IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
WILLIAM TURNBULL FERGUSON
WHO DIED 21st DEC 1899
AGED 22 YRS
HIS END WAS PEACE
WILLIAM TURNBULL FERGUSION SENIOR WAS BORN ON THE 17TH APRIL 1838 IN LILLIESEAF, ROXBURGH, SCOTLAND TO JOHN FERGUSON AND AGNES KERR. HE MARRIED ELIZABETH (ELSPETH) BLACK ON THE 22ND JUNE 1860 AT YETHOLM, ROXBURGH, SCOTLAND. HIS WIFE ELIZABETH (ELSPETH) WAS BORN 17TH DECEMBER 1829 TO JOHN BLACK AND MATTILDA MARTHA MILLAR AND WAS CHRISTENED IN JEDBURGH, ROXBURGH, SCOTLAND. THEY MOVED TO IRELAND AND TO THE MATHERS ESTATE IN FALTY, MOORE AND HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A SHEPHERD.THEY FAMILY RESIDED IN RATHPEAK.THEIR DAUGHTER JAMIMA WAS BORN 12TH JANUARY 1870 AND DIED 35 DAYS LATER ON THE 17TH FEBRUARY 1870. THEIR SON WILLIAM TURNBULL FERGUSON WAS BORN ON THE 16TH JANUARY 1877 AND DIED 12TH DECEMBER 1899 AGED 22 YEARS AS RECORDED ON HIS MEMORIAL HERE IN CLONBURREN CEMETERY.
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