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1868 - 1949 (80 years)
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Name |
Effie Rosealpha Olney |
Born |
28 May 1868 |
Jefferson Co. NB |
Gender |
Female |
Died |
05 Feb 1949 |
Custer Co. MT |
Buried |
Custer County Cemetery, Miles City, Custer Co. MT |
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Notes |
- OBITUARY
From Find A Grave
Mrs. Effie Rosealpha Ferrell, age 86 passed away at a local hospital Saturday afternoon. Rites will be held at the Graves Chapel Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Ferrell was born at Fairburry, Nebraska in 1863. Her dad served in the Civil War, her mother passed away when she was nine years old. When she was fifteen, she went to work as a dishwasher at the Antlers Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
She was married to George Washington Ferrell in 1880 in Colorado Springs. Two boys, Tom and Lew were born while they lived there. They moved to Sturgis, South Dakota in a wagon pulled by oxen, as a part of a wagon train. They next moved to Meade County, South Dakota in the Black Hills where Jess, Charley, Gene, Iris, George and Orlando were born. Mr. Ferrell ran a blacksmith shop there and worked on Norman Dam. They moved to Vale, South Dakota where they homesteaded starting in 1893. In 1929, they came to Broadus, Montana and had resided in Miles City, Montana the last three years. Mr. Ferrell preceded her in death ten years ago.
After some years Mr. and Mrs. Ferrell separated.
Nine boys and one girl were born to this union and surviving also are 17 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Five sons reside in Miles City, Charles, Eugene, Marcus Allen, George and one son, Tom Ferrell, is in the Veterans Hospital at Fort Harrison. A daughter, Iris Raaen lives at Sturgis, S. D.
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Person ID |
I29093 |
Master File |
Last Modified |
20 Feb 2015 |
Family |
George Washington Ferrell, b. 03 Sep 1862, Richland Co. OH , d. 11 May 1940, Washington Co. UT (Age 77 years) |
Children |
| 1. Thomas Ferrell |
| 2. Lewis Orvil Ferrell, b. 07 Mar 1890, Kansas , d. 14 Jun 1938, Fall River Co. SD (Age 48 years) |
| 3. Jess Ferrell |
| 4. Charlie Ferrell |
| 5. Eugene Daniel (Gene) Ferrell, b. 26 Mar 1898, Butte Co. SD , d. 11 May 1964, Custer Co. MT (Age 66 years) |
| 6. Iris Ferrell |
| 7. George Washington Ferrell, Jr., b. 12 Mar 1904, d. 16 Jun 1972, Montana (Age 68 years) |
| 8. Orlando William Ferrell, b. 01 Mar 1906, d. 03 Mar 1923, South Dakota (Age 17 years) |
+ | 9. Eldon John Ferrell, b. 13 Jan 1908, Butte Co. SD , d. 09 Dec 1979, Custer Co. MT (Age 71 years) |
+ | 10. Allen Marcus Ferrell, b. 07 Apr 1912, Butte Co. SD , d. 11 Jan 1975, Lee Co. FL (Age 62 years) |
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Last Modified |
20 Feb 2015 |
Family ID |
F12410 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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