Genealogy of the Descendents of John Ferguson: A Native of Scotland, who Emigrated to America Before the Revolutionary War |
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... railroad , and in the fall of 1854 accepted the position as Chief Engineer of the Tiffin and Fort Wayne railroad , and removed to Tiffin , Ohio . work here was the preliminary survey and road - bed con- struction of an Air Line Railroad ...
... railroad , and in the fall of 1854 accepted the position as Chief Engineer of the Tiffin and Fort Wayne railroad , and removed to Tiffin , Ohio . work here was the preliminary survey and road - bed con- struction of an Air Line Railroad ...
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... Railroad on land reclaimed from the mud - flats of the harbor , and the constant exposure to which he was subjected was the beginning of rheumatic disease from which he never recovered . He also had charge of the laying out and ...
... Railroad on land reclaimed from the mud - flats of the harbor , and the constant exposure to which he was subjected was the beginning of rheumatic disease from which he never recovered . He also had charge of the laying out and ...
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... Railroad . By industry and en- ergy he soon obtained the confidence of the railroad con- tractors in the country and received the appointment as Chief Engineer of the Cleveland , Toledo and Norwalk Railroad . This work finished he then ...
... Railroad . By industry and en- ergy he soon obtained the confidence of the railroad con- tractors in the country and received the appointment as Chief Engineer of the Cleveland , Toledo and Norwalk Railroad . This work finished he then ...
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... railroad across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Southern Mexico . He entered upon the new life in this new land with all the fresh enthusiasm and zeal of a boy . His letters , his diary and a lecture on Mexico , subsequently written ...
... railroad across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Southern Mexico . He entered upon the new life in this new land with all the fresh enthusiasm and zeal of a boy . His letters , his diary and a lecture on Mexico , subsequently written ...
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... Railroad , which was then in course of construction , and of which his brother Peter was engineer - in - charge . For three years he lived in his brother's home ; years of quiet home comfort and influence , so different from the rough ...
... Railroad , which was then in course of construction , and of which his brother Peter was engineer - in - charge . For three years he lived in his brother's home ; years of quiet home comfort and influence , so different from the rough ...
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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.
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