Date of birth date, at time of death, was given as age 38. This would have placed his birth year as 1877. The 1900 census of District 2, Lauderdale County, TN gives his age as 22 and his birth as Dec 1877.
He was the son of Rezin Berryman "Berry" Ferguson and Narcissa Tennessee "Tennie" (Chipman) Ferguson.
George was a farmer. He died of Uremia and Pneumonia. Buried at Mary's Chapel on 31-May-1916.
Date of death, parents' names, as well as burial location, taken from his TN Death Certificate. George was married at the time of his death, but this record does not reflect the name of his wife. His wife was my great grandmother, Barbara Ethel Mills Ferguson.
Lauderdale County Enterprise, Issue 2 June 1916
Mr. George Ferguson died Tuesday night at his home in Curve after a brief confinement.
Date of birth date, at time of death, was given as age 38. This would have placed his birth year as 1877. The 1900 census of District 2, Lauderdale County, TN gives his age as 22 and his birth as Dec 1877.
He was the son of Rezin Berryman "Berry" Ferguson and Narcissa Tennessee "Tennie" (Chipman) Ferguson.
George was a farmer. He died of Uremia and Pneumonia. Buried at Mary's Chapel on 31-May-1916.
Date of death, parents' names, as well as burial location, taken from his TN Death Certificate. George was married at the time of his death, but this record does not reflect the name of his wife. His wife was my great grandmother, Barbara Ethel Mills Ferguson.
Lauderdale County Enterprise, Issue 2 June 1916
Mr. George Ferguson died Tuesday night at his home in Curve after a brief confinement.
Gravesite Details
Marker placed on this grave by his great granddaughter, Deborah "Deb" Lunsford Yates: Southern Roots ღ, July 2003