BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO

"History of the Upper Ohio Valley" Vol. II, 1890.

Presented by Linda Fluharty from hard copies provided
by Mary Staley & Phyllis Slater.


Page 634.

FRANCIS B. FERREL

Francis B. Ferrel, prominent among the farmers of Richland township, was
born in the year 1820, in the little log cabin which was the home of his
parents, on the farm which he now owns. He is the son of James and Sarah
(Boggs) Ferrel, the former of whom was born in West Virginia, the son of
Joseph Ferrel, and came to Ohio early in the century, and settled in
Richland township. His wife was a daughter of Francis and Margaret
(Caldwell) Boggs. Her grandfather was a soldier of the revolution, and
of Scotch-Irish descent. Mr. Ferrel, the subject of this mention, was
reared on the old farm, and received his early education in the country
schools. Beginning with this slender foundation he has by a liberal
patronage of books and papers, become well-read and thoroughly informed.
He is now one of the influential citizens of the county, a member of the
Presbyterian church, to which his wife also belongs, and his farm, one
of the best of the region, includes 154 acres of valuable land. In 1840,
Mr. Ferrel was married to Martha, daughter of Thomas and Nancy (Mowery)
Holmes, of this county, and to them ten children have been born, of whom
the following are living: William, Charles, James, Francis E. and Emma.
His first wife died, and in 1871, he was married to Mary E., daughter
of Amos and Anna Roscoe, of this county, by whom he has three children
living: Irena, Maude and Garfield L.