This is not Springfield, Missouri -- this is Springfield, Massachusetts, or more specifically, Chicopee, Massachusetts. Also the surname is spelled with an "e" not an "a." I grew up in this town and knew of this Ferris family and was also familiar with the Ferris Department Store. Gail Ferris -----Original Message----- From: Hope Farris <dhfarris@swbell.net> To: FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com <FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 12:28 PM Subject: Re: [FARRIS-L] Obit of Mary T. Ferris |Thank you for this Springfield, Mo obit. I think this is my Farris line. Mine lived in Springfield and still have |some there if I can ever find them. |hope Farris | |Wanda Rabb wrote: | |> Springfield Sunday Republican - Springfield MA |> December 6, 1998 |> |> Mary T. Ferris |> |> SPRINGFIELD - Mary T. Ferris, 72, of Boynton Beach, Fla., |> died Wednesday. She was a clerk for the former Ferris Depart-