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Below is a family biography included in History of Lee County, Iowa published by Western Historical Company in 1879. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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FERGUSON, ROBERT A., P. O. Pilot Grove; was born in Blount Co., East Tennessee, July 23, 1833; his parents on both sides of the house were of Scotch descent; he graduated from Ewing and Jefferson College in 1861; was ordained to the ministry in Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1862. During the war, he rendered what aid he could to the Union cause, together with other loyal East Tennesseans; he was arrested several times by the rebels; escaped any long imprisonments. In 1864, he came to Henderson Co., Ill., and took charge of the South Henderson congregation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In 1866, he married Miss Helen A. Baldwin, of Abingdon, Ill., born at Ft. Edward, N. Y., Oct. 19, 1839; in 1867, he moved to Cedar Co., Iowa, and took charge of the C. P. Church at Pedee; after five years, moved to Pilot Grove, Lee Co.; for seven years, he has been Pastor of the C. P. Churches of Donnellson and Concord, in Cedar Tp., and Pleasant Ridge in Pleasant Ridge Tp.; have two children — Robert Donnell, aged 10, and Delia Alice, aged 6.
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