#12 famous people were born in Ferrisburgh
Articles in 3 languages make the American businessman and politician Martin F. Allen the best known. The other is Rowland E. Robinson. The nearest list is next door in Vergennes: 7 names, starting with Frederick E. Woodbridge. The first birth on record is Rowland E. Robinson’s, in 1833, and the last Martin F. Allen’s, in 1842.


Born in Ferrisburgh
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#2Rowland E. Robinson
1833–1900American farmer, artist, and author
What Ferrisburgh is known for
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Famous people from the towns next door
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Photo credits (8)
- Martin F. Allen: "The Vermonter" magazine, July 1900, page 230, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rowland E. Robinson: Rowland E. Robinson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick E. Woodbridge: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Homer Hulbert: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Eugene Osborne: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cyrus Pringle: Cyrus Pringle (1838-1911), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eva Munson Smith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harriet Bishop: J. C. Buttre, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons





