This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ferry, French Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VFB.2ACI/3444 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on a Silas Ferry born abt 1802 in Mass. or NY. He married Flavia French (born in Hampden, Mass) sometime before 1834. He may have had a sister named Parmelia born abt 1796 in Mass. I have a story regarding him traveling down the Allegheny River from Olean, New York in 1837 to the Ohio River and then to Cincinnati with a load of lumber, and one about his murder in Muscatine, IA in 1863, which I would love to share. He was also said to have been the first sheriff of Burlington, Des Moines Co, IA. Also have more on Silas and Flavia's children, but have not been able to locate his or her parents names. Has anyone out there run into these names in your research. I would love to hear from you. Thank you!