History of Pioneer's that Lived and Settled in Jefferson County
Ancestors
of Jerry Edward Ferguson, Sr.
Generation
No. 1
1. Jerry Edward Ferguson,
Sr., born August 02, 1936 in Little Rock, Ark..
He was the son of 2. Carl Adus Fergusson and 3. Hazel Eugenia
Roberts. He married (1) Melba
Jean Creech February 14, 1959 in Compton Heights Baptist Ch., St.Louis, Mo..
She was born December 14, 1936 in St. Louis, Mo., De Paul Hosp., and died
September 12, 1986 in McLean, Va. of Breast Cancer.
She was the daughter of James McCully Creech and Nora Mae Leeper.
He married (2) Joan Frances Dvorak Potterton May 30, 1987 in
Lewinsville Presby Church, McLean, Va. She
was born March 18, 1945 in Winner, S.D.. She was the daughter of Joseph Rudolph Dvorak and Josephine
Eleanor Suchy.
Generation
No. 2
2. Carl Adus Fergusson,
born February 09, 1912 in Pine Bluff, Ar.; died October 22, 1983 in Fort Smith,
Ar.. He was the son of 4. Roy
Eakin Fergusson and 5. Minnie Florence Yarbrough.
He married 3. Hazel Eugenia Roberts August 11, 1935 in Pine Bluff,
Ar..
3.
Hazel Eugenia Roberts, born February 23, 1918 in Pine Bluff, Ar..
She was the daughter of 6. Thomas Knox Roberts and 7. Willie Edward
Watts.
Child
of Carl Fergusson and Hazel Roberts is:
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i. Jerry Edward Ferguson, Sr., born August 02, 1936 in Little Rock,
Ark; married (1) Melba Jean Creech February 14, 1959 in Compton Heights Baptist
Ch., St.Louis, Mo; married (2) Joan Frances Dvorak Potterton May 30, 1987 in
Lewinsville Presby Church, McLean, Va.
Generation
No. 3
4. Roy Eakin Fergusson,
born July 25, 1879 in Crystal Springs, Ms.??;
died May 12, 1933 in Rison, Ar.. He
was the son of 8. Cosmo A. Fergusson and 9. Anna Unknown (Fergusson)
Childress ??. He married 5. Minnie
Florence Yarbrough May 13, 1900 in Methodist Parsonage, Crystal Springs,
Copiah County, Miss.
5.
Minnie Florence Yarbrough, born January 13, 1885 in Jackson, MS ??
or Alabama??; died 1958 in Tarry, Ar.. She
was the daughter of 10. Joseph Yarbrough and 11. Amanda Emaline
Culpepper.
Notes
for Minnie Florence Yarbrough:
Marie
Matthews believes that Minnie's parents lived in Alabama and Minnie was born
there. Later they moved to Mississippi. Probably to the Jackson area since
Crystal Springs is close to Jackson.
Elgy
Yarbrough states they are Scots-Irish, descended from one Ambrose Yarbrough who
came to the Virginia Colony from Yorkshire, England in 1732.
Minnie
operated a boarding house in Pine Bluff, the Pines Hotel, on west 4th street,
across from the Greyhound Bus Terminal. Around 1938-39.
Children
of Roy Fergusson and Minnie Yarbrough are:
i.
Infant Girl Fergusson, born February 03, 1902 in Pine Bluff, Ar.; died February
06, 1902 in Pine Bluff, Ar.
ii.
Audie Lynn Fergusson, born May 09, 1903 in Pine Bluff, Ar.; died November 18,
1904 in Sulphur Springs, Ar.
iii.
Roy Laclede Fergusson, born June 13, 1905 in Pine Bluff, Ar.; died March 02,
1995 in Sulphur Springs, Ar; married Mary Marie Raymick April 30, 1924; born
December 24, 19021; died January 1986 in Pine Bluff, Ar.1.
iv.
Trebor Alverno Fergusson, born October 23, 1907 in Pine Bluff, Ar.; died
February 1987 in Pine Bluff, Ar; married Mary Ruth Smith July 01, 1934 in Pine
Bluff, Ar.
v.
Olan Vertice Fergusson, born December 25, 1909 in Pine Bluff, Ar.; died May 21,
1979 in Crystal Springs, Ark; married Opal Inez Sanders August 03, 1930 in Pine
Bluff, Ar; born February 28, 1910 in Louisiana.
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vi. Carl Adus Fergusson, born February 09, 1912 in Pine Bluff, Ar.;
died October 22, 1983 in Fort Smith, Ar; married (1) Hazel Eugenia Roberts
August 11, 1935 in Pine Bluff, Ar; married (2) Irene Melder Abt. 1941 in
Glenmora, La; married (3) Marlene Bonds Melder February 08, 1964 in Houston, Tx.
vii.
Minnie Lucylle Fergusson, born September 11, 1915 in Pine Bluff, Ar; married
William Alfonzo Rodgers September 06, 1941 in Pine Bluff, Ar; born May 13, 1918
in Tarry, Ar.; died August 03, 1971 in Tarry, Ar..
6. Thomas Knox Roberts,
born March 27, 1875 in Blue Springs, Jackson County,
Mo.; died July 15, 1947 in Edgemont, Ill.. He was the son of 12. Adam Wesley Roberts and 13.
Sadie Knox. He married 7. Willie
Edward Watts February 12, 1898 in Texarkana, Miller County, Ark..
7.
Willie Edward Watts, born November 13, 1881 in Richmond, Ark.;
died March 03, 1966 in St. Mary's Hosp. , East St. Louis, Illinois.
She was the daughter of 14. William Ballard Watts, Sr. and 15. Frances
Amanda Paul.
Notes
for Thomas Knox Roberts:
Mom's
birth certificate states Granddad was born in Kansas, not Mo.
Tom
Roberts left home at age 13 to work in the
Kansas wheat fields.(per aunt crys).
He
redeemed 128 acres of land in Jefferson County, Arkansas, from the State of
Arkansas, for $6.72 , in delinquent
taxes for the year 1932, at a tax sale on January 25, 1934
Grandad
worked for the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Lines (Cotton Belt Route) as a
Carman until he retired effective March 17, 1943.
Notes
for Willie Edward Watts:
She
recieved a widows pension from the Railroad retirement Board from July 1947
until her death.
Resident
of a nursing home in Freeburg, Illinois for 3 years before her death.
Children
of Thomas Roberts and Willie Watts are:
i.
Alice Gertrude Roberts, born November 04, 1898 in Texarkana, Tex.; died November
17, 1898 in Texarkana, Tex.
ii.
Mabel Frances Roberts, born October 02, 1899 in Texarkana, Tex; died February
28, 1992 in Rockwall, Tex. of Alzheimers Disease; married Alfred Grady Foster
November 17, 1921; born September 18, 1895; died December 25, 1973.
iii.
Hubert Edward Roberts, born December 24, 1901 in Pine Bluff, Ark.; died October
13, 1959 in Santa Monica, California; married Nora Gertrude Costello Abt. 1925
in Perhaps Desoto,mo; born Abt. 1897; died 1963 in Santa Monica, California.
iv.
Ethel Roberts, born January 13, 1904 in Pine Bluff, Ark.; died March 22, 1943 in
East St. Louis, Ill. of a Brain Tumor; married (1) Gabe Thomas; married (2)
Andrew William Slaven
v.
Louis Alfred Roberts, born February 08, 1906 in Pine Bluff, Ark.; died March 19,
1974 in Fairview Heights, Ill. of Lung Cancer; married (1) Marie (Roberts);
married (2) Ann Hiel
vi.
Pearl Grace (Dolly) Roberts, born February 27, 1910 in Pine Bluff, Ark.; died
January 24, 1976 in Oakland, Ca. of Breast Cancer; married (1) Edward Nicar in
Monroe, La; married (2) John Warren Platt
vii.
Crystal Roberts, born February 12, 1913 in Pine Bluff, Ark; married (1) William
H. Pendleton in Casper, Wyo; born August 14, 1914 in El Dorado, Ar; married (2)
Thomas K. Hewlett
viii.
Thomas Elbert Roberts, born June 20, 1916 in Pine Bluff, Ark.; died September
03, 1974 in Fairview Heights, Ill. of Accidental Decapitation; married Pauline
Williams
Notes
for Thomas Elbert Roberts:
Tom
was killed at Routes 159 and 50 in Fairview Heights.
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ix. Hazel Eugenia Roberts, born February 23, 1918 in Pine Bluff, Ar;
married (1) Carl Adus Fergusson August 11, 1935 in Pine Bluff, Ar; married (2)
Harold Louis Meng April 14, 1941 in St. Charles, Mo; married (3) Melvin Louis
Maillot June 30, 1982 in Fairview Heights, Ill., OLA Parrish.
x.
Marjorie Mae Roberts, born November 14, 1920 in Pine Bluff, Ark.; died July 1940
in East St. Louis, Ill in an Automobile Accident.
Notes
for Marjorie Mae Roberts:
Killed
in automobile accident in East St. Louis, Il. Nell Walsh Barnes Funeral Home, at
1416 St. Louis Avenue, E. St. Louis, Il,
xi. William Knox Roberts, born January 21, 1925 in Desoto, Mo;
married Kathleen Dunn in Oakland, Ca.
Generation
No. 4
8. Cosmo A. Ferguson2,
born 1849 in Mississippi. He was
the son of Jasper R. Ferguson, Sr and Henrietta Unknown. He married 9. Anna Unknown (Fergusson) Childress ??
April 14, 1873 in Copiah County, Mississippi ??2.
9.
Anna Unknown (Fergusson) Childress ??2, born Abt. 1855
in Mississippi.
Children
of Cosmo Ferguson and Anna ?? are:
i.
Horace Fergusson, born Abt. 1874 in Mississippi.
ii.
William J Fergusson, born Abt. 1876 in Mississippi.
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iii. Roy
Eakin Fergusson, born July 25, 1879 in Crystal Springs,
Ms.??; died May 12, 1933 in Rison, Ar; married (1) Minnie Florence
Yarbrough May 13, 1900 in Methodist Parsonage, Crystal Springs, Copiah County,
Miss; met (2) Bertha Hall?? Abt. 1915 in Pine Bluff, Ar.
10. Joseph Yarbrough
He married 11. Amanda Emaline Culpepper.
11.
Amanda Emaline Culpepper
Children
of Joseph Yarbrough and Amanda Culpepper are:
i.
Leorenza Marshall Yarbrough, married Willie Lee Payne
ii.
Madison Hardy Yarbrough
iii.
H. Pettus Yarbrough
iv.
Rachel Leona Yarbrough
v.
Ola Yarbrough
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vi. Minnie Florence Yarbrough, born January 13, 1885 in Jackson, MS
?? or Alabama??; died 1958 in Tarry, Ar; married Roy Eakin Fergusson May 13,
1900 in Methodist Parsonage, Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Miss.
vii.
Tennessee Yarbrough
12. Adam Wesley Roberts,
born in PA. He married 13. Sadie
Knox.
13.
Sadie Knox, born in MO.
Children
of Adam Roberts and Sadie Knox are:
i.
Alice Roberts, married Unknown Broaddus
ii.
Charles Roberts
iii.
Edward S. Roberts, married Iowa Unknown (Roberts)
iv.
George Roberts
v.
Jim Roberts
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vi. Thomas Knox Roberts, born March 27, 1875 in Blue Springs,
Jackson County, Mo.;
died July 15, 1947 in Edgemont, Ill; married Willie Edward Watts February 12,
1898 in Texarkana, Miller County, Ark.
vii.
Susie Roberts, born January 17, 1881; married Frank W. Brownell
14. William Ballard
Watts, Sr., born in VA (orTX); died Abt. October 30, 1881 in Richmond, AR..
He married 15. Frances Amanda Paul 1868.
15.
Frances Amanda Paul, born May 12, 1851 in Nacogdoches, Texas..
She was the daughter of Unknown Paul and Frances Amanda Vartaman.
Children
of William Watts and Frances Paul are:
i.
Gertrude Watts, married Walter Holden
ii.
Madge Watts, born September 03, 1878 in Texarkana,TX3; died in
Shreveport, La; met Lawence DeLoach November 07, 1895 in PINE Bluff, AR3;
born December 01, 1872 in Longview, TX3; died January 28, 1920
in Shreveport, LA3.
iii.
Ozzie Watts, married Unknown Raymer
iv.
William Ballard Watts, Jr., born Bef. 1881.
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v. Willie Edward Watts, born November 13, 1881 in Richmond, Ark.;
died March 03, 1966 in St. Mary's Hosp. , East St. Louis, Illinois; married
Thomas Knox Roberts February 12, 1898 in Texarkana, Miller County, Ark.
Endnotes
1.
Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 3, Social Security Records:
U.S., SS Death Benefit Records, Surnames Beginning with F, Date of Import: Jul
1, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.111.3.67540.79
2.
Kathy Baker Letter of 1/9/2000.
3. Terri's email 3/4/2005.
This information was submitted by Jerry and JoAn. Thank you so much.
Tennessee
The Volunteer State
Nashville
1769-1923
The
S. J. Clarke Pub. Co 1923
Vol.
111 1
Family
of Mike Mooney son of Erwin J. Mooney Jr. English Pro. Amarillo Jr. Collage.
Amarillo, TX, and family of Henry Augustin Mooney of Pine Bluff, ARK.
Charles
Patrick Joseph Mooney
Managing Editor of Commercial
Appeal of Memphis Born in Bullitt County, Kentucky, Sept. 15, 1865 Parents John
Francis and Hannah {Spraggins} Mooney of County Down, Ireland.
Hannah's ancestors from N.C. to Kentucky about the time of Civil War.
Youngest of 7 children.
Charles P. C. Mooney
went to Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co. AR. in 1888 to be
a telegraph operator on Cotton Belt Railroad. But went to work for Arthur
Murray on the Press Eagle
"first paper job'.
June 1890 to Memphis
as reporter on the old Avalanche. Married
Corinne G'Sell O'Connor from Carondelet, Missouri. Children: Hugh J.,
Miriam, and
Charles Jr.
1870 -
Ky., Mooney, John 62,
Ireland Bullitt county, page
228 Pine Tavern
Mooney,
Colman, 50, black, 228
Pine Tavern Ky.
1850 Bullitt Co. page 189 B line 30 Dwelling 587
30 587-587, Mooney, John, 45-m Hotel Keeper $ 3255 Ireland,
31 Hanah 27-f Ky.
32 Mary 3-f Ky.
33 Margaret 1-f Ky.
34 McChagham, Henry 50-m Farmer Ireland
35 588 - 588 Spraggens, Margaret, 64-f wd Ireland
36 Isabella 19-f s, Ky.
1860 Page
739 Belmont Furnace P. O. Bullitt Co. KY Sheet
# 63 dist # 4 11 Aug. 1860
21
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Mooney, John
58-m
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Sheet # 32 Pine Tavern dist,
9 July 1870 Bullitt County, KY
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226
Mooney, John
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Hannah
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Henry
12 m/w
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Barney
17 m/w
KY
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John
13 m/w
KY
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Nancie
8 f/w
KY
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Charley
5 m/w
KY
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Mooney, Colman
50 m/b
+ 8 other family members.
1880
Pine Tavern , Bullitt Co. KY Page
249 C
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self F
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Bluff, Vaugine township, Jefferson Co. AR SD
# 6, ED # 101 sheet 2 B Page 193 B 9
June 1900
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623-36-41 Mooney,
H. A. head
Feb. 1852 - 48
KY IRE
KY Cotton Buyer
rent home
81
Stella M.
wife Aug
1859 - 40
OH VA PA
82
Stella
dar July
1881 - 18
KY KY OH
83
Augustas
son Feb
1884 - 16
AR KY OH
84
Joseph
son Aug
1887 - 12
KY KY OH
85
Thomas L.
son Nov
1889 - 10
AR KY OH
86
Wm. Chas.
son Mar
1892 - 8
AR KY OH
87
James Irwin
son Aug 1895 -
4
AR KY OH
88
John Pelton son
Aug 1897 - 2
AR KY OH
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Bluff, Vaugine twp, Jefferson Co. AR. ED# 114 Sheet 1 B page 124 B
1910 Wabash ST.
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Mooney, Henry A.
57
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50
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Page 151 B 28 January 1920
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wife
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Pine Bluff,
Vaugine twp, Jefferson Co. AR 3
Jan. 1920
12th Ave.
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retail merchant
18
Stella M.
38
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Mary V.
17
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15
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Marshall Jr.
6
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Mooney , Stella
58 mother in law KY
VA VA line though name
Mary Mooney married
James B. Cummings Nov. 24, 1863 Bullitt Co. KY
John Mooney
married Hannah Sprague
Oct. 16, 1845 Bullitt
Co. Ky
Joseph T. Spragan to
Sarah Tilford
Feb 28, 1839 Bullitt
Co. Ky
John F. Money 22 married Alice V. Brady 19 Oct. 28 1920 Bullitt Co. Ky
Surety by
Levi Brady
Cemetery
Bullitt Co. KY
Bernaed Levi
Brady Mooney 8 Nov 1899 - 2 Oct.
1929
Lily I
Mooney 1879, 8 Jan - 21 Feb 1952
MOONEY
Bernard Levi
Brady
Grace Smith McAllister
Nov 8, 1899
- Oct 2 1929
March 5, 1903 Nov 7 1990
28 Oct 1920
Francis L.
Spraggins to Margaret Hollingsworth Jan.
15, 1830 Robeson Co. NC
Mooney,
Erwin J. Jr. English Pro. Amarillo
Collage 1223 Jackson DR4-6078
office 03 ext 32
Shane Steel descendant of Mooney family searching this family 10 March 2000. Family of Henry Augustine Mooney b. 1851 died 1931 Pine Bluff, AR buried in Mooney family cemetery. John (Jack) Francis Mooney b. 1802 County Down Ireland.