MILAS FERRELL, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Hardin County, is a son of
Joseph Ferrell, a native of Tennessee, who at an early day removed from his
native State to Hardin County, Ill., and settled on a farm. Here he served
as Township Treasurer for several years, and now lives at Harrisburg, Saline
county.
He was married first to Elizabeth Ladd, of Gallatin County, Ill., by whom he
had eight children, three of whom are still living, viz: Nancy, wife of
Charles Hubbard, a farmer of Gallatin County; John H., now living at
Elizabethtown, Ill.; and Emma, wife of John S. Curry, a farmer of Hardin
County, Ill. After the decease of his first wife, Joseph Ferrell was married
to Elizabeth Shell, of Hardin County, Ill., in 1866, and by her he had three
children, all of whom are now living, viz: Milas; Edward, a blacksmith of
Elizabethtown; and Henry, now living at Elizabethtown, Ill. This wife dying,
he was married the third time, in 1875, to Bettel Moore, of Hardin County,
Ill., by whom he has had eight children, six of whom are still living, viz:
Thomas, Laura, Maggie, Fred, Richard and James H. Milas Ferrell was born in
Gallatin County, Ill., November 11, 1867, and when but four years old moved
to Hardin County with his father, where he was brought up on the farm, and
obtained his early education at the common schools of that county. He
afterward attended the public schools at Elizabetheown three sessions, and
then began teaching school, which he continued to follow for four years. In
1892, he made the race for Clerk of the Circuit Court, and after a very
exciting campaign and notwithstanding that his opponent was a very popular
man, he was elected by the small majority of two votes. He qualified and
took charge of his office in December, 1892. Mr. Ferrell is a member of New
Home Lodge No. 185, I.O.O.F., at Karbers Ridge, Hardin County, and is an
influential citizen, and he and family have a large circle of warm friends
in this vicinity, and well deserve the good opinion of their neighbors.
[1898. The Biographical Review of Johnson, Massac, Pope and Hardin Counties,
Illinois, Chicago, Biograhical Publishing Co. 359]
Submitted by Wanda (Patton) Reed
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