| Title |
Ferguson, James |
| Date |
b. ca. 1833 |
| Description |
James Ferguson, born. ca. 1833 in Pennsylvania, was a Philadelphia lithographer active ca. 1856-ca. 1870s. Ferguson worked
for Wagner & McGuigan ca. 1856-1857, served as a steward for the Lithographic Printers Union in 1862, and worked at the establishment
of Craig, Finley, & Rowley in 1870.
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Ferguson was first listed as a lithographer with a residence at Front Street above Jefferson Street in the 1856 Philadelphia
city directory. He continued to live in North Philadelphia as of the 1860 census, in which he was listed as a lithographer,
with a personal estate valued at $800 who resided in Ward 16. He was married to Mary (b. ca. 1840) with whom he had three
children. By the time of his employment with Craig, Finley & Rowley he resided at 122 Thompson Street and in 1873 at 1772
Frankford Avenue.
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| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| References |
See Craig, Finley & Co. and Wagner & McGuigan. |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Census 1870 |
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Groce & Wallace, 223 |
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Philadelphia Business and City Directories, 1856-1873 (intermittently) |
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Philadelphia Inquirer, December 5, 1862 |
