Background
Ferris, Walter Rockwood was born on January 22, 1869 in New York City. Son of Frank and Mary A. (Cape) Ferris.
Ferris, Walter Rockwood was born on January 22, 1869 in New York City. Son of Frank and Mary A. (Cape) Ferris.
Student College of New Jersey (Princeton), 1894. Auburn Theological Seminary, 1894-1895. Bachelor of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, 1897.
Bachelor of Divinity, State Board of Regents, New York, 1897.
Doctor of Divinity, Syracuse, 1912.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1897. Pastor Bay Ridge Church, Brooklyn, New York, 1897-1902, 1st Church, Middletown, New York, 1902-1908, Park Central Church, Syracuse, 1908-1928 (emeritus). Moderator New York Synod, 1914.
Delegate Aberdeen (Scotland) World Congress, 1913.
Mason.
Married Eugenie Viola Hill, of New York City, November 24, 1896. Children: Mistress Henry A. Horstman, Walter Rockwood, Frank Arthur 2d, Muriel.