Education
Born in Glassboro, New Jersey, Ferrell attended the common schools and completed an academic course.
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Career
He served as president of Hollow Ware Glassworkers" Association 1878-1883. Ferrell was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1885, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress. After leaving Congress, he was employed as a glassware salesman.
He died in Glassboro, New Jersey, October 20, 1916, and was interred in Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.
Membership
Ferrell was elected a member of the Glassboro township committee in 1872 and 1873. He served as member of the school board 1885-1890, serving as its president in 1887. He served as member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1879 and 1880, and as a member of the New Jersey Senate in 1880 and 1881.
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Political Party
Democratic party