Background
Ferris, Cornelius was born on March 26, 1866 in Hillsdale, Michigan, United States. Son of Cornelius and Ermina (Pratt) Ferris.
Ferris, Cornelius was born on March 26, 1866 in Hillsdale, Michigan, United States. Son of Cornelius and Ermina (Pratt) Ferris.
Student Johns Hopkins University, 1885-1887. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1892.
Admitted to Colorado bar, 1892, and practiced in Denver, 1892-1902, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1902-1909. City attorney, Fort Collins, 1903-1907. Consul at Asuncion, Paraguay, 1909-1913, Port Antonio, Jamaica, 6 months, 1914, Bluefields, Nicaragua, September 1914-July 1916, Mannheim, Germany, 1916-1917, San Luis Potosi, Mesico, 1917-1919, Mexico City, 1919-1922, Stettin, Germany, 1922-1925, Queenstown, Irish Free State, 1925-1927.
Consul general at Dublin since January 1, 1928-1931, retired.
Mason.
Married Mary Elizabeth Beadle, of Denver, June 20, 1900.