Migration: KY & TN>IL>NE
(Photo
given me by a descendent of Peter Hookstra)
Charles W. and Eliza Anne Age Ferrell came to Butler Co., in 1872 from Knox Co., Illinois.
As far as I know, they always lived at Octavia, NE.
Charles
W. Ferrell (b. 17 Feb 1828 Allen County, KY) (d. 20 May 1898 Octavia, Butler Co., NE)
married Eliza Ann Age (b. 1828 Nashville, Davidson Co., TN) (d. 24 Feb 1891 Octavia,
Butler Co., NE)
Their children:
1. Mary Elizabeth Ferrell (b. Spring of 1849 Edmonson Co., KY) (d. bef Nov 1858
Barren Co., KY)
2. Louisa Margaret Ferrell (b. 21 Sep 1858 Edmonson Co., KY) (d. 10 Feb 1872
Warren Co., Iowa) married Cyrus Willard Reynolds.
3. William Gabriel Ferrell (b. 1 Jun 1854 Edmonson Co., KY) (d. 15 Dec 1876 bitten by
a rattlesnake while working in a field north of David City, NE) married Lucy Alice Trout,
she remarried Solomon Perkins Streeter.
4. Sarah Caroline Ferrell (b. 14 May 1852 Edmonson Co., KY) married John L. Gardner s/o
David R. and Sarah Gardner of Savannah Twp. John died young and she remarried to
Alva Jackson.
5. Francis Isabelle Ferrell (b. 28 Sep 1856 Barren Co., KY) (d. 12 Jul 1906)
married Alba Delancy Thayer.
6. Mary Ann Ferrell (b. 1 Nov 1858 Barren Co., KY) (d. 5 Jan 1929 Holt Co, NE) married
Oren Mortimer Thayer.
7. America Washington Ferrell (b. ) (waiting for obit) married Peter Hookstra.