When Sara Joane Ferguson was born on 15 July 1871, in Llano, Llano, Texas, United States, her father, Green Covey Ferguson, was 27 and her mother, Harriette Adaline Brown, was 19. She married John Thomas Johnson on 21 February 1889, in Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Silver City, Grant, New Mexico, United States in 1930 and Election Precinct 3 Silver City, Grant, New Mexico, United States in 1940. She died on 5 February 1954, in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
A new state constitution was passed in 1876, announcing the segregation of schools.
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fergus ‘son of Fearghus’ (see Fergus ) by substituting -son for mac-.
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