age when was george ferris died
Ferris, Sr., George D. W. . George DeWitt Wight Ferris, Sr., age 101, of Danbury, CT died Friday, November 8, 2013 at Danbury Hospital. He was the beloved husband of the late Phebe (Kellogg) Ferris. George was greatly admired for his simple, dependable nature and love for his family. Yet, by the time. George A. Ferris designed the Spanish Quartet schools in Reno, and the governor's mansion in Carson City in the early 1900's, George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., a civil engineer who had spent. much of his childhood in Nevada, had long-since died. Ferris was born on February 14, 1859, in Galesburg, Illinois, the town founded by his namesake, George Washington Gale. His parents were George Washington Gale Ferris Sr. and Martha Edgerton Hyde. He had an older brother named Frederick Hyde, born in 1843. In 1864, five years after Ferris was born, his family sold their dairy farm and moved to Nevada. For two years, they lived in Carson Valley. The legacy of this Ferris family included not only the Ferris Wheel, but much of the landscaping of. Carson City in the 1870's including the capitol grounds - the spruce that has been the state Christmas. tree since 1937 was planted by Ferris, Sr. in 1876. George Sr. and his wife moved to Riverside, California, in 1881. American National Biography Online. Ferris, George Washington Gale, Jr.(14 Feb. 1859-22 Nov. 1896), civil engineer and builder of the Ferris Wheel, was born in Galesburg, Illinois, the son of George Washington Gale Ferris and Martha Edgerton Hyde Ferris, farmers. In 1886 Ferris married Margaret Ann Beatty of Canton, Ohio, and they moved to Pittsburgh. In partnership with James C. Hallsted, he established the firm of G. W. G. Ferris & Company, Inspecting Engineers. Soon they opened branch offices in New York and Chicago. 1993): 60-63; Carl Snyder, Engineer Ferris and His Wheel, Review of Reviews (U.S. ed.), 8 Sept. 1893, pp. 269-70. For technical information on the 1893 Ferris Wheel see The Great Wheel at Chicago, Scientific American69 (July 1893): 8-9; Wm. George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (February 14, 1859 – November 22, 1896) was an American engineer. He is mostly known for creating the original Ferris Wheel for the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition. Ferris's grandfather Silvanus Ferris, along with Reverend George W. Gale, founded the village of Galesburg in central Illinois. In 1864 the Ferrises moved to Carson City, Nevada, where they established a ranch. On May 11, 1906, the wheel was dynamited and scrapped, a Chicago newspaper referring to it as America's rival to. the Eiffel Tower. However, George W. G. Ferris, Jr. did not live to see what happened to his Ferris. Wheel, dying on November 22, 1896 in Pittsburgh at the age of 37.
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