Newton Co., IN Bio

Newton County, Jefferson Township.  From A History of Warren, Benton, 
Jasper & Newton Counties, 1883.

   WILLIAM H. FERGUSON,	farmer, was born in La Salle County, Illinois,
February 27, 1846.  He is the son of John and Elspit (Moir) Ferguson,
both natives of Scotland.  The former died in 1857, aged fifty-two; 
the latter is still living in La Salle County, aged seventy-seven.  
They came to this country in 1838, settled in La Salle County, and had
eleven children, six of whom survive.
   William H. Ferguson attended Mendota College two years, after he was 
of age, and taught subsequently one year, then went to farming in Ford
County, Illinois for two years, thence to Jasper County, Indiana, where
he farmed four years, and thence to Newton County, where he now resides.
   His residence was burned in 1878, with some insurance.  He now owns
160 acres of valuable land, well improved and situated three miles 
southeast of Kentland.  February 23, 1872, Mr. Ferguson married Miss
Laura E. Smith, of La Salle, County, Illinois.  They have five 
children--Rollie, Harry, Arthur, Gracie and Charles L.  The last two 
are with their grandma in Illinois.
   Mr. Ferguson is a Republican.  January, 1883, he took his wife to 
California for her health, she being consumptive.  The effort was in vain,
and she died March 5, 1883, at Santa Cruz, California, where by her 
request she was buried.


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