Elmer Ferguson of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio was born on April 24, 1917 to Frank Jug Ferguson and Ida Bell (Watts) Ferguson. He married Freda Leah (Deskins) Ferguson, and they were married until Freda's death on June 6, 1949. He had children Donald Ferguson, Dale Monroe Ferguson, Gaye Colene Ferguson (Caldwell) Faudree, Gethel Sue (Ferguson) Huffman, Judy Carol Ferguson (Shaver) Hopcroft, and Dennis Eugene Ferguson. Elmer Ferguson died at age 63 years old in November 1980.
Coming out of the Great Depression, the world faced another challenge in the 1940's: World War II. Although the war began in the 1930's, it expanded and gained in ferocity (and atrocities) in the 194...