Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: James McCormick FERGUS
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 30 May 1812 in Miami Co, Ohio b
  • Death: Before 1857 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • James General FERGUS Birth: 18 Nov 1783 in McClure's Gap, Cumberland Co, Pennsylvania Death: 27 Sep 1855 in Miami Co, Ohio
    • Mother:
  • Rachel MARRS Birth: 23 Jun 1783 in Rockbridge Co, Virginia Death: 7 Aug 1858 in Miami Co, Ohio

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Julia Ann FERGUS Birth: 10 Feb 1837 Death: 14 Oct 1923
  2. Samuel Edgar FERGUS Birth: 2 Mar 1839 in Miami Co, Ohio Death: 15 Apr 1908 in Yates Center, Woodson Co, Kansas
  3. James Alexander FERGUS Birth: 14 Oct 1843 in Illinois Death: 3 Aug 1903 in Woodson Co, Kansas
  4. Elizabeth Jane FERGUS Birth: 30 Aug 1845 Death: 1917 in Union Co, Ohio

Marriage: Children:
  1. Thomas Wilda FERGUS Birth: 14 Dec 1848 Death: 27 Feb 1907 in Ohio
  2. Ella Hartley FERGUS Birth: 15 Dec 1851
  3. David FERGUS Birth: Abt 1852 Death: Abt 1853
  4. Franklin FERGUS Birth: Abt 1855 Death: Before 1872 in Westport, Missouri

Bibliography
  1. Russell, Cynthia, Alexander Marrs, private email 9/2/2008. Author address: c dot russell at charter dot net. Web site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fergusfamilyworldwide Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008],
place:
[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008],
parents:
[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]
Sources for death Information
date:
between 1853 and 1857 [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]
Sources with Information about marriage to Ellen LEAPLEY
date:
[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008],
place:
[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008],
child:
[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]
Sources with Information about marriage to Julia Ann CASTLE
date:
second marriage of James [Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008],
place:
[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008],
child:
[Ref: Cynthia Russell 9/2/2008]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of James McCormick FERGUS
          /-----Francis FERGUS
 /-----James General FERGUS
|         \-----Mary McCORMICK
James McCormick FERGUS
|                  /-----Hugh MARRS
|         /-----Alexander MARRS
 \-----Rachel MARRS
         |                                             /-----John SHANNON
         |                                    /-----John SHANNON
         |                           /-----Robert SHANNON
         |                  /-----Thomas SHANNON
         |                 |         \-----Annal (SHANNON)
         |         /-----Samuel SHANNON
         |        |         \-----Agnes (SHANNON)
          \-----Jane SHANNON
                  |                  /-----Thomas REID
                  |         /-----John Col REID
                  |        |         \-----Mary McKEAN
                   \-----Jane REID
                            \-----Jane STUART



Descendants of James McCormick FERGUS
1. James McCormick FERGUS m1. Ellen LEAPLEY m2. Julia Ann CASTLE
m. Ellen LEAPLEY
m. Julia Ann CASTLE

2nd generation

3. Samuel Edgar FERGUS m. Mary Catherine EWING
m. Mary Catherine EWING
4. James Alexander FERGUS m. Melvina SILVERS
m. Melvina SILVERS
5. Elizabeth Jane FERGUS m. Thomas Jefferson ANDERS
m. Thomas Jefferson ANDERS
6. Thomas Wilda FERGUS m1. Mary Ellen POST m2. Jennie FORSHEE
m. Mary Ellen POST
m. Jennie FORSHEE
7. Ella Hartley FERGUS m. Henry H WRIGHT
m. Henry H WRIGHT

3rd generation

10. Clara Ellen FERGUS m. George PATERSON
m. George PATERSON
12. Julia Emily FERGUS m. Melvin Morton KELLENBERGER
m. Melvin Morton KELLENBERGER
14. Anna Winnette FERGUS m. Hale True Jr CHELLIS
m. Hale True Jr CHELLIS
20. Nannie Winnettie ANDERS m. Arthur Stuart DONALDSON
m. Arthur Stuart DONALDSON
21. Clarence FERGUS m1. Myrtle WELLS m2. Carrie Belle STANFORD
m. Myrtle WELLS
m. Carrie Belle STANFORD
22. Margaret Eva FERGUS m. Thomas Alfred DENMAN
m. Thomas Alfred DENMAN
23. Ira FERGUS m. Florence VAN DINE
m. Florence VAN DINE
25. Jennie Mae FERGUS m. Samuel Barcus SCOTT
m. Samuel Barcus SCOTT

4th generation

31. William Ewing PATERSON m. Carrie Mae JONES
m. Carrie Mae JONES
32. Donald Edgar Sr PATERSON m. Esther REED
m. Esther REED