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Benjamin Ferguson
1790 - 1860 (69 years)-
Name Benjamin Ferguson Born 31 Aug 1790 Salisbury, Rockingham Co., NC, USA Gender Male Buried 1860 Brockville Cemetery, Yale, Jasper, IL Died 11 Jan 1860 Jasper Co., IL, USA Person ID I20248 Tofterå Slettemoen Last Modified 21 Jan 2019
Father John Ferguson, b. 15 Jan 1755, York County, VA , d. 14 Feb 1842, Dover, Boone County, Indiana, USA (Age 87 years) Mother Hannah Barrow, b. 1751, Meherrin, Brunswick, VA , d. 1827, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA (Age 76 years) Married 1770 Stokes County, NC Family ID F6533 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Nancy Green, b. 26 Jul 1793, Rockingham, North Carolina, USA , d. Abt 1820, Wayne County, Indiana, USA (Age 26 years) Married 1811 Rockingham Co., NC, USA Children 1. Jeremiah Ferguson, b. 1 Feb 1812, Greene, Ohio , d. 7 Mar 1882, Willow Hill, Jasper, Illinois, USA (Age 70 years) 2. John Ferguson, b. 27 Oct 1813, Union, Decatur, Indiana, USA , d. 7 Nov 1899, Cedar, Mahaska, Iowa, USA (Age 86 years) 3. Malinda Ferguson, b. 27 Jan 1815, Wayne, Indiana, USA , d. 16 May 1873, Jasper County, Illinois (Age 58 years) 4. William Anderson Ferguson, b. 1 Jun 1817, Wayne, Indiana, USA , d. 8 Jan 1894, Chautauqua, Cowley County, Kansas (Age 76 years) 5. Judah Ferguson, b. 12 Aug 1818, Wayne, Indiana, USA , d. 14 Mar 1896, Jasper County, Illinois (Age 77 years) 6. Solomon Ferguson, b. 22 Feb 1822, Wayne, Indiana, USA , d. 3 Aug 1899, Turlock, California (Age 77 years) Last Modified 13 Jan 2008 Family ID F6517 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Nancy Fear, b. 26 Jul 1793, North Carolina, USA , d. 22 Oct 1865, Jasper Co., IL, USA (Age 72 years) Married Aft 1821 Jasper Co., IL, USA Children 1. Benjamin Ferguson, b. 1826, Decatur, Indiana, USA , d. 6 Sep 1858, Jasper County, Illinois (Age 32 years) 2. Nancy Ferguson, b. 20 Oct 1826, Decatur, Indiana, USA , d. 14 Jul 1898, Painterhood, Elk County, Kansas, USA (Age 71 years) 3. Mary Ferguson, b. 1829, Decatur, Indiana, USA , d. 1860, Mahaska County, Iowa (Age 31 years) 4. Sanford Ferguson, b. 15 Aug 1831, Decatur, Indiana, USA , d. 14 Oct 1865, Jasper County, Illinois (Age 34 years) Last Modified 13 Jan 2008 Family ID F6518 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Number ten of 14 children.
1820 Wayne, Indiana, 8 in his household, one person engaged in agriculture, one male 26-44, seven under 16 (four girls under ten, three boys under ten).
1830 Decatur, Indiana, 11 people in his household. One male, one female 30 thru 39, five boys, four girls.
1840 Washington and Marion and Sandcreek and Clay and Adams, Decatur, Indiana, 7 in the household, two people employed in agriculture, one male 40-49, one female 40-49, two sons 5-9, one son 15-19, one daughter 10-14, one 15-19.
1850 Clay, Decatur, Indiana. Benjamin and Nancy.
Will of 29.8.1857. Widows partition suit of 4.4.1860. On his tombstone: "Aged 69y,4m,10d"
- Number ten of 14 children.