"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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LEVI FERGUSON is a native of Pike County, Ind., and born May 29, 1841. He
was also reared in Pike County, and commenced the study of law at the age of
fifteen, which he continued four years. August 9, 1860, he married Miss
Mary B. Montgomery, who died February 13, 1866, leaving one child--Florence.
July 1, 1861, Mr. Ferguson enlisted in Company A, First Indiana Cavalry,
serving in this and in the infantry until 1863, at which time he was
promoted to a Captaincy and assigned to Provost Marshal duty in the Second
Division, Army of the Shenandoah, after the experience of battle in many
sanguinary engagements and skirmishes. After the war, he engaged in the
practice of law in Petersburg, Ind., where he continued until 1877, and
served two terms as County Auditor. In the same year, he removed to
Martinsville and transferred his law practice hither. In 1868, he married
Miss Amelia Thomas, which union was honored by two children--Ray and Minnie.
In 1872, Mr. Ferguson was a delegate to the National Republican Convention,
and in 1876 a Hayes elector for the Second Congressional District for this
State.
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