Robert Patton Ferguson
(1911-1991)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Frances Opal Jenkins

Robert Patton Ferguson

  • Born: 7 Jul 1911, Charleston, Coles, Illinois, United States 1
  • Marriage (1): Frances Opal Jenkins
  • Died: 4 Jul 1991, Lafayette Township, Coles, Illinois, United States at age 79 2
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: 1940 United States Federal: Charleston, Coles, Illinois, United States. 3

• Obituary: Herald and Review, 5 Jul 1991, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States. 4

Ferguson

CHARLESTON - Robert P.
Ferguson, 79, Charleston, died
Thursday (July 4, 1991). Life
member and past president of
Charleston Eagles Lodge and
charter member of Charleston
Moose Lodge. Susvivors: wife.
Framces Jenkins Ferguson; sons,
James R., Charleston; Rex,
Essex, Mass.; daughters, Myrna
Honn, Ashmore; Jean Armour,
Mattoon; brother, Richard, Clif-
ton, Ariz.; sisters, Leona Landrus,
Bushton; Kathleen Tanner, Mat-
toon.
Services: 3 p.m. Saturday, Cau-
dill-King Funeral Home, Charles-
ton. Visitation: noon until time of
services. Burial: Mound Ceme-
tery, Charleston. Memorials:
Shriners Hospital for Crippled
Children.

• Obituary: Journal Gazette, 5 Jul 1991, Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States. 5

Robert Ferguson
CHARLESTON - Robert P. Ferguson,
79, of Charleston died at 12:47 p.m. Thurs-
day (July 4, 1991) in Sarah Bush Lincoln
Health Center.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at
the Caudill-King Funeral Home with the
Rev. Bill Boaz officiating. Burial will be at
Mound Cemetery. Visitation will be from
noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at the funeral
home.
He was born July 7, 1911, in Charleston,
the son of Abraham and Lucy Richards
Ferguson. He married Frances Jenkins in
1932; she survives.
Also surviving are two sons, James Ran-
dall Ferguson of Charleston and Rex Fer-
guson of Essex, Mass.; two daughters,
Myrna Honn of Ashmore and Mrs. Douglas
(Jean) Armour of Mattoon; a brother,
Richard Ferguson of Clifton, Ariz.; two sis-
ters, Mrs. Gilbert (Leona) Landrus of
Bushton and Mrs. Robert (Kathleen) Tan-
ner of Mattoon; and a granddaughter,
Donna Ayers, who was raised by Mr. and
Mrs. Ferguson.
He was preceded in death by a brother,
a sister and a grandson.
Mr. Ferguson was a life member and
past president of the Charleston Eagles
Lodge, a charter member of the Charleston
Moose Lodge and a member of the Patriots
Marching Color Guard.
Memorial may be made to the
Shriner's Crippled Children's Fund.


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Robert married Frances Opal Jenkins, daughter of Edward M. Jenkins and Pearl Maud Legg. (Frances Opal Jenkins was born on 16 Jan 1914 in Toledo, Cumberland, Illinois, United States 6 7 and died on 20 Jul 1996 in Charleston, Coles, Illinois, United States 6 7.)


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Sources


1 <i>U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014</i> (Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.).

2 <i>U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014</i> (Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.),

Name: Robert P. Ferguson
SSN: 352-07-2795
BORN: 7 Jul 1911
Died: 4 Jul 1991
State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (Before 1951).

3 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Charleston, sheet 2A, household 37; digital images, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (http://www.ancestry.com/); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627.

4 <i>Herald & Review</i>, 5 Jul 1991, online archives, p. A7, col. 4.

5 <i>Journal Gazette</i>, 5 Jul 1991, p. B4, col. 2; digital images.

6 <i>U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014</i> (Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.),

Name: Frances O. Ferguson
SSN: 361-07-5201
Last Residence: 61920 Charleston, Coles, Illinois, USA
BORN: 16 Jan 1914
Died: 20 Jul 1996
State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (Before 1951).

7 "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," database, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (http://www.ancestry.com/);

Name: Frances Jenkins Ferguson
SSN: 361075201
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 16 Jan 1914
Birth Place: Toledo, Illinois
Death Date: 20 Jul 1996
Father: Ed Jenkins
Mother: Pearl Legg
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Jan 1938: Name listed as FRANCES JENKINS FERGUSON; 31 Jul 1996: Name listed as FRANCES O FERGUSON


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