Good evening everyone Does any one on the list have any knowledge of Mary FERGUS married to Robert W. Palsley February 22,1849 in Grant Co Indiana .Could this Mary be the Maggie (nickname) I am looking for ?? This information came from Indiana State Library Genealogy Division "E - F - G" Indiana Marriages Through 1850 http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/tango/marriage/n-o-p-q-r.qry?function=detail&L ayout_0_uid1=42236 Hope to hear from someone Thanks in advance Shirley bernardf@intrstar.net

Sorry. it's late and I can't spell. Please " be gentle". Won't happen again. :-) Gene

Cynthia ask me to submit this e-mail to the list. This is my first posting to this list, so please be gentile <G>. Gene Majors > I descend from Abraham DITTY and Jency/Jincy FERGUS through their son James A. DITTY. James >was married three times: (1) Charlotte FERGUS, (2) Elizabeth BURK, (3) Susan SPROULL. > > I believe that his first wife, Charlotte, was his double first cousin, and > that she was the daughter of Samuel McCormick FERGUS (brother of Jency) and > Catherine DITTY (sister of James). > > James and Charlotte were married in 1842, and Charlotte died in 1843. They > had no children. In 1947 when a daughter of James (and Susan SPROULL) was > being buried next to her father in Spring Grove Cemetery in Appleton City, > MO. an old grave was discovered. The coffin was virtually intact. Inside > was a young woman with long red hair, and an infant. My cousin and I > believe this was Charlotte FERGUS, and that she died in childbirth. > > Do you have any info on Samuel and Catherine? On Charlotte? Have you > found the parents of Francis FERGUS? > > BTW. I descend from James A. DITTY and Elizabeth BURK, through their > daughter (Francis Jane "Fannie" DITTY who married William Rush MAJORS). By > any remote chance do you have any info on Elizabeth BURK? > > Hope to hear from you soon. > > Regards, > > Gene Majors > Placentia, CA

I hope all of you had a wonderful day of Thanksgiving recalling all that you are grateful for . . . and for me at the top of the list is God, my Creator, Jesus my Saviour, and the Holy Spirit my counselor - and next on the list is my FAMILY - all of it - my parents, their parents, and so on . . . back to Francis FERGUS and his wife Mary McCORMICK who had the courage to endure the journey to this new world and new life and to plant, harvest, and build not only buildings but a large industrious family from which many of us descend. I rejoice in finding collateral cousins - at least one connection a week! And, on a lighter vein I would like any who are not aware of the following website to take a visit and see what may be of use to you. I for one began on the Internet just one year ago and I knew NOTHING about a computer - as some of you who are more computer literate can probably sense my stumbling about at times. But, that is all right for me as I press on and learn a wee bit at a time so that I can retain a new skill. I suggest you take a visit to: http://www.dummiesdaily.com/ It is the online version of the many books written "Dummies etc., etc., etc." Some I delete as I am not at all interested in the particular tip and others I save in a folder for future reference - which I may never look at, but take comfort in knowing I have stored away some unusual tips. Have a great day! Cynthia crussell@traversecity.com FERGUS Website http://www.traverse.net/people/crussell/fergus_family.htm FERGUS Newsgroup FERGUS-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

ANNE FERGUS Subject: San Diego Union-Tribune Archive Document (http://www.uniontrib.com/news/utarchi DEATH AND FUNERAL NOTICES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 27-Jul-1997 Sunday FERGUS -- Anne S., died July 25, 1997 at 99 years. Survived by her daughter Jane Robison of La Jolla, her son Edward S. of St. Louis, MO, 3 grandsons, 3 great grandchildren. Family Services and Inurnment in Piketon, Ohio.

If any of you can identify these listings please send reply to the list: New Jersey Pensioners of 1835 - Hunterdon Co. John Fergus,Rank - Private Annual Allowance - $24.00 Sums Received $180.27 Service - Pennsylvania line Commencement of pension - October 20, 1808 Age at commencement - unknown March 3, 1809, invalid pension. John Fergus - Private Annual Allowance - $38.40 Sums Received - $270.51 Service - Pennsylvania line Commencement of pension - April 24, 1816 Age at commencement - unknown April 24, 1816 - invalid pension. Increased. Relinquished for the benefit of act March 18, 1818. Died January 2, 1829. John Fergus - Private Annual Allowance - $96.00 Sums Received - $542.18 Service - Pennsylvania line Placed on the pension roll - May 21, 1823 Commencement of pension - May 10, 1823 Age - 77

-----Original Message----- From: Ann Kramlich <mtpioneers@yahoo.com> To: Cynthia N. Russell <crussell@traversecity.com> Date: Monday, November 23, 1998 5:21 AM Subject: Re: James FERGUS story >I will be posting the 1884 and 1889 Montana Constitution >signers soon. Both have James Fergus signing them. Also We are >currently working on typing up a book called Homestead Shacks Over >Buffalo Tracks a history of Northeastern Montana. It has some Fergus >info in it that you might be interested in. Have just gotten consent >to copy so it will be a little while before it is online. Just wanted >to let you know about this. >Ann > > > > > >_________________________________________________________ >DO YOU YAHOO!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > >

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FERGUS, Cloyd, b. 9/3/1890; d 10/1964 FERGUS, Coral, b. 1/16/1947; d. 10/1976, Omaha, NE FERGUS, Corneliuous, b. 10/17/1888; d. 7/1982, Hastings, NE FERGUS, Donald, b. 12/18/1920; d. 2/1986, Sutton, NE FERGUS, Earl, b. 8/15/1892; d. 5/1970, Hastings, NE FERGUS, Earl, b. 12/2/1910; d. 9/1986, Humboldt, NE FERGUS, Gertrude, b. 11/10/1905; d. 6/1980, last residence Humboldt, NE, last payment location Carmichael, CA FERGUS, Howard, b. 10/1/1908; d. 12/1978 Humboldt, NE FERGUS, Irene b. 10/13/1892; d. 10/1972, Hastings, NE FERGUS, ? b. 1/7/????; d. 3/???? Humboldt, NE ------------------------------------------------------ FERGUS, Amanda, b. 2/20/1886; d. 1/1977, Vincetown, NJ FERGUS, Austin, b. 7/12/1922; d. 6/1972, Princeton, NJ FERGUS, Lillian, b. 10/12/1896; d. 6/1973, Kearney, NJ FERGUS, Mary, b. 12/9/1913; d. 3/1985, Freehold NJ crussell@traversecity.com FERGUS Website http://www.traverse.net/people/crussell/fergus_family.htm FERGUS Newsgroup FERGUS-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

The 1800 U.S. census enumeration began on the first Monday in August, 1800. The microfilms file number is M32 and totals 52 rolls as follows: CT #1-#3,DE #4, D.C.#5, ME #6-#8, MD #9-#12, MA #13-#19, NH #20, NY #21-#28, NC #29-#34, PA #35-#44, RI #45-#46, SC #47-#50, VT #51-#52. Since my ancestor, Francis FERGUS had moved from PA to VA I did search through M32-#38(Cumberland Co) and found no FERGUS listings. There are no 1800 U.S. census records for VA. NARA (National Archives and Records Administration) crussell@traversecity.com http://www.traverse.net/people/crussell/fergus_family.htm Newsgroup: FERGUS-L-request@rootsweb.com

Frances Fergus and Mary McCormick Jincy Fergus and Abraham B. Ditty Susan Ditty b7May1820 White Co TN d14Aug1887 buried Rhea Cemetery Putnam Co TN mCharter William Mitchell (son on James C. Mitchell and Sarah Allison)16Feb1847 in White Co. Charter was a well known Potter in the Ditty Community of Putnam Co. At the time of his death, he owned 450 acres of land on Cane Creek, including a farm now owned by Lillard Maxwell(where the Ditty Cemetery is now located). The children of Charter and Susan Mitchell: 1)Mires Haywood Mitchell m Sarah Catherine Nabors (d/o Barnett Nabors and Rachel Adaline McCaleb). 2)John Mitchell m Mary Jane Nicholas(d/o Zenith Nicholas and Eliza Peek) 3)Abraham Mitchell m Saphronia Massa (d/o William Massa and Sarah Thomas) 4)Martha Elizabeth Carter m Benjamin Franklin Carter 5)Sarah Jincy Mitchell m Greene B. Massa (s/o William Massa and Sarah). My direct line is that of Mires Haywood"Haywood" and Sarah Catherine"Cannie". I will continue on with this line, but if anyone is interested, I have much information on the other lines as well. Mires Haywood Mitchell b7Mar1855 and married Cannie 16Dec1875. He died 7Feb1949 and she died 23Apr1936. Both are buried in the Rhea Cem in Putnam Co. Their children: 1)Margaret Adeline (Maggie) m Thomas O. Kilgore 2)Sarah Avannah(Van) m Joseph Anderson Allison 3)Nevada Charlotte m Monroe Oliver Maxwell 4)Mary Jane m James Riley Holman 5)Johnie I. m Thomas A. Kilgore(the uncle of Thomas O. Kilgore) 6)Mattie Lou m Alfred C. Maxwell 7) Molly Minerva died at the age of 18 8)Ruth Wesley m William Burrell Ward(my line). 9)Zona Alice m Luther E. Ward (the brother of William Burrell Ward) 10)Josie Mae Gibson m Shelia D. Austin 11)William Alfred(at long last a son!!) m Martha Thomas 12)Alta Susan died at the age of 20. My direct line is that of Ruth and William Burrell. I will continue on with this line: William Burrell Ward (s/o Jefferson Lafayette Ward and Sarah Amanda Aarons) m Ruth Wesley Mitchell 11Dec1910 in Putnam Co. They remained in the Putnam Co area until they moved to Mississippi Co Ark in 1929. Their children: 1) Ode Ward m Beatrice Woods (d/o William Alfred Woods and Nancy Cassander Ballard) 2) Wert Ward m Coyeta Perkins 3)Robert Ward m Leona 4)Gracey Emogene m J.D. Tinsley 4)Fred Ward m Marie 5)Willie Ray Ward. My grandparents are Ode and Bea Ward. They are doing well at the ages of 86&88 and live in Craighead Co ARK. Wert is the only one of my grandfather's siblings still living. He lives in Holcomb MO. The children of Bea and Ode: 1)James Earl Ward m Eugenia Burgess d1985 wife#2 Barbara Feinstone 2)Vondella Sue Ward m Rex Leon Davis 3)Lois Jewel Ward m Larry Wayne Meadows. My father is James Ward. He lives in Memphis and is 66yoa. The children of James and Eugenia: 1) Vicki Loretta Ward (me) m Rodney Steven Moore 2)Ricky Glenn Ward m Donna 3)Melana Dawn Ward m Arnold Jerome Sain. I am Vicki Ward Moore and I am married to Rodney Steven Moore. Our children: Nicholas Aaron and Bethanie Brooke. We live in Beech Bluff TN. Would like to hear from others researching this line. Vicki Moore

Frances Fergus and Mary McCormick Jincy Fergus and Abraham B. Ditty Susan Ditty b7May1820 White Co TN d14Aug1887 buried Rhea Cemetery Putnam Co TN mCharter William Mitchell (son on James C. Mitchell and Sarah Allison)16Feb1847 in White Co. Charter was a well known Potter in the Ditty Community of Putnam Co. At the time of his death, he owned 450 acres of land on Cane Creek, including a farm now owned by Lillard Maxwell(where the Ditty Cemetery is now located). The children of Charter and Susan Mitchell: 1)Mires Haywood Mitchell m Sarah Catherine Nabors (d/o Barnett Nabors and Rachel Adaline McCaleb). 2)John Mitchell m Mary Jane Nicholas(d/o Zenith Nicholas and Eliza Peek) 3)Abraham Mitchell m Saphronia Massa (d/o William Massa and Sarah Thomas) 4)Martha Elizabeth Carter m Benjamin Franklin Carter 5)Sarah Jincy Mitchell m Greene B. Massa (s/o William Massa and Sarah). My direct line is that of Mires Haywood"Haywood" and Sarah Catherine"Cannie". I will continue on with this line, but if anyone is interested, I have much information on the other lines as well. Mires Haywood Mitchell b7Mar1855 and married Cannie 16Dec1875. He died 7Feb1949 and she died 23Apr1936. Both are buried in the Rhea Cem in Putnam Co. Their children: 1)Margaret Adeline (Maggie) m Thomas O. Kilgore 2)Sarah Avannah(Van) m Joseph Anderson Allison 3)Nevada Charlotte m Monroe Oliver Maxwell 4)Mary Jane m James Riley Holman 5)Johnie I. m Thomas A. Kilgore(the uncle of Thomas O. Kilgore) 6)Mattie Lou m Alfred C. Maxwell 7) Molly Minerva died at the age of 18 8)Ruth Wesley m William Burrell Ward(my line). 9)Zona Alice m Luther E. Ward (the brother of William Burrell Ward) 10)Josie Mae Gibson m Shelia D. Austin 11)William Alfred(at long last a son!!) m Martha Thomas 12)Alta Susan died at the age of 20. My direct line is that of Ruth and William Burrell. I will continue on with this line: William Burrell Ward (s/o Jefferson Lafayette Ward and Sarah Amanda Aarons) m Ruth Wesley Mitchell 11Dec1910 in Putnam Co. They remained in the Putnam Co area until they moved to Mississippi Co Ark in 1929. Their children: 1) Ode Ward m Beatrice Woods (d/o William Alfred Woods and Nancy Cassander Ballard) 2) Wert Ward m Coyeta Perkins 3)Robert Ward m Leona 4)Gracey Emogene m J.D. Tinsley 4)Fred Ward m Marie 5)Willie Ray Ward. My grandparents are Ode and Bea Ward. They are doing well at the ages of 86&88 and live in Craighead Co ARK. Wert is the only one of my grandfather's siblings still living. He lives in Holcomb MO. The children of Bea and Ode: 1)James Earl Ward m Eugenia Burgess d1985 wife#2 Barbara Feinstone 2)Vondella Sue Ward m Rex Leon Davis 3)Lois Jewel Ward m Larry Wayne Meadows. My father is James Ward. He lives in Memphis and is 66yoa. The children of James and Eugenia: 1) Vicki Loretta Ward (me) m Rodney Steven Moore 2)Ricky Glenn Ward m Donna 3)Melana Dawn Ward m Arnold Jerome Sain. I am Vicki Ward Moore and I am married to Rodney Steven Moore. Our children: Nicholas Aaron and Bethanie Brooke. We live in Beech Bluff TN. Would like to hear from others researching this line. Vicki Moore

After you have gathered miscellaneous information concerning collateral lineages and still don't have sufficient answers to tie in your own progenitor, it is time to organize. 1. Create a Miscellaneous Database. Information from scraps of paper should be typed into a database, so that it can be sorted, and you can have "finger-tip" information when you need it. This will enable you to quickly tie together distant family members. Too, it is easier to "see" where people belong. Normally, one suspects that persons residing in the same county with the same surname are related, especially if they were all born in the same state. 2. Make comparisons. For example: You are looking at the surname Franklin on the 1850 Rockingham Co., Va. Census. Some of them were born in Pa. Time to calculate on each one of them the time they migrated into Virginia. Start with the dates of birth of their individual children. Those born in Pa. signify the time-period the family resided in Pa. Those born in Va. signify the year the family removed to Va. Did all the families migrate about the same date? If so, aren't they suspect to be related? 3. Don't stop collecting. Always collect little bits of information. Persons who resided in the same areas, or counties, where your ancestors were, and who had genealogies written, or biographical sketches, are worthy of notation. Read carefully "their" migrations, deeds, etc., and how they compare to yours. This is how written genealogies, biographies and county histories become valuable. 4. The earliest records are invaluable...because there was a limited number of people. If there were only 2 Franklin names in the 1810 Rockingham Co., Va. Census, then they might be "brothers", "cousins", "parents", etc. Think like this. Clarify if they are, or are not, by studying your miscellaneous database. When you can't find your ancestor, organization of the miscellaneous information is often the key to where to search next. It is essential to know the genealogies of all the people in a given area. crussell@traversecity.com http://www.traverse.net/people/crussell/fergus_family.htm Listowner FERGUS-L-request@rootsweb.com

FERGUS, Anna b 7/5/1886, d 4/1982 Yale, MI FERGUS, Audra b 4/23/1888, d 8/1978 Adrian, MI FERGUS, Cloren b 5/11/1915, d 8/1978 Clayton, MI FERGUS, Gladys b 1/14/1914, d 7/1987 Yale, MI FERGUS, Harry b 3/1/1907, d 8/1984 Yale, MI FERGUS, Howard b 3/1/1907, d 10/1984 Yale, MI FERGUS, Inez b 8/12/1906, d 11/1977 Constantine, MI FERGUS, Iowa b 2/18/1903, d 3/1975 Rockwood, MI FERGUS, James 9/22/1899, d 9/1975 Warren, MI FERGUS, ? 1/28/???? d 6/???? Detroit, MI ------------------------------------------------- FERGUS, George 12/2/1890, d 8/1968 Minneapolis, MN FERGUS, Matie 8/31/1884, d 7/1978 Minneapolis, MN -------------------------------------------------- FERGUS, Cloyd b 9/3/1890, d 10/1964 ???? FERGUS, Coral b 1/16/1947, d 10/1976 Omaha, NE FERGUS, Cornelious b 9/17/1888, d 7/1982 Hastings, NE FERGUS, Donald b 12/18/1920, d 2/1986 Sutton, NE FERGUS, Earl b 8/15/1892, d 5/1970 Hastings, NE FERGUS, Earl b 12/2/1910, d 9/1986 Humboldt, NE FERGUS, Gertrude b 11/10/1905, d 6/1980 Humboldt, NE last payment location Carmichael, CA FERGUS, Howard b 10/1/1908, d 12/1978 Humboldt, NE FERGUS, Irene 10/13/1892, d 10/1972 Hastings, NE FERGUS, ??? b 1/7/????, d 3/???? Humboldt, NE crussell@traversecity.com FERGUS Website http://www.traverse.net/people/crussell/fergus_family.htm FERGUS Newsgroup FERGUS-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

Looking for any information on this lady who is buried near Francis FERGUS in Tennessee. Note spelling on tombstone is with an "e", but could have also been the traditional "u" and stone erected at a later date. Rather curious. Any explanations? And need to add this to the variation list! Martha FERGES, b. 26 Mar 1836; d. 25 Dec 1858; age 32 yrs. upon her death. crussell@traversecity.com FERGUS Website http://www.traverse.net/people/crussell/fergus_family.htm FERGUS Newsgroup FERGUS-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

I am working diligently on another Internet FERGUS connection so that all of us can be found. And, I need help please again. I need to add "A FERGUS Reasercher's page" to my website to list the e-mail/snail mail addresses of Fergus researchers. Who would be willing to be listed? Pretty please I will need perhaps 3 people to move forward. The page would list your name and clickable e-mail address, snail mail if you wish. Any volunteers? Cynthia crussell@traversecity.com FERGUS Website http://www.traverse.net/people/crussell/fergus_family.htm FERGUS Newsgroup FERGUS-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

Nov 15, 1998 - 11:38 - Email:Janet Farrington Brown, brown@navix.net This query was posted to the FERGUS Family Facts website - can anyone help out here? If so, please post back to Janet plus send a copy to the FERGUS-L. Thanks! Looking for information about Washington W. Fergus. His daughter was Mary Emeline Fergus b. 4,6,1857 (probably Hancock County, Ill.) d. 11,2,1926 Mo. Washington W. Fergus married Emeline Hannah Spangler b. 1826 Ill. d. 1861 Ill. Mary Emeline was four years old when mother died, and father took her and possibly other children to Monroe County, Mo. and left Mary Emeline with a family named Green who reared her. Mary Emeline (Emma) m. 1879 Raphael Clement Leake. Not that it makes any difference to me, but this Fergus family was not Roman Catholic as Emma converted at marriage. (I want to be real PC about this...) I have no further information on Washington W. Fergus as he simply disappeared from Emma's life. Would suppose he was born ca. 1825. Would appreciate any help on this. Thanks, Janet Brown

Here is some others that we have.. FERGIE FERGUSHILL FERRAR FERRIE FERRIES FERRIS FERRISS McKERRAS McADIES KEDDIE KIDDIE We dont know of any others but im sure there are some.. Theese variations came from the Clan Ferguson Society. Hope this helps. Shirley & Emmy

Here are the variations of the FERGUS spellings we have FERGUS FEARGUS McFERGUS FARGUS VARGA OR WARGO FURGUS VERGES Mac FERGUS FERGUSON FERGUSIN FERGUSEN FERGURSON FERGUNTINE FERESTON FERGASON FERGERSEN FERGERSON FERGESSON FERGLINCK FERGLSON FURGESON VARGASON FERGUSAN FERGUSAON FERGUSSON FERGUESON FURGUSON I will send more in the next post. Hope it helps, Shirley & Emmy bernardf@intrstar.net