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'''Susan Frances Nelson Ferree''' (January 14, 1844 - September 30, 1919) was an American journalist and social activist from [[Iowa]]. Ferree served as a [[Washington, D.C.]] newspaper correspondent. She favored [[Women's suffrage in the United States|women's suffrage]] and women's rights; she also affiliated with the [[Woman's Christian Temperance Union]] (WCTU).
'''Susan F. Ferree''' ({{nee}}, '''Nelson'''; January 14, 1844 - September 6, 1919) was an American journalist and social reformer from [[Iowa]]. Ferree served as a [[Washington, D.C.]] newspaper correspondent. She favored [[Women's suffrage in the United States|women's suffrage]] and women's rights; she also affiliated with the [[Woman's Christian Temperance Union]] (WCTU). Ferree died in 1919.


==Biography==
==Early years and education==
Susan Frances Nelson was born in [[Mount Pleasant, Iowa]], January 14, 1844. Her parents were Frances S. Wray Nelson and John S. Nelson, who was a lineal descent of [[Thomas "Scotch Tom" Nelson]],{{sfn|The Society|1904|p=41}} the founder of Old York, [[Virginia]]. His oldest son, [[William Nelson (governor)|William Nelson]], was at one time president of the king's council. William's oldest son, [[Thomas Nelson Jr.]], was one of the signers of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]], and the war governor of Virginia. At the age of one year she, with her parents removed to [[Keokuk, Iowa]], which was her home for many years.{{sfn|Willard|Livermore|1893|p=287}}
Susan Frances Nelson was born in [[Mount Pleasant, Iowa]], January 14, 1844. Her parents were Frances S. Wray Nelson and John S. Nelson, who was a lineal descent of [[Thomas "Scotch Tom" Nelson]],{{sfn|The Society|1904|p=41}} the founder of Old York, [[Virginia]]. His oldest son, [[William Nelson (governor)|William Nelson]], was at one time president of the king's council. William's oldest son, [[Thomas Nelson Jr.]], was one of the signers of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]], and the war governor of Virginia. At the age of one year she, with her parents removed to [[Keokuk, Iowa]], which was her home for many years.{{sfn|Willard|Livermore|1893|p=287}}


==Career==
Ferree wrote poetry, but her forte was journalism, especially her newspaper correspondence from Washington, D.C. She supported temperance and the advancement of woman.{{sfn|Willard|Livermore|1893|p=287}}
Ferree wrote poetry, but her forte was journalism, especially her newspaper correspondence from Washington, D.C. She supported temperance and the advancement of woman.{{sfn|Willard|Livermore|1893|p=287}}


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She was a member of the [[Order of the Eastern Star]], [[Woman's Relief Corps]], the Iowa Woman's Suffrage Association, [[Daughters of the American Revolution]],{{sfn|Daughters of the American Revolution|1908|p=23}} and the local WCTU. In religion, Ferree was Episcopalian,{{sfn|Herman|Tal|1984|p=266}} and a communicant of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, of Ottumwa.{{sfn|Willard|Livermore|1893|p=287}}
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==Private life==

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In 1860, she married Jerome Dial Ferree (1838–1914),{{sfn|Chapman Brothers|1887|p=511}} a business man in [[Ottumwa, Iowa]], and they resided in that town. She was a member of the [[Order of the Eastern Star]], [[Woman's Relief Corps]], the Iowa Woman's Suffrage Association, [[Daughters of the American Revolution]],{{sfn|Daughters of the American Revolution|1908|p=23}} and the local WCTU. In religion, Ferree was Episcopalian,{{sfn|Herman|Tal|1984|p=266}} and a communicant of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, of Ottumwa.{{sfn|Willard|Livermore|1893|p=287}} By 1908, she had removed to [[San Diego, California]],{{sfn|Daughters of the American Revolution|1908|p=23}} where she died September 30, 1919.
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==Personal life==
In 1860, she married Jerome Dial Ferree (1838–1914),{{sfn|Chapman Brothers|1887|p=511}} a business man, in [[Ottumwa, Iowa]]. By 1908, she had removed to [[San Diego, California]].{{sfn|Daughters of the American Revolution|1908|p=23}} In 1913, he filed for divorce on grounds of abandonment.<ref name="AR-27nov1913">{{cite news |title=THREE SUITS FILED IN SUPERIOR COURT |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/118778386/?terms=%22Susan%20F.%20Ferree%22&match=1 |access-date=26 August 2022 |work=Arizona Republic |via=Newspapers.com |date=27 November 1913 |page=3 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref>

She was one of several [[Southern California]] residents who formerly resided in [[Wapello County, Iowa]] that were present at the picnic in Eastlake Park, [[Ottumwa, Iowa]], March 1911.<ref name="OTWC-18mar1911">{{cite news |title=The following Iowans |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/173739829/?terms=%22Susan%20F.%20Ferree%22&match=1 |access-date=26 August 2022 |work=Ottumwa Tri-Weekly Courier |via=Newspapers.com |date=18 March 1911 |page=2 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref>

At the time of her death, she was a resident of [[Spreckels, California]]. Susan Ferree died September 6, 1919.<ref name="TC-8sep1819">{{cite news |title=DIED |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/527685767/?terms=Susan%20Ferree&match=1 |access-date=26 August 2022 |work=The Californian |via=Newspapers.com |date=8 September 1819 |page=5 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> Interment was in [[Independent Order of Odd Fellows]] Cemetery, [[Salinas, California]].<ref name="TC-10sep1919">{{cite news |title=mANY FRIENDS AT FERREE FUNERAL |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/527685783/?terms=Susan%20Ferree&match=1 |access-date=26 August 2022 |work=The Californian |via=Newspapers.com |date=10 September 1919 |page=4 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref>


==References==
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===Attribution===
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* {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|ref=harv|author=Chapman Brothers|title=Portrait and Biographical Album of Wapello County, Iowa: Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Prepresentative Citizens of the County, Together with Portraits and Biographies of All the Governors of Iowa, and of the Presidents of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jVM0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA511|edition=Public domain|year=1887|publisher=Chapman Brothers}} }}
* {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|author=Chapman Brothers|title=Portrait and Biographical Album of Wapello County, Iowa: Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Prepresentative Citizens of the County, Together with Portraits and Biographies of All the Governors of Iowa, and of the Presidents of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jVM0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA511|edition=Public domain|year=1887|publisher=Chapman Brothers}} }}
* {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|ref=harv|author=Daughters of the American Revolution|title=Directory of the Chapters, Officers and Members|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mOEWAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA23|edition=Public domain|year=1908}} }}
* {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|author=Daughters of the American Revolution|title=Directory of the Chapters, Officers and Members|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mOEWAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA23|edition=Public domain|year=1908}} }}
* {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|ref=harv|author=The Society|title=Lineage Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fiGM1yNxENsC&pg=PA41|edition=Public domain|year=1904|publisher=The Society}} }}
* {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|author=The Society|title=Lineage Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fiGM1yNxENsC&pg=PA41|edition=Public domain|year=1904|publisher=The Society}} }}
* {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|ref=harv|last1=Willard|first1=Frances Elizabeth|last2=Livermore|first2=Mary Ashton Rice|title=A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zXEEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA287|edition=Public domain|year=1893|publisher=Moulton}} }}
* {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|last1=Willard|first1=Frances Elizabeth|last2=Livermore|first2=Mary Ashton Rice|title=A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_zXEEAAAAYAAJ|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_zXEEAAAAYAAJ/page/n291 287]|edition=Public domain|year=1893|publisher=Moulton}} }}


===Bibliography===
===Bibliography===
* {{cite book|ref=harv|last1=Herman|first1=Kali|last2=Tal|first2=Kalí|title=Women in Particular: An Index to American Women|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WiYqAAAAYAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Oryx Press}}
* {{cite book|last1=Herman|first1=Kali|last2=Tal|first2=Kalí|title=Women in Particular: An Index to American Women|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WiYqAAAAYAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Oryx Press|isbn=9780897740883}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Susan Frances Nelson Ferree}}
* {{wikisource-inline|Woman of the Century/Susan Frances Nelson Ferree}}


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Latest revision as of 05:08, 1 April 2024

Susan F. Ferree
"A Woman of the Century"
"A Woman of the Century"
BornSusan Frances Nelson
January 14, 1844
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, U.S.
DiedSeptember 6, 1919(1919-09-06) (aged 75)
Occupationjournalist and social reformer
Spouse
Jerome Dial Ferree
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(m. 1860)​
RelativesThomas "Scotch Tom" Nelson,
William Nelson,
Thomas Nelson Jr.

Susan F. Ferree (née, Nelson; January 14, 1844 - September 6, 1919) was an American journalist and social reformer from Iowa. Ferree served as a Washington, D.C. newspaper correspondent. She favored women's suffrage and women's rights; she also affiliated with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). Ferree died in 1919.

Biography

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Susan Frances Nelson was born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, January 14, 1844. Her parents were Frances S. Wray Nelson and John S. Nelson, who was a lineal descent of Thomas "Scotch Tom" Nelson,[1] the founder of Old York, Virginia. His oldest son, William Nelson, was at one time president of the king's council. William's oldest son, Thomas Nelson Jr., was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and the war governor of Virginia. At the age of one year she, with her parents removed to Keokuk, Iowa, which was her home for many years.[2]

Ferree wrote poetry, but her forte was journalism, especially her newspaper correspondence from Washington, D.C. She supported temperance and the advancement of woman.[2]

She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Woman's Relief Corps, the Iowa Woman's Suffrage Association, Daughters of the American Revolution,[3] and the local WCTU. In religion, Ferree was Episcopalian,[4] and a communicant of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, of Ottumwa.[2]

Personal life

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In 1860, she married Jerome Dial Ferree (1838–1914),[5] a business man, in Ottumwa, Iowa. By 1908, she had removed to San Diego, California.[3] In 1913, he filed for divorce on grounds of abandonment.[6]

She was one of several Southern California residents who formerly resided in Wapello County, Iowa that were present at the picnic in Eastlake Park, Ottumwa, Iowa, March 1911.[7]

At the time of her death, she was a resident of Spreckels, California. Susan Ferree died September 6, 1919.[8] Interment was in Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Salinas, California.[9]

References

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  1. ^ The Society 1904, p. 41.
  2. ^ a b c Willard & Livermore 1893, p. 287.
  3. ^ a b Daughters of the American Revolution 1908, p. 23.
  4. ^ Herman & Tal 1984, p. 266.
  5. ^ Chapman Brothers 1887, p. 511.
  6. ^ "THREE SUITS FILED IN SUPERIOR COURT". Arizona Republic. 27 November 1913. p. 3. Retrieved 26 August 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  7. ^ "The following Iowans". Ottumwa Tri-Weekly Courier. 18 March 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 26 August 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  8. ^ "DIED". The Californian. 8 September 1819. p. 5. Retrieved 26 August 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  9. ^ "mANY FRIENDS AT FERREE FUNERAL". The Californian. 10 September 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 26 August 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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