Detail of a 1912 map of Upper Saranac Lake showing SB Ferris on Deer Island and Doctor's Island
Born: 1845
Died: 1923
Married: Augusta Moore Dwight
Children: Eleanor Augusta Ferris, Mary Dwight Ferris, Anna Edwards Ferris Marvin, Isabel Stuart Ferris
In 1878, Sherwood Bissell Ferris, with his brother Murray W. Ferris, created Ferris Brothers, manufacturers of the Ferris Good-Sense Corset Waist, based in part on several corset improvements patented internationally by S.B. Ferris. He withdrew from active participation in the business in 1897 due to ill health. 1
Sherwood Ferris lived in Lakewood, New Jersey, and had a camp on Deer Island in Upper Saranac Lake. In 1906, he won the Lakewood Golf Cup.
It was Ferris who sold Prospect Point to Adolph Lewisohn, according to a May 31, 1903 New York Times article.
He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Lakewood, New Jersey.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, July 8, 1900
...the S. B. Ferrises of Lakewood, N. J., are at Birch Isle...
New York Times, August 24, 1902
Deer Island, the location of the Adirondack home of S. B. Ferris of New York, and where the wedding of Miss Ferris is to be celebrated next month, is also the home this Summer of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Shaw and the members of their family, who have one of the Deer Island cabins.
New York Times, July 5, 1896
… S. B. Ferris, Miss Ferris, and Miss A. E. Ferris of Lakewood, N.J., spend a few days at this hotel before going into their camp on Deer Island in the centre of the Upper Saranac Lake…
New York Times, June 7, 1903
A rustic camp a story and a half in height has been built on Deer Island, upper Saranac Lake, for S. B. Ferris of New York. Mr. Ferris has had a camp on Deer Island for a number of years and the new building is an addition.
New York Times, July 22, 1906
ON INDIAN CARRY LINKS.
Special to The New York Times.
WAWBEEK, N. Y., July 21.—Visitors to the Wawbeek find the Indian Carry golf links much improved this season, and are taking: up the game with much fervor. D. R. Leslie is one of the enthusiasts, and Sherwood R. Ferris [sic] of Lakewood, who is in camp on Deer Island and who won the open golf tournament two seasons ago, is playing in good form…
Lake Placid news, July 10, 1914
Sherwood B. Ferris of Lakewood, N. J. has opened Deer Island for the season. He is accompanied by his daughter, Miss Ferris.
Footnotes:
1. Corset and Underwear Review, November, 1920, p. 96
