NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11316 JEFFERSON CO – EDWIN HITE FERGUSON – Ferguson, Marfield, Major, Block, Fetter, Trost 11316 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume III Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928. Jefferson Co. EDWIN HITE FERGUSON. Edwin Hite Ferguson, deceased [photo], was for years one of the foremost business men of Louisville, his native city, where he established the Kentucky Refining Company and developed the second largest cottonseed oil refinery in the world. He was born on the site of the old Galt House in Louisville and was a son of John and Sarah Ferguson. He initial business experience was gained in a bank. While still a young man, however, he saw the possibilities of extracting oil from cottonseed and as a pioneer established the Kentucky Refining Company, which he developed into one of Louisville’s greatest industries, with branches throughout the world. The Louisville Soap Company was a subsidiary. At one time Mr. Ferguson was offered millions of dollars for his holdings in the Kentucky Refining Company. Adverse business conditions finally affected its prosperity, however, and he sold his interests in a reorganization plan. In 1898 Mr. Ferguson was married to Miss Sonia Fullerton Marfield, of Chillicothe, Ohio, where six generations of the bride’s family have made their home. They became parents of one daughter, Margaret Fullerton, now the wife of Captain Earl Elliott Major, who after retiring from the United States army became interested in the investment securities business in Louisville, being vice president of the firm of Block, Fetter & Trost. Mr. Ferguson was a charter member of the Pendennis Club and one of the first members of the Louisville Country Club and the Kentucky Jockey Club. He was also a consistent member of Christ Church cathedral, exemplifying high moral principles in his daily life. His death occurred at his home on Third street in Louisville on the 9th of May, 1924, when he was seventy-two years of age, and thus the city sustained the loss of one of the most prominent business men and most highly esteemed and lifelong residents. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx