Ferry, Dexter Mason, 1833-1907.
Biographical notes:
Dexter M. Ferry was born in Detroit, Nov. 23, 1872, son of Dexter Mason and Addle (Miller) Ferry; received an A.B. from Columbia University 1898, and an M.A. from the University of Michigan,1933; married Jeanette Hawkins, Oct. 1, 1907. Ferry was president of the Ferry-Morse Seed Company; chairman, Standard Accident Insurance Company; director, Michigan Fire & Marine Insurance Company; member, Michigan House of Representatives,1901-1904; president, State Board of Education,1908-1912; served in quartermaster's Department during World War I. (From Who's Who in Am., 1944-1945) (blue index cards)
D.M. Ferry & Co. was founded in 1865.
From the description of Dexter Mason Ferry correspondence, 1866-1870. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 430034810
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- Seed industry and trade
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- Detroit (Mich.) (as recorded)
- Michigan--Detroit (as recorded)
