Elizabeth Osborn

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Osborn was born on 28 January 1795, in Cabell, Virginia, United States, her father, Edmund Osburn, was 24 and her mother, Mary Noe, was 19. She married Joel Martin Ferguson in 1816, in Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 1 January 1841, in Louisa, Lawrence, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 45.

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Family Time Line

Joel Martin Ferguson
1798–1857
Elizabeth Osborn
1795–1841
Marriage: 1816
Obediah Ferguson
1817–1843
Mary Jane Ferguson
1820–1870
Edmund Joel Ferguson
1818–1887
Druzilla Ferguson
1823–1901
Cynthia Ferguson
1827–1896
Adaline Ferguson Scaggs
1828–1908
Margaret E. Ferguson
1831–1880
Paulina Ferguson
1834–1919
Mary Jane Ferguson
1838–1926

Sources (8)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Osborne - Published information: Family genealogies: birth-name: Elizabeth Osburn
  • E Ferguson, "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971"
  • Unknown, "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953" (Thomas Ferguson)

World Events (8)

1796 · Wilderness Road Opens to Wagons

In 1796, the Wilderness Road opened up for wagon use. The route was used by colonial and early settlers to reach Kentucky from the East. It started in Virginia, and went southward to Tennessee and then went north to Kentucky. The main danger of this route was Native American attacks.

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Osborne .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Joel and Elizabeth Ferguson Separation 1831-1840 By Robert M. Thompson

Joel Martin Ferguson was born about 1798 in Lee County, Virginia. In 1816 in Lee County, he married Elizabeth Osburn, daughter of Edmund and Mary Osburn. Soon thereafter, Joel and Elizabeth Ferguso …

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