Dexter M. Ferry

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Dexter Mason Ferry, Jr. (b. November 22, 1873, Detroit, Michigan - d. 1959, Grosse Pointe, Michigan) was an American politician from Michigan.

He was the son of Dexter and Addie (Miller) Ferry and married Jeannette Hawkins in 1907. The Ferrys resided in both Detroit and Grosse Pointe, Michigan.

Dexter M. Ferry died in 1959, aged 85, and was interred at Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit.

Dexter M. Ferry Elementary School was named after him. The school building still stands on Palmer just south of old Poletown. Closed in 2005 after money was spent by the Detroit Board of Education to rennovate the school in 2004.

Ferry Cooperative House at Vassar College was named after him. It was built by renowned Bauhaus architect Marcel Breuer and opened in 1951. Many of Ferry's female relatives attended Vassar.

[edit] Achievements

President of Ferry-Morse Seed Co.
President of Standard Accident Insurance Co.
Director of Michigan Fire & Marine Insurance Co.
Chairman of the Michigan Republican Party 1896-98 or 1897-99.
Member of the Michigan State House of Representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1901-04.
Member of Michigan State Board of Education, 1906-13.