Little Family Genealogy

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Tracing the Little Family from Rowan County, NC, into Lincoln County, TN.
Tracing the Winstons from Virginia into Tennessee and Alabama.
Tracing the Bayless Family from Long Island, NY into Virginia, Tennessee, and Alabama.
Tracing the Descendants of Josiah Brandon, A Revolutionary War Soldier.
Tracing the Burley family of Henrico County, VA.
Also Tracing the Oldhams of Arkansas and the Boone Family.
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  • ID: I557
  • Name: Obed Celester FERGUSON
  • Surname: Ferguson
  • Given Name: Obed Celester
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 2 Dec 1891 in Richmond, ,Virginia 1 2
  • Death: Dec 1983 in Richmond, ,Virginia 3 4
  • Burial: Riverview Cmtry, Richmond, Virginia 5
  • _UID: 2E3EB54A87AC624996046016B44050751266
  • Census: 1940 Richmond, Henrico, Virginia 6
  • Note:
    !RELATIONSHIP: Obituary of Walter G. Burley, RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH; 1942; dtd Sat, Jun 27, 1942, col 5; p 16; State Library and Archives, Richmond, VA; NOTE: died at his residence, survived by wife, one son, his father, one sister, Mrs. O. B. Ferguson, two brothers, Wyatt Burley of Richmond, VA and Charles Burley of Washington, DC.

    !MARRIAGE: Vital Statistics, Index to Brides; 1912-1921; Bureau of Vital Statistics, Richmond, VA; 1913, Ln 204; State Library and Archives, Richmond, VA.

    1930 US CENSUS: Ferguson, Obed
    Age: 38 Year: 1930
    Birthplace: Virginia Roll: T626_2477
    Race: White Page: 24A
    State: Virginia ED: 43
    County: Richmond (Independent City) Image: 0760
    Township: Richmond
    Relationship: Head
    Age when married: 22
  • Change Date: 28 Oct 2012 at 01:00:00



    Marriage 1 Casandria Bettie BURLEY b: 31 Jul 1894 in Richmond, , Virginia
    • Married: 22 Sep 1913 in Petersburg, , Virginia 7
    Children
    1. Has Children Celester Gilbert FERGUSON b: ABT 1915 in , , Virginia
    2. Has No Children Gertrude Eva FERGUSON b: ABT 1918 in , , Virginia
    3. Has Children Betty Lee FERGUSON b: 29 Feb 1920 in , , Virginia
    4. Has Children Ruth L. FERGUSON b: 13 Apr 1925 in , , Virginia
    5. Has No Children Barbara Ann FERGUSON b: 29 Nov 1933

    Marriage 2 Bessie RIDINGS b: 22 Jul 1898
    • Married: AFT 1962

    Sources:
    1. Title: Social Security Death Index
      Author: U.S. Social Security Administration
      Publication: Internet Web Site
    2. Title: World War II Selective Service Draft Registration Cards.
      Author: Ancestry.com. [database on-line]
      Publication: Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
      Note: Name: Obed Celester Ferguson
      Birth Date: 2 Dec 1891
      Birth Place: Southampton, Virginia
      Residence: Richmond, Virginia
      Race: White
    3. Title: Social Security Death Index
      Author: U.S. Social Security Administration
      Publication: Internet Web Site
      Note: OBED FERGUSON SSN 223-05-2441
      Residence: 23225 Richmond, Richmond City, VA
      Born 2 Dec 1891
      Last Benefit: 23225 Richmond, Richmond City, VA
      Died Dec 1983 Issued: VA (Before 1951)
    4. Title: "Obituaries: Richmond (VA) Times Dispatch"
      Page: Fri., Dec. 9, 1983
      Note: FERGUSON - Mr. Obed C. Ferguson, died Dec 8 1983, in a local hospital. He is survived by his wife, Bessie R. Ferguson; one son C. Gilbert Ferguson, Sr.; three daughters, Mrs. Eva F. Smith; Mrs. Bettie F. Slongaker; amd Mrs. Ruth F. Carter. His remains rest at the Bennett Funeral Home 3215 Cutsaw Ave. Funeral notice later.
    5. Title: Family Records: Desper, Nancy
      Author: Desper, Nancy
      Publication: E-mail message from Nancy Desper , various dates in 2003.
      Note: Obed, Betty, and Bessie are buried in Plot G, Div. 4, Section 108 at Riverview. Also buried in this same section is Barbara Ann Ferguson, daughter of Betty and Obed.
    6. Title: 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line].
      Author: Ancestry.com.
      Publication: Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
      Note: Name: Obed C Ferguson
      Age: 48
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1892
      Gender: Male
      Race: White
      Birthplace: Virginia
      Marital Status: Married
      Relation to Head of House: Head
      Home in 1940: Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia
      Street: S Linden Street
      House Number: 229
      Farm: No
      Inferred Residence in 1935: Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia
      Residence in 1935: Same House, Grockland
      Sheet Number: 6A
    7. Title: Marriage Records: Virginia, Commonwealth of
      Page: Marriage Records City of Petersburg 1887-1935, Reel #65
      Note: He 22 - bp Northhampton County -
      She 21 - bp Richmond

      Marriage Record

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