Historical review of Arkansas : its commerce, industry and modern affairs . Ferrill w-as an only son of John Ferrill andBarbara (Efland) Ferrill, whose marriage was solemnized in the year1811. The Eflands came to America from Holland. John Ferrill wasa gallant and faithful soldier in the war of the Revolution, having en-listed as a member of Captain DeBellecours company of Dragoons,under Geneial Count Pulaski, on the 15th of June, 1779. He passedIhe remaindt r of his life in North Carolina. James W. Ferrills father-in-law was William Fonville. who married Rachel Blanchard. a relativeof Governo
Historical review of Arkansas : its commerce, industry and modern affairs . Ferrill w-as an only son of John Ferrill andBarbara (Efland) Ferrill, whose marriage was solemnized in the year1811. The Eflands came to America from Holland. John Ferrill wasa gallant and faithful soldier in the war of the Revolution, having en-listed as a member of Captain DeBellecours company of Dragoons,under Geneial Count Pulaski, on the 15th of June, 1779. He passedIhe remaindt r of his life in North Carolina. James W. Ferrills father-in-law was William Fonville. who married Rachel Blanchard. a relativeof Governor Graham of North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. James W. Ferrillwere the parents of eight children, concerning whom the following briefdata are here incorporated—John W. is the immediate of thisreview: Winfield, who died unmarried: James Gi-aham. of Bates-ville; Margaret A.: Caledonia, who is the wife of James T. Hall, ofSpringfield, I\Iissonri: Albert Preston, of (Jrayson county. Texas: MissMary Leonora, of Springfield, Missouri; and Charles Newton, of Bates-. yr^,^.,jjj^ HISTORY OF ARKANSAS 1469 ville, the maiden name of whose wife was Maud Reed. James GrahamFerrill married Irene Meeks Fletcher, and Albert P. Ferrill weddedMamie Rutherford. Owing to the family reverses during the Civil war and to the in-valid condition of his father after the close of the war, John \V. Ferrillwas forced to assume, in a large measure, the place of the latter as the(-arning power for the support of his parents and the younger the home state of North Carolina the father had been a planter ofconsiderable means, and on his immigration to Arkansas he broughtwith him an ample fortune, but the strenuous war times quickly dis-sipated the Ferrill estate and but little was at hand that could W- usedas a lever for the alleviation of the family difficulties when youug JohnW. took his place at the helm. Having ever in view the comfort and arebuilding of the parental fortune, if possi
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