James Ferriss

James Henry Ferriss (November 18, 1849 – March 17, 1926) was an American politician and amateur conchologist.

James H. Ferriss was born November 18, 1849, in Kendall Township, Kendall County, Illinois, Ferriss moved to southeastern Kansas in 1869 to stake a claim as a farmer, freighter, and storekeeper.

A fiery prohibitionist, he purchased and edited the Joliet News in 1877 but was jailed that year for an editorial which offended a local political boss.

He moved to Maine after the incident, but returned in 1882 to edit the Joliet News until 1915.

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