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Subject: Ferguson.Charles.J.1881.Unknown.BIOS


Charles J. Ferguson April 1881 - unknown
Unknown County KyArchives Biography

Author: History of Atchison County, Kansas, by Sheffield Ingalls - 1916.

Charles J. Ferguson, farmer of Oak Mills, Kan., was born in Platte County, Missouri, in April, 1881, a son of Daniel and Sarah (WILLIAMS) Ferguson, the former a native of Kentucky, and the latter a native of Missouri. The parents of Charles came to Kansas from Missouri in 1881 and settled on a small farm of twenty acres, which Daniel bought with his savings and still owns. Charles attended school in District No. 20, and was reared on the parental farm. After his marriage in 1900 he began doing things for himself and has become the owner of 100 acres of fine farm lands, overlooking Bean Lake, and located in Walnut township. Mr. Ferguson has attained to his comfortable position of affluence by industry, economy, and good financial management, and began his career with practically nothing. He was the first man in Walnut township to ship a carload of wheat, and others have since followed his example. He shipped his first carload of wheat in 1910 and has become noted as a grower of small grain, having raised 1,690 bushels of wheat in 1914, and raises on an average over 1,200 bushels annually. He was married March 7, 1900, to Eliza, a daughter of H. C. Buchanan, and is the father of the following children: Granville F., born December 19, 1900; Sarah, born March 1, 1902; Sheffield, born January 12, 1905; Rothschild, born September 8, 1908; Luella, born Jun 17, 1910; Decina, born May 31, 1912. Mr. Ferguson is a Republican in politics and has taken an active and influential part in the affairs of his party in Atchison County. He was elected a member of the county central committee in 1908, and has held this position since that time. He is treasurer of the school board of District No. 20 of his township. He is a member of the Knights of Tabor, of Atchison and is well thought of and highly respected by all who know him.


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