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