Francis H. Ferry, son of Moses Stevens Ferry and Rebecca Bundy, was often called "Frank" and although his death certificate records his date of birth as May 31, 1844, it is more likely that Francis H. Ferry was born in May of 1843 as he was 22 at the time of his marriage in 1865, and his brother George was born in 1844 according to his birth record.

Francis H. Ferry grew up in the Bethel and Danbury area and enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War, entering the service on July 22, 1862. On July 1, 1863, he was injured in the Battle of Gettysburg receiving a gun shot wound to his right arm, a wound that would cause both physical and mental anguish for the rest of his life. He served as a Private in Company C, 17th Regiment of the Connecticut Infantry and the 159th Company, 2nd battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps, and received an Honorable Discharge at Hartford on July 25, 1865. Remaining in Connecticut, he stayed with various relatives between 1865 and 1869. Francis married Julia M. Cook in New Haven on March 29, 1869. In September of that same year, he and his wife moved to New York City where they remained the rest of their lives, living at several different locations in Manhattan. All three of their sons died young.

Mr. Ferry's health continued to remain a problem and prevented him from doing any manual labor. In 1870, he was employed by the railroad. His original Pension was $8.00 per month. In 1871, he was appointed to the Post Office through the assistance of his cousin, Sen. Orris S. Ferry of Connecticut and Horace Greeley of New York. He continued in that position until February 14, 1877. With his health continuing to deteriorate, from 1877 until 1884, Mr. Ferry "did any light work that I could get." In the fall of 1884, he answered an ad in The New York Sun for a supervisory job in a tin smith and plumbing shop, one of the trades he had learned before his military service. In 1899, Francis wrote to the Department of the Interior seeking an increase in his pension stating: "I am suffering all of the time now so it is impossible for me to get proper sleep or rest for the pain is very severe." In March of 1907, Francis H. Ferry was granted an increase in his pension to $30.00 per month. He died on January 11, 1917, in New York City. (Source: National Archives, Pension file papers, Certificate #70,191)

Francis H. Ferry and his wife are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Plot 4, Range 8, Grave 19, Bronx, New York.

Sources: Census Records: 1870: Manhattan, New York County, New York, Ward 19, Dist. 27, (2nd enumeration), p. 306, lines 30/31; 1880: Manhattan, New York County, New York, ED 618, p. 125D, lines 23/24; 1900: Manhattan, New York County, New York, ED 861, p. 23, lines 7/8; 1910: Manhattan, New York County, Ward 12, New York, ED 435, p. 137, lines 35/36.