FERRIS, DR. EZRA: 1783-1857.
Ezra Ferris , a native of Connecticut, was born in 1783 and was brought west by his parents when he was six years old. He was educated in the East and was licensed as a Baptist preacher. While preaching in Baptist churches around Lawrenceburg, Ind., he also practiced medicine and had a drug store in the town. In 1816 he was a member of the Dearborn County delegation at the state constitutional convention. According to Dunn–Indiana and Indianans, Vol. I (p. 297): "He was the backbone of the Baptist church in the county, and wrote the best account we have of the early settlement of the region."
Information from Dunn–Indiana and Indianans.
- The Early Settlement of the Miami Country.
Indianapolis, 1851.
