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William Thompson Ferguson 1850 – 1926 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 December 1850

Birth Location: Ohio, United States of America

Death Date: 29 January 1926

Death Location: Edgar County, Illinois, United States of America

Father: Thomas Ferguson

Mother: Margaret Mills

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According to available records, William Thompson Ferguson was born in 1850 in Ohio, United States of America, the child of Thomas Ferguson and Margaret Mills. In the later years of life, William Thompson Ferguson died in 1926 in Edgar County, Illinois, United States of America.

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Thomas Ferguson
1824 – 1874
Birth Location: Ohio, USA
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Margaret Mills
1824 – 1906
Birth Location: Ohio, USA
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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 20 December 1850
    Event Place: Ohio, United States of America
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, 1900 United States Federal Census, 1910 United States Federal Census, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Year: 1870; Census Place: Embarrass, Edgar, Illinois; Roll: M593_218; Page: 73B; Family History Library Film: 545717, Year: 1900; Census Place: Embarrass, Edgar, Illinois; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0065; FHL microfilm: 1240298, Year: 1910; Census Place: Embarrass, Edgar, Illinois; Roll: T624_286; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 0042; FHL microfilm: 1374299

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: Embarrass, Edgar, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Embarrass, Edgar, Illinois; Roll: M593_218; Page: 73B; Family History Library Film: 545717

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Embarrass, Edgar, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Embarrass, Edgar, Illinois; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0065; FHL microfilm: 1240298

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Embarrass, Edgar, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Embarrass, Edgar, Illinois; Roll: T624_286; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 0042; FHL microfilm: 1374299

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 29 January 1926
    Event Place: Edgar County, Illinois, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Redmon, Edgar County, Illinois, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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