Records of the clan and name of Fergusson, Ferguson and Fergus. Supplement

156 CLAN" FEKGUSSON
second lieutenant and was promoted to the rank of captain of
Company A of this same regiment, March 26,1863, which rank
he held at his discharge. He was wounded at Prairie Grove,
Ark., but subsequently returned to his regiment and served
until a severe illness made his resignation necessary. He
was married, June 1, 1867, to Margaret Theresa, daughter of
Thomas Kirby and Helen Dwyer. He died at Jersey City,
N.J., July 5, 1875.
Their children were :
1. Mary Ellen Josephine, born at Chicago, September
4, 1868, and married there May 20, 1896, to Ernest
Charles Lueck.
2. Virginia, born in Chicago, July 27, 1870, and died in
infancy.
3. James Edward, born in Chicago, February 27, 1872,
and died in infancy.
4. Thomas Lester, born in Chicago, June 8, 1873, and
died in infancy.
5. Isabella, born in Chicago, April 26, 1875, and died in
infancy.
III. George Sylvanus, third son of George Lester Ferguson,
born at Hannibal, N.Y., December 29, 1839, died in infancy.
III. Edward, fourth son of George Lester Ferguson, born
at Hannibal, N.Y., January 9, 1843. He entered the dry
goods business as clerk in Oswego, N.Y., at the age of fifteen,
leaving there to attend the Falley Seminary at Fulton, N.Y.
He returned to Oswego, and entered the drug store of Butler,
Gale & Co., where he remained until he removed to Mil-
waukee, Wisconsin, in May 1860. He was book-keeper for
Cutler & Sons until the first call to arms, April 15, 1860,
when he enlisted for the three months' service in the Mil-
waukee Light Guard, which was afterwards Company A, 1st
Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He served with that regi-
ment, participating in its only battle of Falling Waters, until
its muster out in August. He re-enlisted in September as
first or orderly sergeant in his old company of the re-
organised regiment. He was wounded at Perry ville, Ky.,
October 8, 1862, a buck shot passing through his cheek;
and also in the left shoulder, the ball passing down and