H. Madison Drew Ferguson

1847 -

• Name	H. Madison Drew Ferguson
  Birth	16 Apr 1847	Drew County, Arkansas, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	19 Apr 1910	Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States   [2]
  Occupation	19 Apr 1910	Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States   [2]
  	clerk of the court
  Person ID	I1330	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	Elizabeth Jane Otts,   b. Louisiana, United States
  Marriage	Apr 1872	Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States   [3]
  Family ID	F1399	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2004

  
  

• Notes

  H. M. Drew Ferguson was born in Drew County, Ark., April 16, 1848, and is a son of Jonathan Ferguson, a native of Chester County, S. C., and Sarah (Hyatte) Ferguson, also a native of that county and State, the father of Irish and the mother of German descent. The elder Ferguson removed from South Carolina to Mississippi, resided there for about two years, and in 1846 went to Arkansas, locating in Drew county. In 1864 he removed from Arkansas to Louisiana and settled in Claiborne Parish, twelve miles north of Homer, and after residing there for two years removed to that town. He now makes his home with his son Drew Ferguson. He is a Royal Arch Mason and is a prominent member of that body. Although eighty-seven years of age, time has dealt kindly with Mr. Ferguson, and he is in comparatively good health. His wife died December 8, 1881, in her sixty-ninth year. They were the parents of a large family of children-nine sons and three daughters-all of whom grew to mature years. Six sons served in the Confederate Army, and three never returned. H. M. D. Ferguson enlisted in his fifteenth year (in 1863)and served in the Trans-Mississippi Department until the close of the war. Coming to Claiborne Parish, Mr. Ferguson entered Homer College, where he remained for nearly two years. After this he engaged in various business pursuits until November, 1876, when he was elected clerk of the district court, which position he has held to the present, his term of office expiring in April, 1892. Mr. Ferguson is a Royal Arch Mason, having joined that organization in 1877, and is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, an Odd Fellow and a member of the American Legion of Honor. Mr. Ferguson was married in Homer in April, 1872, to Miss Bettie Otts, a native of Greene County, Ala., and the daughter of William P. Otts, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work. Mrs. Ferguson was educated principally in Mount Lebanon College. Mr. Ferguson is a member of the Baptist and his wife a member of the Presbyterian Church.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1961] Edmund West, Family Data Collection - Births , 23 Jun 2007 (Reliability: 2). [S387] population schedule, Ward 7, (Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States: Madison H. D. Ferguson household, 1910), 17 Jan 2004, micropublication T624, roll 512. (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).