Biography extracted from History of Sauk County, Wisconsin Chicago: Western Historical Company, published 1880.

Bear Creek:

James Ferguson, farmer, Sec; P. O. Spring Green; was born near Madison, Wis. April 2, 1855; he has been a resident of Bear Creek since 1869, with the exception of three years, a portion of which he spent in attending school at Chicago, Ill. He is at present Town Clerk, and takes an active interest in the public affairs. His father, John Ferguson, married, in County Mayo, Ireland, Bridget Murray; they came to this country in 1845; lived in Massachusetts a short time, then came to Dane Co.; moved thence to Juneau Co., where he died. He enlisted in Co. A, 47th W. V. I., during the war of the rebellion; was wounded at Manassas; was in active service two years, at the end of which time he was honorably discharged. His wife moved to Bear Creek in 1869, and is still living; their children are Mary, Thomas, James, Catherine, Eliza and Emma.

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