Maria Louisa (Alcorn) Ferguson (1832-1895)

Maria Louisa Ferguson formerly Alcorn

Born 8 Jun 1832 in Kentucky,USA

Ancestors

Daughter of James Aristides Alcorn and Hanna Louisa (Lusk) Alcorn

Sister of James Lusk Alcorn, Sarah Louisa Alcorn, George Randolph Alcorn, Lucinda Caroline (Alcorn) Champion, Mary Musidora (Alcorn) Miles, Hanna (Alcorn) Nesbit, Eliza Jane (Alcorn) Clark, Theodosia Adelaide (Alcorn) Barnes and Emmaline Thomas (Alcorn) Proffett

Wife of James Perry Ferguson — married 8 Jan 1850 in Coahoma County, Mississippi

[children unknown]

Died 4 Oct 1895 at age 63 in Augusta, Woodruff, Arkansas, USA

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Biography

Maria Louisa was the daughter of James Aristides Alcorn and Hanna Louisa Lusk.

She married James Perry Ferguson on January 2, 1850 in Coahoma County, Mississippi.^[1]

They were the parents of:

Mary K Ferguson
Amard Ferguson
Theodocin Ferguson
James Ferguson
Willie Ferguson
Minnie Ferguson
Alcorn Fergusion

Sources

↑ Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2ZK-3ZS : 10 February 2018), James P. Ferguson and Mariah S. Alcorn, 02 Jan 1850; citing Coahoma,Mississippi; FHL microfilm 878,042.

United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LH-P8D : 12 April 2016), Maria Ferguson in household of James Ferguson, Coahoma county, Coahoma, Mississippi, United States; citing family 80, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCJ-72G : 12 April 2016), Maria L Ferguson in household of James P Ferguson, Arkansas, United States; citing p. 14, family 94, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,566.
United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWY-JMT : 12 August 2017), Mary L Ferguson in household of James P Ferguson, Augusta, Woodruff, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 294, sheet 214A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0059; FHL microfilm 1,254,059.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34332995/m-l-ferguson

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Maria Louisa by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Maria Louisa: