Background
Ferris, Elmer Ellsworth was born on October 11, 1861 in Lamartine, Wisconsin, United States. Son of George Horace and Annette (Stowe) Ferris.
Ferris, Elmer Ellsworth was born on October 11, 1861 in Lamartine, Wisconsin, United States. Son of George Horace and Annette (Stowe) Ferris.
Graduate Wayland Academy, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, 1881. Student of University of Chicago, 1886-1887, 1899, 1900.
Admitted to bar, 1888, and practiced at Hastings and Lincoln, Nebraska, until 1898. Ordained Baptist ministry, 1899. Pastor Ashland, Nebraska, 1899-1900, 1st Church Louisiana Crosse, Wisconsin, 1900-1904, Tabernacle Church, Milwaukee, 1904-1907, 1st Church, East Orange, New Jersey, 1907-1909.
Retired from pulpit, on account of ill health.
Then traveling salesman, sales manager, vice president Calumet Tea & Coffee Company. Sales coach and salesman for Alexander Hamilton Institute, lecturer in sales training courses for American Gas.
Association, also for New York Edison Company. Director sales training International Merc.
Marine Company; lecturer on sales at Pace Institute.
General sales manager Phenix Cheese Company: professor New York University School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance, 1920-1930. Trustee Wayland Academy, 1904-1906.
Fellow American Geography Society. Member Institute Political Science, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Beta Gamma Sigma.
Married Minnie F. Lum, July 6, 1889. Children: Helen Josephine, Frederick Lum.