Alexander Ferguson and Martha Amanda Straw

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Husband Alexander Ferguson ¹

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           Born: 30 Mar 1831 - Ferguson Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 2
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         Father: David Ferguson (Abt 1786-1863/1865) 3
         Mother: Rachel McKee (Abt 1799-1852/1853) 1

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       Marriage: 28 Jun 1860 4

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Wife Martha Amanda Straw ¹

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         Father: Joseph Straw (      -      ) 4 5
         Mother: Nancy Ann Thompson (1809-      ) 4 5

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Children

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1 M Murray E. Ferguson ¹

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2 M David Oscar Ferguson ¹

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3 F Mary Alice Ferguson ^{6 7}

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         Spouse: Edward I. Cathcart (      -Bef 1898) 7 8

         Spouse: [Unk] Wendt (      -      ) 4

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4 M James Newton Ferguson ¹

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5 F Jennie B. Ferguson ¹

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6 F Elva L. Ferguson ⁴

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Alexander Ferguson

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Being the eldest child, he remained at home, assisting in clearing, improving and cultivating the home farm, and his education was acquired in the country schools of the neighborhood. While his brothers were in the service of their country during the Civil War he remained at home to care for his father and the farm, but a short time before the close of the war he was drafted; hostilities ceased, however, before he was mustered in. With one of his brothers he purchased the old homestead, and later bought his brother's interest. As soon as he was large enough he began lumbering, which occupation he followed for many years, and also piloted on the river, but in later years he gave his attention principally to his farming operations. Coal mines were opened up on his farm, and he was also interested in that business.

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General Notes: Wife - Martha Amanda Straw

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She was reared in Ferguson township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 904, 1009.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1009.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 816, 904, 1009.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1010.

5 Carl Ross McKenrick, My Family and Antecedents (Baltimore, MD: Self-published, 1949), Pg 15.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 567, 904, 1009.

7 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 574.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 567, 1010.