The Oklahoma Ferrises, descendants of James Monroe Ferris who moved his family to Greer County in the 1880’s, have long gathered for reunions in Oklahoma. Now, Greg Smith and others in the Ferris/Pounds branch of the family are planning a Thanksgiving 2022 gathering at Fort Belknap, Texas. They have also initiated a site on Facebook where they are displaying old photos and family stories. It is called “Descendants of Ferris/Burleson/Pounds Families”. This Facebook site joins an older one called “James Monroe Ferris and Martha Jane Stanford Family Group.” Both Facebook groups are aware of Friends of the Warren Ferris Cemetery.
Oklahoma Ferrises have long had family reunions. Several daughters of Warren Ferris’s eldest son James Monroe Ferris married and moved to West Texas. Lucy Mae, daughter of Allie Ferris Pounds, married James “Pete”Smith. They lived in Newcastle, Texas in Young County near Fort Belknap. During WWII, Lucy Mae and Pete moved to the Dallas area where they found work in the aviation plants building war planes. Lucy Mae Pounds Smith organized a reunion in 1962 in Texas. It was held at the Dallas Public Library where information about Warren Angus Ferris, the Dallas surveyor, was showcased. Lucy Mae is third and Pete second from right in this 1940’s photo.
