1996 in Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States of America³¹.  He married VIRGINIA GREER³², daughter of LORETTA GREER.  She was born 30 Jan 1923 in Ohio³², and died 22 Oct 1992 in Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina³².

 

Notes for DONALD VANCE MCFERREN:

Book: Jefferson Co., Ohio-Veterans of the Korean War, Vol. 2

Taken from the Steubenville Harold Star 10-22-1952

Capt. Donald McFerren, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter McFerren of Jefferson St., Toronto, who recently spent a 30 day visit with his parents, flew to Seattle, Washington for assignment to Yokohama, Japan.  From Japan, he will be sent to Korea.  He was accompanied by his family.  Before his furlough he was stationed in Richmond Depot in Petersburg, Va.   During WWII, he was a paratrooper. 

 

More About DONALD VANCE MCFERREN:

Social Security Number: 283-07-6267³³

SSN issued: Ohio³³

 

More About VIRGINIA GREER:

Residence: Cumberland, North Carolina³⁴

     

Children of DONALD MCFERREN and VIRGINIA GREER are:

15.              i.    DONALD BRUCE⁷ MCFERREN.

                  ii.    LINDA MCFERREN.

 

 

14.  JOHN HAROLD⁶ MCFERREN (WALTER V⁵, JOHN BENJAMIN⁴, FRANCIS ASBURY³, THOMAS², SAMUEL¹) was born 23 Oct 1913 in Ohio, and died 24 May 1968 in Ohio.  He married ALICE ELIZABETH DOUGHERTY 28 Aug 1950 in Toronto, Ohio.  She was born 07 Jan 1918, and died 07 Mar 2002.

 

Notes for JOHN HAROLD MCFERREN:

John lived in Toronto Ohio his entire life.  He working in a steel mill until he enlisted in the miltary 1941.  He was sent to India 1942-1945.  When he returned to the US he and his brother purchased an old Army truck and they joked about calling it "McFerren and McFerren moving company" they delievered furniture for a store in Steubenville, Ohio.  John later went to Ohio State.   He taught algebra at Toronto High School.

     

Children of JOHN MCFERREN and ALICE DOUGHERTY are:

                   i.    SUSAN JANE⁷ MCFERREN, b. 02 Jul 1951; m. JEFFREY R. RANKIN.

16.             ii.    JOAN CAROLE MCFERREN, b. 30 Jul 1961.

17.            iii.    ELLEN ANNE MCFERREN, b. 28 Nov 1954.

18.            iv.    MARGARET BETH MCFERREN, b. 29 Aug 1956.

 

 

Generation No. 7

 

15.  DONALD BRUCE⁷ MCFERREN (DONALD VANCE⁶, WALTER V⁵, JOHN BENJAMIN⁴, FRANCIS ASBURY³, THOMAS², SAMUEL¹)  He married CHERYL FARELL, daughter of JOSEPH FARELL and DOROTHY O'BRIEN.  She was born in Columbia SC.

     

Child of DONALD MCFERREN and CHERYL FARELL is:

                   i.    CHIRSTOPHER SCOTT⁸ MCFERREN, b. 22 Aug 1975; m. SHANNON RENEE' JOYNER, 11 Mar 2006, Rocky Mount, North Carolina; b. 16 Aug 1976, Nash Co., NC.

 

 

16.  JOAN CAROLE⁷ MCFERREN (JOHN HAROLD⁶, WALTER V⁵, JOHN BENJAMIN⁴, FRANCIS ASBURY³, THOMAS², SAMUEL¹) was born 30 Jul 1961.  She married DANIEL LYSAGHT.