James Marshall Ferris (1828 – March 2, 1893) was an

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political figure. He represented Northumberland East in the

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as a Liberal member from 1875 to 1886. He was born in

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in 1828 and came to

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in 1850. In 1857, he married Catherine Fralick. Ferris served as postmaster of

Campbellford, Ontario Campbellford is an unincorporated place and former town in Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada, in the township municipality of Trent Hills. It lies approximately midway between Toronto and Ottawa. It is situated on both the Trent-Sever ...

, reeve of

Seymour Township Seymour is a former incorporated township and now a geographic township located in Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada. It is currently part of the Municipality of Trent Hills. European settlement began in earnest in the 1830s and brothers Lie ...

and warden of the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham. Ferris acquired large amounts of property in the Campbellford area and his descendants donated the land which later became

Ferris Provincial Park Ferris Provincial Park is a provincial park in northeastern Northumberland County in Ontario, Canada. The park occupies an area of next to the Trent River in Campbellford Campbellford is an unincorporated place and former town in Northumbe ...

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* * 1828 births 1894 deaths Immigrants to the Province of Canada Irish emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario Ontario Liberal Party MPPs 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario 19th-century mayors of places in Ontario {{Liberal-Ontario-MPP-stub