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Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
Benjamin Ferguson |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
14 Feb 1820 |
Penobscot, Maine, United States |
| Residence[1][4] |
From 1844 to 1853 |
Fox Lake (town), Dodge, Wisconsin, United States |
| Occupation[1] |
Bef 1847 |
Farmer |
| Occupation[1] |
From 1847 to 1859 |
Dodge, Wisconsin, United StatesSherrif |
| Marriage |
1848 |
to Phebe A. _____ |
| Retirement[1][3] |
Bef 1853 |
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| Residence[1][4] |
Aft 1853 |
Fox Lake Town, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States |
| Occupation[1][2] |
From 1859 to 1862 |
Wisconsin, United StatesState Senator |
| Census |
1860 |
Fox Lake Village, Dodge, Wisconsin, United Stateswith Phebe A. _____ |
| Census |
1870 |
Fox Lake Village, Dodge, Wisconsin, United Stateswith Phebe A. _____ |
| Census |
1880 |
Fox Lake Village, Dodge, Wisconsin, United Stateswith Phebe A. _____ |
| Reference Number? |
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Q17626637? |
Family
From "History of Dodge County" source
Married in 1848 to "Widow Green" and had four children, three of whom died in infancy; the fourth, Charles A. Ferguson, was noted in the 1853 record as "prospecting in Leadville, Colo."
Census records
For transcriptions of the US Censuses of 1850, 1860 and 1870, see Family:Benjamin Ferguson and Phebe Unknown (1).
Death and burial
Identification of death date, death circumstances and burial location are all needed for Benjamin Ferguson. As of March 2015, an obituary has not been identified, and his burial location has not (apparently) been recorded in the Find-a-Grave resource.
Content from Wikipedia
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Benjamin Ferguson (February 14, 1820 – April 19, 1888) was a Scottish American politician and farmer. He was one of the first settlers of Fox Lake, Wisconsin, and served a single two-year term (1860–61) representing Dodge County in the Wisconsin State Senate.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin: Containing a History of Dodge County, Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources Etc., Etc., an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers, Etc., Etc.; Also History of Wisconsin, Constitution of the United States and of Wisconsin, Condensed Abstract of Laws of Wisconsin, Miscellaneous, Etc., Etc. (Chicago, Illlinois: Western Historical Company, 1853)
Pg. 701, 1853. - ↑ Wisconsin, United States. Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848-1999: Informational Bulletin 99-1. (Wisconsin, United States: Wisconsin State Legislature, Sep 1999)
pg. 6.
- ↑ Retirement based on being described as "retired" in Dodge County History source, which was published in 1853.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Noted as being a Fox Lake resident at the time of writing of Dodge County History source.
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