Virgil Ferguson
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Virgil Stuart Ferguson (1844–1912) was an Illinois attorney and Republican politician. He represented Whiteside County in the Illinois State Senate from 1891 to 1895, serving in the 37th and 38th sessions of the General Assembly. He lived for most of his life in Sterling, Illinois.
Virgil Stuart Ferguson was born to Andrew and Zerelda Brock Ferguson on September 18, 1844, in Bedford, Indiana.[1] He was the eldest of eight children.[1] He attended the Mount Carroll Seminary, known today as Shimer College, in the early 1860s, while his family was living in Milledgeville, Illinois.[1][2] Prior to attending the Seminary, Ferguson had attended the Hazel Green School near Milledgeville, for which he helped to organize a large reunion in 1897.[3]
After completing his studies at the Seminary, Ferguson attended the University of Chicago for a time.[1] He joined the Illinois bar on June 23, 1868,[4] following his graduation from Union College of Law,[1] which later became the Northwestern University School of Law. Also in 1868, he married Annie E. Mickle; they had two children.[1]