Husband John B. Ferguson 1
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Father: David Ferguson (Abt 1786-1863/1865) 2
Mother: Rachel McKee (Abt 1799-1852/1853) 3
Marriage: Jan 1870 4
Wife Adriana Kirk 5
AKA: Adranna Kirk 4
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Father: Samuel Kirk (1822-1883) 6
Mother: Alice Moore ( -1857) 5
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1 M Byron C. Ferguson 4
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2 F Alice Josephine Ferguson 4
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3 M David V. Ferguson 4
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4 F Florence B. Ferguson 4
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5 M John M. Ferguson 4
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6 F Anna Grace Ferguson 4
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7 M Samuel Kirk Ferguson 4
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General Notes: Husband - John B. Ferguson
He was raised on the old home in Ferguson township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, and continued under the parental roof until the outbreak of the Rebellion, when, feeling his country needed his services, he enlisted in the summer of 1861, and assisted in raising a company of 110 men in Lumber City and vicinity, of which he was commissioned first lieutenant. The company rendezvoused at Camp Crossman, near Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, from there moved to Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, where it was assigned a place in the 84th P. V. I., and in December, 1861, was marched into West Virginia, and was in active service from that time until one year later, going into winter quarters at Fredericksburg, Virginia, the company being then reduced to less than fifty men. John B. Ferguson participated in all the engagements the regiment was in, and was in almost constant command of the company, the captain being in delicate health, and resigning in the summer of 1862. The regiment had many skirmishes and battles with Jackson's army, and its colonel was killed at the battle of Winchester. In the latter part of the summer, owing to exposure and other causes, Lieut. Ferguson was stricken down with typhoid fever, and was confined in Columbia College Hospital for twelve weeks, where he hung between life and death for many days, having the constant attendance of three surgeons. After becoming somewhat improved in health, he rejoined his regiment at Fredericksburg, and, being unable to stand camp life any longer, was honorably discharged from the service.
In order to understand some of the hardships of a soldier's life, the following instance is related: On January 3, 1862, the regiment, being pressed by Jackson's army, had to effect a crossing over the Potomac river in the night. The river being frozen over (all but one ripple, and this under the guns of the Rebels from the heights in the regiment's rear), the troop had to be transported with difficulty across in one small scow, holding seventy-five men, Lieut. Ferguson's company acting all this time as rear guard, and protecting the ferry. The colonel, seeing the danger of this company being captured, ordered it to ford the river, which was done very reluctantly, the lieutenant taking the lead; but in the darkness of the night he lost his bearings, plunged into deep water, but through desperate efforts succeeded in gaining the shore almost perished, the Rebel shells encouraging them greatly all this time in their efforts.
After returning home from the army, he engaged for a few years in the merchandising business in Lumber City, but, finding his health failing in so confining a business, he left the store and purchased his grandfather's farm, bordering on the Susquehanna river, moving there in 1870.
Politically, Mr. Ferguson was a Prohibitionist, but formerly was a Republican. With the United Presbyterian Church he held membership, and was a ruling elder therein.