Genealogy of the Descendents of John Ferguson: A Native of Scotland, who Emigrated to America Before the Revolutionary War

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Newcomb & Gauss, 1911 - British Americans - 112 pages

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Page 91 - The pains of death are past; Labor and sorrow cease; And life's long warfare closed at last, His soul is found in peace. 5 Soldier of Christ, well done! Praise be thy new employ; And, while eternal ages run, Rest in thy Saviour's joy.
Page 57 - And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred ; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
Page 73 - God had sifted three kingdoms to find the wheat for this planting, Then had sifted the wheat, as the living seed of a nation...
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Page 42 - Conn., where the earlier years of his life were spent and where he received his education in the public and high schools of that city ; taking a course of study preparatory to entering Yale Scientific School.
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Page 4 - Dunkeld, and the distinctive badge of which was the little sunflower. In the Roll of 1587, they are named as among the septs of Mar and Athole, where their proper seat as a clan originally lay, having chiefs and captains of their own.
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