The Ferguson Families of Coshocton County, Ohio

FERGUSON VINCENT, Lafayette township; farmer; son of Andrew Ferguson, who came from Ireland in 1806 and located in Jefferson county, and was married in this county to Mary Roaderick, January 6, 1825, whose parents were natives of Maryland. He was born in this township in 1843. -His father, Andrew P., was born April 2, 1795, and died in 1879. His mother was born October 4, 1810, and died in 1866. The subject of this sketch was married in 1866, to Miss Rachel Bates, of Tuscarawas county, who became the mother of three children: Harry, Halston, deceased, and Homer, deceased. Mr. Ferguson keeps good stock on his farm of 438 acres, which, his father bought in 1835. He has been township treasurer in his township for the past seven years, and he and his wife are members of the Protestant Methodist church. Of the fourteen brothers and sisters, one brother and five sisters are living.

As printed in the source¹. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.

By the purchase of this book Harry Ferguson, of "West Lafayette, is permitted to have his obituary appear in this long list of the distinguished citizens of Coshocton county. ]Mr. Ferguson was born some years ago, but, being single, no one around West Lafayette is so unkind as to tell the date. Hence this item will have to be omitted. He is a son of Vincent and Rachel Ferguson, the former deceased. His birthplace Ls just east of West Lafayette, on "The Experiment Farm," where he now resides.

Mr. Ferguson Ls a self-made man, except the first twenty-five or thirty years of his life, during which time his parents very kindly assisted in supporting him. As above indicated, he is single, but not by his own choosing, and is doing all he can at this writing to obey the injunction: "It is not well for man, etc."

]Mr. Ferguson is editor and proprietor of The Indicator, an eight-page periodical circulating among the folks pretty generally between Turkey Lock and Po&sum Hollow, and now and then turning up most anywhere between the Androscoggin and the Sandwich Islands. The paper is a high class publication, printed on a perplex press just behind the stove. Every Thursday Dan. the foreman, and Mr. Ferguson alternate their number nine at the power plant.

On the side, Mr. Ferguson looks after "The Experiment Farm." a broad expanse of hard work and horse sorrel. This farm produces some of the finest elderberries in America, and blackberries and taxes grow in riotous profusion. And it has some old fence rows that produce as fine and complete a collection of natural history as can be found anywhere in America.

[This passage is too damaged in the scanned book to reproduce. See the original book.]

As printed in the source². Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.

FERGUSON S. T., manager of Coshocton Cominonwealth, of the firm of Ferguson Bros., pub- Mshers and general job printers; born in Plarrison county, Ohio, August 24; 1848; resided there until between sixteen and seventeen years old, when he enlisted in the One Hundred and Eighty-fifth O. V. I., and served as a private in Company I until the close of the war, then served on the Pan Handle railroad in the capacity of brakeman, freight conductor and passenger conductor, for over eleven years. He was married in January, 1874, to Miss Maggie Ferguson, of Canonsburgh,Pennsylvania,and has one child — Carrie, who is now six years of age. In the year of 1878 he left the railroad and engaged in the foundry and machine business at Newcomerstown, Ohio, and was burned out shortly after engaging in that business, when he located at Coshocton, Ohio, and is one of the partners of that popular sheet called the Coshocton Comnwnwealth. The paper was started on January 1, 1880, the most inauspicious time for such an enterprise, but, through his efficient management, it has been entirely successful, and reached the acme of excellence, and far surpassed the expectations of the proprietors. It will, in the near future, become the paper of Coshocton county.

As printed in the source¹. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.

FERGUSON W. M., editor Coshocton Commonwealth; of the firm of Ferguson Brothers, publishers and general job printers; native of Harrison county, Ohio, and was born July 29, 1857; youngest son of Benjamin M. and Cynthia (Haskins) Ferguson. Went to school until about fifteen years old, when, without having ever been under instruction, took up the "art preservative," in company with a younger companion, and pub-' lished a small paper. In two years he left home and engaged in the office of the Cadiz Sentind, serving a three years' apprenticeship, being, however, promoted to the foremanship after first six months. He next went to Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas county, there establishing a paper called The Eye, and successfully managing it for over a year, when he disposed of his interest and retired for a short time, next, with his brother, purchasing an office in Coshocton and starting, January 1, 1880, the Coshodmi Com,monweatth, which, as a result of their industry, energy and persistent efforts, has now grown into a large, influential, independent weekly, ranking among the very best county papers in Ohio. The prosperity of the Commonwealth is evinced in the fact that a new power press and outfit of type has just been added to its office.

As printed in the source¹. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.