When James Thomas Ferguson was born on 30 January 1858, in Cabell, Virginia, United States, his father, Wade Hutch Ferguson, was 24 and his mother, Lydia Muncy, was 22. He married Sarah Arminta Asbury on 28 June 1877, in Wayne, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Wayne, West Virginia, United States in 1920 and Stonewall District, Wayne, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years. He died on 30 May 1950, in Cabell, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in East Lynn, Wayne, West Virginia, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fergus ‘son of Fearghus’ (see Fergus ) by substituting -son for mac-.
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