Imperial-San Francisco-Los Angeles County CA Archives Biographies.....Ferris, Isaac Wesley 1870 - 
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Author: F. C. Farr (editor, 1918)

ISAAC WESLEY FERRIS.—Because he is one of the broad, conservative ranchers of
the Valley, prominent mention in the pages of the first history of Imperial
County should be made of the name of Isaac Wesley Ferris, a factor of importance
in the ranch life of the north-end and particularly in Water Company No. 8, at
Brawley, where Mr. Ferris is well and favorably known. Mr. Ferris has a ranch of
160 acres, where he lives, and 320 acres in partnership with T. J. McNerney.
Isaac W., the subject of this review, came to Imperial Valley in 1902, and was
born in Dundas County, Ontario, Canada, March 26, 1870, the son of David and
Anne (Bates) Ferris. The parents of Mr. Ferris raised a family of twelve
children, of which three have died. Mr. Ferris is the youngest of the family of
twelve. Euphemia is buried at Vankleek Hill, Canada, Joseph is buried in the
Glendale cemetery at Los Angeles, and the body of David has been interred at
Walla Walla, Washington. Then there is Margaret, wife of J. J. Hogaboam,
residing at Lapwai, Idaho; John Ferris, located at Walla Walla, Washington; Mary
Jane Boutwell, of Melrose, Massachusetts; Belle, wife of John Whealdon, of
Seattle, Washington; Emma, wife of William G. Shellabear, minister to Singapore,
India; Robert, of Walla Walla, Washington; James A., a resident of Lewiston,
Idaho; and Alice, wife of W. J. Sufflel, of Seattle, Washington. Mr. Ferris
received his education at Winchester, Canada, and left school at the age of 20
years. Immediately thereafter he departed for Oakdale, Washington, where he
engaged as an employee in the flour mills, which vocation he followed steadily
for nine years. From that point he journeyed to North Yakima, Washington, where
he engaged in the same business for three years. Later he arrived in Los
Angeles, where he was successful in the carpenter trade, and, following the
terrific earthquake at San Francisco, he immediately found employment in the bay
city in helping to build the torn and shattered portions of what were once
stately and dignified buildings. He remained in San Francisco for three years
during this period in his life. Mr. Ferris then went to Utah in 1911 and worked
in the oil fields, where he branched out in a new line and staged for one and a
half years. Later he returned to Imperial County and joined the firm of C. A.
Canfield & Delano as manager on a ranch comprising 320 acres, which position he
held for three years. Upon his arrival in the Valley in 1902, Mr. Ferris had the
distinction of cutting the first wheat hay grown where the town of Brawley now
thrives progressively. In 1914 Mr. Ferris purchased a relinquishment of the
present property upon which he is now making his home. The land is all under
cultivation and yearly attains a remunerative state of productiveness. Many
improvements have been made about the place. Politically Mr. Ferris is a staunch
Republican. He was married at Los Angeles, California, February 23, 1918, to
Miss Lida Bracewell of San Bernardino. Mr. Ferris is a director of Water Company
No. 8, which position he has occupied for the last three years. All in all, Mr.
Ferris represents all the worthy attributes which go with the self-made man.

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From:

THE HISTORY
OF
IMPERIAL COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
EDITED BY
F. C. FARR

IN ONE VOLUME
ILLUSTRATED
Published by ELMS AND FRANKS
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 1918

Printed by Taylor & Taylor, San Francisco

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