Ferry, William Montague, 1824-1905
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- Organization: United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 14th (1862-1865)
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- Affiliation Start: 1884
- Affiliation End: 1892
- Organization: Democratic National Committee (U.S.)
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found: William and Jeannette Ferry, 2011:page 122 (Colonel William Montague Ferry) page 123 (born July 8, 1824 on Mackinac Island, Michigan; son of Rev. William M. Ferry and Amanda White) page 126 (enlisted on November 24, 1861 as a private in Company B of the Fourteenth Michigan Infantry Volunteers, where he served for the duration of the Civil War; commissioned as a captain on June 30, 1862; wounded during the July 1863 siege of Vicksburg; on March 13, 1865, he was brevetted to the ranks of major and lieutenant coloner--the the source of the title by which he was known for the rest of this life) page 127 (elected mayor of Grand Haven, Michigan in 1876) page 129 (moved to Park City, Utah in 1878, started a waterworks company that supplied water to the town and ore mills, and become involved in the mining industry) page 135-136 (appointed as the probate judge for Summit County, Utah in 1880; from 1884 to 1892, was a member of the Democratic National Committee; in 1893, he was a Commissioner of the Chicago World's Fair) page 141 (died January 2, 1905 in Park City, Utah)
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2011-08-23: new
2011-08-24: revised
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