Mary Ferrell
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Mary Elizabeth McHughes Ferrell (26 October 1922—20 February 2004) was an American historian and independent researcher who created a large database on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she married Hubert Afton "Buck" Ferrell in 1940 and had four children. In 1957 the family moved to Dallas, Texas, where Ferrell found work as a legal secretary.
She began collecting materials on the Kennedy assassination immediately after the event. Her assassination database was originally written on over 40,000 cards and included details of over 8,200 people involved in the case. This data was eventually entered into a computer. Ferrell also created a four-volume set of chronologies, covering all aspects of the assassination.
Mary Ferrell died in Dallas. The Mary Ferrell Foundation is a non-profit "devoted to carrying on the legacy of Mary Ferrell, whose integrity and unwavering dedication to truth is an inspiration to many."
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- Mary Ferrell Foundation site
- Mary Ferrell via Internet Movie Database
- McCarthy, Jerry. Biography of Mary Ferrell NameBase NewsLine, No. 4, January-March 1994.
- Photo of Mary Ferrell
