Persons Listed On This Page:
- Ferris, William, formerly enslaved man
- Haines, Seward, formerly enslaved man
The Data
- Name William Ferris
Details Formerly enslaved man , according to his obituary:
WILLIAM FERRIS, FORMER SLAVE DIES
William Ferris, colored, 85 years old, died Thursday morning at the home of his niece, Mrs. Belle Worthington at Dunbar. He was the last colored man residing about Dunbar who had been a slave in his younger days. He was a slave for 31 years. Funeral services will be tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev. M. F. Simms of Connellsville officiating.
William Farris is found in the 1870 Census of Washington Township, Fayette County. He is listed as a 30 year old Black male, born in Pennsylvania. That makes his year of birth about 1839 or 1840, which is within five years of the approximate year of birth (1834) indicated in his obituary. (U.S. Census, Washington Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, page 522)
Source Originally published in The Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pennsylvania), 21 February 1919. Posted by Patricia Homlish to the PAFAYETT-L RootsWeb archives, 18 September 2001, accessed 27 January 2007.
- Name Seward Haines
Details Formerly enslaved man, according to his obituary
SEWARD HAINES
Seward Haines, of Smock, admitted to the Uniontown Hospital on Monday night, November 7, died in the institution Saturday night, November 26, 1932, at 10:15 o'clock of a complication of diseases, following an operation, Haines, a slave during the Civil War days, is believed to have been between 88 and 90 years of age. His body will be sent to relatives now residing in Virginia.
Source Obituary contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb Project by Amy Lecouras.
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