Hiram Joshua Ferrell (1810 - 1894)

Born 20 Mar 1810 in White Place, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Matilda A. (Knight) Ferrell — married 1838 in Smyth, Virginia, United States

Husband of Jane (Smith) Ferrell — married 14 Nov 1858 in Calhoun Co., West Virginia

Descendants

Died 28 Apr 1894 at age 84 in Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

Birth

20 MAR 1810

White Place, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States

Alt. Birth: White Day Place, Marion, Virginia

Death

28 APR 1894

Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States

Brooksville||FERRELL, HIRAM

6/19/1894

The subject of this sketch was born in Monongalia county, W.Va., March 20, 1810, and departed this life, at his home near Brooksville, April 28,

1894, aged 84 years, 1 month and 8 days. He was a son of Robert Ferrel l,

who was at one time High-sheriff of Monongalia county. He, with his

brother, Valentine, came to this county in 1840, and settled on the Little

Kanawha river just above the mouth of Yellow creek. His other brothers ,

Uriah and Thomas soon followed, and also settled in the valley of the

Little Kanawha, and their names will ever remain closely connected with

the early history of our county and the settlement of this part of the

State.

Before coming to this county he was married to Matilda, daughter of Thomas

Knight, and by her raised four sons and seven daughters, seven of which

lived to be men and women, and three of which still survive him, namely ,

Hiram J., Robt. A., and Rachal, wife of Edgar Bell, of Henrietta.

Some years after coming here he was again married, this time to Jane, the

widow of Thomas Rice, and by her he raised two children - Battell and

Columbia.

Mr Ferrell has ever been considered a useful citizen of the neighborhoo d

in which he lived, and has served his county in the capacity of Assesso r

and Justice of the Peace. To sing the praises of him, my pen would be

inadequate. He was good, kind, patient, noble and virtuous, and moreover

he was ever a devout Christian. While for years he lay on a bed of pain

and suffering, almost blind and totally unable to help himself, with a

heaven-born patience he calmly waited and hoped for death. And like Job

of old when wracked with sorest pain, he praised God the more, and

extolled the sufferings of the humble Nazarene. Death had no terror for

him. It was only a step from pain and sorrow to the Realms of Bliss

Immortal. And when the long-looked-for summons came, he was ready; and as

one meeting his dearest friend, he embraced it, and with a calm repose

fell asleep to awake on the bright morn of Resurrection in the bosom of

Jehova.

The Creator has so ordained it, that no life shall be in vain, whether it

be the innocent babe, which, an angel like falls into a sweet repose,

before it has received nourishment from its mother's breast, or he who has

trod all the mystic ways of life, enjoyed its pleasures and suffered its

disappointments. They leave a lesson and an influence behind them and

like links in an unbroken and invisible chain, unite us with the Unknown

Future. For,

"Were a star quenched on high,

For ages would its light,

Still traveling from the sky,

Shine on our mortal sight."

So is it with those who have thrown aside the cloak of mortality, and put

on the bright robes of immortality. For ages after they have ceased to

be, their influence will be felt where they are not. And so will it be

with Grandpa Ferrell, though all that is mortal of him shall crumble in to

dust, though other fill his place, and his familiar form be remembered n o

longer, though words written in his praise shall be forgotten, yet his

influence shall exist and will shape the destiny of those who are yet to

live.

And now, while with sorrow, and in irrepressible longing, we look upon his

new made grave, and while visions of his pale aspect in death still visits

us in dreams, let us remember his virtues and emulate them. Let the kind

words of advice and counsel he has given us, sink deep in our hearts, a nd

be handed out to others where they will do the most good. And let our

lives be such that when we come to pass through the gloomy pathway of the

grave to an unknown hereafter, we may go like long absent travelers

returning to our home's. And let us live so that those we leave behind us

can say of us, "He was good, kind, noble and virtuous." - Fred Felix

Residence

1850

Gilmer, Gilmer, West Virginia, United States

District 17

1860

Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States

1870

Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States

1880

Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States

Burial

Big Bend, Calhoun, West Virginia, USA

Address: Hunt Cemetery

Sources

• Source: S2 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R) (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002)

• Source: S208 1930 United States Federal Census Title: Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626,;) Repository: #R3 Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Independence, Washington, Ohio; Roll: 1887; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 14; Image: 155.0. Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1925 Residence place: Independence, Washington, Ohio

• Repository: R3 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Address 1: http://www.Ancestry.com

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