Biographical Note

Elizabeth "Bettie" Virginia Ferries (also Ferris) Gross (1875-1964) of Bedford County, Virginia, married William "Bill" Gross (1865-1946), a grocery store merchant from Bedford County. They lived in Blue Ridge Springs for a time before they moved to Troutville, where they later died. Bettie had an older brother named Joseph Ferries (also Ferris) (1865-1955), a farmer originally from Bedford County. Joseph married Lucy M. Thomas (1865-1933) in Bedford County in 1907. Joseph owned a farm in Blue Ridge Springs, Botetourt County, Virginia, and he lived there until his death in 1955.

External Sources:

1880 United States Federal Census

Joseph L. Farrissin entry, The Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940, online https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/1871648:9278, accessed on September 6, 2024.

"Lucy M Thomas" entry, findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62066298/lucy_m_ferries, accessed on September 6, 2024.

"Elizabeth Virginia “Bettie” Ferris Gross" entry, findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62086440/elizabeth-virginia-gross, accessed on September 6, 2024.

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