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. ************************************************** Copyright © 2005 by Martha Decker. All rights reserved. http://www.iagenweb.org/state/disclaim.htm **************************************************