Brief Life History of William
When William Ferguson was born on 4 September 1838, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States, his father, Isaac Ferguson, was 28 and his mother, Susannah Ford, was 28. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. He died on 22 July 1865, in Summit, Utah, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- William Ferguson in household of Isaac Ferguson, "United States Census, 1850"
- William Ferguson, 1865, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- William Furguson, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"
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World Events (8)
1839 · From Swamp to Beautiful Place
By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.
1839 · The Capital Moves again
After the twenty years that the capital was moved to Vandalia, the General Assembly, under the leadership of Abraham Lincoln, voted to move the capital to Springfield. Springfield is still the capital of Illinois to this day, even though Chicago has long surpassed the capital on population.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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Deseret News, July 26, 1865 Shot Dead On Saturday morning, 22d, George Gates shot William Ferguson dead, near Kimball's ranch over the Summit, in a quarrel arising out of a difficulty supposed to b …
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