George Ferguson died Wednesday of heart failure, at the home of his son, J. W. Ferguson, in Highland Park.
Mr. Ferguson was an old resident of Shawnee county and came to Kansas in 1880 from Illinois and settled on a farm, east of Topeka. He was 76 years of age and has lived with his son for the past ten years.
He is survived by the following children: J. W. Ferguson, Mrs. L. B. Rosean, Mrs. William Joslin, and Mrs. C. F. Adams, of Topeka; and Mrs. M. A. Rene, of Kansas City, Mo.
Funeral services will be held from the home of J. W. Ferguson in Highland Park at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Interment in Topeka Cemetery.
—Topeka Daily Capital (Topeka, KS), March 31, 1911, p 7, c 5.
GEORGE FERGUSON, farmer and stock raiser; P. O. Odell; was born in Bannfshire, Scotland, Dec. 15, 1833; when he was three years old his parents came to the United States, settling in LaSalle Co., Ill. Mr. Ferguson was raised in LaSalle Co., remaining at home, and working on the farm during the summers, and attending school during the winter seasons; when he was 22 years old, he began farming for himself.
He was married on the first of January, 1858, to Miss Margaret Cairns, of LaSalle, Co,; she was born in the province of Ontario in 1831; they have six children—John W., Elizabeth, Catherine, Ida B., Almeda and Agnes.
Mr. Ferguson came to Livingston Co. in January, 1867, and settled on his present farm containing 160 acres, valued at $6,400. He served as Constable three years in LaSalle Co.; some eight years as School Director, and Commissioner of Highways two years; in Livingston Co. he has been School Director for the past five years.
—The History of Livingston County, Illinois by W. Le Baron, 1878, Illinois. p 658.
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Mr. Ferguson was an old resident of Shawnee county and came to Kansas in 1880 from Illinois and settled on a farm, east of Topeka. He was 76 years of age and has lived with his son for the past ten years.
He is survived by the following children: J. W. Ferguson, Mrs. L. B. Rosean, Mrs. William Joslin, and Mrs. C. F. Adams, of Topeka; and Mrs. M. A. Rene, of Kansas City, Mo.
Funeral services will be held from the home of J. W. Ferguson in Highland Park at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Interment in Topeka Cemetery.
—Topeka Daily Capital (Topeka, KS), March 31, 1911, p 7, c 5.
GEORGE FERGUSON, farmer and stock raiser; P. O. Odell; was born in Bannfshire, Scotland, Dec. 15, 1833; when he was three years old his parents came to the United States, settling in LaSalle Co., Ill. Mr. Ferguson was raised in LaSalle Co., remaining at home, and working on the farm during the summers, and attending school during the winter seasons; when he was 22 years old, he began farming for himself.
He was married on the first of January, 1858, to Miss Margaret Cairns, of LaSalle, Co,; she was born in the province of Ontario in 1831; they have six children—John W., Elizabeth, Catherine, Ida B., Almeda and Agnes.
Mr. Ferguson came to Livingston Co. in January, 1867, and settled on his present farm containing 160 acres, valued at $6,400. He served as Constable three years in LaSalle Co.; some eight years as School Director, and Commissioner of Highways two years; in Livingston Co. he has been School Director for the past five years.
—The History of Livingston County, Illinois by W. Le Baron, 1878, Illinois. p 658.
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George Ferguson died Wednesday of heart failure, at the home of his son, J. W. Ferguson, in Highland Park.
Mr. Ferguson was an old resident of Shawnee county and came to Kansas in 1880 from Illinois and settled on a farm, east of Topeka. He was 76 years of age and has lived with his son for the past ten years.
He is survived by the following children: J. W. Ferguson, Mrs. L. B. Rosean, Mrs. William Joslin, and Mrs. C. F. Adams, of Topeka; and Mrs. M. A. Rene, of Kansas City, Mo.
Funeral services will be held from the home of J. W. Ferguson in Highland Park at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Interment in Topeka Cemetery.
—Topeka Daily Capital (Topeka, KS), March 31, 1911, p 7, c 5.
GEORGE FERGUSON, farmer and stock raiser; P. O. Odell; was born in Bannfshire, Scotland, Dec. 15, 1833; when he was three years old his parents came to the United States, settling in LaSalle Co., Ill. Mr. Ferguson was raised in LaSalle Co., remaining at home, and working on the farm during the summers, and attending school during the winter seasons; when he was 22 years old, he began farming for himself.
He was married on the first of January, 1858, to Miss Margaret Cairns, of LaSalle, Co,; she was born in the province of Ontario in 1831; they have six children—John W., Elizabeth, Catherine, Ida B., Almeda and Agnes.
Mr. Ferguson came to Livingston Co. in January, 1867, and settled on his present farm containing 160 acres, valued at $6,400. He served as Constable three years in LaSalle Co.; some eight years as School Director, and Commissioner of Highways two years; in Livingston Co. he has been School Director for the past five years.
—The History of Livingston County, Illinois by W. Le Baron, 1878, Illinois. p 658.
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Mr. Ferguson was an old resident of Shawnee county and came to Kansas in 1880 from Illinois and settled on a farm, east of Topeka. He was 76 years of age and has lived with his son for the past ten years.
He is survived by the following children: J. W. Ferguson, Mrs. L. B. Rosean, Mrs. William Joslin, and Mrs. C. F. Adams, of Topeka; and Mrs. M. A. Rene, of Kansas City, Mo.
Funeral services will be held from the home of J. W. Ferguson in Highland Park at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Interment in Topeka Cemetery.
—Topeka Daily Capital (Topeka, KS), March 31, 1911, p 7, c 5.
GEORGE FERGUSON, farmer and stock raiser; P. O. Odell; was born in Bannfshire, Scotland, Dec. 15, 1833; when he was three years old his parents came to the United States, settling in LaSalle Co., Ill. Mr. Ferguson was raised in LaSalle Co., remaining at home, and working on the farm during the summers, and attending school during the winter seasons; when he was 22 years old, he began farming for himself.
He was married on the first of January, 1858, to Miss Margaret Cairns, of LaSalle, Co,; she was born in the province of Ontario in 1831; they have six children—John W., Elizabeth, Catherine, Ida B., Almeda and Agnes.
Mr. Ferguson came to Livingston Co. in January, 1867, and settled on his present farm containing 160 acres, valued at $6,400. He served as Constable three years in LaSalle Co.; some eight years as School Director, and Commissioner of Highways two years; in Livingston Co. he has been School Director for the past five years.
—The History of Livingston County, Illinois by W. Le Baron, 1878, Illinois. p 658.
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