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ritory 1632.

from Robert, Earl of Warwick, in He was afterward a colonel in the parliamentary army, and was one of the

In 1854 he was appointed chief justice of the territory of Nebraska; and in 1857-59 he was a territorial delegate to the thirty-

judges of Charles I. He died in 1657 in England. Fenwlck, John Roger, soldier, was born in 1780 in Charleston, S.C. He was appointed lieutenant of United States marines in 1799. He was commissioned colonel of the fourth artillery in 1822; and brevet brigadier-general in 1823. He died March 19, 1842, in Prance. Ferdon, John W., lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in 1828 in Piermont, N.Y. He was a representative in the New York state legislature in 1855; a state senator in 1856-57; and delegate to the republican national conventions of 1864 and 1876. In 1879-81 he was a representative from New York to the forty-sixth congress as a

fifth congress.

republican.

He

died Aug.

6,

He

Ferguson, legislator,

chester

Emory C,

contractor, miner, 5, 1833, in WestN.Y. He moved to San Francisco in 1854, arriving there one year later. He engaged in

was born March

county,

mining and mercantile business, but in 1858 settled in Washington,

where

He died March 10, 1806, in Kent county, Md. Ferguson, Elizabeth, litterateur, poet, was born in 1739 in Philadelphia, Pa. She was a writer of poems and a translator of French verse. She died Feb. 23, 1801, in Graeme Park, Pa. Ferguson, Mrs. Emma Henry, musician, composer, author, was born Feb. 14, 1840, at Red Hill, Charlotte county, Va., the burial place of her grandfather, Patrick Henry. She was educated in private schools in Virginia; and graduated in music at the Paris conservatory of music. In 1858 she married Major James B. Ferguson, now deceased. For fifteen years she was engaged as music teacher of the piano in Virginia; and was a private teacher of English history, American literature, French, and the She was the author of art of composition. Courage and Loyalty, a novel; Ocean Wave, a serial story; and numerous sketches, short stories and musical reviews. Amongst her musical compositions are Monogram Waltzes, Initial Waltzes and Signature Waltzes; besides numerous Exercises, Musical Symphonies, and Arrangement of Themes for Piano. She died in 1905 in Balham, Va. president.

Ferguson, Fenner, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was bom April 25, 1814, in Nassau, N.Y. He was a member of the Michigan legislature; and prosecuting attorney.

he

became

a

carpenter and builder. In 1864 he was elected to the successful

territorial legislature, has since served seven sessions, and he was speaker of the house

1884.

Ferguson, Alexander McGowen, botanist, scientist, author, was born Jan. 7, 1874, in Belton, Texas. He is engaged extensively in experiments and commercial plant breeding at Sherman, Texas. His chief writings are on Plant Physiology; and Plant Breeding and Agricultural Education. Ferguson, Colin, clergyman, college president, was born Dee. 8, 1751, in Kent counIn 1782 when Washington college ty, Md. the oldest in Maryland, was organized, he was chosen professor of languages, mathematics and natural philosophy. He held this chair for ten years, when he was appointed

died in November, 1859,

in Bellevue, Neb.

In 1884-85 he was a comfor one term. missioner to the cotton centennial exposition held in New Orleans. He has been mayor of the city of Snohomish for six terms and is now engaged in real estate.

Ferguson, Franklin La Du, educator,

cler-

gyman, college president, author, was born June 21, 1861, in Canada. In 1885 he was ordained to the congregational ministry; and in 1888-90 was pastor of the first church of Milford, Conn. In 1890-93 he was principal of the Chadron academy of Nebraska; and in 1893-98 was secretary of the congregational educational society. Since 1898 he has been president of the Pomona college at Claremont, Cal. He is the author of History of the First Church of Christ of Milford, Conn. Ferguson, George Albert, educator, chemist, author, was born Aug. 31, 1868, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Since 1893 he has been examiner of medical supplies in the United States interior department. Since 1896 he has been professor of chemistry in the New York college of pharmacy. He is the autho of Elliott and Ferguson's Qualitative Chemical Analysis.

Ferguson, Harvey

B.,

lawyer, congressman,

was born

Sept. 9, 1848, in Alabama. He belongs to a family that settled in the south in colonial days, several members of which distinguished themselves in the civil and military ofiices of the colonies and later in the service of the young republic; his father

Was an

oflicer in

the confederate army, and

did excellent service under General Lee until the close of the struggle. He graduated

from the Washington and Lee university with the degree of M.A. in 1873. He graduated from the law department of that university in 1874; and commenced the practice of his profession at Wheeling, W.Va., where he remained until the year 1882. In 1884 he located in Albuquerque, N.M., where he has since successfully practiced his pro-