My Grandmothers Bible-Ferguson - Kendall County, Illinois The following information wes obtained from my Grandmothers bible,which I now possess. This information was written around 1936. "Emery Ulysses Ferguson was born on Oct. 26, 1862 in Kendall county near Jolett. Father and mother were James and Malindy. Was married to Winnie A Mikesell (Winnifred Adrienne Mikesell) on Nov.6, 1887 in Green Field (Greenfield) , Mo. by Rev. Buck. Father and mother dead.Born in the country no record of birth kept then or of own children. Winnie A. Mikesell was born Dec 21, 1866 in Penn. nere (near) Senery Hill (was Pin Hook then)Father and mother was Willian and Mary M. Mikesell. My father died 1921, mother 91 still living in K. city, Mo. Our children are Ruby I (Imogene) born Nov 1 1888, Eve May Ferguson born Oct 23 1889, Emery Vere Ferguson born Feb 6 1894 all born in Mo., Raymond M (Mikesell) Ferguson born May 30 1898 and Harold W (WILLIAM) Ferguson born Feb 2 1900 both born in Colo." (Harold was born in Rocky Ford, Co.) The following information was obtained from the Harper County Journal, Buffalo, Ok. Emery U. Ferguson died July 26, 1944 Winnifred A. Ferguson died Oct. 8, 1944. Services for both were held at the Assembly of God church by Rev. Henery Humphery and both are buried in the Willard cemetery in Buffalo. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Harold Ferguson