Ferren, Ebenezer (1817-1902)

Name:

Ferren, Ebenezer (1817-1902)

Title:

Member, First Congregational Church, Manchester
Member, Sons of Temperance, 1847

Other Names:

Eben

Born:

02/12/1817

Birthplace:

Goffstown, NH

Died:

11/12/1902

Death Location:

Manchester, NH

Residence:

Goffstown, NH 1817-1845
Manchester, NH 1845-1902

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Salesman, 1837
Dry Goods Merchant 1845-1865
Trader
Carpet Dealer 1845-1865 (retired in 1865), Manchester; 1852 ad for "silver spoons at manufacture's prices" (see Parsons notebook).
Real Estate Proprietor

Father:

Ferren (Ferrin), Ebenezer (1780-1873)

Mother:

Eaton, Mary (1785-1826)

Relations:

Siblings (all b. Goffstown, NH):
Ferren, Mary Jane (1811-1890; not married)
Ferren, Clarissa (1813-1896; not married)
Ferren, Ansters (1813/5-)
Ferren, Aaron (1819-1874)
Ferren, James (1821-1888)
Ferren, Joseph (1823-1897; m. Caroline Davenport; 1 child)
Half-siblings:
Ferren, William
Ferren, Lydia M. (1829-; m. Choate Kimball; child)
Ferren, Hannah E. (1832-; m. William Morgan; res. Missouri)
Ferren, Mary J. (1835-; m. Thomas W. Richards)
Ferren, Nancy M. (1839-1867; m. John Clement)
Grandparents: Anne Currier (1743-1815) & Philip Ferren (1739-1804) of Shirley Hill, Goffstown, NH; Alice Hadley & Samuel Eaton of Goffstown, NH.
Great-grandparents: Electa Wells (1715-1786) & Aaron Currier (1716-1787) of Amesbury, MA, and Newton, NH.

Spouse:

Adelaide E. Badger (1823-1907), 1849

Children:

(none)

Notes:

George P. Hadley, History of the Town of Goffstown, 1733-1920, 148: "When twenty years of age he started on the road as a salesman and continued in this pursuit until 1845, when he opened a dry goods store in Manchester, where he remained until 1865, when he retired. He was a member of the first Congregational Church of Manchester, in which he took an active interest and also identified himself with the temperance cause."

From On-Line resource, with a citation of being from "Captain Jonathan Ferren book": He was a quiet substantial character loved by all who knew him. He began his business career early and for more that twenty years had a dry-goods and carpet business in Manchester. His upright business methods brought him remarkable success and in 1865 he was able to retire. He was a member of the first congregational church of Manchester, an ardent worker for temperance; he was a member of prohibition and temperance societies. A deeply religious man, he was always studying the history of the crucifixion. He was quoted as saying, 'I have a God that is worth more to me than all the money that is made.' They lived [in a] pleasant home on Walnut Street, Manchester."

George P. Hadley, History of the Town of Goffstown, 1733-1920. Volume I. (Concord, New Hampshire: The Rumford Press, 1924), 173.

George P. Hadley, History of the Town of Goffstown, 1733-1920. Volume II. (Concord, New Hampshire: The Rumford Press, 1924), 148.

Charles S. Parsons, New Hampshire Silver. (Cranbury, NJ: Adams Brown Company, 1983), 99-100.

Manchester Directory, 1844-64.

Advertisement, Farmers' Cabinet, Amherst, NH, November 13, 1845, 3.

Advertisement, Weekly Union, Manchester, NH, July 7, 1852, 3.

Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives

Pine Grove Cemetery, Manchester, NH