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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889

[page 524]

  HORACE M. FERRIN, farmer and stock-raiser, of Tilden Township, was
  born in Carroll County, Illinois, March 27, 1848.  He is the son of
  JOSEPH and ELIZABETH (PRESTON) FERRIN, natives of Vermont and Massa-
  chusetts respectively.  HORACE M. is the fourth child of a family of
  fifteen.  He devoted his earlier years to assisting his father on the
  farm and in acquiring an education.  When he had attained his major-
  ity he rented land on his own responsibility, and also operated his
  father's farm until 1881, when he emigrated to Iowa and settled on
  land which he had purchased in 1877.  There were 160 acres of wild
  prairie, and he has since added eighty acres adjoining.  He has de-
  voted his whole time and attention to the improvement and cultiva-
  tion of his farm, and to-day it is one of the best in the township.
  In 1882 Mr. FERRIN erected a neat and substantial residence, and in
  1888 he built a fine commodious barn, affording ample accommodations
  for the care and protection of live-stock and storage for grain and
  hay.  He has a complete system of water-works, furnishing an abun-
  dant supply for all purposes.  He has further added to the value of
  his farm by planting a grove of five acres.  One less thrifty and
  energetic than our worthy subject would not in the few short years
  have brought around him so many comforts and conveniences.  During
  his residence in the county he has done much for the general welfare,
  and has won a wide circle of friends.  Politically he is of the Repub-
  lican party, and takes an active interest in the success of the same.
  In January, 1889, he was appointed to fill the vacancy on the County
  Board of Supervisors, and is the present township clerk, this being
  his second term; he has been president of the School Board for six
  years, and has ever given satisfaction in the discharge of his duties.
  He is a member of Seba Lodge, No. 463, A.F. & A.M., and of the A.O.U.W.
  Mr. FERRIN was united in marriage November 23, 1873, to Miss VIOLA
  CUMMINGS, a daughter of REUEL and HELEN (BIBBINS) CUMMINGS.  She was
  born March 16, 1856, in Mt. Carroll, Illinois.  They are the parents
  of four children: REUEL V., born February 20,1 875; WINNIE A., born
  April 27, 1877; JOSEPH F., born February 3, 1879, and AMOS G., born
  November 20, 1885.

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