... Thomas L. Ferguson was born on the old homestead in Wayne County, Ind., Oct. 13, 1819. His boyhood days were spent on the farm and in attending the subscription schools in the winter season.
He was married in 1848 to Mary J., daughter of Caleb Lewis, after which he settled one mile east of his present farm, but soon after moved to the place where he now resides. He owns an excellent farm of 160 acres, which is under a high state of cultivation. He and his wife have been active members of the Christian church twenty-five years.
Of the three children born to them, but one is living---Ida F., wife of Lycurgus W. Beeson, of Fayette County, Ind.