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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.

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