Bio of Elisha FERRELL (b.1798 d.1890), Wright Co., MN
Pages 1065 and 1066 (Also includes partial Bio of Mr. Stacy)
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1065           HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY                        

in modern methods can everywhere be seen about the place. He is a deep 
reader, his operations are along the latest scientific lines, and his 
equipment is of the best that money can secure and intelligence utilize. 
He carries on general farming and has a splendid herd of full-blood and 
grade, Jersey cattle and registered Poland China swine. Probably no man 
is more respected, in the community than is he. He is a natural leader 
among his fellow men, and many of his methods are being copied. Mr. Stacy 
and his wife both are members of various fraternal societies. The family 
faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which they have long 
been ardent and faithful members. Mr. Stacy was married December 20, 
1893, to Nettie M. Core, who was born in Ohio, January 7, 1865, daughter 
of Lewis A. and Rebecca (Rice) Core. Mr. and Mrs. Stacy have one daughter, 
Alice Irma, born February 12, 1895, a student in the Montrose High school. 
Lewis A. Core was born in Green county, Pennsylvania, July 10, 1826, and 
was married November 16, 1854, to Rebecca Rice, who was born in Tyler 
county, West Virginia, June 25, 1833. Lewis Core died in Ohio, August 7, 
1865, when his daughter, now Mrs. Sherman U. Stacy, was only seven months, 
old. In March, 1884, the mother came to Wright county with her four 
children, and located on a farm in Marysville township, where she died 
December 21, 1903. 

Elisha Ferrell, a pioneer, was born in what is now West Virginia, in 
December, 1798, son of James Ferrell, a distinguished patriot who served 
as a captain in the War of 1812. Elisha Ferrell took a deep interest in 
military affairs even as a boy. When his father left for the war, Elisha 
joined a company of boys and was chosen as their lieutenant. But the 
authorities decided that the youngsters were too young for war, and the 
company was not called into service. However, the military training had 
given him a good experience, and after he moved to Ohio he became a 
captain in the militia. At the outbreak of the Civil war, his sympathies 
were with the North and he was an earnest advocate of the Union cause, 
but he was then too old for active service. In 1865 his son Josiah H., 
and his daughter, Mary G., with her husband, Josiah  Workman, came to 
Wright county. In 1865 Elisha, with his wife and family, came and located 
on a homestead in section 2, Woodland township. The land was covered 
with timber, but a small shanty had been erected, and into this the 
family moved. Soon a large log house, considered an unusually splendid 
one for those days, was erected, and this house became a sort of 
neighborhood headquarters for social and religious gatherings of all 
sorts. Elisha Ferrell was a leading man in his community. He lived a 
long and useful life, and died in August, 1890. His wife died in 1908 
at the age of eighty-six. Elisha Ferrell was twice married. By his first 
wife, Susanna

1066          HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY

Hayes, who died in Virginia, he had eight children: James P., Elizabeth, 
Benjamin Franklin, Rohana, John W., Josiah H., Narcissis, and Mary G. 
By his second wife, Elsie T. Stacy, he had nine children: Elvira, Clara, 
Charles, Amanda, Laura B., Ezra W., Harriett E., Georgianna, and Arthur 
E. The last named was born in Wright county.