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Dan Ferguson, a well-known resident of the Port William colored settlement. and who has lived in Atchison a portion of the time for a good many years, went to Chicago this week to visit an aunt who he has not seen since slavery days. Mr. Ferguson has been trying to locate his father ever since the days of slavery and only recently learned that he had been dead 35 years. Mr. Ferguson belonged in slavery to James Allison, a well-known Platte County citizen, and father of Mit Allison of EffinghamDate(s) of Creation
11/4/1909
