Mary L. Ferguson

Notes:

At the time of the 1920 Federal Census, a 29 year old Mary Louise Ferguson, single, born in Arkansas, was working as a secretary at the M. W. C. A. and living in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Her father was born in Michigan, and her mother in Arkansas. It is likely this is the same Mary L. Ferguson that was a daughter of William B. Ferguson and his first wife, Ada Marshall, of Little Rock Arkansas. (Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 6, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_310; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 347; Image: 364.)

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Census Listings

1900 Federal Census
Arkansas, Pulaski, Big Rock Township, Little Rock City, Ward 4
Enumerated 2 Jun 1900
SD 4 ED 81 Sheet 3B
808 Battery St
808-56-60
Ferguson, William B Head W M Sept 1864 35 M 13 Mich Mihc NY Lumberman
Ferguson, Ada Wf W F July 1866 M 13 1/1 Ark Ky Mo
Ferguson, Mary Dtr W F Jun 1890 9 S Ark Mich Ark At School
1812-57-61
1812 Ninth Street
Marshall, Silas N. Hd W M May 1831 69 M 35 Ky Va Va Insurance Agent
Marshall, Mary S Wf W F Mar 1844 M 35 5/4 Mo Va Mo
Marshall, Frederick H Son W M Sep 1871 25 M 5 Ia Ky Mo Insurance Agent
Marshall, Mary Dtr in Law W F Oct 1874 25 M 5 2/2 Ark Ky SC
Marshall, Campbell G Son W M Dec 1896 3 S Ark Iowa Ark
Marshall, Mary G Dtr W F Dec 1898 1 S Ark Iowa Ark
Marshall, Charles Son W M Oct 1874 25 S Ark Ky Mo
Marshall, Caledonia Sister W F Aug 1836 63 S Mo Va Va

1910 Census
Arkansas, Pulaski County, Big Rock Twp, Little Rock City
Enumerated 20 April and 2 May 1910
SD 5 ED 120 Sheet 15B
808 Battery
808-142-148
Ferguson, William B Head M W 45 m2 6 Mich Mich NY English Dealer Lumber
Ferguson, Mary P Wf F W 33 m1 6 1/1 Iowa Iowa Iowa English None
Ferguson, Mary L Dtr F W 19 S Ark Mich Ark English Student College
Ferguson, Rowena E Dtr F W 5 S Ark Mich Iowa --- None
Johnson, Earnest A Brother-in-law M W 21 m1 0 Mo Tn Tn English Stenographer Feed Warehouse
Johnson, Eleanor P Sister-in-law F W 20 m1 0 0 0 Ark Iowa Iowa English None
Scott, Ella M Servatn F B 40 S Tx US NC English Cook Private Family

William married Ada C. Marshall about 1887. Ada (daughter of Silas N. Marshall and Mary S. ???) was born in Jul 1866 in Arkansas; died before 1904. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):Ken Harvey shows that she married W. B. Ferguson.

Notes:

Shown in 1850 as a 19 year old store clerk in LaGrange. In 1860, Silas was listed as a merchant with real estate of $2,300 and personal property of $10,000. Deed records at Monticello, Missouri show that Silas disposed of his LaGrange interests in October 1870 and May 1871. The final transaction may have been executed during a visit to Lewis county prompted by the death of his brother Winfield in March of 1871. (Ralph Marshall, p 29).

In 1880 and 1900 he can be found in Pulaski County, Arkansas with his family. His occupation was shown as insurance agent on both census enumerations.

He can not be located on the 1910 Census. His sister, Caladonia, who had lived with the family at the time of the prior two census enumerations had moved to Oklahoma, and was living with her niece, Sarah Elizabeth Payne O'Neill. Presumably Silas had moved to California, as the March, 1913 obituary for his sister Caladonia states "the death of a brother in California the week previous caused a nervous shock which hastened the ravages of [her] disease." Her only other brother, Winfield, had died in 1871.

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Census Listings

1880 Household
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
S. N. MARSHALL Self M Male W 49 KY Fire Insurance Agt. VA VA
Mary S. MARSHALL Wife M Female W 36 MO Keeping House VA KY
Ada C. MARSHALL Dau S Female W 13 AR KY MO
Fred H. MARSHALL Son S Male W 8 IA KY MO
Charles S. MARSHALL Son S Male W 6 AR KY MO
Harry L. MARSHALL Son S Male W 4 AR KY MO
Callio V. MARSHALL Sister S Female W 41 MO VA VA Source Information:
Census Place Big Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas
Family History Library Film 1254055
NA Film Number T9-0055
Page Number 404D

1900 Federal Census
Arkansas, Pulaski, Big Rock Township, Little Rock City, Ward 4
Enumerated 2 Jun 1900
SD 4 ED 81 Sheet 3B
808 Battery St
808-56-60
Ferguson, William B Head W M Sept 1864 35 M 13 Mich Mihc NY Lumberman
Ferguson, Ada Wf W F July 1866 M 13 1/1 Ark Ky Mo
Ferguson, Mary Dtr W F Jun 1890 9 S Ark Mich Ark At School
1812 Ninth Street
1812-57-61
Marshall, Silas N. Hd W M May 1831 69 M 35 Ky Va Va Insurance Agent
Marshall, Mary S Wf W F Mar 1844 M 35 5/4 Mo Va Mo
Marshall, Frederick H Son W M Sep 1871 25 M 5 Ia Ky Mo Insurance Agent
Marshall, Mary Dtr in Law W F Oct 1874 25 M 5 2/2 Ark Ky SC
Marshall, Campbell G Son W M Dec 1896 3 S Ark Iowa Ark
Marshall, Mary G Dtr W F Dec 1898 1 S Ark Iowa Ark
Marshall, Charles Son W M Oct 1874 25 S Ark Ky Mo
Marshall, Caledonia Sister W F Aug 1836 63 S Mo Va Va

Silas married Mary S. ???. Mary was born in Mar 1844 in Missouri; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ken Harvey writes that: "Samuel's son Silas married a Langhorne. It was believed she was an Aunt of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemen's). However there appears to be no connection with the Lampton family, and Mark Twain's mother actually had the maiden name Lampton." The Babbit-Campell Tree on Ancestry.com instead shows his wife as Mary SAUNDERS. No parents or sources for that middle name are cited on that tree, however. She is listed in Family Search's Pedigree Resource File as Mary Skinner Saunders.

Notes:

During a November 2002 research trip to Missouri and Kentucky, Charles Strong found in the Breckinridge County archives a booklet titled "Descendants of Thomas Marshall Bedford Co., Va. Plus Hix-Owen-Nicholson & Related Families" compiled by Ralph E. Marshall. Completed September, 1986" Charles copied numerous relevant pages from this booklet, the copies now in the files of Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio. This book states that Samuel Marshall was the next to youngest son of Thomas Marshall. It was speculated by the author that "Perhaps Samuel had demonstrated good business sense or was a favorite of his parents as Thomas appointed him the Executor of his Will in October 1819. William and Alexander were several years older than Samuel and lived in the same part the county but were not chosen for that responsibility. Samuel and Alexander must have been fairly close as brothers as they married the Hix sisters and then took their families to Breckinridge county, Kentucky.

Census and birth records indicated that the Samuel and Alexander Marshall families made the move to Kentucky after the 1820 census was taken but probably not later than the spring of 1821. Alexander is recorded as a grocer and shoemaker in his earliest years in Hardinsburg but there is less information on Samuel. The first record of a land transaction for Samuel shows him purschasing 141 1/4 acres of land for $330 from Littleton and Lucretia Martin of February 23, 1825. This farm was about 1 1/2 miles south of Hardinsburg and bordered on land purchased by Alexander in 1829. The 1830 census (below) lists Samuel and Alexander as neighbors and Samuel is shown with one slave. Charles made a xerox of the actual deed, which was in Book G, pages 143 and 144.

They are recorded there in the 1830 census [KY Microfilm No. 16, page 65]. The only other Marshall head of household is his brother, Alexander Marshall.

Samuel Marshall's listing on the 1830 census shows his household consists of one (1) free white male from between the ages of 5-10, and one (1) free white male between the ages of 30 and 40. There are also two (2) free white females under the age of 5, two (2) free white females between the ages of 5-10, and one (1) free white female between the age of 30 and 40.

Fourteen years later, in 1835, they migrated again, this time joining the great four year rush caused by the opening to pioneer settlement of the last Missouri Indian Lands. This great human movement, which ended in 1837, was not unlike the Californian gold rush of later years. This time the Marshalls settled in rural Lewis Co. from where they then moved to LaGrange at a later date, possibly in the 1870s.

A visit to the courthouse at Monticello in Lewis county revealed that Samuel was involved in many land transactions from 1835 to 1870. History books lists him as a settler in 1835 in Union Township 60, Range 6, so he probably farmed just west and perhaps a little south of LaGrange. (Ralph Marshall, p 27).

Census lists him as a retired farmer living in LaGrange with real estate valued at $5,000 in 1860 and $4,000 in 1870. Town of LaGrange currently has about 1,200 population and is located on the Mississippi River in southeast part of Lewis county. No examination has been made of all the recorded land transactions but Samuel and Hannah did sign a deed on March 23, 1867. Then the next record in July 1869 was for sale of land by another person acting as trustee for Samuel, an indication that he was no longer capable of handling his own affairs. Perhaps the last entry was in December 1870 where there was a Sheriff's sale of some lots Samuel owned in LaGrange. No will or probate is on record at the Monticello courthouse so perhaps there was little property left to be disposed of when Samuel and Hannah died. At this point, no cemetery record has been found to indicate when Samuel and Hannah died or where they are buried. It would seem logical that they were either buried in LaGrange or at Asbury Chapel where their son Winfield was laid to rest in 1871. The author walked over the LaGrange cemetery in June 1985 and found not Marshall stones but there were also areas where the markers were broken or had disappeared. (Ralph Marshall, p 27).

The following obituary was found by Mary Pat Strong and Charles R. Strong on an earlier research trip, in June 2002, at the LaGrange Public Library.

The LaGrange (Lewis County, Missouri) Democrat, Nov. 8, 1878.

DIED

MARSHALL-In this city on the morning of the 4th inst. Samuel Marshall, in the 85th year of his age.

Mr. Marshall was one of the pioneers in this section, being one of the oldest men in the county. He has long been an invalid and his death was no surprise to his friends. A funeral discourse was preached at the residence of the deceased by Eld. Jas. Penn, Tuesday morning, after which the remains were followed to the city cemetery by weeping relatives and friends.

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Missouri, Lewis County, District 48
Enumerated 20 Sep 1850
451-452
Saml Marshall 55 M Farmer 1720 Va
Hannah Marshall 53 F Va
Caladonia Marshall 12 F Mo
Elizabeth Marshall 9 F Mo
H/Cinderilla Kenosh 30 F $500 Va
452-453
Thos. H. Payne 30 M Farmer Ky
Martha J. Payne 23 F Ky
Sarah E Payne 5 F Mo
Harriett C Payne 2 F Mo
Saml A Payne 1 M Mo

1860 Census
Missouri, Lewis County, Lagrange Twp, PO Lagrange
Enumerated 12 Oct 1860
Page 137
993-1003
Sml Marshall 65 M Retired Farmer 5000 500 Va
Cinderella F Marshall 30 F Ky
Hannah S Marshall 63 F Va
Callie Marshall 21 F Mo
Lizzie Marshall 18 F Mo

1870 Census
Missouri, Lewis County, LaGrange, PO Monticello Mo
Enumerated 24 Aug 1870
Page 37 Stamped 690
296-292
Marshall, Saml 76 M W Farmer 4000 300 Va
Marshall, Hannad 73 W F Keeps House Va
Keenosh, Cardwell 50 F W At Home Va
Marshall, Callie 30 F W At Home Mo
Howe, Louisa 18 F B Domestic Servant Mo

Samuel married Hannah S. Hicks on 26 Mar 1817 in Bedford County, Virginia. Hannah (daughter of Jesse Hix and Jane Ferrell) was born on 7 Dec 1797 in Campbell County, Virginia; died on 25 Apr 1875 in La Grange, Lewis County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following Obituary was found by Mary Pat Strong and Charles R. Strong in June 2002 at the LaGrange Public Library.

The LaGrange (Lewis County, Missouri) Democrat, April 30, 1875

DEATH.

MARSHALL-In this city after a short illness, on the 25th inst., Mrs. Hannah S. Marshall, wife of Samuel Marshall, aged 77years 5 months and 18 days. "Obituary next week".

The LaGrange (Lewis County, Missouri) Democrat, May 7, 1875

OBITUARY

MARSHALL-In this city after a short illness, on the 25th inst., Mrs. Hannah S. Marshall, wife of Samuel Marshall, aged 77 years 5 months and 18 days.

"And I heard a voice from Heaven saying unto me, write, 'Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth." Yea, saith the Lord, Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors."

Hannah S. Hicks was born in Campbell county, VA., December 7th, 1797. Was married to Samuel Marshall, March 26th, 1817; moved to Breckenridge county, Ky., in 1821; joined the Methodist Church in 1822; came to Lewis county, Mo., in 1835, and died April 25th, 1875, having lived with her now bereaved husband more than 58 years, and she was a member of the Methodist Church 53 years.

Such is the brief history of an eventful life of love and piety. She was loved by her neighbors. Her children grew up to call her blessed; h husband, also; and he praiseth her. Of course she dies well, leaving the blessed evidence behind that God was with her.

"What fullness of rapture is there,
While Jesus His glory displays?
And purples the heavenly air,
And scatters the odors of grace."

May God bind up the wounded hearts that are left behind, for our mother '"Sleeps in Jesus' blessed sleep, From which none ever wake to weep." BY J. J. POAGE.

(Research):mtDNA Results

A direct female descendant of Hannah Hicks was tested by FamilyTreeDNA in Houston. Her line of descent from Hannah is as follows:

Hannah S. HICKS born ca 1797 Virginia
Martha Jane MARSHALL born ca 1826 Kentucky
Sarah Elizabeth PAYNE born ca 1845 Missouri
Annie Elizabeth O'NEILL b. 1884 Texas
Mary Patricia SPARKS b. 1914 Oklahoma

HVR1 Haplogroup was U4
HVR1 differences
from ?u?CRS?/u?
16179T
16221T
16356C
16519C

Her FamilyTreeDNA kit number is 58069, and mitosearch user id is ZD6FM.

The clan of Ulrike (German for Mistress of All) is not among the original "Seven Daughters of Eve" clans, but with just under 2% of Europeans among its members, it has a claim to being included among the numerically important clans. Ulrike lived about 18,000 years ago in the cold refuges of the Ukraine at the northern limits of human habitation. Though Ulrike's descendants are nowhere common, the clan is found today mainly in the east and north of Europe with particularly high concentrations in Scandinavia and the Baltic states.

http://www.oxfordancestors.com/your-maternal.html

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Married:
Jesse Hix was (the) surety at marriage of Samuel. (Ralph Marshall, p 16).