Floyd Ferrell 1879
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 Anderson Ferrell Father |
Floyd Ferrell |
 Phoebe Hatfield Mother |
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| Name | Floyd Ferrell |
| Gender | Male |
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| Born | 1879 |
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| Deceased | 13 Apr 1972 |
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| Father | Anderson Ferrell |
| Mother | Phoebe Hatfield |
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| Siblings | John Ferrell 5 Jane Ferrell Martha Ferrell Anna Ferrell Aly Ferrell Andrew Ferrell Levicy Ferrell Robert E Lee Ferrell Leander Ferrell Taylor Ferrell William Tiffany Ferrell |
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Discussed in various books, he sued[1] his father "F.A.J." Anderson Ferrell[1] after Anderson remarried and adjusted this Will[1] to provide for the new wife Mary Chambers[1] and children[1]. This case[1] went to WV Supreme Court of Appeals in case Ferrell v. Ferrell (1903), and is mentioned in the popular book Matewan Before the Massacre[2].
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Ferrell v. Ferrell, 53 W. Va. 515 (1903), West Virginia Supreme Court of Appleals
Floyd Ferrell, son, versus F. A. J. "Anderson" Ferrell, father, over his estate (during his lifetime).
Appeal from Circuit Court, Logan County, Submitted February 13, 1903.
Disposition - Reversed.
Where there are only two defendants to a bill in equity, one adult, the other infant, and after summons issued, though not served, the bill is filed in term, with the consent of the adult, and the court appoints a guardian ad litem for the infant, and his answer is filed, there is thus a cause for the action of the court and it has jurisdiction to decree upon the matter of the hill, and its decree is neither void nor erroneous for the mere cause of want of service of the summons, or that the bill was not filed at rules, (p. 519).
We reverse the decree pronounced upon the bill of review on the 1st day of November, 1901, and dismiss the bill of review^. - ↑ Page 61-62, Matewan Before the Massacre, by Rebecca J. Bailey, 2008 (📖 Buy at Amazon)
As an example of what this kind of economic stress can do, consider the tale that haunts Matewan of a family torn asunder by a son’s greed. Through marriage to Phoebe, the sister of Devil Anse Hatfield, Anderson Ferrell acquired ownership of the farm that became Matewan. After Phoebe’s death, Ferrell married Mary Chambers and started a second family. Seeking to provide financial stability for all of his children by capitalizing on the railroad’s proximity, Ferrell divided his land. To his children by Phoebe Hatfield, Ferrell deeded small farms, and he sold the remaining land in lots, thus founding the town of Matewan. Among the entrepreneurs who purchased property from Ferrell was his nephew boy marriage E. B. Chambers. Years after the Hatfield-Ferrell farm had grown into a thriving village, one of Anderson Ferrell’s sons from this first marriage challenged his father’s dispensation of the land. (Note 89).
Aided by Henry Clay Ragland, the attorney who had originally served his illiterate father, Floyd Ferrell brought suit to gain a larger portion of the family property, which now encompassed the town of Matewan. When the local circuit court judge granted the son’s claim, Anderson Ferrell appealed to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. The court chastised the younger Ferrell by asking, “What right had this son to the property?” When it would lead to the bankruptcy of the father. The court also questioned Floyd Ferrell’s motives in pursuing the suit, which at one point he had withdrawn in order to “let the second wife and little children of his aged father have something for home and bread.” The court extended its reprimand to include lawyer Ragland for encouraging Floyd Ferrell to take action against his father. The acrimony generated by Ferrell v. Ferrell survived for decades and may have contributed to a rivalry between the Hatfields and the Chambers, who struggled against each other for decades for control of Matewan. (Note 90)