Obituary from the Mt. Vernon Register-News, 11/15/1951:
Ezra Ferguson Dies at Age 76 At Mt. Vernon Home
Ezra Ferguson, a farmer, died at 8:00 o'clock this morning at his home 1200 south 13th street.
Mr. Ferguson died only two days after observing his 76th birthday.
He was born November 13, 1875 in Jefferson county the son of Tyler and Rosa (Black) Ferguson. He was married to May Hicks who preceded him in death in 1910.
Mr. Ferguson is survived by four sons, Alson of Herrin, Dalton of Kell, Howard of Mt. Vernon and Harrold of Salem, five daughters, Mrs. Eithel Wilson of Opdyke, Mrs. Venetta Six of Dixon, Mrs. Winnie Mullins and Mrs. Pearl Boothby of Salem and Mrs. Loretta Hertenstein of Bonnie, one sister Mrs. Emma Payne of Waltonville; 23 grandchildren an six great grandchildren.
The body was taken to Myers Chapel. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
Notes: According to another short obit in the Mt. Vernon Register-News, Ezra was first married to May Hicks and second to "Nona". "Noane Ferguson", 28, b. IL, is listed as his wife in the 1930 Jefferson County, Illinois census.
Ezra Ferguson Dies at Age 76 At Mt. Vernon Home
Ezra Ferguson, a farmer, died at 8:00 o'clock this morning at his home 1200 south 13th street.
Mr. Ferguson died only two days after observing his 76th birthday.
He was born November 13, 1875 in Jefferson county the son of Tyler and Rosa (Black) Ferguson. He was married to May Hicks who preceded him in death in 1910.
Mr. Ferguson is survived by four sons, Alson of Herrin, Dalton of Kell, Howard of Mt. Vernon and Harrold of Salem, five daughters, Mrs. Eithel Wilson of Opdyke, Mrs. Venetta Six of Dixon, Mrs. Winnie Mullins and Mrs. Pearl Boothby of Salem and Mrs. Loretta Hertenstein of Bonnie, one sister Mrs. Emma Payne of Waltonville; 23 grandchildren an six great grandchildren.
The body was taken to Myers Chapel. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
Notes: According to another short obit in the Mt. Vernon Register-News, Ezra was first married to May Hicks and second to "Nona". "Noane Ferguson", 28, b. IL, is listed as his wife in the 1930 Jefferson County, Illinois census.
Obituary from the Mt. Vernon Register-News, 11/15/1951:
Ezra Ferguson Dies at Age 76 At Mt. Vernon Home
Ezra Ferguson, a farmer, died at 8:00 o'clock this morning at his home 1200 south 13th street.
Mr. Ferguson died only two days after observing his 76th birthday.
He was born November 13, 1875 in Jefferson county the son of Tyler and Rosa (Black) Ferguson. He was married to May Hicks who preceded him in death in 1910.
Mr. Ferguson is survived by four sons, Alson of Herrin, Dalton of Kell, Howard of Mt. Vernon and Harrold of Salem, five daughters, Mrs. Eithel Wilson of Opdyke, Mrs. Venetta Six of Dixon, Mrs. Winnie Mullins and Mrs. Pearl Boothby of Salem and Mrs. Loretta Hertenstein of Bonnie, one sister Mrs. Emma Payne of Waltonville; 23 grandchildren an six great grandchildren.
The body was taken to Myers Chapel. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
Notes: According to another short obit in the Mt. Vernon Register-News, Ezra was first married to May Hicks and second to "Nona". "Noane Ferguson", 28, b. IL, is listed as his wife in the 1930 Jefferson County, Illinois census.
Ezra Ferguson Dies at Age 76 At Mt. Vernon Home
Ezra Ferguson, a farmer, died at 8:00 o'clock this morning at his home 1200 south 13th street.
Mr. Ferguson died only two days after observing his 76th birthday.
He was born November 13, 1875 in Jefferson county the son of Tyler and Rosa (Black) Ferguson. He was married to May Hicks who preceded him in death in 1910.
Mr. Ferguson is survived by four sons, Alson of Herrin, Dalton of Kell, Howard of Mt. Vernon and Harrold of Salem, five daughters, Mrs. Eithel Wilson of Opdyke, Mrs. Venetta Six of Dixon, Mrs. Winnie Mullins and Mrs. Pearl Boothby of Salem and Mrs. Loretta Hertenstein of Bonnie, one sister Mrs. Emma Payne of Waltonville; 23 grandchildren an six great grandchildren.
The body was taken to Myers Chapel. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
Notes: According to another short obit in the Mt. Vernon Register-News, Ezra was first married to May Hicks and second to "Nona". "Noane Ferguson", 28, b. IL, is listed as his wife in the 1930 Jefferson County, Illinois census.
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