BIO: John F. FERGUSON, Beaver County, PA
    
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    BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES.  This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches 
    of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.  Buffalo, N.Y., 
    Chicago, Ill.: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899, pp. 70-71.
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    JOHN F. FERGUSON has been a prominent citizen of the borough of Beaver Fans
  for the past ten years and is the proprietor of one of its leading livery
  stables. He has been engaged in various enterprises in this locality, all of
  which have proved successful, and he is a popular and well-to-do citizen. He
  was born in this county, December 8, 1850, and is a son of John and Janiza
  (Elliott) Ferguson.
    
    John F. Ferguson's great-grandfather was a life-long resident of his native
  country, Ireland. John Ferguson, the grandfather of John F., was also a native
  of Ireland, and was a tallow-candle maker by trade; he was the sole member of
  the family who came to this coun-
    
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  try. He settled in Beaver county, where he spent his remaining days in
  carrying on agricultural pursuits. He built a house, which still stands on
  the premises. He was the father of a son and four daughters, -John, Mary,
  Maria, Ann, and Sarah, all of whom are deceased with the exception of Mary.
    
    John Ferguson was born on the homestead March 31, 1814, and resided there
  all his life, pursuing the vocation of a farmer. As a result of his marriage
  with Janiza Elliott, a family of two sons and three daughters was reared, as
  follows: Agnes, who is the wife of Henry Sloan of New Brighton, Pa.; John F.;
  Sarah Jane, who is the wife of Elisha Baxter of Beaver Falls; Mary E., who was
  united in marriage with Abram Berry and resides in New Brighton; and Thomas
  B., who has charge of the old homestead.
    
    John F. Ferguson possesses a common school education and spent his boyhood
  days assisting his father at home; he continued to remain on the home farm
  until thirty-five years of age, when; he decided to go into business on his
  own account; he began contracting and teaming in Beaver Falls and New
  Brighton, and followed that occupation until 1888. In that year he opened a
  livery business in Beaver Falls, and has successfully conducted it up to the
  present time. He has established a fine trade and is well worthy of the large
  patronage he receives. For many years he was engaged in the ice business, but
  sold out in 1893. He is an enterprising and progressive citizen, and
  possesses the esteem and good-will of his many acquaintances.
    
    Mr. Ferguson formed a matrimonial alliance with Miss Jeannetta L. Anderson,
  a daughter of Frank Anderson, of Beaver Falls, the nuptials occurring August
  31, 1896. In religious belief he favors the Methodist denomination. In
  politics, he is a Republican.