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Benjamin Ferguson

Benjamin Ferguson

Male 1790 - 1860  (69 years)

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  • Name Benjamin Ferguson 
    Born 31 Aug 1790  Salisbury, Rockingham Co., NC, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Buried 1860  Brockville Cemetery, Yale, Jasper, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 11 Jan 1860  Jasper Co., IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I20248  Tofterå Slettemoen
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2019 

    Father John Ferguson,   b. 15 Jan 1755, York County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1842, Dover, Boone County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Hannah Barrow,   b. 1751, Meherrin, Brunswick, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1827, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 1770  Stokes County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6533  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Nancy Green,   b. 26 Jul 1793, Rockingham, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1820, Wayne County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years) 
    Married 1811  Rockingham Co., NC, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Jeremiah Ferguson,   b. 1 Feb 1812, Greene, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1882, Willow Hill, Jasper, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     2. John Ferguson,   b. 27 Oct 1813, Union, Decatur, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1899, Cedar, Mahaska, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     3. Malinda Ferguson,   b. 27 Jan 1815, Wayne, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 1873, Jasper County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     4. William Anderson Ferguson,   b. 1 Jun 1817, Wayne, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1894, Chautauqua, Cowley County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     5. Judah Ferguson,   b. 12 Aug 1818, Wayne, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Mar 1896, Jasper County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     6. Solomon Ferguson,   b. 22 Feb 1822, Wayne, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 1899, Turlock, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 1865, Jasper Co., IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married Aft 1821  Jasper Co., IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Benjamin Ferguson,   b. 1826, Decatur, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Sep 1858, Jasper County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
     2. Nancy Ferguson,   b. 20 Oct 1826, Decatur, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jul 1898, Painterhood, Elk County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     3. Mary Ferguson,   b. 1829, Decatur, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1860, Mahaska County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years)
     4. Sanford Ferguson,   b. 15 Aug 1831, Decatur, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Oct 1865, Jasper County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years)
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2008 
    Family ID F6518  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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"