BORN: August 3, 1833, Lowville, NY
DIED: November 10, 1907
SPOUSE: Addie E. Miller
CHILDREN: Dexter M. Ferry Jr.
Blanche Ferry Hooker
Queene Ferry Coonley
Dexter Mason Ferry was born on August 8, 1833 in Lowville, NY. His parents were Joseph N. Ferry and Lucy Mason. In 1852, Dexter Mason Ferry left New York and came to Detroit to earn money for college. He was hired to keep the books for a seed company. By 1856, Milo T. Gardner, Dexter M. Ferry, and Eber F. Church.
New York Times obituary from November 12, 1907.