Brief Life History of Charles Clifton
When Charles Clifton Ferguson was born on 20 September 1874, in Salem, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States, his father, William Harrison Ferguson, was 32 and his mother, Margaret Rachel Owens, was 20. He lived in Cave Spring, Roanoke, Virginia, United States in 1880. He died on 1 October 1890, in Roanoke, Virginia, United States, at the age of 16, and was buried in Ferguson Family Cemetery, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States.
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- Chas C Ferguson in household of W H Ferguson, "United States Census, 1880"
- Charlie Ferguson, "BillionGraves Index"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fergus ‘son of Fearghus’ (see Fergus ) by substituting -son for mac-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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