AAdditional Games
William Jones Ferris
February 17, 1856 - September 05, 1917
October 11 1911
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sunday, October 11, 1911
WILLIAM J. FERRIS,
Chess Champion of Delaware.
We add to our photo gallery this week, the likeness of William J. Ferris of New Castle, Del. He was born February 17, 1856, and has played chess for 40 years, principally by correspondence and solving problems. He won the Farnsworth cup in the New York State Chessmeet a short time back, and is now fifth in our Major Solution Tourney.
September 06 1917
The Evening Journal, Wilmington, Delaware, Thursday, September 06, 1917
The funeral of William J. Ferris the well known druggist, who died at the Johns Hopkins Hospital at Baltimore, yesterday morning, will probably be held on Saturday, although the arrangements have not been completed.
The death of Mr. Ferris was the one topic discussed here last night, the citizens all regarding him as one of the most prominent men of this city. Mr. Ferris was born here in 1856, being a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Ferris. He was educated in the public schools of this city and also at Delaware College. In early life he engaged in the drug business with his father, succeeding him when he died a number of years ago.
Mr. Ferris always took a keen interest in civic affairs and was at various times a member of the departments of the city government, serving as city treasurer, member of the Trustees of the Commons, City Council and the Board of Education. He was president of the Trustees of the Commons at the time of his death, and a member of the school board. He was also secretary of the Citizens' Building Loan Association from its organization in 1888 and had not missed a meeting of that organization until he was taken ill last February.
In addition to engaging in the drug business at Second and Delaware streets Mr. Ferris was an expert accountant and was teller of the New Castle Trust Company for years.
He was a member of St. John's Lodge A. F. and A. M., and Friendship Lodge A. O. U. W. and a member of the Masonic Hall Company. In early life he joined the First Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Ferris had a national reputation as a chess player, being a member of the Franklin Chess Club, of Philadelphia.
Mr. Ferris is survived by his son, Charles E. Ferris, a naval apprentice who is here on a furlough.
