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Notes for Leonard William Ferguson

Leonard, like his father before him, was a longtime Kansas City Southern Railroad employee, retiring around 1956.
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WWI Draft Registration Card, dated June 5, 1917:

Age: 25
Born: Jan. 5, 1892, Marshall, Tex.
Address: 1932 Walnut, Shreveport, La.
Married, one child
Occupation: Laundry Wagon Driver, Excelsior Steam Laundry
Height: Short; Build: Stout; Eyes: Gray; Hair: Light
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Found in 1920 Census, LA, Caddo Parish, Shreveport Pct. 9, ED 62, Sh. 14A.
Leonard Ferguson 28 (Occupation.: wagon driver, steam laundry)
Kathleen Ferguson 20
Homer Ferguson 3 8/12
Ruth E Ferguson 8/12
Leonard and family were living next door to his parents and renting a house owned by them.
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Obituary of Leonard William Ferguson

(From Shreveport Journal)

FORMER RESIDENT DIES IN OKLAHOMA

L. W. Ferguson Sr., of Heavener, Okla., a resident of Shreveport for 45 years, died in a hospital in Oklahoma after a short illness.

He was an employee of Kansas City Southern until he retired nine years ago.

Mr. Ferguson is survived by his widow; two sons, L. W. Ferguson Jr., and H. H. Ferguson; two daughters, Mrs. James Eley, and Mrs. R. C. Hardy, all of Shreveport; his mother, Mrs. J. W. Ferguson of Shreveport; a brother, J. A. Ferguson; sister, Mrs. Ray Wyatt and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Funeral Services are to be at Dowden Funeral Home at Heavener, Okla. at 10:00 a.m. Thursday. Other arrangements are incomplete.
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Revised: 06-Oct-07  04:53 PM

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