John Albert Ferguson and Maria Jane Holmes

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Husband John Albert Ferguson ¹

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           Born: 12 Mar 1840 - Independence Twp, Beaver Co, PA 1
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         Father: John Ferguson (      -Abt 1889) 1
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       Marriage: 1862 1

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Wife Maria Jane Holmes ¹

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1 M Samuel S. Ferguson ¹

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2 F Martha L. Ferguson ¹

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         Spouse: Scott A. Connell (      -      ) 1

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3 F Lula B. Ferguson ¹

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            AKA: Lulu Ferguson 2
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         Spouse: Rev. James Hartford McCormick (      -      ) 2

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4 M Francis Ferguson Ferguson ¹

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5 M Charles B. Ferguson ¹

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6 F Ollie J. Ferguson ³

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         Spouse: Nevin Ferree (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - John Albert Ferguson

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He attended the public schools of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, until he was sixteen years of age, and then commenced work with his father in the tannery. He remained there until he was twenty-three years old, when he engaged in farming and stock-raising, following these occupations until 1890. In 1889, at the death of his father, he became the possessor of a large estate, which he handled very successfully and increased its finances greatly. In 1890 Mr. Ferguson came to live at Coraopolis, after which time he took a prominent place in the financial world. He was a prime mover and one of the chief financiers in the organization of the Coraopolis & Neville Island street railway company. In 1897 he organized the Coraopolis National bank, being elected president. He was largely instrumental in establishing the Ohio Valley trust company, in 1901, and was elected president of that institution. He was also connected with a number of other institutions, being treasurer of the West Pittsburg oil refinery and president of the Coraopolis cemetery company. He was an extensive owner and operator in various oil fields, being the owner of several large tracts of oil lands in Allegheny and Beaver counties.
Mr. Ferguson was a stanch democrat during his entire life, casting his first vote for Stephen A. Douglas. He was connected with, and a supporter of, the Presbyterian denomination.

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General Notes: Wife - Maria Jane Holmes

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from Independence Twp, Beaver Co, PA

1 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 160.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 631.

3 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 161.