Ruth Keese (Lapham) Ferriss (1847 - 1929)

Born 1 Nov 1847 in Peru, Clinton, New York, United States

Ancestors

Died 1 May 1929 at age 81 in Wheaton, DuPage, Illinois, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Lapham Name Study.

She is the daughter of Nathan Lapham and Jane Barker.

The 1860 census for Peru, Clinton, New York lists:

Nathan Lapham M 40

Jane Lapham F 38

Arden B Lapham M 15

Ruth Lapham F 12

Edwin Lapham M 10

Joseph Lapham M 8

Catherine Lapham F 6

Cyntha Lapham F 3

Ruth Barker [presumably Jane's mother] F 73

All born in New York, and

Mary A Bennet F 20 Ireland Servant

Phineas Abare M 30 Canada farm laborer^[1]

Luther Lapham Ferris was born 19 Jun 1871 in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, the son of Luther Lee Ferriss, 26, and Ruth Kese (sic) Lapham, 23, both born in Peru, New York.^[2]

The 1880 census for Decatur Township, Macon, Illinois, lists:

Luther L. Ferriss Head M 35 New York, father b Connecticut, mother b Scotland

Ruth K. Ferriss Wife F 32 New York, father b Massachusetts, mother b New York,

Jane R. Ferriss Daughter F 11Illinois

Luther L. Ferriss Son M 8 Illinois,

Edith M. Ferriss Daughter F 6 Illinois^[3]

Note Luther appears at the bottom of the linked image, Ruth and the children on the following page.

Ruth Keese Lapham Ferriss was born in 1848 (sic - quoted death record in the profile states 1 Nov 1847) in Peru, Clinton County, New York. She died 1 May 1929 (aged 80–81) and was buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois.

Findagrave provides links to her husband:

Luther Lee Ferriss 1845–1904 (m. 1868)

and two children:

Luther Lapham Ferriss 1871–1959

Jane Ruth Ferriss Vincent 1869–1937^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC78-Q45 : 14 December 2017), Arden B Lapham in entry for Nathan Lapham, 1860.
2. ↑ "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H9P5-RD2M : 13 February 2020), Ruth Kese Lapham in entry for Luther Lapham Ferris, 1871.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXVN-Q4D : Fri Oct 06 21:32:55 UTC 2023), Entry for Luther L. Ferriss and Ruth K. Ferriss, 1880.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images accessed February 9, 2024, memorial page for Ruth Keese Lapham Ferriss (–), Find A Grave: Memorial #48692513, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by BjJ (contributor 46902476).

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Fred Goodell for creating] Lapham-245 on 27 Dec 13.