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| Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 June 2020), memorial page for Addie Ferguson (unknown–24 Sep 1902), Find a Grave Memorial no. 16051129, citing Mound Cemetery, Hunt City, Jasper County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Bonnie Woods Martin (contributor 46826275) . |
In the fall of 2004, my husband and I made a trip to the
area of Southern Illinois where his ancestors had farmed since the 1850s.
Jasper County, Illinois home to places named Willow Hill, Liberty, and Hunt
City. One of the places we went to was Mound Cemetery where his maternal
grandparents are buried.
As we wandered the cemetery looking for their graves, we
came upon one which yielded information we never expected to find, My husband’s
great-grandmother, Addie Chapman Ferguson, died on 24 Sep 1902, just four days shy
of her twenty-fourth birthday. She was survived by her husband John and children
Edna, 6 and Murl 4. This information was well known but her tombstone revealed
the births and deaths of two other children, Clifford and Raymond, each having
lived only four months.Because these babies were born and died between the census
years, there would be no record to tell us of their existence.
What a wonderful treasure to find. I am still looking for 4 of 7 known children of my paternal great-grandparents. In the Pennsylvania Church & Town Records while seeking other info I literally stumbled upon 3 of the 7, all on one page!! Almost fell out of my chair I was so excited. Never give up, right?!
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