James DuGue (J D) Ferguson,
Date of Birth; Dec. 21, 1865
Place of Birth; Ditchley Plantation on Deer Creek, Washington County, Mississippi.
Engineer School, University of the South Sewanee and Lehigh University.
Most Qualified for; Map Surveying, purchase engineer supplies, Highways, Railroad Construction (Track), Highway Bridges, Docks and Wharves.
Most fitted for Field Engineering.
Language; Very little French.
Engineering & Military Experience; General Field Work, Highway, Railroad & Irrigation & Surveying since 1887.
U S San. Inspector, making topographic surveys for the U S P H Service (Public Health Service).
Work Experience;
1887-1889; Assistant Engineer, Miss Board Levee Commission (Greenville, Miss.) Engineering, Cross sectioning, and estimating Levee construction.
1889-1895; Planting Cotton & and doing some Surveying & Engineering work for myself and for others.
1895-1898; For various people - General Engineering & Surveying.
1898-1899; - In charge of engineering supplies and repair of Bridges in Puerto Rico with the Army of invasion in QM office at Pona (Ponce?) Puerto Rico.
1899-1901; Asst. Engineer, Guayaquil & Quito, (Ecuador, S. A.) Railroad Co. Preliminary Surveys and location of Railroad, Guayaquil to Quito.
1901-1902; for Asst. Eng. "Cuba Co." Preliminary Surveys and location of Railroad, Santa Clara to Santiago Cuba.
1902-1905; General Engineers in Texas - Highways, Railroads and Irrigation work.
1905-1918; General Engineers in Mississippi. Ry. Maintenance, Land Surveying, Navigation Courses Drainage, City Eng. work.
City Engineer of Biloxi, Mississippi, County Surveyor of Harrison County, Mississippi.
Surveying & engineering for others in Hancock, Harrison & Jackson Counties, Mississippi
From the records of Bradford O'Keefe; J D Ferguson died @ Biloxi Hospital 11/6/1937, @ 9:05? His residence listed as Diberville and as having a history of colds, Acute Myvenllites(?), Secondary; (?), Single.
Burial @ Beauvoir Jeff Davis Cemetery, 11/9/1937.
Obituary from the Daily Herald November 7, 1937
James DuGue Ferguson
72 years of age
JDF is listed here as being a Spanish American War Vet., at the rank of Colonel, and was a staff officer for General Wilson, being in the engineering corps.
The obit list his college's as Sewanee and Lehigh
Note.. This grave is unmarked, next to and North of his mother Mrs. Katherine Lee Ferguson. Just North of him is his sister Percy Ferguson, also unmarked. General Ferguson is buried in Greenville Cemetery in Jackson Mississippi.
Son of Major Gen. Samuel Wragg Ferguson C.S.A.
Sister: Percy Ferguson.
Date of Birth; Dec. 21, 1865
Place of Birth; Ditchley Plantation on Deer Creek, Washington County, Mississippi.
Engineer School, University of the South Sewanee and Lehigh University.
Most Qualified for; Map Surveying, purchase engineer supplies, Highways, Railroad Construction (Track), Highway Bridges, Docks and Wharves.
Most fitted for Field Engineering.
Language; Very little French.
Engineering & Military Experience; General Field Work, Highway, Railroad & Irrigation & Surveying since 1887.
U S San. Inspector, making topographic surveys for the U S P H Service (Public Health Service).
Work Experience;
1887-1889; Assistant Engineer, Miss Board Levee Commission (Greenville, Miss.) Engineering, Cross sectioning, and estimating Levee construction.
1889-1895; Planting Cotton & and doing some Surveying & Engineering work for myself and for others.
1895-1898; For various people - General Engineering & Surveying.
1898-1899; - In charge of engineering supplies and repair of Bridges in Puerto Rico with the Army of invasion in QM office at Pona (Ponce?) Puerto Rico.
1899-1901; Asst. Engineer, Guayaquil & Quito, (Ecuador, S. A.) Railroad Co. Preliminary Surveys and location of Railroad, Guayaquil to Quito.
1901-1902; for Asst. Eng. "Cuba Co." Preliminary Surveys and location of Railroad, Santa Clara to Santiago Cuba.
1902-1905; General Engineers in Texas - Highways, Railroads and Irrigation work.
1905-1918; General Engineers in Mississippi. Ry. Maintenance, Land Surveying, Navigation Courses Drainage, City Eng. work.
City Engineer of Biloxi, Mississippi, County Surveyor of Harrison County, Mississippi.
Surveying & engineering for others in Hancock, Harrison & Jackson Counties, Mississippi
From the records of Bradford O'Keefe; J D Ferguson died @ Biloxi Hospital 11/6/1937, @ 9:05? His residence listed as Diberville and as having a history of colds, Acute Myvenllites(?), Secondary; (?), Single.
Burial @ Beauvoir Jeff Davis Cemetery, 11/9/1937.
Obituary from the Daily Herald November 7, 1937
James DuGue Ferguson
72 years of age
JDF is listed here as being a Spanish American War Vet., at the rank of Colonel, and was a staff officer for General Wilson, being in the engineering corps.
The obit list his college's as Sewanee and Lehigh
Note.. This grave is unmarked, next to and North of his mother Mrs. Katherine Lee Ferguson. Just North of him is his sister Percy Ferguson, also unmarked. General Ferguson is buried in Greenville Cemetery in Jackson Mississippi.
Son of Major Gen. Samuel Wragg Ferguson C.S.A.
Sister: Percy Ferguson.
James DuGue (J D) Ferguson,
Date of Birth; Dec. 21, 1865
Place of Birth; Ditchley Plantation on Deer Creek, Washington County, Mississippi.
Engineer School, University of the South Sewanee and Lehigh University.
Most Qualified for; Map Surveying, purchase engineer supplies, Highways, Railroad Construction (Track), Highway Bridges, Docks and Wharves.
Most fitted for Field Engineering.
Language; Very little French.
Engineering & Military Experience; General Field Work, Highway, Railroad & Irrigation & Surveying since 1887.
U S San. Inspector, making topographic surveys for the U S P H Service (Public Health Service).
Work Experience;
1887-1889; Assistant Engineer, Miss Board Levee Commission (Greenville, Miss.) Engineering, Cross sectioning, and estimating Levee construction.
1889-1895; Planting Cotton & and doing some Surveying & Engineering work for myself and for others.
1895-1898; For various people - General Engineering & Surveying.
1898-1899; - In charge of engineering supplies and repair of Bridges in Puerto Rico with the Army of invasion in QM office at Pona (Ponce?) Puerto Rico.
1899-1901; Asst. Engineer, Guayaquil & Quito, (Ecuador, S. A.) Railroad Co. Preliminary Surveys and location of Railroad, Guayaquil to Quito.
1901-1902; for Asst. Eng. "Cuba Co." Preliminary Surveys and location of Railroad, Santa Clara to Santiago Cuba.
1902-1905; General Engineers in Texas - Highways, Railroads and Irrigation work.
1905-1918; General Engineers in Mississippi. Ry. Maintenance, Land Surveying, Navigation Courses Drainage, City Eng. work.
City Engineer of Biloxi, Mississippi, County Surveyor of Harrison County, Mississippi.
Surveying & engineering for others in Hancock, Harrison & Jackson Counties, Mississippi
From the records of Bradford O'Keefe; J D Ferguson died @ Biloxi Hospital 11/6/1937, @ 9:05? His residence listed as Diberville and as having a history of colds, Acute Myvenllites(?), Secondary; (?), Single.
Burial @ Beauvoir Jeff Davis Cemetery, 11/9/1937.
Obituary from the Daily Herald November 7, 1937
James DuGue Ferguson
72 years of age
JDF is listed here as being a Spanish American War Vet., at the rank of Colonel, and was a staff officer for General Wilson, being in the engineering corps.
The obit list his college's as Sewanee and Lehigh
Note.. This grave is unmarked, next to and North of his mother Mrs. Katherine Lee Ferguson. Just North of him is his sister Percy Ferguson, also unmarked. General Ferguson is buried in Greenville Cemetery in Jackson Mississippi.
Son of Major Gen. Samuel Wragg Ferguson C.S.A.
Sister: Percy Ferguson.
Date of Birth; Dec. 21, 1865
Place of Birth; Ditchley Plantation on Deer Creek, Washington County, Mississippi.
Engineer School, University of the South Sewanee and Lehigh University.
Most Qualified for; Map Surveying, purchase engineer supplies, Highways, Railroad Construction (Track), Highway Bridges, Docks and Wharves.
Most fitted for Field Engineering.
Language; Very little French.
Engineering & Military Experience; General Field Work, Highway, Railroad & Irrigation & Surveying since 1887.
U S San. Inspector, making topographic surveys for the U S P H Service (Public Health Service).
Work Experience;
1887-1889; Assistant Engineer, Miss Board Levee Commission (Greenville, Miss.) Engineering, Cross sectioning, and estimating Levee construction.
1889-1895; Planting Cotton & and doing some Surveying & Engineering work for myself and for others.
1895-1898; For various people - General Engineering & Surveying.
1898-1899; - In charge of engineering supplies and repair of Bridges in Puerto Rico with the Army of invasion in QM office at Pona (Ponce?) Puerto Rico.
1899-1901; Asst. Engineer, Guayaquil & Quito, (Ecuador, S. A.) Railroad Co. Preliminary Surveys and location of Railroad, Guayaquil to Quito.
1901-1902; for Asst. Eng. "Cuba Co." Preliminary Surveys and location of Railroad, Santa Clara to Santiago Cuba.
1902-1905; General Engineers in Texas - Highways, Railroads and Irrigation work.
1905-1918; General Engineers in Mississippi. Ry. Maintenance, Land Surveying, Navigation Courses Drainage, City Eng. work.
City Engineer of Biloxi, Mississippi, County Surveyor of Harrison County, Mississippi.
Surveying & engineering for others in Hancock, Harrison & Jackson Counties, Mississippi
From the records of Bradford O'Keefe; J D Ferguson died @ Biloxi Hospital 11/6/1937, @ 9:05? His residence listed as Diberville and as having a history of colds, Acute Myvenllites(?), Secondary; (?), Single.
Burial @ Beauvoir Jeff Davis Cemetery, 11/9/1937.
Obituary from the Daily Herald November 7, 1937
James DuGue Ferguson
72 years of age
JDF is listed here as being a Spanish American War Vet., at the rank of Colonel, and was a staff officer for General Wilson, being in the engineering corps.
The obit list his college's as Sewanee and Lehigh
Note.. This grave is unmarked, next to and North of his mother Mrs. Katherine Lee Ferguson. Just North of him is his sister Percy Ferguson, also unmarked. General Ferguson is buried in Greenville Cemetery in Jackson Mississippi.
Son of Major Gen. Samuel Wragg Ferguson C.S.A.
Sister: Percy Ferguson.
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