This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BLAINE, FERGUSON, WHITE, CLIFTON, MAYO, NANCE, BROWN, JENNINGS, CARTER, CONN, WHITTEN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GMB.2ACI/715.1 Message Board Post: Lloyd, This is the information I have on the family of Albert B. Ferguson. It was shared with me in December 2000 by Inez Blaine of Louisville, MS. Albert Barron DeBose Ferguson was first married to a lady whose last name was Brown. They had four children: 1. Tom Ferguson -- married Gussie White. Buried in Biloxi, Mississippi 2. Clay Ferguson -- never married. Buried in Post, Texas 3. Jim Ferguson -- never married. Buried in Post, Texas 4. Winston Ferguson -- married James Clifton. Both are buried in Noxapater Cemetery (Winston County, MS) but neither have tombstones. Three children: Oleda Clifton married Willie Mayo, Laverne Clifton, and James Robert "Sonny" Clifton. Albert married the second time to Dinkie Nance, daughter of Richard D. Nance and Sarah Jane Mayo (daughter of Stephen D. and "Fannie" Mayo). Dinkie was born June 29, 1870, probably in Winston County, MS and died January 21, 1951. Albert died when his youngest son Marshall (Inez Blaine's father) was about 3 yrs old (circa 1900). He was buried beside his first wife (maiden name Brown) in Hight Cemetery in Noxapater, Winston County, MS but has no tombstone. He died of typhoid fever. Dinkie was buried at Center Ridge Cemetery, Winston County, MS. Children of ALBERT FERGUSON and DINKIE NANCE are: 1. MEDA FERGUSON -- was born January 16, 1898 in Winston County, MS and died August 22, 1976 in Winston County. She married WILLIAM ELIHU MAYO Bef. 1918 (son of WILLIAM MAYO and LUCY FERGUSON). He was born February 17, 1896 in Winston County, MS and died June 12, 1977 in Winston County. Both were buried at Shiloh Cemetery, Winston County, MS. 2. MAMIE FERGUSON -- She married MELTON JENNINGS. Mamie was buried at Edgefield Cemetery, Choctaw County, MS. 3. MARSHALL FERGUSON -- was born August 25, 1896, and died February 05, 1984 in Columbus, Lowndes County, MS. He married EFFIE INEZ CARTER, probably around 1927. She was born December 04, 1903, and died September 15, 1993. Both were buried at Vernon Assembly of God Cemetery, Louisville, Winston County, MS. After Albert Ferguson died, Dinkie remarried to Alonzo Ferguson. They had one child, a daughter named Jessie Ferguson. Jessie was born September 14, 1902 and married Howard Walter Conn. Howard was born September 28, 1905 and died March 14, 1974. Jessie and Howard had one child, a daughter named Mattie Lee Conn. Mattie Lee was born November 2, 1934. Jessie and Mattie Lee died together on the evening of December 22, 1983. Howard, Jessie, and Mattie Lee were all buried at Liberty Cemetery, Winston County, MS. Please e-mail me directly and we can correspond further. I have a little more information on the family of Richard Nance and Sarah Jane Mayo, as well as some information on several of Sarah's siblings. I am descended from Sarah Jane's sister Sue Mayo who married John Thomas Whitten. Some of my Mayo information is posted on my web site below. I would really enjoy trading information with you further. Nice to hear from you! Mary K. Johnson [email protected] http://www.geocities.com/look4whittens/