Bios: JOSEPH C. FERVER : Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

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  Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens
  Lawrence County Pennsylvania
  Biographical Publishing Company, Buffalo, N.Y., 1897
  
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    JOSEPH C. FERVER,
  
    [p. 517] deceased, whose portrait accompanies this sketch on the opposite
  page, was one of the early residents of Neshannock township, and was born,
  reared, and died on the paternal homestead, which is now the residence of his
  widow. He was born Dec. 4, 1817, and died Jan. 13, 1889. Our subject's father
  came to Neshannock township in 1806, from his native State, Maryland, and
  settled on the farm, now occupied by his son's widow; everything was a
  perfect wilderness, and the settlers were few and far between. He cleared a
  spot large enough to furnish a site for a log-house and afford a little room
  for a small garden patch, and lived in this homely, frontier fashion until he
  had largely cleared his farm, when he erected a frame dwelling to replace the
  one of logs. As one of the first settlers he took advantage of his intimate
  knowledge of the country and its needs, and gathered together a very
  comfortable property. He was an honest, upright man, prompt in the discharge
  of every obligation, and while he was exacting as to getting his own dues, he
  was as equally sure to pay the last penny justly due from him to others. He
  was a Democrat from principle, but never had time to accept office. He
  married Rebecca Carle of Westmoreland Co., Pa., and their family grew to
  include seven children: John, who married Margaret Strita of Mercer, Pa., and
  has three childrenÑSarilla, Emma, and Orin; Fisher, who married Sophia Fobes
  and had three childrenÑSamuel, Joseph C., and Sabra, deceased; Taylor, who
  married Margaret Randall, and was the father of one child, Clark; Joseph C.,
  the subject of this personal history; William, who married Eliza Greer, and
  has a family of eight, childrenÑNancy, Carl, Elizabeth, John, William,
  Wilbur, Emma, and Charles; Mary, who married John Gibson of Neshannock
  township, and has four children: Ira N., Plimpton, Armetta, and Capitola; and
  Samuel, deceased. They were members of the Methodist Church, and attended
  divine services in King's Chapel, Neshannock township. The father died March
  15, 1861, and the mother rejoined him and other near and loved ones in the
  regions across the river, July 1, 1870, aged eighty-five years, having
  attained a greater age by eight years than her husband.
    
    Joseph C. Ferver was educated in his native township schools, and as a
  young man worked on the farm, which afterward became his, on which he lived
  all his life; he became well-off by making diligent use of his opportunities,
  supplementing them with an uncommon shrewdness and genius for careful and
  conserving management. He was a Democrat, and was elected at one time
  supervisor.
    
    May 18, 1847, he was joined in marriage with Nancy Carle, daughter of
  Joshua Carle, and to Mr. and Mrs. Ferver were given five children, namely:
  Samuel, deceased; Joshua, deceased; Adaline, who married Perry Maitland of
  New Castle; Emma; and one that died in infancy. The family are constant
  attendants of the M. E. Church. Our subject's father was a soldier in the War
  of 1812.