[p. 584] who owns a fine farm of 114 acres of land lying about nine miles southeast of New Castle, is a well known citizen and a prosperous farmer of Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. He was born about fifty rods from his present home on December 31, 1869, and is a son of James and Sarah (Lutz) Ferree, and a grandson of Jacob Ferree.
Jacob Ferree, the grandfather, was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and there resided until 1840, when he sold out and moved to what became the Ferree homestead in Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County. There he continued his farming operations until his death.
James Ferree was born in Mercer County and was about thirteen years of age when his parents moved to Slippery Rock. He received his educational training in the district schools of Mercer and Lawrence Counties, and throughout his entire life engaged in farming. During the last fourteen years of his life he raised berries quite extensively, a business which proved very remunerative. He was united in marriage with Sarah Lutz, a daughter of Jonathan Lutz who was a farmer of this county. The following children were the offspring of this union: Jacob, Daniel W., and Anna.
Daniel W. Ferree attended the public schools of his home district and engaged in farming on the home place until 1896, in which year he purchased his present farm from the Alexander heirs. He has met with unusual success as a general farmer and truck gardener, and is classed with the substantial and progressive men of the township.
Mr. Ferree was united in the bonds of Matrimony with Eva J. Reno, a daughter of Lafayette Reno, of Shenango Township, Lawrence County, and they became parents of six children, namely: Carl Herbert, Bertha Gertrude, Earl Raymond, Gladys Elnora, Ralph Emerson, and Lawrence Ernest. Politically, he is an active Republican, but has never aspired to nor cared for public office. Religiously, he is a member of the Lutheran Church.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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