Subject: [Ferguson-L] John Furgerson and Mahuldia Bruce Furgerson

My great-grandparents were John Furgerson and Mahuldia Bruce.  Do not know if
the way he spelled it was correct or whether he may have been a Ferguson.  All
I know for sure about him is that he was born on January 15, 1814 in Tennessee
(according to Hopkins County, Ky Census records) and that  his first five
children were born in Tennessee -- the first, Nancy Jane Furgerson in 1840 and
the 5th, John Wesley in 1851.   Sometime between May 15, 1851 and 1854 the
family moved to Hopkins County, Ky.  In 1854 a 6th child, Robert Alexander
Furgerson was born.  Their last child, Dickson Given Furgerson, was born in
1858.

John (Wesley?) Furgerson married Mahulda, or Huldy, or Mahuldia Bruce.  She
was also from Tennessee, according to census records.  Family tradition says
that she was a native American.  

We know nothing about them before they arrived in Hopkins County.  Because of
the number and proximity of Bruces and Furgersons listed in the 1840 and 1850
censuses, we believe they may have been from Lincoln, Marshall or Jefferson
Counties, with Lincoln seeming to be most likely.

There was another family story that had to do with John and a brother having
some sort of a falling out over a woman which caused a parting of the ways.
Also that they were wagon makers.

If  anybody has any idea who their ancestors might be from these few clues, I
would very much appreciate hearing from you.

Joyce Wilson

Hello, everyone.  I keep hoping to see somebody whose ancestors spelled their
name "Furgerson".  Of course I don't know for sure how far back my ancestors
spelled their name that way -- only know back to my ggrandfather, born in
1815.
I have not come across any lines that I can even begin to believe might
connect to mine.

If anyone is researching Furgersons (or Fergusons, etc) who migrated to
Hopkins County, Ky.,  I have the census records for 1850, 1860 and 1870 that I
would be glad to do look-ups in; I also have a record of Hopkins County
Marriages  1800-1868 (this is a complete list -- not just Furgersons).     

Wish I could find someone out there to whom this information would be helpful
-- it might lead to some connection to my line.   Meanwhile, if I do not
contribute anything, it is because it would appear that I do not have anything
that anyone so far has been looking for.    But I keep hoping!

Joyce

Descendants of John Wesley , Sr. Furgerson - Oct 23 1998
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FIRST GENERATION

1.  John Wesley , Sr. Furgerson was born on Jan 15 1814 in Tennessee.  He died on Aug 1 1901 in Nortonville, Kentucky buried Salem Cemetery.   At the time of this writing I have been unable to find anything about John Wesley Furgerson before the family moved to Hopkins County, Ky.   At this point I only have to assume that his middle name was Wesley because on various documents his son, John Wesley, is listed as "Jr.".  I did not find this middle name on any documents that I viewed, however throughout the years family records have always referred to him as John Wesley.

We know that the family was in Hopkins County in 1858 because we find a record of the marriage of Nancy Jane Furgerson to T. Matt Fox  on November 24, 1858.   According to 1860 census records,  his son Robert was born in Kentucky in 1854.    On March 30, 1858 he purchased land "on the Waters of Pleasant Run", 110 acres, on Princeton Road.  According to the Deed,  he purchased this land from Francis M. P. Clark for the sum of $1500.00, "forty-five dollars in hand paid , twelve hundred dollars paid in two notes on A. J. Sisk, the first for six hundred dollars due the 1st day of March 1859, the second for six hundred dollars due the 1st day of March 1860, and the said Ferguson (sic) has executed his notes to Clark for the remainder the first note for one hundred and (?) and 84 due the 1st day of March 1859, the second for one hundred and fifty  dollars due the 1st day of March 1860 ...."

In the 1860 census the name is spelled "Fergerson", in the 1870 "Furguson", and in 1880 "Furgerson".  It is not known for a certainty which of these spellings was the original spelling.  Also listed in the 1860 census as living in the household of John and Mahuldia was a Susan Troupe, age 12.    In Deed Book 23, Page 247 in the Hopkins County Courthouse is the deed whereby
John Furgerson, Administrator of James M. Troop, acting on behalf of " Susan N. Troop, Albert Troop, and Mary O. Troop, heirs of said dececent and Preston Fox, John A. Fox, William L. Fox, William L. Troop and Solomon Blades..."
It can be assumed that John Furgerson became the guardian of Susan Troop, or at least took her into his home.  Susan was born in Tennessee which leads one to wonder whether the Troops and Furgersons knew each other in Tennessee.

Apparently John lived on the land he purchased on Princeton Road until his death.  His son, Dickson Given Furgerson, inherited this same parcel of land but it is believed that he did not live in the old "homeplace" but in a new house that he built closer to the road.

To sum up, John Wesley Furgerson and Mohulda Bruce were, according to Census records, born in Tennessee, as were their parents.  In the 1880 census John's mother is recorded as having been born in Ireland.  In any case, they were apparently in Tennessee until after the birth of John Wesley in 1851, and moved to Kentucky before the birth of Robert Alexander in 1854.

Mahuldia Bruce was born on Sep 10 1815 in Tennessee.  She died on Sep 4 1895 in Nortonville, Kentucky buried Salem Cemetery.  John Wesley , Sr. Furgerson and Mahuldia Bruce had the following children:

        +2      i.      Nancy Jane (Nannie) Furgerson.
        +3      ii.     James Henry Furgerson.
        +4      iii.    William Joseph Furgerson.
        +5      iv.     Arline Josephine Furgerson.
        +6      v.      John Wesley , Jr. Furgerson.
        +7      vi.     Robert Alexander Furgerson.
        +8      vii.    Dickson Given Furgerson.

He was married to Nancy Fought on Jan 9 1897 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.

SECOND GENERATION

2.  Nancy Jane (Nannie) Furgerson was born on Nov 15 1840 in Tennessee.  She died on Sep 9 1912 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.

She was married to T. Matt Fox on Nov 25 1858 in Hopkins County - Home of John Furgerson.  T. Matt Fox was born in 1835.  He died on May 18 1889 in Buried in New Salem Cemetery, Nortonville, Ky.  Nancy Jane (Nannie) Furgerson and T. Matt Fox had the following children:

        +9      i.      John Morris Fox.
        +10     ii.     Louella Ann Fox.
        +11     iii.    Jesse Thomas Fox.
        +12     iv.     Madison Titus Fox.
        +13     v.      Mollie Fox.
        +14     vi.     Jennie Fox.
        +15     vii.    William Waylan Fox.
        +16     viii.   George Fox.
        +17     ix.     Valarie Fox.

3.  James Henry Furgerson was born on Aug 20 1842 in Tennessee.  He died on Sep 8 1915.   James Furgerson was a brother to Dixon Given Furgerson and was born in
Tennessee.  He was a farmer.  Information taken from 1880 census of
Hopkins County, KY. found in the Madisonville library, death records found
in Hopkins County Deaths 1911-1920 in Willard Library.

He was married to Mary L. (Tichie) Clark on Jan 19 1862 in Home of W. E. Cotton.  Mary L. (Tichie) Clark was born on Nov 18 1838 in Virginia.  She died on Aug 26 1904.  James Henry Furgerson and Mary L. (Tichie) Clark had the following children:

        +18     i.      Susan A. Furgerson.
        +19     ii.     John Lafayette (Fate) Furgerson.
        +20     iii.    James William Furgerson.
        21      iv.     William M. Furgerson was born on Nov 22 1866.  He died in 1932.
        +22     v.      Peter Furgerson.
        23      vi.     Hurbert L. Furgerson was born on May 22 1871.  He died about 1879.
        +24     vii.    Vituria Furgerson.
        +25     viii.   Mary Effie Furgerson.
        +26     ix.     Huldy A. Furgerson.
        27      x.      Vilune(Vertiria\ Viturdia)Furgerson.  
        28      xi.     Ca--a Furgerson was born in 1878.  She died in 1931.

4.  William Joseph Furgerson was born in 1845.  He died in 1897.

Martha Lutitia Clark was born in 1853.  She died on Jan 10 1926 in Concord Cemetery - White Plains, Ky.   Mother's name was Clara Elizabeth - borned ca 1832.  Living with daughter in 1880 census.  William Joseph Furgerson and Martha Lutitia Clark had the following children:

        +29     i.      William Anderson Furgerson.
        30      ii.     Robert L. Furgerson was born in May 1870.
        +31     iii.    Ella Furgerson.
        +32     iv.     Ora Furgerson.
        +33     v.      Marbry Furgerson.
        +34     vi.     Anna M Furgerson.
        +35     vii.    Myrtle Furgerson.
        +36     viii.   Cephus Furgerson.
        37      ix.     Clarence Furgerson was born on Jan 16 1890.

5.  Arline Josephine Furgerson was born in 1848.  She died in 1895.   I am making the assumption that Josephine Furgerson, mentioned in John Furgerson's will and found to be listed in census records of 1850 and 1860, is the same person as Josephine Mills, listed as a part of the Furgerson household in census of 1870, and as the Arline J. Mills (A. J.) who married Joshua Green Clark.

Most of the dates and information about her marriage to Joshua Green Clark come from Richard L. Clark through queries posted in Hopkins County, Ky.

? Mills was born in Tennessee.  Arline Josephine Furgerson and ? Mills had the following children:

        38      i.      Leona Mills was born about 1866.

She was married to Joshua Green Clark on Jul 13 1874 in J. Furgersons-.  Joshua Green Clark was born in Dec 1848.  He died on Jan 15 1931 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  Arline Josephine Furgerson and Joshua Green Clark had the following children:

        39      i.      Zeloles E. Clark was born about 1876.
        +40     ii.     Ira Lemuel Clark.
        41      iii.    Robert T. Clark was born about 1878.
        +42     iv.     Ellen P. Clark.
        43      v.      John S. Clark was born in Aug 1884.
        +44     vi.     Ila Belle Clark.

6.  John Wesley , Jr. Furgerson was born on May 15 1851 in Tennessee.  He died on Mar 3 1928.

Ella Fitzsimmons Littlepage was born on May 4 1859.  She died on Oct 18 1907 in Buried in Salem Cemetery, Nortonville, Ky.  John Wesley , Jr. Furgerson and Ella Fitzsimmons Littlepage had the following children:

        +45     i.      Elsie P. Furgerson.
        +46     ii.     Ruth Furgerson.
        +47     iii.    Willie Lee Furgerson.
        +48     iv.     Minnie Ethel Furgerson.

He was married to Elizabeth Fox on Mar 1 1873.  Elizabeth Fox was born on May 15 1851 in Tennessee.  She died on Dec 24 1889.  John Wesley , Jr. Furgerson and Elizabeth Fox had the following children:

        +49     i.      William Elmer Furgerson.
        +50     ii.     Lewettia Furgerson.
        +51     iii.    Alvin Andrew Furgerson.
        52      iv.     James Edwards Furgerson was born on Mar 30 1880.  He died in 1882.
        +53     v.      Charles Furgerson.
        +54     vi.     Eva J. Furgerson.

7.  Robert Alexander Furgerson was born in 1854 in Kentucky.  He died in 1938 in Hopkins County, New Salem Cem..

Elitha Ann (Letha A.) Sisk was born on Apr 4 1852 in Kentucky.  She died on Oct 2 1897 in Hopkins County, New Salem Cem..  Robert Alexander Furgerson and Elitha Ann (Letha A.) Sisk had the following children:

        +55     i.      Nelson Buchan Furgerson.
        56      ii.     William "Bill" Furgerson was born on Sep 22 1874.  He died on Oct 4 1884.
        +57     iii.    Vitulia "Tulie"  "Lula" Furgerson.
        +58     iv.     Ida Furgerson.
        +59     v.      Alexander Furgerson.
        60      vi.     Ellis Furgerson was born on Aug 8 1882.
        +61     vii.    Eunice Furgerson.
        62      viii.   Otha Furgerson was born on Jun 24 1886.  He died on Dec 24 1886.
        63      ix.     Omer Furgerson was born on Sep 15 1887.  He died in 1891.
        +64     x.      Rosa Virginia Furgerson.
        +65     xi.     Leonard C. Furgerson.
        +66     xii.    Mary Jane Furgerson.

Annie Faulk was born in 1878.  She died in 1917.

He was married to Annie (Ella Anne) Lovan on May 5 1898.  Annie (Ella Anne) Lovan was born on Jun 11 1878.  She died on Jun 2 1917.

8.  Dickson Given Furgerson was born on Nov 7 1858 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  He died on Oct 21 1942 in Hopkins County, Kentucky, Buried New Salem Cem..   Dickson Given Furgerson was born in Hopkins County, KY,  son of John Wesley Furgerson and Mahuldia Bruce.    He was briefly married to a Mary F. Clark (married in December, 1880, divorced in September of 1881). This was apparently not a "marriage made in heaven" and in the divorce petition Mary charged that Dickson had refused to acknowledge her as his wife and to provide her with support.   She asked for and was granted her maiden name.
Apparently the marriage was, for all practical purposes, over within about 10 days from its beginning.

He married Jessie Arbelle Oates, daughter of William Wallace and Susan (Stanley) Oates on November 26, 1882.  They probably lived in Morton's Gap in Hopkins County until the late 1800's.  Some of the children were born there.

He was deeded property in rural Nortonville by his father in 1899.  On the deed is the signature of John  and Mrs. Nancy Fought, his wife. Evidently about this time Dixon built a home on the Nortonville property and settled there to raise his family.  He was a farmer, there was a coal mine on the property that was sometime mined.  There were at least four openings to the mine which was evidently rich in coal.   He gave parcels of land to each of his children and some of them settled in the area.

During his lifetime he farmed the land, worked the coal mines, and at some point in his career he owned and operated a sawmill.  It is believed that he only cut the timber that was on his property, however.  In 1910 he gave land for the building of Furgerson School and furnished the wood for it.  It is believed that he owned the sawmill at that time.

Some time after the death of his wife in January, 1938 he was forced to give up his home.    The house in which he and his wife had lived and raised their children burned to the ground sometime around 1939-40.  He died on October 21, 1942 in Madisonville, Ky.
He was married to Mary F. Clark on Dec 14 1880 in J. K. Clarks, Hopkins County, KY.  Mary F. Clark was born about 1862.

He was married to Jessie Arbelle Oates on Nov 26 1882.  Jessie Arbelle Oates was born on Aug 27 1861 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  She died on Jan 23 1938 in Nortonville, Kentucky buried New  Salem Cemetery.   Jessie Arbelle Oates was the daughter of William Wallace Oates and Susan Stanley, and a descendant of Major Jesse Oates of Civil War fame.  Her grandfather, William Oates, married Elizabeth Earle whose family is traced to
John Earle, born 1614 in England and died in 1660 in Virginia, the first of the Earle family to settle in America.  The first of the Oates line to be found in America was James Oates who was born in 1647 in North Carolina.  He was an attorney, and of enough importance that he had his own coat of arms and a signet ring.  All of his important letters, deeds, etc., have this signet ring seal on them.  In those days this was the mark of an important personage.

Jessie Arbelle Oates was a hard working woman who, as did most of the women of her day, tended the children and the house, cooked for the hired help, worked in the garden, fed the chickens, milked the cows (probably).
She was a hard-working woman who was loved and admired by her children.
She suffered from a stroke which disabled her in the year or two before her death.
  Dickson Given Furgerson and Jessie Arbelle Oates had the following children:

        +67     i.      Henry Given Furgerson.
        68      ii.     Infant Son Furgerson was born on Nov 20 1884.  He died on Jan 22 1885.
        +69     iii.    Lastera Furgerson.
        +70     iv.     Ethel Elizabeth Furgerson.
        71      v.      Ivan Furgerson was born on Jul 9 1890 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  He died on Sep 11 1890 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.
        +72     vi.     Macie Furgerson.
        +73     vii.    Ottoway Furgerson.
        +74     viii.   John Westley Furgerson.
        +75     ix.     Cashel Lexie Furgerson.
        +76     x.      David Boles Furgerson.

THIRD GENERATION

9.  John Morris Fox was born about 1861.
John Morris Fox and Holland Webster had the following children:

        77      i.      Maud Fox was born in 1889.
        78      ii.     Silas Fox was born in 1891.

10.  Louella Ann Fox was born on Feb 19 1863.  She died in 1943 in Buried in New Salem Cemetery, Nortonville, Ky.

Joshua "Pig" , Jr. Murrah was born on Aug 15 1863 in Kentucky.  He died in 1906 in Logan Co., Ky-buried New Salem Cemetery.  Louella Ann Fox and Joshua "Pig" , Jr. Murrah had the following children:

        79      i.      Hazel Murrah was born in 1887.
        +80     ii.     Chester Arthur Alan Murrah.
        81      iii.    Fannie Murrah was born on Apr 4 1891.
        +82     iv.     Lucy Murrah.
        +83     v.      Gabbie Louella Murrah.
        +84     vi.     Dalton Murrah.
        +85     vii.    Mattie Murrah.
        86      viii.   Infant Murrah was born in 1905.

11.  Jesse Thomas Fox was born on Dec 22 1865.  He died on Nov 1 1926 in buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Madisonville, Ky.

Florence Hibbs died in buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Madisonville, Ky.  Jesse Thomas Fox and Florence Hibbs had the following children:

        +87     i.      Alma Fox.

12.  Madison Titus Fox was born on Mar 14 1867.  He died on Jul 27 1948 in Buried in New Salem Cemetery, Nortonville, Ky.   Obituary from Madisonville paper:
Madison Titus Fox, 81, retired Nortonville route one farmer, died in his home at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday (July 27, 1948) following an illness of two years.  Mr. Fox was born in Hopkins County, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Matt Fox, and had made his home in Hopkins County most of his life. He had been a farmer in the Nortonville section for 48 years.  In 1888 he was married to Miss Cordie Page, who survives.

Survivors besides the widow include two daughters, Mrs. Mamie Andridge and Mrs. Glennie Furgerson, Nortonville, RFD 1; a brother, George Fox, Nortonville, and a grandson, Carlston Aldridge, Nortonville RFD 1.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Thursday in Salem Baptist Church near Nortonville.  Rev. Rupert  Utley, Madisonville, will officiate, assisted by Rev. Hanson Crick, Nortonville.  Burial will be in Salem cemetery.

He was married to Cordia Page on Dec 25 1890.  Cordia Page was born on Oct 17 1873.  She died on Oct 3 1959.  Madison Titus Fox and Cordia Page had the following children:

        +88     i.      Mamie Kay Fox.
        +89     ii.     Glennie Mae Fox.

13.  Mollie Fox was born in Jul 1869.

14.  Jennie Fox was born in Jun 1874.  She died on Mar 15 1939 in Nortonville, Ky - buried New Salem Cemetery.

Edward Gregory Shelton was born in 1877.  He died on Apr 17 1951 in Buried in New Salem Cemetery, Nortonville, Ky.  Jennie Fox and Edward Gregory Shelton had the following children:

        90      i.      Lawrence Shelton.  
        91      ii.     Cecil Shelton.  
        +92     iii.    Emmer Shelton.
        +93     iv.     Olie Shelton.
        +94     v.      Delcey Shelton.
        +95     vi.     Mond Shelton.

15.  William Waylan Fox was born on Apr 15 1877.  He died on Jan 10 1942.

L. D. was born in 1862.  She died in 1904.

16.  George Fox was born on May 27 1879.  He died on Dec 2 1949 in buried New Salem Cemetery, Nortonville, Ky.

Lenah Gatlin was born on Dec 29 1883.  She died on Jul 17 1973.  George Fox and Lenah Gatlin had the following children:

        96      i.      No children.  

17.  Valarie Fox was born in 1874.  She died in 1906.

Robert Wilson Sisk was born in 1874.  He died in 1957.  Valarie Fox and Robert Wilson Sisk had the following children:

        97      i.      Willie Ray Sisk was born on Feb 15 1895.  He died on Jan 1 1896.
        98      ii.     Tinkie Sisk was born on Apr 10 1897.
        99      iii.    Mable Mollie Sisk was born on Aug 23 1900.

18.  Susan A. Furgerson was born on Mar 19 1863.  She died on Nov 5 1898.

She was married to John Francis Page on Nov 9 1879.  John Francis Page was born on Feb 11 1844.  He died on Jan 15 1922.  Susan A. Furgerson and John Francis Page had the following children:

        +100    i.      Lennie Page.
        101     ii.     Kaoka Page was born in 1883.  She died in 1905.
        102     iii.    Willie Page was born on Jun 1 1886.  She died on Nov 27 1898.
        103     iv.     Guss Page was born on Jan 11 1895.  He died on Jul 26 1895.

19.  John Lafayette (Fate) Furgerson was born on Sep 10 1864.  He died on Apr 6 1934 in Madisonville-Old Salem Cem..

He was married to Mattie Jane Lovan on May 28 1886.  Mattie Jane Lovan was born on Jul 24 1865 in Mortons Gap, Ky.  She died on Apr 4 1904 in Madisonville-Old Salem Cem..  John Lafayette (Fate) Furgerson and Mattie Jane Lovan had the following children:

        +104    i.      Everett Furgerson.
        +105    ii.     Lula Furgerson.
        +106    iii.    Clifford Pratt Furgerson.
        +107    iv.     William Buford Furgerson.
        +108    v.      Peter Deldredge Furgerson.
        +109    vi.     Elizabeth Lee Furgerson.
        110     vii.    Otis T. Furgerson died in 1900.  He was born in Mar 1900.
        111     viii.   E.T. Furgerson was born in 1902.  He died in 1902.
        112     ix.     Infant was born in 1904.

20.  James William Furgerson was born on Nov 22 1866.  He died on Mar 15 1933.

He was married to Ursula *Arsula"A. Sisk on Oct 5 1892.  Ursula *Arsula"A. Sisk was born on Sep 18 1868.  She died on Mar 2 1932 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  James William Furgerson and Ursula *Arsula"A. Sisk had the following children:

        113     i.      Clint R. Furgerson was born in 1893.
        +114    ii.     Valoria Jackson Furgerson.
        +115    iii.    Karl Rubaatus Furgerson.
        +116    iv.     Lalla L. Furgerson.

22.  Peter Furgerson was born in 1869.

Peter Furgerson had the following children:

        117     i.      Leon Furgerson.  
        118     ii.     ? Furgerson.  

24.  Vituria Furgerson was born on Mar 19 1872.  She died on Jun 21 1916.   Marriage record from the Hopkins County Marriage Records, 1869-1900,
page ?.

She was married to Jonathon N. Clark on Jan 8 1896 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  Jonathon N. Clark was born on Oct 7 1855.  He died on Nov 12 1933 in Hopkins County, Kentucky bur. New Salem Cemetery.

25.  Mary Effie Furgerson was born on Apr 8 1876.  She died on Nov 23 1900.

Mary Effie Furgerson had the following children:

        119     i.      Ira Marie Furgerson was born on Nov 30 1897.  She died on Nov 14 1955 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.
        120     ii.     Mabel Furgerson was born in 1926.

She was married to Nelson Buchan Furgerson (son of Robert Alexander Furgerson and Elitha Ann (Letha A.) Sisk) on Oct 4 1896.  Nelson Buchan Furgerson was born on Feb 16 1873 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  He died on Mar 25 1956.  Mary Effie Furgerson and Nelson Buchan Furgerson had the following children:

        119     i.      Ira Marie Furgerson.

26.  Huldy A. Furgerson was born on Jun 13 1879.  She died in 1931.   Information from Hopkins Co. Marriage Records, 1869-1900.

She was married to John Barrett Laffoon on May 9 1900.  John Barrett Laffoon was born in 1879.

29.  William Anderson Furgerson was born on Mar 30 1868.  He died on Apr 12 1936 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

  William Anderson Furgerson and Melissa Hampton had the following children:

        +121    i.      Greek Furgerson.
        +122    ii.     Gracie Lee Furgerson.
        +123    iii.    Irene Elizabeth Furgerson.
        +124    iv.     Roger Clark Furgerson.
        +125    v.      Budley Clinton Furgerson.
        +126    vi.     Myrtie Abigail Furgerson.

He was married to Rebecca Jane Clark on Jun 30 1892.  Rebecca Jane Clark was born in Oct 1867.  She died on Jul 29 1950.  William Anderson Furgerson and Rebecca Jane Clark had the following children:

        +122    i.      Gracie Lee Furgerson.
        +121    ii.     Greek Furgerson.
        +123    iii.    Irene Elizabeth Furgerson.
        +124    iv.     Roger Clark Furgerson.
        +125    v.      Budley Clinton Furgerson.
        +126    vi.     Myrtie Abigail Furgerson.

31.  Ella Furgerson was born about 1873.

Samuel S. Key was born in Oct 1869 in Kentucky.  He died on Jun 5 1948 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.

32.  Ora Furgerson was born in 1873.   
In the Hopkins County Death recores of 1911-1920 there are two children
born to Ira Furgerson with mothers whose names are spelled differently
but could be the same person to wit:

       David Frederick Furgerson   Born Aprilr 27, 1920   Died Oct. 11, 1920
          in Morton's Gap, buried in Hamby Cemetery.
             Mother is listed as Ora Curtman from Christian County, Ky

      Haden R. Furgerson     Born December 26, 1918 in Mortons Gap
                                            Died February 2, 1919, buried in New Salem

      Mother is listed as Ora Kirkman from Christian County.
      Ora Kirkman was born on September 23, 1986 and died on January 30,
1921 in Christian County and is buried in Hamby Cemetery.  Her
father was F. J. Kirkman from Todd County, mother was Jocifine Winders
from Todd County.

I believe this is the wife of Ira Furgerson listed incorrectly as Ora in the
descendents of William Furgerson.

33.  Marbry Furgerson was born in Jan 1876.

Hattie Nisbet was born in 1876.  She died in 1919.  Marbry Furgerson and Hattie Nisbet had the following children:

        127     i.      Gilbert Furgerson was born on Jun 9 1896.  He died on Jun 9 1919.   Silvert Furgerson was a Miner, died on June 9, 1919.  Information regarding
                        Silvert found in Hopkins County Deaths, 1911-1920, found in Willard
                        Library in Evansville, IN.
        +128    ii.     Dixie Furgerson.
        +129    iii.    Lucile Furgerson.

Fannie was born in Dec 1878 in Texas.

34.  Anna M Furgerson was born on Sep 8 1879.  She died on May 20 1971.

She was married to John E. Coyle on Jun 2 1897.  Anna M Furgerson and John E. Coyle had the following children:

        +130    i.      Martha Coyle.
        131     ii.     John Coyle.  

35.  Myrtle Furgerson was born on Sep 8 1882.

A. Claude McKenzie was born in 1883.  He died in 1946.

36.  Cephus Furgerson was born on Oct 23 1885.  He died on Oct 20 1963 in Evansville, Indiana.

Gladys died on Jun 6 1987.

40.  Ira Lemuel Clark was born on May 11 1876 in Hopkins County.  He died on Nov 1 1963 in Greene County, IN-Fairfield Cemetery, Linton, IN.

He was married to Sarah Elizabeth (Lizzie) Underwood on Sep 11 1901 in Hopkins County - Earlington.  Sarah Elizabeth (Lizzie) Underwood was born on Oct 30 1882 in Hopkins County -.  She died on Mar 1 1966 in Bloomfield, IN Buried Linton, IN.  Ira Lemuel Clark and Sarah Elizabeth (Lizzie) Underwood had the following children:

        +132    i.      Wallace Oris Clark.
        +133    ii.     Floris Ella Clark.
        +134    iii.    Murl Clark.
        +135    iv.     Carrie Louise Clark.
        +136    v.      Harry Wendall Clark.
        +137    vi.     Robert Lemuel Clark.

42.  Ellen P. Clark was born about 1879.

She was married to Jonathan Page on Dec 22 1897 in Hopkins County.  Ellen P. Clark and Jonathan Page had the following children:

        138     i.      Terry Page.  
        139     ii.     Lynn Page.  

44.  Ila Belle Clark was born on Jul 1 1889.

45.  Elsie P. Furgerson was born in Nov 1893.  She died on Mar 24 1967 in Hopkins County, Kentucky, Buried New Salem Cem..

G. Claudis Lantrip was born on Dec 22 1891.  He died on Oct 5 1977.  Elsie P. Furgerson and G. Claudis Lantrip had the following children:

        +140    i.      Gladys Lantrip.
        +141    ii.     James Alvin Lantrip.
        +142    iii.    Lonnie H. Lantrip.
        +143    iv.     Minnie Lantrip.
        +144    v.      Margaret Lantrip.
        +145    vi.     Ruth Ethel Lantrip.

46.  Ruth Furgerson was born in Jun 1895.  She died on Feb 20 1985 in Hopkins County, Kentucky, Buried New Salem Cem..

She was married to Charles Roland Blackburn on Aug 4 1915 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  Charles Roland Blackburn was born in 1889.  He died on Oct 29 1966 in Christian County, buried in New Salem Cemetery.  Ruth Furgerson and Charles Roland Blackburn had the following children:

        146     i.      Charles Roland Blackburn.  
        147     ii.     William Blackburn.  
        +148    iii.    Mabel Irene Blackburn.

47.  Willie Lee Furgerson was born in Jun 1899.

  Willie Lee Furgerson and Audry Cox had the following children:

        +149    i.      Dorothy Cox.
        +150    ii.     Bonnie Ruth Cox.

48.  Minnie Ethel Furgerson was born on Nov 28 1896.  She died on Apr 12 1990.

She was married to Clarence Leonard Wilson on Jul 17 1916.  Clarence Leonard Wilson was born on Sep 2 1893.  He died on Oct 8 1968.  Minnie Ethel Furgerson and Clarence Leonard Wilson had the following children:

        151     i.      Delbert Roy Wilson was born on Feb 6 1918.
        152     ii.     Sybil Irene Wilson was born on Feb 5 1922.
        153     iii.    Clarence William Wilson was born on Feb 4 1924.
        +154    iv.     Ella Elizabeth Wilson.

49.  William Elmer Furgerson was born on Nov 1 1874.  He died on Mar 24 1963.

He was married to Sophronia Lee Moore (daughter of ) on Jun 4 1905.  Sophronia Lee Moore was born on Sep 7 1881 in White Plains, Kentucky.  She died on Apr 11 1967.  William Elmer Furgerson and Sophronia Lee Moore had the following children:

        +155    i.      William Mayo Furgerson.

50.  Lewettia Furgerson was born on Apr 18 1876 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.

John Crick was born in Christian County.  Lewettia Furgerson and John Crick had the following children:

        156     i.      J. O. Crick was born on Dec 8 1908.  She died on May 6 1913 in Hopkins County, Kentucky, Buried New Salem Cem..

51.  Alvin Andrew Furgerson was born on Dec 1 1877 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  He died in 1930.

I. Pearl Page was born on Jun 30 1879.  She died on Jul 10 1911 in Chnristian County, Ky.  Alvin Andrew Furgerson and I. Pearl Page had the following children:

        157     i.      Ella Bryant Furgerson.  
        158     ii.     V. L. Furgerson was born on Jun 18 1910.  He died on Jun 18 1910 in Buried in New Salem Cemetery, Nortonville, Ky.

53.  Charles Furgerson was born on Mar 18 1882 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  He died on Jan 4 1975 in Hopkins County, Kentucky, Buried New Salem Cem..

He was married to Eula Helen Whitfield on Dec 12 1906.  Eula Helen Whitfield was born on Oct 1 1885 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  She died on Jun 12 1961 in buried New Salem Cemetery, Nortonville, Ky.  Charles Furgerson and Eula Helen Whitfield had the following children:

        +159    i.      Bessie Marie Furgerson.
        160     ii.     Johnnie William Furgerson was born on Aug 18 1909.
        +161    iii.    Hazel Lucille Furgerson.
        +162    iv.     Charles Emmitt Furgerson.
        +163    v.      Eugene Alvin Furgerson.
        +164    vi.     James Albert Furgerson.

54.  Eva J. Furgerson was born in 1888.

She was married to Ed Fox on Oct 2 1901.  Eva J. Furgerson and Ed Fox had the following children:

        165     i.      Omer Fox.  
        166     ii.     Bailey Fox.  

She was married to Fred Hastings on May 15 1912.

55.  Nelson Buchan Furgerson was born on Feb 16 1873 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  He died on Mar 25 1956.

  Nelson Buchan Furgerson and Ida Louise Martin had the following children:

        120     i.      Mabel Furgerson.

Ora Ellen Kirkman was born in 1897 in Christian County, Ky.  She died in 1921.  Nelson Buchan Furgerson and Ora Ellen Kirkman had the following children:

        167     i.      David Frederic Furgerson was born in 1920 in Hopkins Co., Kentucky.  He died in 1920.
        168     ii.     Haden R. Furgerson was born in 1918.  He died in 1919 in Mortons Gap, Ky.

He was married to Mary Effie Furgerson (daughter of James Henry Furgerson and Mary L. (Tichie) Clark) on Oct 4 1896.  Mary Effie Furgerson was born on Apr 8 1876.  She died on Nov 23 1900.  Nelson Buchan Furgerson and Mary Effie Furgerson had the following children:

        119     i.      Ira Marie Furgerson.

He was married to Necie Adde Todd on Jan 8 1902.  Necie Adde Todd was born on Dec 7 1876 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  She died on Nov 3 1962.  Nelson Buchan Furgerson and Necie Adde Todd had the following children:

        +169    i.      Garland Cosby Furgerson.
        170     ii.     William Raymond Furgerson was born on Aug 7 1910.  He died in 1952.
        171     iii.    Thornton Furgerson was born on Mar 28 1917.  He died on Mar 28 1917.   Thornton Furgerson died as an infant, March 28, 1917.  Is buried in the Hamby Cemetery in Hopkins County, Ky.  Information from Hopkins County
                        Deaths, 1911-1920, found in Willard Library in Evansville, IN.

57.  Vitulia "Tulie"  "Lula" Furgerson was born about 1876.  She died in 1910.   Marriage information taken from Hopkins County Marriage Records,
1869-1900, page 133.  Lula is named as Vilula.

She was married to Tom W. Wiggins on Jan 11 1899 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  Tom W. Wiggins was born on Jan 2 1880.  He died in 1912.  Vitulia "Tulie"  "Lula" Furgerson and Tom W. Wiggins had the following children:

        172     i.      Irelus B. Wiggins was born in Nov 1899.
        173     ii.     Paul Wiggins was born in 1903.  She died in 1904.
        174     iii.    Alford Wiggins was born in 1908.  He died in 1910.

58.  Ida Furgerson was born on Sep 8 1879.  She died on Jul 10 1906.

She was married to W. H. Oglesby on Nov 28 1900.  Ida Furgerson and W. H. Oglesby had the following children:

        175     i.      John Bradley Oglesby was born on Aug 1 1902.  He died on Jan 27 1921.
        +176    ii.     Silas J. Oglesby.

59.  Alexander Furgerson was born on Aug 7 1881.  He died on Dec 4 1916.

Rosa Tutt was born on Nov 16 1886 in Hopkinsville, Ky.  She died on Aug 16 1956 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  Alexander Furgerson and Rosa Tutt had the following children:

        +177    i.      Leo Eugene Furgerson.
        +178    ii.     Luther David Furgerson.
        +179    iii.    Annie Mae Furgerson.
        +180    iv.     Corella Furgerson.
        +181    v.      Glynn Furgerson.

61.  Eunice Furgerson was born on May 16 1884.  She died on Mar 13 1963 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.

She was married to November 21 on May 10 1903.  November 21 was born on Nov 21 1881 in Christian County.  He died on Feb 11 1953 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  Eunice Furgerson and November 21 had the following children:

        +182    i.      Irene Wiggins.
        +183    ii.     Ora Mae Wiggins.
        +184    iii.    Gladys Wiggins.
        +185    iv.     Omer Wiggins.

64.  Rosa Virginia Furgerson was born on Sep 27 1890.  She died on Jan 13 1979 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.

Otho H. Robinson was born on May 10 1879.  He died on Dec 25 1951 in Christian County.  Rosa Virginia Furgerson and Otho H. Robinson had the following children:

        +186    i.      Laverte Robinson.
        +187    ii.     Gertha Robinson.

65.  Leonard C. Furgerson was born on Feb 16 1893.  He died on Sep 7 1955.

Flora Cecil Brown was born on Jun 26 1896.  She died on Aug 20 1955.  Leonard C. Furgerson and Flora Cecil Brown had the following children:

        +188    i.      Amon Morgan Furgerson.
        +189    ii.     Wilma Marvene Furgerson.
        +190    iii.    Evelyn June Furgerson.

66.  Mary Jane Furgerson was born on Dec 25 1894.  She died in 1960 in Buried in New Salem Cemetery, Nortonville, Ky.

R. P. Will Burba died on Oct 11 1954 in Buried in New Salem Cemetery, Nortonville, Ky.  Mary Jane Furgerson and R. P. Will Burba had the following children:

        191     i.      No children.  

67.  Henry Given Furgerson was born on Aug 18 1883 in Mortons Gap, Ky.  He died on Mar 2 1944 in Nortonville, Kentucky.   Dates of birth and death taken from New Salem Cemetery records, Nortonville, Ky.


He was married to Bertha L. Franklin on Nov 7 1904.  Bertha L. Franklin died on Oct 19 1964.  She was born on Nov 15 1984.  Henry Given Furgerson and Bertha L. Franklin had the following children:

        +192    i.      Bertrand Raymond Furgerson.

69.  Lastera Furgerson was born on Jun 9 1886.  She died on Jul 3 1959.   This information was taken from New Salem Cemetery, Nortonville, KY
records.

Edward H. Wyatt was born on Mar 9 1882.  He died on Apr 20 1916.   Edward Wyatt's father was Robert Wyatt, his mother Mary Wright Wyatt. Robert Wyatt was born in South Carolina.  Mary Wright was born in Alabama.  Edward was born in Clanton, Alabama.  Lastera Furgerson and Edward H. Wyatt had the following children:

        193     i.      Robert E. Wyatt was born on Mar 16 1913.  She died on Aug 5 1921.

She was married to Thomas Long on Apr 23 1937.  Thomas Long was born on Mar 2 1885.  He died on Apr 23 1939.

70.  Ethel Elizabeth Furgerson was born on Mar 4 1888 in Hopkins County -.  She died on Nov 26 1955 in Detroit, Michigan.

John Wessley Gill was born on Jan 25 1889.  He died on Apr 30 1964 in Detroit, Michigan.  Ethel Elizabeth Furgerson and John Wessley Gill had the following children:

        +194    i.      Calvin Orville Gill.
        +195    ii.     Clara Belle Gill.
        196     iii.    Wallace Ottoway Gill was born on Feb 27 1922.  He died on Jun 11 1922.   Buried in New Salem Cemetery.  From Hopkins County Deaths, 1921-1927
                        Vol. 2.
        197     iv.     Floyd Haywood Gill was born on Oct 18 1923 in Hopkins County , Ky.  He died in Aug 1982 in Detroit, Michigan.   Birth record name for person listed as Floyd Haywood is Cleo Haywood Gill.
        198     v.      Lloyd Hayden Gill was born on Oct 18 1923.   Birth record name for Lloyd Hayden is Leo Hayden Gill.
        +199    vi.     Paul Ray Gill.
        200     vii.    Kenneth Scott Gill was born on Mar 12 1929.

72.  Macie Furgerson was born on Mar 2 1892 in Hopkins County , Ky.  She died on Apr 6 1979 in Owensboro, Kentucky.



She was married to Everett O'Brien on Sep 21 1907.  Everett O'Brien died on Sep 4 1920.  Macie Furgerson and Everett O'Brien had the following children:

        201     i.      Basil O'Brien was born in 1914.  He died in 1994.
        +202    ii.     Marjorie O'Brien.

She was married to Tom Jones about 1922.  Macie Furgerson and Tom Jones had the following children:

        +203    i.      Francis Louise Jones.
        +204    ii.     George Thomas Jones.
        +205    iii.    Edgar Dixon Given Jones.
        +206    iv.     Jane Carolyn Jones.
        +207    v.      Dorothy Jean Jones.

73.  Ottoway Furgerson was born on Oct 1 1894 in Mortons Gap, Ky.  He died on Feb 15 1944 in Evansville, Indiana buried in Salem Cemetery, Nortonville, KY.   Ottoway Furgerson was the son of Dickson Given Furgerson and Jessie Arbelle Oates.  He was born on October 1, 1894 in Morton's Gap, Ky.
He married Anna Mae Moore, daughter of Ebenezer Valentine Moore and Alice Narcissus (Whitfield) Moore, on February 1, 1915 in Robertson County, Tn.  Alice Narcissus was a descendant of William Whitfield I and Elizabeth Goodman, early settlers in Virginia.

It is believed that for awhile they lived in Nortonville, KY in property deeded to them by his father, Dickson,  and while there owned a grocery store.   For a period of time they lived in Bicknell, Indiana where he probably worked in a coal mines.   At that time his brother, David,  and his family were also living in Bicknell.

On July 24, 1927 he was deeded property on Princeton Road in rural Nortonville by his father.  He had built a house on this location prior to this, and the family lived there until they relocated to Evansville, In in September, 1941.

In the period between the time he owned the grocery store in Nortonville and his move to Evansville, he worked as a farmer, coal miner, and owned a saw mill.  It is believed that he bought the sawmill sometime in the early 1920's, and for a time the family moved with him to the various locations where he cut and sold timber.    He continued farming, sometimes mining, and working with his sawmill until the effects of the depression and his failing health forced him to leave Nortonville.

In Evansville he went to work in a machine shop, Schnacke and Fawcett Mfg. Co., and worked there until the Ship Yard opened in Evansville to build LST's for World War II.  He was killed while at work on February 15, 1944 when an electric panel that was being hoisted to a ship fell on top of him, crushing him.  He is buried in New Salem Cemetery in Nortonville, Ky.  He was 49.  His membership was still with the Cross Roads Baptist Church in Nortonville.

Although his formal education was limited, he had a brilliant mind particularly in math.  He was always able to help his children who had attained a higher level of education than he in their efforts at solving math problems.   He was a master at adding numbers in his head and he seldom made a mistake.  He was a man of quick temper who forgot an argument the minute it was over.   He was devoted to his family, an outgoing personality who never saw a stranger.


He was married to Anna Mae Moore (daughter of ) on Feb 1 1915 in Robertson County Tennessee.  Anna Mae Moore was born on Apr 7 1894 in White Plains, Kentucky.  She died on Jun 15 1982 in Evansville, Indiana.   Anna Mae Moore Furgerson devoted her life to her family.  After the untimely death of her husband she was forced to enter the work field for the first time at age 49.  She became a practical nurse, a skill she had developed through the caring for her family, neighbors and friends.  She managed to support herself and her two children who were still at home. She had been reared in a Christian church.  During the time the family lived in Nortonville she was an active member of the Cross Roads Baptist Church, where she often played the piano -- a talent she was born with. Although she had never had a music lesson, she was quite adept at playing anything that she had heard at least once.    Upon moving to Evansville, she placed her membership with the Bethany Christian Church and was a member there at her death.  Ottoway Furgerson and Anna Mae Moore had the following children:

        +208    i.      Lawson Wallace Furgerson.
        +209    ii.     Pearl Imogene Furgerson.
        +210    iii.    Grady Loraine Furgerson.
        211     iv.     Mary Francis Furgerson was born on Dec 6 1925 in Nortonville, Kentucky.  She died on Jul 3 1931 in Nortonville, Kentucky buried Salem Cemetery.   Mary Francis Furgerson died of spinal meningitis in the Madisonville, Ky hospital.  At the time it was believed that the disease might be contagious and so she was buried in the pajamas she died in and was placed in a sealed casket and nobody was able to view her after her death.  Burial was to be the next day, but a terrible rainstorm forced postponement until the following day.  She is buried in New Salem Cemetary in Nortonville, Ky.
        +212    v.      Jessie Joyce Furgerson.
        +213    vi.     Ruby Nell Furgerson.

74.  John Westley Furgerson was born on Mar 12 1900 in Hopkins County, Ky.  He died on Feb 18 1982.   Marie Furgerson Denton Moore writes:   "My Dad was a hard working coal miner.  He worked the family mine until it worked out.  Then he worked for Norton Coal Co.  Later he worked for Six Vein Coal Co., and later Bert Furgerson Coal Mine.  He was a member of the Baptist Church, and later Church of Christ.  Both Mother and Dad were good parents.  I miss them."



He was married to Helen (Ellen) Louise Blythe on Oct 22 1919.  Helen (Ellen) Louise Blythe was born in 1901.  She died on Aug 29 1989.  John Westley Furgerson and Helen (Ellen) Louise Blythe had the following children:

        +214    i.      Marie Furgerson.
        +215    ii.     Mildred D. Furgerson.
        +216    iii.    Floy Helen Furgerson.
        +217    iv.     William Elmer (W.E.) Furgerson.

75.  Cashel Lexie Furgerson was born on Nov 9 1902 in Hopkins County -.  He died in May 1960 in Detroit, Michigan.

Geneva May Johnson was born on Dec 12 1907 in Kentucky.  Cashel Lexie Furgerson and Geneva May Johnson had the following children:

        +218    i.      Lexie Furgerson.
        +219    ii.     Barbara J. Furgerson.

76.  David Boles Furgerson was born on Mar 5 1897 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  He died on Nov 23 1963 in Dearborn, Michigan.

Ila Bell Clark was born on Jul 16 1899 in Hopkins County, Ky.  She died on Jan 22 1992 in Dearborn, Mi.  David Boles Furgerson and Ila Bell Clark had the following children:

        +220    i.      Geneva Furgerson.
        +221    ii.     Ansel Furgerson.
        +222    iii.    Dorothy Pearl Furgerson.



FOURTH GENERATION

80.  Chester Arthur Alan Murrah was born on Nov 4 1889 in Hopkins County, Ky.  He died in 1945.

  Chester Arthur Alan Murrah and Willie Reeder had the following children:

        +223    i.      Howard Earl Murrah.
        +224    ii.     Marvin Murrah.
        +225    iii.    William G. Murrah.
        226     iv.     Hazel Lucilla Murrah.  
        +227    v.      Jesse Willard Murrah.
        228     vi.     Chester A. Murrah was born on Aug 5 1911.  She died on Aug 7 1911.

82.  Lucy Murrah was born on Aug 15 1893.  She died on Dec 2 1980 in Trigg County.

Dell Dillingham died on Jun 9 1962.  Lucy Murrah and Dell Dillingham had the following children:

        229     i.      Raymond Dillingham was born on Feb 17 1918.  He died on Feb 18 1978.
        +230    ii.     Omer Dillingham.
        +231    iii.    Myrtle Mae Dillingham.

83.  Gabbie Louella Murrah was born on Apr 5 1895 in Morton's Gap, Hopkins County, Ky.  She died on Aug 8 1926.

Jasper Cunningham died in 1964.  Gabbie Louella Murrah and Jasper Cunningham had the following children:

        +232    i.      Chester Lee Cunningham.
        +233    ii.     Arthur Dalton Cunningham.
        234     iii.    Amy Marie Cunningham was born on Sep 6 1919.  She died in 1964.

84.  Dalton Murrah was born on Aug 5 1896.

Nellie was born in 1900.  She died in 1986.  Dalton Murrah and Nellie had the following children:

        +235    i.      Loraine Murrah.
        236     ii.     Harold Murrah was born in 1920.
        237     iii.    Lonne Edward Murrah was born in 1922.  He died in 1990.
        238     iv.     Woodson Murrah was born in 1924.  He died in 1996.
        +239    v.      Charolette Murrah.

85.  Mattie Murrah was born on Apr 16 1902.

  Mattie Murrah and Dewey Kirkman had the following children:

        240     i.      James Dewey Kirkman was born in 1920.

  Mattie Murrah and Cobb had the following children:

        241     i.      Tavis Cobb.  

87.  Alma Fox was born about 1905.  She died on Jun 6 1977 in buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Madisonville, Ky.

Charles Franz died in buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Madisonville, Ky.  Alma Fox and Charles Franz had the following children:

        +242    i.      Wanda Franz.
        +243    ii.     Katherine Franz.

88.  Mamie Kay Fox was born on Jul 26 1895.  She died on Aug 16 1989.

She was married to Walter T. Aldridge on Aug 3 1919.  Walter T. Aldridge was born in 1891.  He died in 1986.  Mamie Kay Fox and Walter T. Aldridge had the following children:

        +244    i.      Thomas Carlston Aldridge.

89.  Glennie Mae Fox was born on Dec 31 1892.  She died on Feb 9 1971.

Everett Furgerson (son of John Lafayette (Fate) Furgerson and Mattie Jane Lovan) was born on Mar 2 1887.  He died on Nov 13 1963.  Glennie Mae Fox and Everett Furgerson had the following children:

        245     i.      no children.  

92.  Emmer Shelton.  



93.  Olie Shelton was born on Dec 27 1898 in Nortonville, Ky.  She died on May 10 1992 in buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Madisonville, Ky.

Vernie Scott died on Nov 9 1965.  Olie Shelton and Vernie Scott had the following children:

        246     i.      Edwin Odel Scott.  
        +247    ii.     Margaret Scott.
        248     iii.    Everneil Scott.  

94.  Delcey Shelton was born on Jun 22 1901.  She died on Apr 3 1989.



Bentle Pressley was born about 1900.  Delcey Shelton and Bentle Pressley had the following children:

        249     i.      Robert Odel Pressley.  
        250     ii.     John Day Pressley.  
        +251    iii.    Annie Laura Pressley.
        +252    iv.     Mary Rose Pressley.

95.  Mond Shelton.  

  Mond Shelton and Eula Buchanan had the following children:

        253     i.      Helen Shelton.  
        254     ii.     James Shelton.  
        255     iii.    Mary Shelton.  

100.  Lennie Page was born in 1881.  She died on Feb 14 1911.

She was married to John Whitfield on Jan 15 1899.

104.  Everett Furgerson was born on Mar 2 1887.  He died on Nov 13 1963.

Glennie Mae Fox (daughter of Madison Titus Fox and Cordia Page) was born on Dec 31 1892.  She died on Feb 9 1971.  Everett Furgerson and Glennie Mae Fox had the following children:

        245     i.      no children.

  Everett Furgerson and Mary Ellen Shelton had the following children:

        +256    i.      Leamon Willie Furgerson.

105.  Lula Furgerson was born on Sep 10 1889.

  Lula Furgerson and Ogal Bryant had the following children:

        +257    i.      Justine Bryant.

106.  Clifford Pratt Furgerson was born on Nov 17 1891.  He died on Apr 25 1979 in Evansville, Indiana.

Sarah Jane (Sallie) Clark was born on Jul 6 1890.  She died on Jan 16 1984.  Clifford Pratt Furgerson and Sarah Jane (Sallie) Clark had the following children:

        +258    i.      Garland Herschel Furgerson.
        +259    ii.     James Clark Furgerson.
        +260    iii.    Nora Mildred Furgerson.
        261     iv.     Glenn Bradfield Furgerson was born on Aug 7 1924 in Hopkins Co., Kentucky.  He died on May 4 1969 in Nashville, Tn.
        +262    v.      Clifton Pratt , Jr. Furgerson.

107.  William Buford Furgerson was born on Feb 18 1892.  He died on Apr 28 1972 in Jefferson County, Ky.

He was married to Dorothy G. Minott about 1924.  Dorothy G. Minott was born on Feb 4 1898.  She died on Dec 12 1993.  William Buford Furgerson and Dorothy G. Minott had the following children:

        263     i.      Silva L. Furgerson was born about 1924.  He died on Nov 4 1926.
        264     ii.     Mary Furgerson was born on Aug 28 1928 in Jefferson Co., Ky.  She died on Aug 29 1928.
        +265    iii.    William Buford , Jr. Furgerson.
        +266    iv.     John Arthur Furgerson.
        +267    v.      Ruth Marjorie Furgerson.
        +268    vi.     Alice Elizabeth Furgerson.

108.  Peter Deldredge Furgerson was born on Apr 4 1894 in Nortonville, Ky.  He died on Apr 5 1961 in Detroit, Michigan.

Mary Louise Allison was born on Sep 26 1895.  She died on Feb 15 1968.  Peter Deldredge Furgerson and Mary Louise Allison had the following children:

        +269    i.      Dupree Elon Furgerson.
        +270    ii.     Grace Annett Furgerson.
        +271    iii.    Juanda Celeste Furgerson.
        272     iv.     Lula Frances Furgerson was born on Jun 11 1921.
        +273    v.      Flora Caryl Furgerson.
        +274    vi.     Truman Allison Furgerson.
        +275    vii.    Mattie Jane Furgerson.
        +276    viii.   Deldridge Eloise Furgerson.
        +277    ix.     Iris Clarire Furgerson.
        +278    x.      Shirley Lou Furgerson.
        +279    xi.     Twilla Furgerson.

109.  Elizabeth Lee Furgerson was born on Dec 1 1895.  She died on Nov 11 1972.

Frank Waller (Ogal?) Bryant was born on Jan 21 1892.  He died on Jun 10 1974.  Elizabeth Lee Furgerson and Frank Waller (Ogal?) Bryant had the following children:

        +280    i.      Helen Margaret Bryant.
        +281    ii.     Mattie Hazel Bryant.
        +282    iii.    Bonnie Ruth Bryant.
        +283    iv.     Glorine Annette Bryant.
        +284    v.      Frank Wallace Bryant.
        +285    vi.     Brenda Marie Bryant.

114.  Valoria Jackson Furgerson was born on Nov 9 1894.  He died in 1964.

Alice Irene Hampton was born on Jun 7 1898.  She died on May 14 1991.  Valoria Jackson Furgerson and Alice Irene Hampton had the following children:

        +286    i.      Dorothy Sue Furgerson.

115.  Karl Rubaatus Furgerson was born in 1896.  He died on Nov 15 1969 in Daviess County, Ky, buried Odd Fellows Cemetery.

  Karl Rubaatus Furgerson had the following children:

        +287    i.      Martha Furgerson.
        +288    ii.     Betsey Furgerson.

116.  Lalla L. Furgerson was born on Nov 19 1901.

  Lalla L. Furgerson and F. L. McGulley had the following children:

        +289    i.      Wanda Rae McGulley.

121.  Greek Furgerson was born on Jun 22 1895.  She died on Oct 31 1982.

She was married to George James Lantaff on Dec 28 1911.  George James Lantaff was born on Sep 10 1889.  He died on Jun 11 1945.  Greek Furgerson and George James Lantaff had the following children:

        +290    i.      Ethel Mae Lantaff.
        +291    ii.     James Frederick Lantaff.
        +292    iii.    Bobby George Lantaff.

122.  Gracie Lee Furgerson was born on May 25 1893.

She was married to Delmar Ray Sisk on Dec 26 1915.  Gracie Lee Furgerson and Delmar Ray Sisk had the following children:

        293     i.      James Anderson Sisk was born on Sep 20 1917.  He died on Mar 4 1919 in buried Odd Fellows Cemetery.

She was married to Henry Simms on Jun 21 1921.  Gracie Lee Furgerson and Henry Simms had the following children:

        +294    i.      William Douglas Sims.

123.  Irene Elizabeth Furgerson was born on Jun 15 1898.  She died on Feb 18 1979.

She was married to Arthur Ray Winstead in Dec 1921.  Arthur Ray Winstead was born on Mar 16 1899.  He died on Mar 3 1987.  Irene Elizabeth Furgerson and Arthur Ray Winstead had the following children:

        +295    i.      Martha Winstead.
        +296    ii.     Johnny Winstead.
        +297    iii.    Judy Winstead.
        +298    iv.     Samuel Winstead.

124.  Roger Clark Furgerson was born in 1902.  He died on Apr 24 1972.

Essie Irene Offutt was born on Oct 15 1906.  She died on Dec 27 1976.  Roger Clark Furgerson and Essie Irene Offutt had the following children:

        299     i.      Margaret Louise Furgerson was born on Mar 2 1927.  She died on Mar 16 1927.

125.  Budley Clinton Furgerson was born on Mar 2 1905.  He died on Apr 18 1987.

He was married to Bessie Mae Puckett on Apr 13 1924.  Bessie Mae Puckett was born on Nov 19 1905.  Budley Clinton Furgerson and Bessie Mae Puckett had the following children:

        300     i.      Edna Juanita Furgerson was born on Jul 4 1925 in Kentucky.  She died on Apr 21 1927 in buried at Odd Fellows Cemetery.

126.  Myrtie Abigail Furgerson was born on Aug 27 1910.  She died on Oct 4 1991.



128.  Dixie Furgerson was born in Mar 1899.



129.  Lucile Furgerson was born on Oct 24 1913.

  Lucile Furgerson and Marcus Lovan had the following children:

        301     i.      James Lovan.  
        302     ii.     Wayne Lovan.  

130.  Martha Coyle.  



132.  Wallace Oris Clark was born on Jan 7 1904.

  Wallace Oris Clark and Irene had the following children:

        303     i.      Connie Clark.  

133.  Floris Ella Clark was born on Jan 9 1908 in Greene County, Indiana.  She died in 1997 in Beaufort, North Carolina.



134.  Murl Clark was born on Apr 15 1911.  He died in Apr 1981.

  Murl Clark and Geneva Skinner had the following children:

        304     i.      Marilyn Lee Clark was born on Sep 7 1937.
        305     ii.     Gerald Wendall Clark was born on Jul 17 1939.
        306     iii.    Virginia Jean Clark was born on Apr 14 1941.
        307     iv.     James Richard Clark was born on Mar 31 1943.
        308     v.      Jerry David Clark was born on Sep 5 1945.

135.  Carrie Louise Clark was born on Nov 21 1913 in Greene County, Indiana.

  Carrie Louise Clark and Russell Abram had the following children:

        309     i.      Betty Diane Abram.  
        310     ii.     Becky Abram.  
        311     iii.    Russell Abram.  



136.  Harry Wendall Clark was born after 1917 in Linton, Indiana.  He died in 1996 in New Palatine, IN.

  Harry Wendall Clark and Kathy had the following children:

        312     i.      Caroline Clark.  

137.  Robert Lemuel Clark was born on Apr 11 1917 in Linton, IN.  He died on Apr 6 1994 in Linton, IN buried Antioch, IN.

He was married to Mary Esther Foster on Jul 3 1940 in Bloomfield, IN.  Mary Esther Foster was born on Nov 7 1921 in Antioch, in.  She died on Sep 7 1985 in Linton, IN.  Robert Lemuel Clark and Mary Esther Foster had the following children:

        +313    i.      Mary Elizabeth Clark.
        +314    ii.     Janice Sue Clark.
        +315    iii.    Robert L. , Jr. Clark.
        +316    iv.     Richard Lee Clark.
        317     v.      Ronald Leonard Clark was born on Jun 26 1958 in Linton, Indiana.  He died on Jun 26 1958 in Linton, Indiana.
        +318    vi.     Jennifer Sharon Clark.
        +319    vii.    Roger Lewis Clark.

140.  Gladys Lantrip.  

  Gladys Lantrip and Olson had the following children:

        320     i.      Child Olson.  

141.  James Alvin Lantrip was born on Mar 5 1918.  He died on Aug 10 1964.

Doris Eileen Darr was born on Jun 18 1916 in Savana, Illinois.  She died on Aug 9 1963 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  James Alvin Lantrip and Doris Eileen Darr had the following children:

        +321    i.      James A. Lantrip.
        +322    ii.     Phyllis Eileen Lantrip.

142.  Lonnie H. Lantrip was born on Feb 9 1916.

He was married to Sally S. on May 1 1938.  Sally S. was born on Oct 8 1919.  She died on Apr 20 1990.  Lonnie H. Lantrip and Sally S. had the following children:

        323     i.      Minnie Landtrip.  
        324     ii.     Maggie Landtrip.  
        325     iii.    Ruth Landtrip.  

143.  Minnie Lantrip.  

  Minnie Lantrip and Robbins had the following children:

        326     i.      Jerry Leslie Robbins was born on Dec 14 1931.
        327     ii.     Henry Carlton Robbins.  
        328     iii.    Claudis Jackson Robbins.  

144.  Margaret Lantrip.  

She was married to Raymond Tidner in 1931.  Raymond Tidner was born in 1901.  He died in 1980.  Margaret Lantrip and Raymond Tidner had the following children:

        329     i.      Dorothy Marsella Tidner was born in 1932.
        330     ii.     Doris Jean Tidner was born in 1933.
        +331    iii.    Mildred Louise Tidner.
        332     iv.     Christine Rae Tidner was born in 1945.
        333     v.      Carolyn Laura Tidner was born in 1946.
        334     vi.     John Brad Tidner was born in 1951.
        335     vii.    Patricia Ann Tidner was born in 1953.

145.  Ruth Ethel Lantrip.  



148.  Mabel Irene Blackburn.  

Luthner F. Cole was born on Jan 7 1915.  He died on Nov 9 1984 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  Mabel Irene Blackburn and Luthner F. Cole had the following children:

        +336    i.      Franklin D. Cole.

149.  Dorothy Cox.  



150.  Bonnie Ruth Cox.  

  Bonnie Ruth Cox and James Walker had the following children:

        337     i.      Donna Walker.  
        338     ii.     Ruth Ellen Walker.  
        339     iii.    Jane Walker.  

154.  Ella Elizabeth Wilson was born on Feb 12 1926.

She was married to Oral A. Bradley on Feb 7 1946.  Oral A. Bradley was born on May 9 1925.  He died on Dec 21 1951 in Marion, Illinois.  Ella Elizabeth Wilson and Oral A. Bradley had the following children:

        +340    i.      Karen Sue Bradley.
        341     ii.     Glen Allen Bradley was born on Sep 29 1949.

She was married to Richard John Sweet on Feb 20 1960.  Richard John Sweet was born on Jul 16 1916 in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisc..  He died on Mar 4 1987.  Ella Elizabeth Wilson and Richard John Sweet had the following children:

        +342    i.      Tammy Lee Sweet.

155.  William Mayo Furgerson was born on Apr 28 1914.  He died on May 22 1986.

Margaret Norma Walker was born on Jul 20 1915.  William Mayo Furgerson and Margaret Norma Walker had the following children:

        +343    i.      Ronald Mayo Furgerson.
        +344    ii.     Darla Kay Furgerson.
        +345    iii.    William Jeffery Furgerson.

159.  Bessie Marie Furgerson was born on Sep 28 1907.

She was married to Moir Alexander , Jr. Noel on Mar 13 1927.  Moir Alexander , Jr. Noel was born on Feb 19 1905.  He died on Feb 8 1941 in buried New Salem Cemetery, Nortonville, Ky.  Bessie Marie Furgerson and Moir Alexander , Jr. Noel had the following children:

        +346    i.      Moir Alexander  III Noel.
        +347    ii.     William Charles Noel.
        +348    iii.    James Lewis Noel.
        +349    iv.     Donald Wallace Noel.

161.  Hazel Lucille Furgerson was born on Apr 4 1911.

She was married to William Thomas Nance on Mar 6 1927.  William Thomas Nance was born on Aug 16 1908 in Empire, Ky.  He died on Apr 12 1976 in Illinois.  Hazel Lucille Furgerson and William Thomas Nance had the following children:

        +350    i.      Richard Lee Nance.
        +351    ii.     Charles Thomas Nance.
        +352    iii.    Helen Elizabeth Nance.

162.  Charles Emmitt Furgerson was born on Nov 22 1913.  He died on Nov 30 1977 in Florida, buried New Salem Cemetery, Nortonville.

He was married to Thelma Geraldine Townsend on Jun 15 1938 in Jefferson County, Ky.  Thelma Geraldine Townsend was born on Apr 28 1910 in Webster County, Ky.  Charles Emmitt Furgerson and Thelma Geraldine Townsend had the following children:

        +353    i.      Sandra Grace Furgerson.
        +354    ii.     Pamela Jean Furgerson.
        +355    iii.    Emmett Craig Furgerson.

He was married to Davis Lelia Page on Dec 3 1977.  Charles Emmitt Furgerson and Davis Lelia Page had the following children:

        +356    i.      Pamela Jean Furgerson.
        +355    ii.     Emmett Craig Furgerson.

163.  Eugene Alvin Furgerson was born on Dec 28 1919.  He died on Jan 5 1977 in New Salem Cemetery.

He was married to Mary Helen Gill on Jan 21 1947.  Mary Helen Gill was born on Apr 27 1921.  Eugene Alvin Furgerson and Mary Helen Gill had the following children:

        +357    i.      Robert Eugene Furgerson.
        +358    ii.     Barry Wayne Furgerson.
        359     iii.    Larry Dane Furgerson was born on Aug 20 1948.  He died on Aug 18 1949.
        +360    iv.     Ann Mildred Furgerson.

164.  James Albert Furgerson was born on Apr 9 1922.

He was married to Dorothy Marie Page on Feb 15 1945.  Dorothy Marie Page was born on Aug 9 1922.  James Albert Furgerson and Dorothy Marie Page had the following children:

        +361    i.      Carolyn Jo Furgerson.
        +362    ii.     Marsha Kaye Furgerson.
        +363    iii.    Lisa Ann Furgerson.

169.  Garland Cosby Furgerson was born on Jun 24 1907.  He died on Nov 25 1985.

He was married to Laure Belle Moore on Dec 11 1932.  Laure Belle Moore was born on Oct 19 1915.  She died on Dec 7 1978.  Garland Cosby Furgerson and Laure Belle Moore had the following children:

        364     i.      Garland Leslie Furgerson was born on Oct 25 1933.
        +365    ii.     Charles Nelson Furgerson.
        +366    iii.    Mary Belle Furgerson.
        +367    iv.     Rupert Henry  II Furgerson.
        +368    v.      Barbara Ann Furgerson.
        +369    vi.     Martha Dorcas Furgerson.

176.  Silas J. Oglesby.  



177.  Leo Eugene Furgerson was born about 1905.  He died in 1958.

Bernice Mae Marcus was born on May 18 1906 in Illinois.  She died on Sep 2 1992.  Leo Eugene Furgerson and Bernice Mae Marcus had the following children:

        +370    i.      Bobby Gene Furgerson.
        +371    ii.     June Furgerson.
        +372    iii.    Cleatus Leon Furgerson.
        +373    iv.     Lois Furgerson.

178.  Luther David Furgerson was born on Jan 8 1908.  He died on Jan 26 1989.

Mary Elizabeth Mannahon was born on Sep 20 1910 in Muhlenberg Co..  She died on Jan 4 1993.  Luther David Furgerson and Mary Elizabeth Mannahon had the following children:

        +374    i.      Clarence Furgerson.
        375     ii.     Norris Wayne Furgerson.  
        +376    iii.    George Lloyd Furgerson.
        +377    iv.     David , Jr. Furgerson.
        +378    v.      Corene Furgerson.
        +379    vi.     Lorene Furgerson.
        +380    vii.    Mary Ilene Furgerson.
        +381    viii.   Carolyn Furgerson.

179.  Annie Mae Furgerson.  

  Annie Mae Furgerson and ? Mills had the following children:

        +382    i.      Lee Mills.

180.  Corella Furgerson.  

  Corella Furgerson and ? Harris had the following children:

        383     i.      Ted Harris.  

181.  Glynn Furgerson was born on Nov 17 1910.  He died on Jul 31 1978.

Myrtle Mae Dillingham (daughter of Dell Dillingham and Lucy Murrah) was born on Feb 4 1914.  She died on Mar 12 1996.   (Myrtle) Mae Furgerson, 82, of Cadiz, formerly of Nortonville, died Tuesday, March 12, 1996 at the Regional Medical Center.  Born February 25, 1914 in Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Dell Dillingham and Lucy Murrah Dillingham.  She was a housewife and of the Pentecostal faith.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Lonnie Glen Furgerson. She is survived by one son, Larry Furgerson of Cadiz, four grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.  Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Bandy Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Pendley officiating.  Burial will be in the New Salem Cemetery in Nortonville.  Glynn Furgerson and Myrtle Mae Dillingham had the following children:

        +384    i.      Larry Glenn Furgerson.

182.  Irene Wiggins.  



183.  Ora Mae Wiggins.  





184.  Gladys Wiggins was born on Jul 9 1914.  She died on Jul 30 1936.

Gladys Wiggins had the following children:

        385     i.      Joe Roy Wiggins.  
        386     ii.     Robert Kenneth Wiggins.  

185.  Omer Wiggins was born on Sep 21 1905.  He died on Jun 22 1941.

  Omer Wiggins and Myrtle Marie Gowers had the following children:

        387     i.      Eunice Nadine Wiggins was born on Sep 26 1928.
        +388    ii.     Edna Justine Wiggins.
        389     iii.    Omer Lloyd Wiggins.  

186.  Laverte Robinson was born on Nov 2 1910.

He was married to Wallis Emery Earl King on Feb 6 1944.  Wallis Emery Earl King was born on Apr 15 1908.  She died on Aug 25 1998 in Crofton, Ky.  Laverte Robinson and Wallis Emery Earl King had the following children:

        +390    i.      Ina Rose King.
        +391    ii.     Mary Ann King.
        +392    iii.    Ira Dennis King.

187.  Gertha Robinson was born on Jun 26 1908.  She died on Mar 20 1998 in Chnristian County, Ky.

  Gertha Robinson and Raymond Sizemore had the following children:

        393     i.      No children.  

188.  Amon Morgan Furgerson was born on Aug 18 1918.  He died on Jul 24 1968 in Daviess County, Ky.

  Amon Morgan Furgerson and Frances Pearson had the following children:

        +394    i.      Janice Faye Furgerson.

189.  Wilma Marvene Furgerson was born on Aug 6 1925.



190.  Evelyn June Furgerson was born on Jun 6 1932.   Evelyn June Furgerson worked in the White House as an assistant to the President of the United States (Lyndon Baines Johnson).  Prior to working for the President she was in Congressman William H. Natcher's Congressional office.



192.  Bertrand Raymond Furgerson was born on Oct 8 1906.  He died in 1970.

Mary Elizabeth Bishop was born on Dec 27 1908.  Bertrand Raymond Furgerson and Mary Elizabeth Bishop had the following children:

        +395    i.      Mary Elizabeth Furgerson.
        +396    ii.     Joe Given Furgerson.

194.  Calvin Orville Gill was born on Aug 5 1917 in Hopkins County, Ky.  He died on Mar 6 1989 in Detroit, Michigan.



195.  Clara Belle Gill was born on Nov 30 1919.

She was married to Adrian White about 1938.  Clara Belle Gill and Adrian White had the following children:

        +397    i.      Harriett Laverne White.
        +398    ii.     Marie Eileen White.

She was married to John Emmons after 1941.  Clara Belle Gill and John Emmons had the following children:

        399     i.      No children.  

199.  Paul Ray Gill was born on Nov 11 1927 in Hopkins County, Ky.  He died on Jun 27 1990 in Detroit, Michigan.



202.  Marjorie O'Brien was born about 1916.



203.  Francis Louise Jones was born on Aug 21 1924 in Providence, Ky.   Information furnished by Dorothy Jones Bailey:
Frances Louise Jones grew up in Nebo, Kentucky and completed all her
schooling at Nebo Consolidated School.  After graduation Frances moved to
Owensboro, Kentucky and worked at General Electrical Manufacturing in the light bulb division.  On a visit with her Dad, in Nebo, Frances met and fell in love with husband-to-be Bill Goodloe.  Bill was a sergeant in the U.S. Army
stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky.  After their marriage Frances lived in Nebo
while waiting for the availability of Government quarters at Ft. Knox and
returned to Owensboro to be with her Mother for the delivery of her first child.
Later Bill and family transferred to Fort Sam Houston, then to Germany and back to Fort Sam Houston.   This time they bought their home in San Antonio and remained there to raise their family.   Frances devoted her entire life to her family and never worked outside the home.  Bill served two tours of duty in the Korean War without his family but was most happy each time he returned to San Antonio.  Bill died in 1997 from a subdural hemorrhage of the brain.  Frances has remained in San Antonio and is still taking care of her family.

She was married to William Miles Goodloe on Nov 10 1945 in Hopkinsville, Ky.  William Miles Goodloe was born on Dec 21 1914 in Mannington, Ky.  He died on Jan 27 1997 in San Antonio, Tx.  Francis Louise Jones and William Miles Goodloe had the following children:

        +400    i.      William Miles , Jr Goodloe.
        +401    ii.     Cheryl Lee Goodloe.
        +402    iii.    Rodney Earl Goodloe.

204.  George Thomas Jones was born on Nov 15 1925 in Providence, Ky.   Information supplied by Dorothy Jones Bailey:
George Thomas Jones attended Nebo Consolidated School through ninth grade, then moved to his Mother's farm in Crofton, Kentucky for the balance of high school.  George was a star basketball player for Crofton Consolidated School and was very popular with the girls.  When not in school George helped
with farming, tending cattlel and maintaining honey bees left behind by Step-
father, Sam.  After completing school George worked at the Clinton Engineer
Works in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on a very secret Government project, which he later learned was manufacturing of the atomic bomb.  George was drafted into the U.S. Army shortly after the end of World War II and spent a tour of
duty in Germany following boot training.  Later George moved to Evansville where he worked for Westinghouse, met and married Doris. George moved with his family to Princeton, West Virginia where he worked in sales with older brother D.B. for O'Bryan wholesale for many years before returning to Owensboro, Kentucky.  Little did George know (until mid life) that his true love and hobhby was farming, tending cattle and honey bees.  This hobby has turned into a full-time profitable business of crop pollination.  From time to time the bees are moved en masse from farm to farm with a monthly fee charge based on the number of hives required for pollination.  People all over Davis County call him to capture swarming bees which he adds to his stock in lieu of payment for the capture.  As of 1997, George remains in Owensboro, is Vice President of the Kentucky Bee KeepersAssociation and operates a very successful honey retail packing and shipping business from his converted garage.

Doris Jean Shelton was born on Jul 15 1925 in Crossville, INdiana.  George Thomas Jones and Doris Jean Shelton had the following children:

        +403    i.      Thomas Lynn Jones.
        +404    ii.     Sandra Sue Jones.
        +405    iii.    Eddie Joe Jones.
        406     iv.     Donna Kay Jones was born on Nov 8 1961.

Elizabeth Ann Schrader was born on Sep 9 1929 in Hartwell, West Virginia.

205.  Edgar Dixon Given Jones was born on Oct 31 1928 in Nebo, Kentucky, Hopkins County.   Information supplied by Dorothy Jones Bailey:
Edgar "Eddie" Jones grew up in Nebo, Kentucky and completed all his schooling in Nebo Consolidated School.  After graduation he moved to Owensboro, Kentucky to be with Macie and family.  Edgar worked as a waiter and bartender at Gabes retaurant until his marriage to Ann Adams. They lived in Evansville, Indiana during the brief few years of marriage with Edgar working at Westinghouse.  Soon after his marriage to Joyce Evitts, Edgar was drafted into the U.S. Army which took him to Texas and Fairbanks, Alaska.  With Army life behind he developed and succesfully operated an auto stereo and speedometer repair service.  Joyce died from self inflicted gun shot wound to the head in 1971.  After the death of his beloved wife, Edgar married several times before finding true love again.  Edgar and Trudy moved to a farm a few miles from Owensboro where their son Keith was born.  In 1985 Byron died from self inflicted carbon monoxide delivered by a hose connected to his car's exhaust system. Edgar's marriage with Trudy ended shortly after Byron's death.  Gary died from a drowning accident in 1992 during an overnight camping trip in Centertown, Kentucky.  As of 1997 Edgar is retired and living in Owensboro with his son, Keith.







Mary Margaret "Trudy" Thompson was born in 1958 in Owensboro, Kentucky.  She died on Dec 31 1975 in Columbia, Mexico.  Edgar Dixon Given Jones and Mary Margaret "Trudy" Thompson had the following children:

        407     i.      Keith Dixon Jones was born on Aug 5 1976 in Owensboro, Kentucky.

He was married to Joyce Jean Evitts on Dec 31 1975 in Columbia, Mexico.  Joyce Jean Evitts was born on Jun 2 1929 in Greenville, Ky.  She died on May 3 1971 in Owensboro, Kentucky.  Edgar Dixon Given Jones and Joyce Jean Evitts had the following children:

        +408    i.      Gary Dixon Jones.
        409     ii.     Byron Keith Jones was born on Jul 27 1958 in Owensboro, Ky.  He died on Oct 15 1985 in Abeline, Texas.

206.  Jane Carolyn Jones was born on Jul 24 1931 in Nebo, Hopkins County, Ky.   Information supplied by Dorothy Jones Bailey:
Jane Jones-Stose grew up on the move from Kentucky to Michigan and back to Kentucky during her first few years of school and later to Owensboro, Kentucky in 1943.  After completing high school at Owensboro Senior High Jane worked at General Electric Manufacturing in the grid department. Grids are small wires wrapped around two thin metal posts used in making radio and television tubes.  Her marriage to John Stose, a Major in the U.S. Army, brought about many more moves within the U.S. including Fairbanks, Alaska.  As an Army Officers Wive, Jane was quite involved with the Officers Wives Clubs at each of their stations while raising her family.  John retired from the Army at Fort Meade, Maryland in 1967 after twenty-one years of service and numerous awards for outstanding performance as a finance officer.  Jane developed and operated JaJeanne Interiors, as a successful business conducted from the basement of her Odenton, Maryland home for over twenty-five years.  As of 1997 Jane still resides in Odenton with John and she has no thoughts of retirement in the near future.

She was married to John Stose on Aug 19 1953 in Owensboro, Ky - Davies Co..  John Stose was born on May 17 1927 in Cannonsburg, Pa.  Jane Carolyn Jones and John Stose had the following children:

        +410    i.      Treva Jean Stose.
        +411    ii.     John , Jr. Stose.
        +412    iii.    Thomas Scott Stose.

207.  Dorothy Jean Jones was born on Nov 30 1933 in Hopkins County - Nebo, Ky.   Notes written by Dorothy Jones-Bailey, November, 1997
Dorothy Jones-Bailey grew up on a farm in Crofton, Kentucky.  Later moved to the city of Owensboro, Kentucky and attended Owensboro Technical High School while also working at General Electric, a manufacturer of miniature electronic radio and television tubes.  Her marriage to Everett Bailey, a Sargent in the U.S. Army caused many moves within the continental United States, Eurpoe and the Japanese Island of Okinawa. Everett retired from the Army in 1966 with twenty-one years of service and numerous metals of commendation.  After retirement the Bailey family settled in the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. area at Springfield, Virginia where they raised their family.  Everett grew tired of married life in 1976 and ran away from home to Germany, where he remained until his death from Squamous Cell Cancer.  His remains were returned to Dorothy (they never divorced) and laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery with full Military Honors.  As of 1997 Dorothy remained in Springfield, Virginia, employed as a Realtor Sales Associate and Regional Property Manager with Better Homes Realty, Inc.  Dorothy was awarded numerous plaques for Manager of the Year and top sales/listing agent.

She was married to Everett Malchom Bailey on Oct 19 1952 in Camp Breckenridge, Ky.  Everett Malchom Bailey was born on Oct 15 1927 in Waterloo, Iowa.  He died on Jun 13 1995 in Frankfort, Germany.  Dorothy Jean Jones and Everett Malchom Bailey had the following children:

        +413    i.      Richmond Earl Bailey.
        +414    ii.     Pamela Kaye Bailey.

208.  Lawson Wallace Furgerson was born on Dec 10 1917 in Nortonville, Kentucky.  He died on Jun 18 1984 in St. Louis, Missouri buried Slaughters, KY.   Lawson Wallace Furgerson was born on December 2, 1917 in Hopkins County, Ky., the first child of Ottoway and Anna Mae (Moore) Furgerson.

He attended school in Nortonville and at Furgerson School but left school before graduation from high school in order to go to work with his Father.
For many years he worked alongside his father, and in talking to people who were around Nortonville during the 30's they were always together. According to one source, "Ott always had on a cap, and when you saw him you knew that Lawson was not far behind.  When you saw one, you saw the other."   Some of the time they worked in the coal mines, but Ottoway owned a sawmill and in the 30's was in the lumber business.  By the early 40's the depression had made it difficult to sell timber, and in the spring of 1941 Lawson was forced to take his family to Detroit to try to find work in the auto industry.  The rest of the family moved to Evansville in August, 1941 and after World War II started in December of that year there was a need for workers in the defense industry in Evansville and Lawson moved his family to Evansville, again working alongside his father at the Evansville Shipyards.  It was there that in February, 1944, his father was killed at the work site, and Lawson was called on to
identify his body.

In the 1950's Lawson moved his family to St. Louis, Missouri, where he worked in a machine shop until the effects of black lung and emphesema caused him to become disabled.

Lawson had felt the call to become a minister, and on a number of occasions attempted to establish a church.  However without the benefit of sufficient training and backing, these efforts were short lived.  He was a Southern Baptist.

On August 19, 1934 he was married to Sarah Madalyne Oldham, daughter of Jefferson Davis and Maude (Campbell) Oldham of Nortonville, Ky.



He was married to Sarah Madalyne Oldham on Aug 29 1934.  Sarah Madalyne Oldham was born on Apr 20 1921 in Nortonville, Kentucky.  She died on Jul 28 1998.  Lawson Wallace Furgerson and Sarah Madalyne Oldham had the following children:

        +415    i.      Winona Sue Furgerson.
        +416    ii.     Elizabeth Ann Furgerson.
        +417    iii.    Lawson Wallace , JR. Furgerson.
        +418    iv.     Kenneth Wayne Furgerson.

209.  Pearl Imogene Furgerson was born on Dec 2 1919 in Nortonville, Kentucky.   Pearl Imogene Furgerson was born on December 10, 1919 in Hopkins County, Ky., the 2nd child of Ottoway and Anna Mae (Moore) Furgerson.  As a very young child she attended school in Nortonville, Ky., but when the family moved into rural Nortonville she attended the Furgerson School there until graduation from 8th grade.  She graduated from Nortonville High School in 1937.

She married Paul Julian Cates in October, 1940  and moved with him to Evansville, IN.  She devoted her live to her family and her church.  She was a Southern Baptist, a member of the Fares Avenue Southern Baptist Church where she was a devoted member, active in the Women's work, and taught an adult Sunday School class for many years.    Her husband  died as the result of coming into contact with electric wiring while working as a roofing contractor.  Imogene then for the first time in her life entered the work field, working as a Cashier at a Variety Store, a Hardware Store, and a Pharmacy.    Ill health forced her to leave the work force, as she became a victim of the ravages of Altzsheimer's disease.


She was married to Paul Julian Cates in Oct 1940.  Paul Julian Cates was born on Jun 30 1920 in Madisonville, Kentucky.  He died on Jun 22 1964 in Evansville, Indiana buied Oak Hill Cemetery.  Pearl Imogene Furgerson and Paul Julian Cates had the following children:

        +419    i.      David Earl Cates.
        +420    ii.     Julian Lee Cates.
        +421    iii.    Larry Wayne Cates.

210.  Grady Loraine Furgerson was born on Aug 13 1923 in Nortonville, Kentucky.  She died on Aug 17 1984 in Evansville, Indiana.   Grady Lorraine Furgerson was born on August 13, 1927, the 3rd child of Ottoway and Anna Mae (Moore) Furgerson.  In her early child she attended primary school in Nortonville, Ky.  When the family moved to the country she attended Furgerson School until high school age.  She attended her first three years of school at Nortonville High School, graduating from Reitz High School in Evansville in June, 1941.

She married Joseph John LaRoy on January 26, 1943 in Springfield, Missouri where he was stationed with the Army during World War II.

(Grady) Lorraine Furgerson was a school teacher who began her preparation for teaching in her middle years.   She received her Bachelor's degree from the University of Evansville and her Master's Degree from Indiana State University-Evansville (now known as the University of Southern Indiana). She taught at St. Theresa, Marian Day School,  Holy Redeemer Catholic schools in the Kindergarten classes.  She worked with cub scouts, girl scouts, the Altar Society at St. Theresa, was a lay leader at St. Theresa.   Was interested in working with many kinds of crafts -- ceramics, handcrafts, and was an avid collector of Department 56 villages -- especially the Dickens Village, and she had several other collections as well.  She died of the results cancer in August, 1994.    She is buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery in Evansville, In.

She attended public schools in Nortonville, KY until her senior year when the family moved to Evansville and she attended Reitz High School from which she graduated in June, 1942.  She went to work at the Bell Telephone Company and worked there until she quit to join her husband, Joe, when he returned from serving with the army in the South Pacific during WW2.  She did much of her college work at the University of Evansville, but received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the University of Southern Indiana, then known as Indiana State University-Evansville.

She was a member of Bethany Christian Church until her marriage, when she took instructions and became a Catholic.

She was married to Joseph John LaRoy on Jan 26 1943 in Springfield, Missouri.  Joseph John LaRoy was born on Oct 23 1921 in Evansville, Indiana.  He died in Jan 1997 in Evansville, Indiana.  Grady Loraine Furgerson and Joseph John LaRoy had the following children:

        +422    i.      Judith Ann LaRoy.
        +423    ii.     Gary Joseph LaRoy.

212.  Jessie Joyce Furgerson was born on Dec 20 1931 in Nortonville, Kentucky.   Jessie Joyce Furgerson was born on December 20, 1931, the 5th of the children born to Ottoway and Anna Mae (Moore) Furgerson.

She attended her first four years of school at the Furgerson School; when the family moved to Evansville in 1941 she enrolled in the Evansville Public Schools, graduating from Central High School in 1950. Upon graduation she went to work in the Accounts Receivable Department of Servel, In., and after a couple of years left Servel to become the Office Manager of the Evansville Area Council of Churches where she worked until the birth of her first child.

She married Robert Lee Wilson on August 10, 1958 at Bethany Christian Church in Evansville.

After the birth of the first child, she quit the work force to stay home and take care of the children.  During this period she was active in her church, the East Side Christian Church,  and the P.T.A.  When their 3rd child was in school, she reentered the work force, accepting a job at the University of Evansville as a Department Secretary.  She worked there for 17 years before her retirement in 1994.

She was married to Robert L. Wilson on Aug 10 1958 in Evansville, Indiana.  Robert L. Wilson was born on Feb 29 1932 in Detroit, Michigan.   Robert L. Wilson was born in Detroit, Michigan but at the age of two weeks
was brought back to Evansville.    He attended Washington Elementary
School for all of his elementary school years, graduated from Bosse High
School and received his Bachelor's Degree in Education from the University of Evansville.  He went to work after graduation at Stanley Hall School, but
his career was interrupted by a two-year assignment with the Air Force as a
personnel officer.  He returned to Stanley Hall after being discharged from the Air Force.

He earned his Master's Degree at Indiana University as well as a Doctorate
in Counselling Psychology.  In 1962 he left public school teaching and joined
the staff of the University of Evansville as Director of the Counseling Center.  He later became Vice President for Student Affairs.  He left the University to become Director of Education at Welborn Memorial Baptist Hospital.    He opened a restaurant (Burgher Haus) in Newburgh in about 1976 and for a

brief time was involved in the restaurant business.  He then went to work for Ball Communications and worked there for several years before returning to
Counselling and opened a private practice.  He worked for a Year for an
HMO group called American Biodyne, and upon the closing of that office in
Evansville joined the staff at the Evansville State Hospital.  He has continued
with his private practice, and for a time was a partner with a group of
doctors called  "NeuroTech".  That organization disbanded and he moved
his private office into the Oak Park Professional Building in 1994.  Jessie Joyce Furgerson and Robert L. Wilson had the following children:

        +424    i.      Gregory Scott Wilson.
        +425    ii.     Mark Robert Wilson.
        426     iii.    Michael Eric Wilson was born on Nov 18 1972.   Michael Eric Wilson attended Washington Elementary and Middle Schools
                        from Kindergarten through 8th grade.  He graduated with honors from Bosse
                        High School.  He received his B.A. degree in English Literature from the
                        University of Evansville.

                        After graduation from UE he traveled extensively in London, Scotland, and
                        Ireland for several months before returning to the states.  He then moved to Bloomington, IN where he worked for a year at the I.U. Press before becoming a full-time graduate student in the School of Library and Information Services.

213.  Ruby Nell Furgerson was born on Jul 6 1933 in Nortonville, Kentucky.   Ruby Nell Furgerson was the last child born to Ottoway and Anna Mae Furgerson.  She attended Furgerson School through the 2nd grade.  When the family moved to Evansville, In in 1941 she entered 3rd grade at Centennial School, then transferred to Columbia School.  She graduated from Central High School in 1951.

She worked part-time in a local bank while a Senior in High School, and became a full-time employee upon graduation.

She married William C. Phelps, Jr. on April 5, 1953.  He was in the Army at the time and they lived in Ohio until he was sent to France.  She returned to Evansville until her husband was discharged from the service.  They moved to West Lafayette, Indiana where he completed his graduate work and became a member of the faculty at Purdue University.

She stayed home while her children were young, reentering the work force in about 1980 in the Staff Benefits office at Purdue, where she worked until her retirement in 1995.   Her first husband died on June 27, 1982 and she married James Merimee in 1984.

She was married to William Collins , Jr. Phelps on Apr 5 1953 in Evansville, Indiana.  William Collins , Jr. Phelps was born on Sep 9 1930 in Evansville, Indiana.  He died on Jun 27 1992 in West Lafayette, Indiana buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, IN.  Ruby Nell Furgerson and William Collins , Jr. Phelps had the following children:

        +427    i.      Stephen Wayne Phelps.
        428     ii.     Laura Beth Phelps was born on Jan 6 1959 in West Lafayette, Indiana.   Laura Beth Phelps graduated from the West Lafayette High School in 1976. She received a BS in Audiology and Speech Services from Purdue University in 1980, and a Master's Degree from Vanderbilt University in 1982 with a major in Audiology.    After receiving her Master's Degree she accepted a position in Detroit, Michigan at the Wayne County Medical Center where she taught classes and worked as an audiologist.  She left that position to assume a position with a private physician in Muskegon, Michigan.  She is now the Director of Audiology for a group of Ear, Nose and Throat Physicians in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

She was married to James Merimee on Nov 29 1974 in West Lafayette, Indiana.  James Merimee was born on Sep 11 1933.

214.  Marie Furgerson was born on Jul 29 1920.

William Denton died about 1977.  Marie Furgerson and William Denton had the following children:

        +429    i.      Ramona Denton.
        +430    ii.     Jerald Wayne Denton.

Garnet Moore was born on Jan 19 1916.  Marie Furgerson and Garnet Moore had the following children:

        +431    i.      Kenneth Moore.
        +432    ii.     Garnet Moore.
        +433    iii.    Lee Wesley Moore.
        +434    iv.     Patty Moore.

        +435    v.      Carol Moore.

215.  Mildred D. Furgerson was born on Apr 2 1922.

She was married to Edwin Eugene Harrison on Aug 2 1950.  Edwin Eugene Harrison was born on Apr 6 1925.  He died on Apr 27 1979.  Mildred D. Furgerson and Edwin Eugene Harrison had the following children:

        436     i.      Joe Edd Harrison was born on Oct 21 1952.
        +437    ii.     Dorsa R. Harrison.

216.  Floy Helen Furgerson was born on Oct 5 1923.

  Floy Helen Furgerson and William Irvin Sheets had the following children:

        +438    i.      Alaine Sheets.

217.  William Elmer (W.E.) Furgerson was born on Jun 14 1932 in Nortonville, Ky (Hopkins County).

He was married to Mary Douise Franklin in Apr 1950 in Madisonville, Ky.  Mary Douise Franklin died in 1997 in Louisville, Kentucky.  William Elmer (W.E.) Furgerson and Mary Douise Franklin had the following children:

        439     i.      Jimmy Bradley Furgerson was born on Dec 5 1950 in Hopkins Co., Kentucky.  He died in Feb 1952 in Hopkins Co., Kentucky.
        440     ii.     William Westley Furgerson was born on Dec 5 1950 in Hopkins Co., Kentucky.  He died on Dec 6 1950 in Hopkins Co., Kentucky.
        +441    iii.    Donna Douise Furgerson.

He was married to Joyce Evelyn Davis on May 7 1955 in Madisonville, Ky.  Joyce Evelyn Davis was born on Jun 19 1935 in Sulphur Springs, Texas.  William Elmer (W.E.) Furgerson and Joyce Evelyn Davis had the following children:

        +442    i.      Kathy Joyce Furgerson.
        +443    ii.     Regina Gail Furgerson.
        +444    iii.    Wilma Jane Furgerson.

218.  Lexie Furgerson was born on Aug 21 1925 in Kentucky.  He died on Jan 1 1955 in Melvindale, Michigan.

  Lexie Furgerson and Katherine had the following children:

        445     i.      Michael Robert Furgerson.  
        446     ii.     Arthur Donald Furgerson.  
        447     iii.    Kenneth Allen Furgerson.  

219.  Barbara J. Furgerson was born on Jul 20 1938 in Detroit, Michigan.

  Barbara J. Furgerson and Maxim D. Jerore had the following children:

        +448    i.      Mark Allen Jerore.



She was married to James F. Anthony on Sep 27 1987 in Livonia, Michigan.  James F. Anthony was born on May 31 1937 in Detroit, Michigan.  Barbara J. Furgerson and James F. Anthony had the following children:

        +449    i.      Sandra L. Anthony.
        +450    ii.     James K. Anthony.

220.  Geneva Furgerson was born on Sep 20 1919 in Hopkins County.

She was married to Walter Melvin Baker on Oct 21 1939.  Geneva Furgerson and Walter Melvin Baker had the following children:

        +451    i.      Juanita Louise Baker.
        +452    ii.     Larry Joel Baker.

221.  Ansel Furgerson was born on Aug 11 1921.  He died on Apr 11 1989 in Holiday  Florida.   Ansel Furgerson and  Ruth Bess were divorced after 30 years of marriage.

  Ansel Furgerson and Darlene had the following children:

        453     i.      Annette Furgerson was born in 1969 in Dearborn, Mi.

He was married to Ruth Bess on Jun 10 1938.  Ruth Bess was born on May 2 1921.  Ansel Furgerson and Ruth Bess had the following children:

        +454    i.      Patricia (Pat)Ruth Furgerson.
        455     ii.     Anselette Diane Furgerson was born on Jun 20 1943 in Detroit, Michigan.  She died on Jun 27 1943 in Detroit, Michigan.
        +456    iii.    David Lee Furgerson.

222.  Dorothy Pearl Furgerson was born on Dec 16 1925 in Bicknell, IN.

She was married to John Hull on Aug 14 1948 in Ohio.  John Hull was born on Sep 22 1926 in Detroit, Michigan.  Dorothy Pearl Furgerson and John Hull had the following children:

        +457    i.      John Ernest Hull.
        +458    ii.     Gerald Homer Hull.
        +459    iii.    Sharon Hull.
        +460    iv.     Douglas Hull.
        +461    v.      Donald Hull.


Dear Jean:
Although none of the names you mention ring any bells with me, it is
conceivable that we might have some family connections.  My  FurgersonS (and
in some documents the name is spelled several different ways) were in Hopkins
County, which at one time was a part of Muhlenberg County if I have my history
right.  My ggrandfather, John Wesley Furgerson, first appeared in the Hopkins
County Census in 1860.  I believe they were there in the early 1850's because
a child born in the early 1850's was born in Kentucky.   Have no clue, other
than census records say he was born in Tennessee, where he was before that.
He was born in 1815, and so is older than your first known ancestors in the
area.  

I have a fairly complete accounting for all of John Wesley's descendants.  If
you see anything that interests you, let me know.  At least I've found someone
whose ancestors spelled, sometimes at least, their name the same as mine.

Joyce



Lois:
I can't help you with your Fergusons but while researching my husband's
ancestors I came across this notice from The Boonville Standard dated Friday,
July 5, 1895:
"Mr. Hilbert Fuller, and Miss Kate Holderman, both of Boonville, were married
Sunday night by Rev. John Ferguson at home of bride".  

Just thought you'd be interested.

Joyce
Here is information on my John Furgerson.  I believe that his middle name was
Wesley.   He was born on January 15, 1814 in Tennessee, according to Hopkins
County, Ky. Census records.  They say that his mother and father were also
born in Tennessee except on one census that says his mother was from Ireland.
He married Mahulda Bruce, born September 10, 1815, also in Tennessee.  John
died on August 1, 1901, Mahulda on September 4, 1895, and both are buried in
the New
Salem Cemetery in Nortonville, Ky.

John married a Mrs. Nancy Fought around 1898.  I have no other information
about her.

They had seven children, five boys and two girls.  The first five (3 boys, 2
girls) were born in Tennessee, the last two in Hopkins County, Ky.  They were
in Hopkins County before 1854 when their 6th child was born.

Does this give enough information about my John?

Joyce


In the 1850 Tennessee Census index in Robertson County there is a John W.
Ferguson, age 58, Elizabeth, age 58, J. W., age 25, James 21,  Mary 15.  Says
he was from SC and she from NC.  Does anyone know anything about these
Fergusons?

We believe that our John was from Robertson County (his name was spelled
Furgerson, at least in his years in Hopkins County, Ky.) and that his middle
name was Wesley.   The John W. Ferguson, age 58 would not fit his age -- in
1850 he would have been about 35, nor would the J.W., but census ages aren't
always correct.

Appreciate hearing from anyone with information about this family.



I have Tennessee census records up to 1860 for Fergusons.  My ggrandparents
appeared in the Hopkins County, Ky census then.  The Willard Library here in
Evansville does have those census records, however, and if you'd like I'll
make a note to check them out next time I am there.

Joyce



I believe that I have posted on this website before but it has been a long
time and thought I'd run my information through again in hopes it rings a bell
with someone.

John Wesley Furgerson, born January 15, 1814 in Tennessee, married Mahuldia
Bruce, born September 10, 1815, also in Tennessee.  Their first six children
were born in Tennessee:   Nancy Jane in 1840, James Henry in 1842, William
Joseph in 1845, Arline Josephine in 1848 and John Wesley in 1851.  Two sons
were born in Hopkins County, Ky -- Robert Alexander in 1854 and Dickson Given
in 1858.
Family stories say they came from somewhere around Nashville, but we have been
unable to verify that.

Family stories say that either John or his father, probably John, changed the
spelling of his last name in a dispute with his brother over the side he took
in a war.  Don't know which war.  His brother's name may have been William.
Another story has the dispute being over a woman.  Take your pick.  But I do
believe there was a dispute and the changing of the spelling of the name.  

Shortly after coming to Kentucky John was named the administrator for the will
of a James N. Troop.  In the 1860 census of Hopkins County a Susan Troupe, age
12, is listed as living in the household. She was from Tennessee.  We wonder
whether there might have been some connection between the families and whether
they might have known each other in Tennessee.

Also it is believed that Mahuldia was somehow related to an Allan Bruce who
received a land warrant in Hopkins County.  It is believed that he was a
Doctor and also served in the Civil War.   Family stories have always
associated her with having some native American heritage.

John must have had some resources for soon after coming to Hopkins County he
purchased a large tract of land where he and his family lived.  Most, if not
all, of his children were given large tracts of this land.  The deed indicates
that he paid cash for the land.

If any of this narrative ring any bells with anyone, I surely would be
interested to exchange information.  I have fairly complete information on the
descendants of John and Mahuldia.  Nothing of their ancestors.

Thanks for your attention.

Joyce Wilson


Subject: Re: [Ferguson-L] Lafayette "Fate" Ferguson

I am wondering whether there is any chance that your Lafayette "Fate" Ferguson
is the same as my Lafayette "Fate" Furgerson relative.  The Fate Furgerson in
my lineage was born in 1868 and died in 1934 in Madisonville, Ky.  He married
Mattie Jane Lovan.  He was the son of James Henry Furgerson and Mary L. Clark
Furgerson.  James Henry was the son of John Wesley Furgerson whose name may
have originally been spelled Ferguson.

If you think there is any chance this is the same family, I'd be delighted to
try to pursue it with you further.

Joyce (Furgerson) Wilson

Subject: Re: [Ferguson-L] Lafayette "Fate" Ferguson

Dee:
I have looked at the census index for Tennessee for 1850 and wondered whether
these might be my Fergusons.  That would be my John's father, I believe, and
the J.W. could conceivably be my great-grandfather.  I need to get to
Nashville, I guess, and try to find wills, deeds, etc., that might identify
J.W.  Have tried marriage license for Tennessee and could not find a John and
Mahulda.

If you could across any other information about them, I would very much
appreciate knowing about it.

Thanks.

Joyce
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 16:54:18 EST
Subject: Re: [Ferguson-L] Native American Fergusons

OK -- might as well get my story in here.  My great-grandmother, Mahuldia
Bruce, was supposedly of native american heritage.  She married John W.
Furgerson.  They came to Kentucky from Tennessee but may have been in NC
before that.
They were both born around 1815-1816.   We have no pictures of her, but
pictures of her daughters are very characteristic of Indian features and many
of my cousins have some of those characteristics.  

Maybe a whole tribe of Fergusons (Furgusons, Furgersons) married native
Americans?

Subject: [Ferguson] The Dreaded John . . . . .
Earlier I sent information on my John Furgerson (Ferguson) who married
Mahuldia Bruce. I indicated that they were both born in Tennessee and moved
"to Hopkins County, Ky before 1854. One fact I neglected to include --"
"According to the 1860 census record, John's father was born in Tennessee but"
his mother was from IRELAND.
"Does anyone have any information on Fergusons, especially in Tennessee and"
"maybe Lincoln County, who married a lady from Ireland?"
Joyce
 
Subject: Re: [Ferguson] The dreaded John problem
"My JOHN FURGERSON (OR Ferguson?) was born, so far as I know, in Tennessee in 1815. He married a Mahuldia Bruce, born about 1814 and also in Tennessee. They were in Hopkins County, Kentucky by 1854. I have been unable to locate them in the 1850 census -- but they are in Hopkins County in the 1860 census."
He probably had a brother named William who moved either to Texas or California in the mid-1800s.
Their children were: 
" Nancy Jane Furgerson, b 11/15/1840 in Tennessee"
" James Henry Furgerson, b 8/20/1842 in Tennessee"
" William Joseph Furgerson, b abt 1845 in Tennessee"
" Arline Josephine Furgerson, b abt 1848 in Tennessee"
" John Wesley Furgerson, b 5/15/1851 in Tennessee"
" Robert Alexander Furgerson, b 2/26/1854 in Kentucky"
" Dixon Given Furgerson, b 11/07/1858 in Kentucky"
"Circumstantial evidence puts them in Lincoln County, Tennessee before they moved to Kentucky, but I have not been able to document that."
Anybody recognize them?
Joyce