Nancy J. Smith1
b. 26 July 1850, d. 1 May 1927
Father | William Henry Smith1 b. 4 May 1828, d. 16 Jun 1857 |
Mother | Elisabeth Ann Snodgrass1 d. 30 Nov 1850 |
Birth | 26 Jul 1850 | Nancy J. Smith was born on 26 Jul 1850 in Indiana.1,2 |
Childhood | Nancy's mother died a few months after Nancy's birth. The following year Nancy's father William married Ruth Humes. William died in 1857 followed by Ruth in late 1859. | |
Cens-1860 | 15 Jun 1860 | Nancy then lived in the household of William M. Ferguson (20, owns land worth $2,500, b. OH) in Fulton County, Indiana. The household also included Sarah Ferguson (25, b. IN), Mary E. Ferguson (7 months) and Ephraim Smith (62, farmer, b. KY).3 |
Sarah Ferguson was the daughter of Ephraim Smith. She was also the sister of Nancy Smith's deceased father. Therefore Nancy was living with her aunt, her uncle-by-marriage, and her grandfather.4,5 | ||
Marriage | 20 Aug 1868 | She married John Malcolm Ferguson, son of William Ferguson, on 20 Aug 1868 in Cass County, Indiana.1,6 |
John Ferguson was 37 and Nancy was 18. John was the brother of William M. Ferguson, hence Nancy married her father's sister's husband's brother. A few years earlier Nancy's grandfather, Ephraim Smith, had married Jennie Emaline Ferguson who was a sister to John and William Ferguson.4,7,8 | ||
John and Nancy made their home in the Noble township part of Cass County where John was a farmer. They were the parents of 6 children. | ||
Widowed | 5 Mar 1893 | John died in March 1893. |
Later census records clarify that Nancy lived in the community of Logansport where in 1910 she was enumerated with daughter Mary (36) and son Charles (22). The household, located at 1112 Spear St., also included 6 boarders, primarily young men working for the railroad. Ten years later Nancy (69) and her widowed daughter Elizabeth Ellis (49) lived at 86 Helm St. in Logansport with Elizabeth's 21 year old daughter Hellen. Elizabeth was employed as a seamstress in a corset factory.9,10,11 | ||
Death | 1 May 1927 | Nancy died on 1 May 1927 at age 76.2 |
Burial | She was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Logansport, Cass County, Indiana.2 |
Family | John Malcolm Ferguson b. 3 Jan 1831, d. 5 Mar 1893 | |
Children |
Charts | Descendants of John Hutton and Jane Dickson |
Last Edited | 3 Jan 2014 |
Citations
- [S3298] "William Snodgrass statement", Richard Montgomery Administrators vs Abram Snodgrass, wife and others, Washington Co., Virginia Ended Chancery Causes 1891-017, reel 257, Library of Virginia. William Snodgrass, stated to be a brother of Abraham Snodgrass, provided a statement under oath at Owen County, Indiana on 28 June 1873, concerning Abraham and Nancy (Montgomery) Snodgrass (both deceased), their daughter Elisabeth Ann (Snodgrass) Smith, and Elizabeth Smith's daughter Nancy J. (Smith) Ferguson.
- [S1777] Find A Grave Website (http://www.findagrave.com/index.html : accessed Dec. 2913). Nancy Jane Smith Ferguson memorial #34709041, Mt. Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Cass Co., IN (entry includes photo of monument with entry for Nancy and her husband John Ferguson).
- [S3300] William M. Ferguson household, 1860 U.S. census, Fulton Co., Indiana, pop. sched., Union township, p. 533 (added script), dwelling 174, family 174, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Dec. 2013. Household includes: William M. Ferguson, 20, farmer, owns land worth $2,500, b. OH; Sarah, 25, b. IN; Mary E., 7/12, b. IN; Ephraim Smith, 62, farmer, b. KY; Nancy J. Smith, 10, b. IN; Sterling M. Zault, 23, preacher, b. Maryland.
- [S3311] Angela Perry, "Nancy J. Ferguson," e-mail message from e-mail address to D. Powell, 2 Jan. 2014.
- [S2689] "Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941", database (no images), Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed Jan 2014), William N. Ferguson and Sarah C. Smith entry 31 Jul, 1856, Fulton Co., Indiana.
- [S2689] "Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941", database (no images), Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed Dec. 2013), John M. Ferguson and Nancy J. Smith entry 20 Aug. 1868, Cass Co., Indiana.
- [S2689] "Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941", database (no images), Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed Jan 2014), Jenny Emeline Ferguson and Ephraim Smith entry 31 Jul, 1860, Cass Co., Indiana.
- [S3300] William Ferguson household, 1860 U.S. census, Fulton Co., Indiana, pop. sched., Noble township, p. 113 (original script), dwelling 817, family 806, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jan 2014. Household includes: William Ferguson, 71, farmer, owns land worth $2,500, pers. prop. of $500, b. PA; Elizabeth, 62, b. KY; Emeline, 27, b. OH; John, 26, b. OH, owns land worth $1,000; James, 25, b. OH, owns pers. prop. of $900; Joseph, 23, owns pers. prop. of $900; Elizabeth, 22, b. OH, school teacher; Mary, 20, b. OH; Curtis Boyles, 25, b. IN.
- [S3302] Nancy J. Ferguson household, 1900 U.S. cens., Cass Co., Indiana, pop. sched., Noble township, ED 20, sheet 5A, dwelling 101, family 101, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Dec. 2013. Household includes: Nancy J. Ferguson, 49, b. Jul 1850, wid, mother of 6 children, all are living, b. IN/IN/OH; Mary J., dau, 26, b. Aug. 1873; William K., son, 22, b. Mar 1878; Jessie E., dau, 20, b. Oct. 1879; Charles E., son, 12, b. Apr 1888; all children b. IN/OH/IN.
- [S3303] Nancy J. Ferguson household, 1910 U.S. cens., Cass Co., Indiana, pop. sched., Logansport, ED 29, sheet 10A, dwelling 252, family 286, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Dec. 2013. Household includes: Nancy J. Ferguson, 59, wid, mother of 6 children, all are living, keeps boarders; Mary J., dau, 36, sgl, b. OH; Charles E., son, 22, b. IN; Andrew J. Marks, boarder, 26, b. IN, brakeman on RR; Warren C., boarder, 24, b. IN, brakeman on RR; Ernest Brandt, boarder, 21, b. IN, trucker for freight house; Harry Parker, boarder, 19, b. unknown, fireman for RR; Victor Heath, boarder, 19, b. IN, brakeman on RR; Ora Riggle, boarder, 25, b. IN, brakeman on RR; resid 1112 Spear St.
- [S3304] Nancy J. Ferguson household, 1920 U.S. cens., Cass Co., Indiana, pop. sched., Logansport, ED 26, sheet 1B, dwelling 29, family 29, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Dec. 2013. Household includes: Nancy J. Ferguson, 69, wid, owns home, is mortgaged; Ellizabeth Ellis, dau, 49, wid, b. IN, seamstress in corset factory; Hellen Ellis, granddau, 21, sgl, b. IN; resid 86 Helm St.
- [S3301] John M. Ferguson household, 1880 U.S. cens., Cass Co., IN, pop sched., Noble township, ED 186, page 18B, dwelling 179, family 179, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Dec. 2013. Household includes: John M. Ferguson, 49, farmer, b. OH/PA/KY; Nancy J., 29, wife, b. IN/IN (mother's place of birth left blank); Elizabeth, 10, dau; Harry P., 8, son; Mary J., 6; William K., 2, son; Jessie E., 8/12, dau; all children b. IN.