Feris And Bush Of Terry's Texas Rangers

Austin, Texas

An Inventory of the Feris (George A.) Family Papers....is held at the Texas State Library and Archives.  Below is an excerpt:

"Achille Feris was the second child and oldest son of George and Lavinia Feris. He went to school in Velasco, Texas, in the 1850s. At the age of eighteen, Achille joined the Confederate army and served in the 8th Texas Cavalry (Terry's Texas Rangers) in the Civil War; after the war ended, he joined his brother Yandell in his surveying business."

Civil War Diaries and Personal Narratives included a photo of Achilles Ferris.


My ex-brother-in-law's 1st great grand uncle:

"...James Howard Bush, died of typhoid fever as a member of the Eighth Texas Cavalry, also known as Terry's Texas Rangers, in Nashville, Tennessee, in November of 1861."