Brief Life History of Robert Hall
When Robert Hall Ferguson was born on 28 January 1859, in Chester, South Carolina, United States, his father, William Pinckney Ferguson, was 40 and his mother, Martha N. McFadden, was 31. He married Mary E Nunnery on 5 November 1889, in Chester, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in South Carolina, United States in 1870 and Landsford Township, Chester, South Carolina, United States in 1900. He died on 8 May 1915, in Chester, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 56.
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- Ralph H Ferguson, "United States Census, 1860"
- R. Hall Ferguson, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
- Mr R H Ferguson, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1860
In 1860, South Carolina quit the United States because its citizens were in favor of slavery and President Lincoln was not. The Civil War started a year later.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
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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