The following ancestors were from Madison County, NY... descendants still live in the same county: Caleb Ferris married Carline Sheldon... They had a son, William Monroe Ferris (he was born March 15, 1858; died 1943) 1860 Census Caleb G. Ferris Lebanon Township Madison County, NY Page 941 Our family oral history states that Caleb Ferris served in the Civil War... spent time in Andersonville and died there or as a result of being there. I found a reference on the web as follows: Civil War Soldiers in Madison County, NY FERRIS, Caleb From: Lebanon Company D, 184th New York State Volunteers (indicates infantry) William Monroe Ferris (son of Caleb Ferris) married Emma J. Pudney (she was born October 21, 1859... daughter of John M. Pudney 1813-1881 & Lucy Irene Hewett; died 1928)... William Monroe Ferris & Emma J. Pudney had a daughter, Rachel Ferris (she was born March 29, 1882; died 1957)... Rachel Ferris married Henry Oliver (he was born 1872 son of Edwin Oliver and Mary Smith) Rachel Ferris and Henry Oliver's daughter, Mildred Oliver, was born October 10, 1909... she married Clyde C. Head (son of Linn Alexander Head who was born 1878 and Geneva Cook who was born 1883) I would love to talk to anyone who has information on this line of Ferris's... Kathleen