Christopher O. Ferguson

1854 - Aft 1949  (> 95 years)

• Name	Christopher O. Ferguson
  Birth	17 Dec 1854	Drew County, Arkansas, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1881	Camp Davidson and Ferguson, Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States   [2]
  	owner
  Census	12 Jun 1900	Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States   [3]
  Occupation	12 Jun 1900	Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States   [3]
  	farmer
  Census	19 Apr 1910	Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States   [4]
  Occupation	19 Apr 1910	Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States   [4]
  	banker
  Census	31 Jan 1920	Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States   [5]
  Occupation	31 Jan 1920	Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States   [5]
  	the president of a bank
  Census	10 Apr 1930	Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States   [6]
  Death	Aft 19 Jul 1949	Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States
  Person ID	I1323	SimCom
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2004

  
  

  Father	Jonathon Ferguson,   b. 27 Oct 1809, Chester, South Carolina, United States d. Feb 1892, Homer, Ward 7, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Sarah Sallie Hyatt,   b. 10 Sep 1813, Chester County, South Carolina, United States d. 8 Dec 1881, Homer, Ward 7, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	4 Jun 1831
  Family ID	F216	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amelia Wilder,   b. Sep 1861, Louisiana, United States
  Marriage	4 May 1881	Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States   [2, 7]
  Children	1. Guy O'Neal Ferguson,   b. Abt 1882, Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States d. 1886, Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States (Age 4 years)
  Family ID	F514	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2004

  
  

• Notes

  Christie O. Ferguson, cashier of the Homer National Bank of Homer, La., is a thoroughly capable and experienced banker, and a short sketch of his highly honorable career is given below. He was born in Drew County, Ark., on December 17, 1855, and is the youngest of a family of nine sons and three daughters that grew to mature years. He passed his boyhood and youth in Homer, received a liberal education in Homer College, and was then engaged in clerking for about eight years. In 1881 he engaged in merchandising under the firm name of Camp Davidson & Ferguson succeeded to the business himself, and continued the same up to 1890, when he sold out. He then engaged in the banking business as above stated. On May 4, 1881, he was married to Miss Amelia Wilder, a native of Jackson Parish, La., who was reared and educated at Homer, and who is the daughter of J. B. Wilder, of Magnolia. Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson lost one son, Guy O'Neal, whose death occurred in 1886, at the age of four years. Mr. Ferguson is one of the present board of aldermen, and has served for a number of terms. He and Mrs. Ferguson are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and socially Mr. Ferguson is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the K. of P., having held official positions in the former organization. He is a man of superior business capacity, and on the organization of the Homer National Bank, he was elected the cashier, a position to which he is eminently fitted. He is a gentleman of social habits, and is popular with his friends, who are legion.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1954] Edmund West, Family Data Collection - Births , 23 Jun 2007 (Reliability: 2). [S1271] Gwen Moran-Hernandez, Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana, (1890; reprint, Chicago & Nashville: The Southern Publishing Company, JAN 2000), 12 Dec 2004 (Reliability: 2). [S385] population schedule, Ward 7, (Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States: Christie O. Ferguson household, 1900), 17 Jan 2004, micropublication T623, roll 562. (Reliability: 2). [S386] population schedule, Ward 7, (Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States: Christie O. Ferguson household, 1910), 17 Jan 2004, micropublication T624, roll 512. (Reliability: 2). [S78] Census-1920-LA, (Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States: Christie Ferguson household), 30 Jun 2003, micropublication M625, roll 609. (Reliability: 2). [S110] population schedule, Ward 1, Claiborne Parish, (Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States: Christie O. Ferguson household), 30 Jun 2003, micropublication T626, roll 790. (Reliability: 2). [S78] Census-1920-LA, (Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States: Christie Ferguson household), page 20A, image 39, micropublication M625, roll 609.