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Below is a family biography included in The History of Jasper County, Missouri published by Mills & Company in 1883. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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ALEXANDER FERGUSON, farmer in section 21, post-office Brest. His farm consists of 320 acres of fine improved land, and a good house. He is a native of Toronto, Canada, born in 1826, and was a son of Thos. and Catharine (Kerr) Ferguson, both natives of Scotland. His father was born in 1796, and died in 1854; his mother was born in 1798, and died in 1862. They were married in 1817 and settled in Canada in 1818. There was a family of eight children, the above subject being the third child, and was raised and educated in his native place; afterward went to Iroquois county, Ill., and began the life of a farmer. He married in 1863 Miss Mary Finley, a native of Ireland, born in 1843, being a daughter of James and Agnes (Kay) Finley, both natives of Ireland. Mrs. Ferguson came with her parents to America and settled in New Jersey; then to Illinois, and finally to Jasper county, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson came to Jasper county, Mo., and settled where they now reside in 1868. They have a family of three children: Thomas Lincoln, Agnes C., and Mary Margaret.
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