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Here is some info on William and Mary Ferguson that I was able to glean from our abstract of title. The first 5 lines come from your information. There is no mention of a John Ferguson. Could John and Robert be the same person? That would make him about 79 at his death.
HISTORY FOR S76W17501 JANESVILLE RD. MUSKEGO, WI 53150
06/09/1817 MARY VARIN BORN, COUNTY CORK, IRELAND
02/21/1819 WILLIAM FERGUSON BORN, COUNTY CORK, IRELAND
12/26/1843 JOHN D FERGUSON BORN, COUNTY CORK, IRELAND
1846? WILLIAM, MARY & SON JOHN MIGRATE TO USA & SETTLE IN MUSKEGO, WI.
1835 WISCONSIN BECOMES A TERRITORY
1846 MILWAUKEE BECOMES A CITY
1848 WISCONSIN BECOMES A STATE
04/13/1854 55.42 ACRES IN MUSKEGO, WI. SOLD BY ANSON TAYLOR TO JOHN SMITH FOR $830.45
08/31/1855 SAME ACREAGE SOLD TO WILLIAM AND MARY FERGUSON BY THE SMITHS FOR $950.00.
02/26/1857 FERGUSONS SELL 1.36 ACRES TO MILWAUKEE & BELOIT RAILROAD FOR $34.69.
01/21/1860 WILLIAM & MARY BORROW $200.00 FROM LAVALETT ELLARSON. (MATERIALS FOR HOUSE?)
11/29/1865 WILLIAM & MARY REPAY LOAN TO LAVALETT.
12/01/1877 WILLIAM & MARY BORROW $200 FROM RICHARD FERGUSON. (A SON?)
09/05/1881 WILLIAM & MARY REPAY RICHARD.
1881/1903 MARY DIES SOMEWHERE IN THIS PERIOD.
09/29/1903 WILLIAM AND ROBERT (A SON?) FERGUSON SELL 0.75 ACRES TO THE MILWAUKEE LIGHT, HEAT & TRACTION CO. FOR RIGHT OF WAY FOR $1.00. (ROBERT SIGNS WITH AN X.) (WILLIAM IS ABOUT 84 YRS OLD HERE.)
12/16/1903 WILLIAM SELLS ½ OF PROPERTY TO GEORGE FERGUSON (A SON?) FOR $2050. DEED TRANSFER TO TAKE PLACE UPON DEATH OF WILLIAM. GEORGE ALSO TO PAY OTHER HEIRS $1850. (BROTHERS AND SISTERS?)
12/16/1903 WILLIAM SELLS OTHER HALF OF PROPERTY TO ABOVE ROBERT FOR $1.00. ROBERT ALSO TO PAY ½ OF ALL EXPENSES, FUNERAL RXPENSES & MONUMENT FOR WILLIAM AT HIS DEATH WHICH WILL BE HIS PAYMENT FOR HIS ½ OF THE PROPERTY.
01/26/1905 WILLIAM DIES AT THE AGE OF 86 YRS, 11 MOS AND 24 DAYS.
12/13/1906 RELATIVES SIGN-OFF DEED OF PROPERTY TO GEORGE & JULIA (HIS WIFE).
12/13/1906 GEORGE & JULIA SELL 2.61 ACRES TO ANNA WELCH.
11/06/1922 GEORGE SIGNS GRANT FOR $50 TO ALLOW THE MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC RAILWAY & LIGHT CO. TO CONSTRUCT POWER TRANSMISSION TOWERS AND WIRES OVER HIS LAND.
1906/1926 JULIA DIES SOMEWHERE IN THIS PERIOD.
07/22/1923 ROBERT DIES.
06/17/1935 GEORGE DIES.
05/20/1938 PROPERTY SOLD AT SHERIFFS AUCTION FOR BACK TAXES AND UNPAID MORTGAGE TO JAMES & MARGARET GODSELL FOR $7000.
07/06/1938 PROPERTY SOLD TO CHARLES & WINIFRED DE BACK FOR $7500.
12/30/1949 PROPERTY SOLD TO CHESTER & ETHEL HARRIS FOR $1.00 AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.
??/??/1955? PROPERTY SUBDIVED.
??/??/1955? PETE & BEVERLY HARRIS BUY HOME AND 1 ACRE FROM THE CHESTER HARRIS’S.
11/30/1975 RAYMOND & MARGUERITE INGOLD BUY HOME ON 1 ACRE FROM THE PETE HARRIS’S.
07/15/1976 RAYMOND & MARGUERITE INGOLD BUY ADJOINING 6 ACRES FROM THE CHESTER HARRIS’S.
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