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M. E. FERGUSON, Deputy Circuit Clerk, Bloomington, was born in Harrison Co., Ohio, Aug. 29, 1835, where he was raised and received his early education, and also served a regular apprenticeship at the carpenter’s trade. He came to McLean Co., Ill., in 1855,locating in Le Roy, and engaged in contracting and building; throughout that part of the county there are many fine residences which stand as monuments of his workmanship. During the late war he enlisted with the 94th I. V. I., and was commissioned Second Lieutenant; after a service of nine months, he resigned, on account of sickness in his family, and, after returning home, received a Captain’s commission, but was, on account of sickness, compelled to decline it. Previous to the war, he had served as Township Collector some three years, and, after the war, was engaged in mercantile business until 1872, when he was appointed Deputy Circuit Clerk, which position he has since held. He married Miss Mary A. Pence, of Licking Co., Ohio, Jan. 1, 1857; they have a family of five.