Ferguson, Joseph

FERGUSON, PHAYER

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Date: 12/4/2008 at 07:41:22

FERGUSON, Joseph
Farmer; Sec. 20; P. O. Colfax; born in Harrison Co., Ohio in 1819; moved to Adams Co., Illinois in 1841, and to this county in 1855. Owns 240 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre. Married Anna V. PHAYER in 1865. She was born in Guernsey Co., Ohio in 1838. They have three children - Minnie M., Samuel and James F. Is a Republican in politics. Came from Illinois with an ox team and about $100 in money.
~ "Poweshiek Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)