Brief Life History of James L
When James L Ferguson was born on 8 August 1840, in New Paris, Jackson Township, Elkhart, Indiana, United States, his father, John Ferguson, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Johnson, was 31. He married Alice Anne Wilkins on 7 October 1866, in Wolf Lake, Noble Township, Noble, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Elkhart Township, Elkhart, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Ligonier, Perry Township, Noble, Indiana, United States in 1870. He died on 11 April 1912, in Bluffton, Harrison Township, Wells, Indiana, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bluffton, Harrison Township, Wells, Indiana, United States.
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- James [Illegible], "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: James L Ferguson - Government record: birth-name: James L Ferguson
- James Ferguson, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1853
Historical Boundaries: 1853: Noble, Indiana, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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