Otto Ferrell (1893 - 1961)

Born 5 Mar 1893 in Gallatin, Illinois, USA

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Biography

Otto was born in 1893. He passed away in 1961.

April 12, 1961 The Daily Register from Harrisburg, Illinois

Death Takes Otto Ferrell, Otto Ferrell, 68, resident of RFD 2 in the Liberty community, died at 5:18 a. m, today at the Lightner hospital. He had been in ill health for the past year, Mr. Ferrell was foreman of the maintenance department of Pankey’s Bakery where he had been an employee for 52 years. He was born March 5, 1893. at Equality, the son of the late Martin and Viola Ferrell. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body will lie in state after 6 p. m. at Gaskins Funeral Home. Mr. Ferrell is survived by his Widow, the former Mabel Johnson; three children, Bill Ferrell, Harrisburg, Charles Ferrell, St. Louis, and Mrs. Vernelia Peeples, Harrisburg; one sister, Mrs, George Paetzold, Lake Worth, Fla.; one brother, Raymond Pola Ferrell also of Lake Worth; and seven grandchildren. He was preceded in death by another brother.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKXK-SRR : accessed 22 October 2017), Otto Ferrell in household of Robert Boulden, Harrisburg Ward 3, Saline, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 105, sheet 5B, family 119, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 324; FHL microfilm 1,374,337.

"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K66S-X5T : 12 December 2014), Otto Ferrell, 1917-1918; citing Saline County, Illinois, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,614,590.

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJH5-R52 : accessed 22 October 2017), Otto Terrell, Harrisburg Ward 4, Saline, Illinois, United States; citing ED 130, sheet 15A, line 33, family 353, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 395; FHL microfilm 1,820,395.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWZX-LVL : accessed 22 October 2017), Otto Ferrell, Ward 2, Harrisburg, Harrisburg Township, Saline, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 83-15, sheet 8A, line 1, family 170, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 883.

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSHX-FMD : accessed 22 October 2017), Otta Ferrell in household of Viola Ferrell, Harrisburg Township Harrisburg city, Saline, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 84, sheet 15B, family 328, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,342.