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Leonard William Ferguson Family

Husband: Leonard William Ferguson

Born: 5 Jan 1892at: Marshall, TX
Married: 14 Dec 1915at: Shreveport, LA
Died: 14 Jan 1964at: Heavener, OK
Buried: at: 
Father: Joseph William Ferguson
Mother: Laura Lillian Murrell
 

Wife: Kathleen Anna Augusta Jones

Born: 31 Aug 1899at: Washington, IN
Died: 12 Sep 1991at: Shreveport, LA
Buried: at: Greenwood Cemetery, Shreveport, LA
Father: Alfred Charles Jones
Mother: Wiley Augusta Orchard Tilton
Other Spouses: Rene Adrin Spring  
 

Children:

Name: Homer Horace Ferguson
Born: 5 Apr 1916at: Shreveport, LA
Died: 2 Jul 2005at: Zwolle, LA
Buried: at: Centuries Memorial Park, Shreveport, LA
Spouses: Joyce Ernestine Fincher  
 

Name: Ruth Evelyn Ferguson
Born: 21 Apr 1919at: Washington, IN
Died: 11 Jul 1984at: Shreveport, LA
Buried: at: Greenwood Cemetery, Shreveport, LA
Spouses: Roe Coy Hardy  
 

Name: Leneda Ollie Ferguson
Born: 1 Feb 1922at: Shreveport, LA
Died: at: 
Buried: at: 
Spouses: James Lavon Eley  
 

Name: Leonard William (Chip) Ferguson, Jr.
Born: 5 May 1924at: Shreveport, LA
Died: at: 
Buried: at: 
Spouses: Katie Marie Owens  
 

More Information:

About the Leonard William Ferguson Family:

This marriage ended in divorce.


About Leonard William Ferguson:

Leonard, like his father before him, was a longtime Kansas City Southern Railroad employee, retiring around 1956.
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WWI Draft Registration Card, dated June 5, 1917:
Age: 25
Born: Jan. 5, 1892, Marshall, Tex.
Address: 1932 Walnut, Shreveport, La.
Married, one child
Occupation: Laundry Wagon Driver, Excelsior Steam Laundry
Height: Short; Build: Stout; Eyes: Gray; Hair: Light
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Found in 1920 Census, LA, Caddo Parish, Shreveport Pct. 9, ED 62, Sh. 14A.
Leonard Ferguson 28 (Occupation.: wagon driver, steam laundry)
Kathleen Ferguson 20
Homer Ferguson 3 8/12
Ruth E Ferguson 8/12
Leonard and family were living next door to his parents and renting a house owned by them at 1966 Walnut St.
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Found in 1930 Census, LA, Caddo Parish, Shreveport, ED 36, Sh. 7B. Address: 1451 Harvard St.
William L Ferguson 36; clerk, steam railroad shop
Kathleen Ferguson 29
Homer H Ferguson 14
Ruth E Ferguson 12
Leneda O Ferguson 8
Lenard W Ferguson 5
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Obituary of Leonard William Ferguson

(From Shreveport Journal)

FORMER RESIDENT DIES IN OKLAHOMA

L. W. Ferguson Sr., of Heavener, Okla., a resident of Shreveport for 45 years, died in a hospital in Oklahoma after a short illness.

He was an employee of Kansas City Southern until he retired nine years ago.

Mr. Ferguson is survived by his widow; two sons, L. W. Ferguson Jr., and H. H. Ferguson; two daughters, Mrs. James Eley, and Mrs. R. C. Hardy, all of Shreveport; his mother, Mrs. J. W. Ferguson of Shreveport; a brother, J. A. Ferguson; sister, Mrs. Ray Wyatt and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Funeral Services are to be at Dowden Funeral Home at Heavener, Okla. at 10:00 a.m. Thursday. Other arrangements are incomplete.
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About Kathleen Anna Augusta Jones:


Revised: 24-Jan-11  12:00 PM