Sonoma-Butte County CA Archives Biographies.....Ferguson, Russell 1822 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Ferguson, Russell. Was born in Lincoln county, North Carolina, February 22,
1822. At seven years of age he, with his parents, moved to Ray county,
Tennessee, where they resided for twelve years, when they moved to Lawrence
county Missouri, where he remained till April 22, 1849, when he started with an
ox-team across the plains to California, arriving on October 12th of that year.
He first settled at Bidwell's Bar, on Feather river, where he prosecuted mining
till 1852, in which year he came to Sonoma county; first settling on Santa Rosa
creek, where he remained till 1868, when he settled on his present estate of one
hundred and fifty-six acres. Mr Ferguson married Mrs. Amelia McMinn, formerly
Miss Amelia Ainsworth, on October 6, 1868, she being born in Missouri, on July
15, 1838. Their children are James F., born July 17, 1869; William R., February
13, 1872; Thomas J., November 1, 1874; Edward, June 19, 1877, and Addie Mary,
January 8, 1879. Mrs. Ferguson has by her former marriage Sarah E., born March
7, 1859; Mary F., October 22, 1860; Charles V., February 7, 1863, and Joseph A.,
December 22, 1864.

Additional Comments:
Santa Rosa Township

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HISTORY
—OF-
SONOMA COUNTY,
-INCLUDING ITS—
Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams;
—TOGETHER WITH—
A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and
Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original
Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular
Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County;
Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain
 Growing Interests, and Pisciculture;
ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
—AND OF ITS—
Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO:
ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1880.


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