Catherine Jane Mercer Ferrier v Andrew Jackson Ferrier (Journal 5 p151 - 19 Oct 1857; Roll 11 case number 31 - Oct 1857)
By Pamela Pattison Lash (updated 22 December 2021)
The couple was married on 23 May 1852 in Wms Co (Marriage V2 p124). Andrew, born 7 April 1833 in Fostoria, Seneca Co, OH may be the son of David and Susanna Hendricks Ferrier, PA natives who settled in Wms Co c1835, traveling from Coshocton Co, OH. The family was enumerated in the 1850 Jefferson Twp federal census, p17, as David 49 PA, Susan 49 PA, John 20 OH, Andrew 19 OH, David 15 OH, Jacob 8 OH, Martha 5 OH, and Catharine Gibbons 12 OH. Also there is supposition he may be the son of Andrew Ferrier and Elizabeth Gibbeons/Gibbons.
Jane, born 1838 in Crawford Co, OH, was the daughter of Adam Mercer and Elizabeth Flora. Mercer may also be Musser. She charged that Andrew was willfully absent as he left her on 1 Mar 1854. A legal notice appeared in a local paper and the divorce was granted. She received lands that were hers before the marriage. There was a marriage in Wms Co for Andrew Jackson Ferrier and Harriet Richardson on 13 July 1854 (Marriage V2 p143). If this is the subject of this divorce, he was also guilty of bigamy. In the 1860 Richland, Steuben Co, IN Federal Census, the Ferriers were listed as Andrew 27 OH, Harriet 23 OH, Vianna 3 IN, Ida R 1 IN and a George Gibbons. Andrew would be a Civil War soldier, serving in Co K 2nd Heavy Artillery. Andrew died on 1 July 1910 in Mette, Steuben Co, IN and was buried in Circle Cemetery. His wife Harriet died in 1922 and was buried beside him. In the 1860 Springfield Twp, Williams Co, OH Federal Census, Catherine Musser 22 OH milliner lived with her mother Elizabeth. If this is the bride, she was the daughter of Adam Mercer and Elizabeth Flora.
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