Biography

1786 - 05/19/1865

Centre and Clearfield Counties (1835-1836), Clearfield and Lycoming Counties (1836-1837)

FERGUSON, David, a Representative from Centre, Clearfield and Lycoming Counties; born, circa 1786 in Cumberland County, Pa.; civil engineer; county surveyor; appointed, auditor, Clearfield County (1815-1817); elected, commissioner, Clearfield County (1817-1819); clerk of commissioners, Clearfield County (1821-1822); road commissioner, Clearfield County (1823); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1835-1836 and 1836-1837 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1837-1838 term; engaged, saw mill (1839); appointed, justice of the peace (20 years); teacher; died, May 19, 1865 in Ferguson Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania; interred, Friends Cemetery, Grampian, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.