DARKE COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: FERGUSON, NELSON W. (A.W. Bowen & Co., 1894)
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A PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF DELAWARE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES, IND.
A.W. Bowen & Co., 1894  - Page 1022

        NELSON W. FERGUSON, an attorney-at-law of Ridgeville, Ind., is a
native of the Buckeye state. He was born in Darke county, April 9, 1863; is
a son of Hiram Ferguson, who is mentioned elsewhere in this work. When he
was a lad of five summers, his parents came to this county, and he was
reared within its borders and acquired his education in its public schools.
At the age of six he came to Winchester with the family, and in the fall of
1869 removed to Deerfield. Nelson then attended the Deerfield schools until
a youth of sixteen, when he took charge of a stationary engine, which he
operated for three years. He then learned the milling trade and moved to
Michigan in the fall of 1886, where he was engaged as head miller of a
large flouring mill, which position he held until the spring of 1887, when
he engaged as commercial traveler for a wholesale grocery house of Detroit,
Mich. After nine months spent in that capacity he quit the road, and in the
spring of 1889 he took up the study of law. He was admitted to the bar in
June, 1891, and has since devoted his energies to the practice of his
chosen profession.
        On the 2d of August, 1882, Mr. Ferguson led to the marriage altar
Miss Gertrude McClain, who was born in this county September 23, 1864, and
was a daughter of Shadrack and Henriette (Stick) McClain, who now reside in
Ridgeville, Two children were born of this union, a son and daughter, Carl
L. and Nina C. Mrs. Ferguson departed this life September 30, 1888, and her
remains were interred in Ritenhouse cemetery, where a beautiful marble
monument marks her last resting place. She was a faithful helpmeet to her
husband, a loving wife and devoted mother, and her many excellencies of
character won her the high esteem and warm regard of all with whom she was
brought in contact. Many friends mourned her loss. Mr. Ferguson exercises
his right of franchise in support of the republican party, but has never
found time or inclination to enter the political arena, and win official
honors. Socially, he is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Rebecca
branch of the Odd Fellows. He is also serving as notary public. Since
opening his law office in Ridgeville he has built up a good practice, and
now ranks among the leading attorneys of the community. Pleasant and genial
in manner, he is popular with all, and is a highly respected citizen, and
few residents of Randolph county stand higher, either professionally or
socially. The family are also sincerely esteemed.


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