Haven's Lake Forest Cemetery in the Ferry family plot. His epitaph reads, “I have done what I could to extend our commerce over the world for the security of life and property along our seacoast, upon our great inland seas. T.W.F. The Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Friend. For 62 years a citizen of Grand Haven, Mich.” See also Ferry Township (named after Senator Ferry) William Montague Ferry Jr., brother Noah Ferry, brother Edward P. Ferry, brother References Sources Dictionary of American Biography Ziewacz, Lawrence E. "The Eighty-First Ballot: The Senatorial Struggle of 1883." Michigan History 56 (Fall 1972): 216–32. Thomas W. Ferry at The Political Graveyard External links 1827 births 1896 deaths People from Mackinac Island, Michigan Republican Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives Republican Party Michigan state senators Republican Party United States senators from Michigan Ferry family Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan 19th-century American politicians Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate People from Grand Haven, Michigan Ottawa County, Michigan Burials in Michigan 44th United States Congress 45th United States Congress 39th United States Congress 40th United States Congress 41st United States Congress 42nd United States Congress 43rd United States Congress 46th United States Congress 47th United States Congress People from Ottawa County, Michigan Testifying witnesses of the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson