When Eleanor Ferguson was born in 1807, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, her father, Richard Ferguson, was 41 and her mother, Verlinda Triplett, was 32. She married Larkin McNeil on 2 October 1837, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Beaver Creek Township, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States in 1870. She died in United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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.
Possible Related NamesThe letter was written on May 28, 1898 in Maple Springs, Wilkes, North Carolina. It is recorded in the book, “George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America,” by James W. Hook, 1957, New Haven …
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