Ferguson, John O.

FERGUSON

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Date: 7/5/2021 at 12:53:51

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.676

FERGUSON, JOHN O., farmer, West Washington Township, Sec. 34; P. O. Indianola; is a native of North Carolina; born March 16, 1831; when he was yet quite young his parents started to Indiana, and while on the way his mother died, but his father, with the family continued the journey, and it was in that state where he spent the early part of his life; he came to Jefferson county, this State, in 1840, and from there to this county in the spring of 1852; he was married in this State, November 13, 1856, to Miss Mary A. Green, a native of Indiana, and from a family of thirteen children they have only six living: Eldora, wife of Isaac Graham, Emma, Sylvester, Alta, Etta and John; he owns an improved farm of 143 acres.