Seventh Generation

715. Dora Ann Bedwell^306,308 was born in May 1885 in Tennessee.³⁰⁸ She died after Feb 1949.

• 1910 Census for Crockett County, Tennessee, shows James R. Ferguson, age 33, a
farmer; wife Dora A., age 24 (who has had two children with two still living); and their children: James O., age 2; and Ottie (?), age 5/12.

• 1920 Census for District 15, Crockett County, Tennessee, taken in Jan 1920, shows Jim Ferguson, age 46, a farm laborer who rents his residence, as head of household with: wife Dora, 36; son Oliver, 12; son Othie (?), 10; and daughter Bessie, 5.

• 1930 Census for District 12, Crockett County, Tennessee, taken in Apr 1930, shows Jim Ferguson, age 53, a farmer who rents, as head of household consisting of: wife Dora, 43; son Othes, 20, a farmer; and daughter Bessie, 16.

Dora Ann Bedwell and James Richard Ferguson were married on 3 Jul 1904.³⁰⁹ James Richard Ferguson was born about 1877 in Tennessee. He died in Feb 1949 in Crockett County, Tennessee. He was buried in Sudbury Cemetery, Friendship, Crockett County, Tennessee.

• from the Crockett County Sentinel, February 1949:

DEATH--Services for Jim FERGUSON, farmer and blacksmith, were held at the Friendship Methodist Church at 10 a. m. Monday, burial in Sudbury Cemetery. He died of a heart attack Saturday. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Dora Bedwell FERGUSON; two sons, Oliver FERGUSON, of Memphis and Otha FERGUSON, of Gary, Inf.; one daughter, Mrs. Lewis ARLINGTON, of Atwood; five sisters, Hortense FERGUSON, of Atlanta, Ivy FERGUSON and Mrs. Lou DICKERSON, both of Russellville, Ala, Mrs. Maggie MOORE, of Friendship and Mrs. May ROBBINS, of Trenton.

Dora Ann Bedwell and James Richard Ferguson had the following children:

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James Oliver Ferguson was born about 1907 in Crockett County, Tennessee.⁸¹⁰ He died after Feb 1949.
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William Oltha Ferguson was born in 1909 in Crockett County, Tennessee.⁸¹⁰ He died after Feb 1949.
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Bessie Irene Ferguson.