Individual Details

Married Ruth Silvey, 27 Sep 1923.

Missouri Death Certificate #3211. Robert Wilson Ferguson died 4 Jan 1929 of "general paralysis of the insane" in St. Francois Co, MO. His residence was Elvins. He was married to Ruth Ferguson. He was born 6 Nov 1893 in Poplar Bluff, MO. He was a miner. His father was Robert Ferguson, b. IN; his mother Rosa Dixon, b. Ohio. The information came from hospital records at State Hospital #4. He was buried Parkview Cemetery.

Obituary
ROBT. FERGUSON
Robt. Ferguson, 35 years of age, whose home was in Elvins, died Friday morning in the hospital at Farmington where he had been under treatment for some time. The body was prepared for burial and taken to the home of the deceased man's father-in-law, Geo. Silvey, in Elvins, where it was kept until Sunday afternoon at two o'clock when the funeral service was held at Elvins Baptist church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. R. F. Liddell. Interment was at Parkview cemetery. The deceased was an ex-service man of the World War period. The Coleman Frazier Post of the American Legion was in charge of the grave.
He is survived by his young wife, who was Miss Ruth Silvey of Elvins. He has a brother and a sister living in Poplar Bluff.
The News extends sympathy to the bereaved.

Ruth apparently married again - to Joseph Leo Bequette, 19 Jan 1933.
1950 Census. Desloge, St. Francois Co, MO, Hh 107. 706 North Grant
Joe L. Bequette, 49, b. MO, Manager, Furniture Store. Ruth, wife, 44, b. MO. Kenneth Silvery, brother-in-law, 33, b. MO, Clerk, Furniture Store.
She is buried Parkview Cemetery, Farmington, St. Francois Co, MO as Ruth Bequette 1906-1950. Daughter of George Silvey & Della Moyen, born 18 Jan 1906, Doe Run, St. Francois Co - died 4 Aug 1950.
Missouri Death Certificate #24552
Ruth Bequette died 4 Aug 1950, St. Johns Hospital, St Louis, MO, of breast cancer. Her home was Desloge, St. Francois Co, MO. She was born 18 Jan 1906 and was married. Father's name, George Silvey; mother, Della Moyen. Joseph L., Bequette, husband and informant. Buried Parkview Cemetery Aug 6th.

Birth	6 Nov 1893	Ohio
Death	4 Jan 1929	Saint Francois County, Missouri

Father	Robert Wilson Ferguson (1844 - 1905)
Mother	Rosalie Dixon (1866 - 1914)
Sibling	Ethel Lee Ferguson (1901 - 1979)