Brief Life History of James S
When James S Ferguson was born on 31 May 1857, in Henry Crossroads, Sevier, Tennessee, United States, his father, James Simpson Ferguson, was 46 and his mother, Maria Brower, was 30. He married Louisa Wells Young on 5 October 1871, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States in 1900. He died on 22 November 1902, at the age of 45.
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- James S Ferguson, "United States Census, 1900"
- James Simpson Ferguson in entry for James Simpson Ferguson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
- James S Ferguson, "United States Census, 1900"
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World Events (8)
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
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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