Iowa Family Group Sheet for the David George FERGUSON Family

Submitted by: Martha Decker at Woodshed@deckernet.com

HUSBAND: David George FERGUSON
Birth date: 5 Mar 1859
Birthplace: Burke, Dane, Wisconsin
Death date: Aft 1900
Place of death: 
Burial date: 
Burial place: 
Other Spouse: 
Father: David FERGUSON
Mother: Catherine MACDONALD

Marriage date: Abt 1881
Marriage place: Pennington County, South Dakota

WIFE: Henrietta SHOEMAKER
Birth date: 1861
Birthplace: Hall County, Nebraska
Death date: 1889
Place of death: Pennington County, South Dakota
Burial date: 
Burial place: 
Other Spouse: 
Father: Jesse SHOEMAKER
Mother: Henrietta HURLEY

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Florence FERGUSON
Sex: F
Birth date: 18 Dec 1882
Birthplace: Rapid City, Pennington, South Dakota
Death date: 15 Apr 1964
Place of death: Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa
Burial date: 18 Apr 1964
Burial place: Memorial Park Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa
Spouse's name: James NEWELL
Marriage date: Abt 1900
Marriage place: 

Child No. 2: Georgiana FERGUSON
Sex: F
Birth date: 11 Jan 1885
Birthplace: Rapid City, Pennington, South Dakota
Death date: 24 Jun 1969
Place of death: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
Burial date: 27 Jun 1969
Burial place: Oakland Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa
Spouse's name: Harry G. DURIAN
Marriage date: 1919
Marriage place: 

Child No. 3: Mattine FERGUSON
Sex: F
Birth date: 30 Nov 1886
Birthplace: Rapid City, Pennington, South Dakota
Death date: 13 Feb 1975
Place of death: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
Burial date: Feb 1975
Burial place: Sunset Memorial Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
Spouse's name: James Eugene DECKER
Marriage date: May 1914
Marriage place: Des Moines, Polk, Iowa

Child No. 4: Curtis FERGUSON
Sex: M
Birth date: 15 Dec 1888
Birthplace: Rapid City, Pennington, South Dakota
Death date: 4 Dec 1947
Place of death: Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa
Burial date: 
Burial place: Oakland Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa
Spouse's name: Hilma LINDSTROM
Marriage date: 20 Jun 1925
Marriage place: St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota


Documentation and Sources:

Letter written in December 1971 by Mattine Ferguson Decker to her grandaughter
Shoemaker Family Website: Jesse Shoemaker (http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPage s/JohnSimpson/SHOEMAKR/d3/i0000068.htm#i2244)
FamilySearch International Genealogical Index Family Group Record: Jesse 
Shoemaker/Henrietta Hurley
1860 US Census, Burke, Dane, WI
1870 US Census, Grand Island, Hall, NE
1880 US Census, Rochford, Pennington, SD
1880 US Census, Rockerville, Pennington, SD
1900 US Census, Deadwood, Lawrence, SD
1910 US Census, Douglas, Webster, IA
1920 US Census, Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN
1930 US Census, Douglas, Webster, IA
1930 US Census, Fort Dodge, Webster, IA
1930 US Census, Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN

Note: Henrietta Shoemaker Ferguson died of "convulsions" in 1889, leaving 
four motherless young children and a widower.  David Ferguson brought the 
children back to the family farm in the Fort Dodge, IA area where they were 
raised by their aunt Mary Martha "Mattie" Ferguson and uncle Stuart Alexander 
Ferguson.  David eventually remarried and had other children - living on a 
farm somewhere in Iowa, but his second wife and family are unknown to us.


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