Quick review..my great aunt Mary Ann (SHIPMAN) FERGUSON was the wife of Tom C. FERGUSON who was the son of Edmond FERGUSON and Hester (BREWER) FERGUSON. Tom's sister Rachel (FERGUSON) WHITE lived across the road from Tom and Mary (SHIPMAN) FERGUSON in Granby. The 1870 Newton County, MO Census shows that in the home of Edmond Ferguson with his wife and several children, lived also Bill WHITE and Rachel and their child, also a Hettie. However another FERGUSON researcher says that according to her info, Edmond lived with Rachel and Bill until he died in 1900. (From about 1870 on to 1900). So! My question is this oh you gurus... Do any of you know if the land was actually "always" Edmund's and at first Bill and Rachel lived with them? Or did the land switch hands and eventually become Bill and Rachel's and they were listed as the owner and it just looked live Edmund was living with them even though it had originally been his land? I thought maybe some of you might have the original land grants or something and know. If Edmund actually "went" to "another" land parcel (Rachel Ferguson White and Bill White's) as inferred by the 1870 Census, to live until his death in 1900, he would have only been about 45.So, does anyone know if he was in frail health or something? Does anyone know his causse of death? Oh how I wish these people could talk...I'd be a whole lot smarter! Also, was Hester around then too when Edmund was living with Rachel and Bill? Or did she remarry. I sorta lost her somewhere. How's that for something to start a week? I am trying to wade through lots of land grants and plot farms so I know where my family lived in conjunction to other family members. Any help on this line will be appreciated. Thanks! Deb Vancouver

Hi Deb, Edmund and Hettie were in McDonald County in 1860 then Newton Co in 1870. In 1870 they are in Marion Twp, household 214 - family 215. William and Rachel Ferguson White are next in household 215 - family 216. William White is listed at the end of Edmund Ferguson's family but we believe the census taker accidentally put the household/family number on the wrong line. This indicates they were in separate residences in 1870. I will have to see what I have on the 1880 census. Edmund Ferguson was 74 years old when he died in 1900. Hettie died in 1903 at age 75. Both are buried in Greenwood Cemetery. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~lsimmons/Greenwood/greenwoo.htm Bye for now, Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: <DebShipmanRowe@cs.com> To: <MONEWTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 7:19 AM Subject: [MONEWTON] Ongoing SHIPMAN/FERGUSON/WHITE Mystery > Quick review..my great aunt Mary Ann (SHIPMAN) FERGUSON was the wife of Tom > C. FERGUSON who was the son of Edmond FERGUSON and Hester (BREWER) FERGUSON. > > Tom's sister Rachel (FERGUSON) WHITE lived across the road from Tom and Mary > (SHIPMAN) FERGUSON in Granby. > > The 1870 Newton County, MO Census shows that in the home of Edmond Ferguson > with his wife and several children, lived also Bill WHITE and Rachel and > their child, also a Hettie. > > However another FERGUSON researcher says that according to her info, Edmond > lived with Rachel and Bill until he died in 1900. (From about 1870 on to > 1900). > > So! My question is this oh you gurus... > Do any of you know if the land was actually "always" Edmund's and at first > Bill and Rachel lived with them? Or did the land switch hands and eventually > become Bill and Rachel's and they were listed as the owner and it just looked > live Edmund was living with them even though it had originally been his land? > I thought maybe some of you might have the original land grants or something > and know. If Edmund actually "went" to "another" land parcel (Rachel Ferguson > White and Bill White's) as inferred by the 1870 Census, to live until his > death in 1900, he would have only been about 45.So, does anyone know if he > was in frail health or something? Does anyone know his causse of death? Oh > how I wish these people could talk...I'd be a whole lot smarter! > > Also, was Hester around then too when Edmund was living with Rachel and Bill? > Or did she remarry. I sorta lost her somewhere. > > How's that for something to start a week? I am trying to wade through lots of > land grants and plot farms so I know where my family lived in conjunction to > other family members. Any help on this line will be appreciated. > > Thanks! > > Deb > Vancouver > > > ==== MONEWTON Mailing List ==== > Newton County, Missouri MOGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~monewton/newton.html > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/search > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > >