Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-04-01
WILL OF DON FERMIN FsRRER.
Ex-Prcsident of Nicaragua Said to Have
Cut off His Daughter. Mrs. Carlos

| Ex-Prcsidcnt of Nicaragua Said to Have
Cut off His Daughter. Mrs. Carlos
Martyr.
The will OF Don Mermin Ferrer, for
merly president of Nicaragua, is likely
to be an interesting document. Mr..
Ferrer, who died of paralysis last Tues
day in his plain lodgings in this city
at l40 east nirety-seventh street, in
herited soon after his birth in Soain in
1923 estates in Nicaragua, which. on
| account OF their vast proportions from
financial as well as Typographical
point of view, became known as "Hato
Grande." They were all in the county
of Gonzales. His wealth and executive
ability gave him prestige in the COM
munity which in time brought him the
presidency. While in Office he married
Maria Grancisca Zaldiva, who is dead
Three children, one son and two
daughters were dorm to them. The
two that survive are Mrs. Giulia Mer-
cedes Martyr, who lives in the Gamer
on apartment in ST. Nichols, and DR..
Paul Teodosio CERES, practising
physician in Nicaragua, DR.. Ferrer's
| wife was Miss Winnie Smith of Jersey
City, and it is supposed that to their
children. six in all, their grandfather
has left his estate, his daughter now
the wife of Rev. Carlos Martyr, being
cut off entirely because she became q
protestant. The will, in this event,
will be contested by Mrs. Martyr.
In 1856, at the time of the Walker
filibustine expedition, Mr.. Ferrer be-
came greatly involved. His property
was confiscated, and he gained the en-
nifty of the people to such an extent
| that it soon became necessary for him
! to leave the country. Hh came to the
United States with his family in 1859.
He visited President Buchanan fire.
quently in the interest of Nicaragua
and while attending reception given
| by the president he met the woman
who subsequently became his second
wife. She was Miss Martha White
botham, sister of the author. Mrs.
Anna 5. Stephens. She died in this
city in 1855. There were no children
born to them.
| Mr.. Ferrer sold his estate in Mic
aragua to an American syndicate and
invested his money in gold mines in
Mexico, which never incaeased in
value because he never could find
natives sufficiently industrious to work
them vigorously. In 1857 he invested
thousands of dollars in implements and
! hired hundreds of men to go and assist
him in the enterprise, but most of them
died before they had became acclimat-
ed, and all his expenditures came to
naught. The last years of his life were
spent in planning to develop the mines
which he mad purchased. He divided
his time between New Yord and Mic
aragua.
About fifteen years ago, soon after
| his daughters marriage to the Rev.
| Carlos Martyr, he visited New York.
I Mr.. Ferrer was a devout Catholic and
at the time of his daughters marriage
her husband was pastor of the Thirty
fourth Street Reformed Presby terrain
church. Mr.. Ferrer called at his
daughter s residence frequently, but he
expressed no marked displeasure at
first over her change of faith. His
visits became less frequent, however,
Until finally he left the house express
ing the hope that he would never live
to see what he termed the religious
destruction of his offspring. When he
was dying, Mr.. Ferrer wanted no one
with him but his housekeeper, who had
cared for him for eight years, and he
expressed no wish to see Mrs. Martyr,
who, he said, had betrayed the faith.