Martha (Owen) Ferguson (1826 - 1901)

Born 4 Mar 1826 in Clinton, Kentucky, United States

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Died 10 Nov 1901 at age 75 in Montgomery, Kansas, United States

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Biography

Martha was born March 4, 1826 in Clinton, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Samuel Owen and Martha Quinn.

A witness in Nashville to her husband's hanging. Lived with her daughter, Ann Elizabeth Ferguson Metcalf and her family for decades. Martha never remarried, instead may have changed her surname from time to time. She and daughter and family lived in Kansas and then Oklahoma.

Martha passed away November 10, 1901 in Montgomery, Kansas. She was laid to rest in Oak Hill Cemetery, Elk City, Montgomery, Kansas, United States. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 June 2019), memorial page for Martha Owen Ferguson (4 Mar 1826–10 Nov 1901), Find A Grave: Memorial #33046706, citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Elk City, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by jimmy vincent (contributor 46982734) .

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6P1-BKB : 12 April 2016), Martha Ferguson in household of Champ Ferguson, Clinton county, Clinton, Kentucky, United States; citing family 328, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBR-67L : 14 December 2017), Martha Ferguson in entry for Champion Ferguson, 1860.

• "Kansas State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL66-KS8Q : 12 November 2017), M Furgerson in household of G T Metcalf, Montgomery, Geary, Kansas, United States; citing Census, Montgomery, Geary, Kansas, United States, 179, Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka; FHL microfilm 570,213.

• "Kansas State Census, 1895", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL8V-VXZ4 : 11 November 2017), Martha Ferguson in entry for Geo T Metcalf, 1895.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMYH-4QR : accessed 3 June 2019), Martha Ferguson in household of George T Metcalf, Louisburg Township Elk town, Montgomery, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 141, sheet 20A, family 436, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,491.