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In 1922, John married Charlotte C. Geyer, who was residing in Orange, [[New Jersey]]. Their son John T. Ferris Jr. was born in Detroit (1924), but shortly afterwards the family relocated to Dearborn, then to Bloomfield, N.J., then to Harrisburg, PA where the elder John was working as an architect on state government buildings, then back to New York to help with the design of the double-decked suspension George Washington Bridge, which was opened in 1931, and connects Washington Heights, Manhattan, N.Y. with Fort Lee, N.J. That bridge was the longest main bridge span in the world until the Golden Gate Bridge was opened in 1937, according to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge GWB wiki].
John T. Ferris, Jr. enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps while a senior at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings_High_School_(New_York) Hastings High School] in New York. He remained in service to what would become the U.S. Air Force throughout WWII, the Korean conflict, and Vietnam, and would be honorably discharged earning the rank of Major. During WWII, he flew a B-24 Liberator thru 15 aeronautic bomb runs. While in the service, he taught 1952-1954 in Oxford, [[Ohio]] at [https://miamioh.edu/ Miami University], and was an early instructor in Montgomery, [[Alabama]] 1954-1961 at [https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/ Air University] on Maxwell Air Force Base.
After WWII ended, on Sept. 10, 1946 at Taylor, [[Texas]], John married Betty Annette Allgood (b. 1924 Plainview, Hale, TX), a daughter of Henry Arnold Allgood (b. 1900 Forestburg/Stoneburg, TX - d. 1984 Jasper, TX) & Lucile Ballard Allgood (b. 1898 Killeen, TX - d. 1982 Tulia, Swisher, TX). At the time of Annette's birth, Henry was employed in Lockney, TX as a teacher.
=Also See=
* [[Messages of Love in New_York]] & [[Messages of Love Around the Globe]]
* [https://voicesforchrist.org/speakers/show/95 John T. Ferris' Voices for Christ sermons] & [https://vimeo.com/showcase/4083292 2011 Interviews with John T. Ferris] & [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV5kvFPheP8 Andrew Pierce Fancher's interview]
* [[Iowa history]], [[New York history]].
* Well known people with the surname [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferris_(name) Ferris].
