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********* '''John Tomlinson Ferris, Sr.''' (b. 1893 Grand Rapids, [[Michigan|MI]] - d. 1975 Loudenville, [[New York|N.Y.]] & Charlotte C. Louise Geyer Ferris (b. 1895 N.Y.Berlin, Germany, lived 1916 @ Orange, [[New Jersey|N.J.]], m. 1922, d. 1987 Albany, N.Y.).

John T. Ferris, Sr. served as an elder was the youngest of seven children, and studied at (OB) the [https://wwwen.bethanyyonkerswikipedia.org/ Bethany Chapelwiki/Art_Institute_of_Chicago Chicago Art Institute] , where two of his sisters, Mary and Reubey, served as instructors prior to his attendance, and also were among the first women to hold an art exhibition in China. Mary Lydia Ferris (1904b. 1887 Grand Rapids, MI -presentd. 1974 Pearblossom, Los Angeles, CA) in Yonkersmarried Dr. Alfred Hjalmar Swan (b. 1883 Omaha, [[New YorkNebraska|NE]]- d. He also 1959 Los Angeles, CA), who was a medical doctor, and was served with as a Secretary and Physical Director for the Coast Guard during WWI YMCA starting in 1912-1921 in China, as well as in Japan and Hong Kong. Reubey Statira Ferris (1917b. 1886 Grand Rapids, MI -1919d. 1955 Stevens Point, Portage, [[Wisconsin|WI]])married Harlo Hakes Ferris, earning the rank of Quartermaster on the [https://enSr. (b.wikipedia1886 Whitewater, Walworth, WI - d.org/wiki/USRC_Yamacraw_(19091983 Wild Rose, Waushara, WI) USRC Yamacraw]. According to the wiki for in Bombay, India in 1919, where he was serving as Secretary of the [https://en.wikipediaMadison St.org/wiki/USRC_Yamacraw_YMCA (1909in NYC) Yamacraw], "She served as and a patrol vessel in chaplain for the Chesapeake Bay to Nantucket Shoals area until called for convoy duty to EuropeBritish Forces. Dr. During convoy missions escorting merchant vessels she performed Ferris was also a rescueCongregational pastor, saving four survivors with his last pastorate of nine years at a torpedo attack. On escort duty Yamacraw cruised over 36community church in Hancock,000 milesWI."

In 1922, John married Charlotte C. Geyer, who was residing in Orange, [[New Jersey]]. Their son John T. Ferris Jr. was born in Detroit also served with the Coast Guard during WWI (19241917-1919), but shortly afterwards commissioned on a destroyer in the family relocated to Dearborn, then to Bloomfield, N.JMediterranean., then to Harrisburg, PA where He earned the elder John was working as an architect rank of Quartermaster 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[https://en.Ywikipedia. with Fort Lee, Norg/wiki/USRC_Yamacraw_(1909) USRC Yamacraw].J. That bridge was According to the longest main bridge span in the world until the Golden Gate Bridge was opened in 1937, according to wiki for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge GWB wikiUSRC_Yamacraw_(1909) Yamacraw], "She served as a patrol vessel in the Chesapeake Bay to Nantucket Shoals area until called for convoy duty to Europe. During convoy missions escorting merchant vessels she performed a rescue, saving four survivors of a torpedo attack. On escort duty Yamacraw cruised over 36,000 miles."

Then the family relocated within Westchester County to Crestwood, N.Y.In 1922, then to Ardsley, N.Y. when John Jrmarried Charlotte C. was starting high schoolGeyer in Orange, then to Hastings-on-the-Hudson where he served three years as captain of the baseball team[[New Jersey]], and a catcherher parents later resided in Quakertown, coached by CochraneBucks, who also oversaw the football team where John served as a center[[Pennsylvania|PA]]. Switzer, the math teacher also served as an assistant coach, he and John attempted to start a hockey team, he also played tennisDr. John was called into active duty in the UFranklin "Boyd" Edwards (b.S1876 Lisle, N. Army Air Corps right after graduating from [https://enY.wikipedia- d.org/wiki/Hastings_High_School_(New_York) Hastings High School] in New York. He trained in Albany, GA on a Stearman Boeing PT-17 for a couple months1944 Arlington, then to GreenwoodBennington, MS (two hours south of Memphis) for [https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Greenwood%E2%80%93Leflore_Airport basic flying school[Vermont|VT]]) officiated the wedding, then to Napier Field in Dothan, AL to fly Twho later (1922-6's in training 1928) served as a fighter pilot, but he was instead assigned as a bomber pilot. In the Fall 5th headmaster of 1944, he transferred near Springfield, MA to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westover_Air_Reserve_Base Westover FieldThe_Hill_School The Hill School] to train on flying B-24's, then was transferred for boys in April of 1945 to NaplesPhiladelphia, and stationed in [https://enPA.wikipedia Dr.org/wiki/Lecce Lecce]Edwards was a descendant of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758), Italya gggg-grandson.

His first combat mission Their son John T. Ferris Jr. was born in Vienna with Detroit (1924), but shortly afterwards the 98th Bomb Group with several B-24's in groups of threesfamily relocated to Dearborn, then to Bloomfield, N.J., then to Harrisburg, and PA where the first two groups were shot downelder John was working as an architect on state government buildings, and he flew then back to New York to help with the lead plane in design of the third group double-decked suspension George Washington Bridge, which was sparedopened in 1931, and connects Washington Heights, Manhattan, N. Ultimately he did fifteen aeronautic bomb runs out of ItalyY. Then he flew two missions with the 465th Bomb Group before WWII endedFort Lee, his last mission N.J. That bridge was April 25, 1945. He served 22 more years, being recalled and restationed throughout the longest main bridge span in the world including until the Korean Conflict, and Golden Gate Bridge was stationed in Germany until 1952-1954 where he served as an instructor opened in Oxford1937, [[Ohio]] at according to the [https://miamiohen.eduwikipedia.org/wiki/ Miami UniversityGeorge_Washington_Bridge GWB wiki], and was then . He served as an early instructor in Montgomery, [[Alabama]] 1954-1961 elder at (OB) [https://www.airuniversitybethanyyonkers.af.eduorg/ Air UniversityBethany Chapel] on Maxwell Air Force Base(1904-present) in Yonkers, then served in the Vietnam War[[New York]], being eventually honorably discharged and designed its structure built in 1968 as a Major1938.

Then the family relocated within Westchester County to Crestwood, N.Y., then to Ardsley, N.Y. thru part of John's high school years, then to Hastings-on-the-Hudson where he served three years as captain of the baseball team, and a catcher, coached by Cochrane, who also oversaw the football team where John served as a center. Switzer, the math teacher also served as an assistant coach, he and John attempted to start a hockey team, he also played tennis. John was called into active duty in the U.S. Army Air Corps right after graduating from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings_High_School_(New_York) Hastings High School] in New York. He trained in Albany, GA on a Stearman Boeing PT-17 for a couple months, then to Greenwood, MS (two hours south of Memphis) for [https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Greenwood%E2%80%93Leflore_Airport basic flying school], then to Napier Field in Dothan, AL to fly T-6's in training as a fighter pilot, but he was instead assigned as a bomber pilot. In the Fall of 1944, he transferred near Springfield, MA to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westover_Air_Reserve_Base Westover Field] to train on flying B-24's, then was transferred in April of 1945 to Naples, and stationed in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce Lecce], Italy. His first combat mission was in Vienna with the 98th Bomb Group with several B-24's in groups of threes, and the first two groups were shot down, and he flew the lead plane in the third group which was spared. Ultimately he did fifteen aeronautic bomb runs out of Italy. Then he flew two missions with the 465th Bomb Group before WWII ended, his last mission was April 25, 1945. He served 22 more years, being recalled and restationed throughout the world including the Korean Conflict, and was stationed in Germany until 1952-1954 where he served as an instructor in Oxford, [[Ohio]] at [https://miamioh.edu/ Miami University], and was then an early instructor in Montgomery, [[Alabama]] 1954-1961 at [https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/ Air University] on Maxwell Air Force Base, then served in the Vietnam War, being eventually honorably discharged in 1968 as a Major. 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. In the latter part of 1946, John Sr. and his wife Charlotte tired of NYC life, and removed to upstate New York, to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva,_New_York Geneva].

John T. Ferris Sr., had another son, Robert Haldane Ferris, born in 1926 in Dearborn. A year after John entered the Air Corps, Robert entered the Navy and went to Dartmouth in the B-12 program, and was stationed with Admiral Bird in 1946 at the South Pole, then was stationed in England and Japan as a supply officer on an aircraft carrier. He also served in the Vietnam War, eventually retiring as a Commander. In 1952, he married Margaret Doreen Lee (b. 1925 Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Eng. - d. 2000) at Chelsea, London, England. She was the daughter of Albert Edward Foster Lee (1891-1971 Ilkeston, Derbyshire, Eng.) & Doris May Sheppard Lee-Loak (b. 1906 Coventry, Warwickshire, Eng. - d. 1987 Nottingham, Eng.). Charlotte Ruth Ferris Merrill was born in 1932 in N.Y., and in 1955 @ Albany, N.Y. married Lt. Donald E. Merrill, USMC in 1954.