Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Ferguson, S A 1855 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

S. A. Ferguson, blacksmith, Minooka, one of the thorough-going and successful 
mechanics of Grundy County is S. A. Ferguson; he came to Minooka and set up in 
business in February, 1880; he was born July 15, 1855, in Lisbon, Kendall Co., 
Ill., eldest son of Gardiner and Almira (Lamb) Ferguson, he a native of Maine, 
she of New York State. They came West, to Kendall County, about the year 1848. 
The subject of these lines was brought up on the farm, but, being of a 
mechanical turn of mind, at the age of twenty-one, he went to Millington, 
Ill., where he worked three years at the blacksmith's trade. After the 
completion of his trade, he came to Minooka, set up in business and has been 
well patronized, and is doing a thriving trade. November 18, 1880, he married 
Belle Thayer, a native of Kendall County, who has borne him one child - Guy T. 
In connection with his blacksmith shop, he carries on a wagon and general 
repair shop, and also painting in his line.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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