Mary (shown with daughters Mary & Goldie),was born 8 Jan 1873 TX, died 23 Apr 1961 TX, buried Greenwood Cem., McLennan Co., TX. She was the daughter of James Ingram Fergus & Margaret Jane Vaught. Married Joseph Hampton Madison Hightower, 20 Jul 1890. They had ten children (See "Hightower" for photos). She was sister to Jennie Fergus. Would like to communicate with any Hightower, Fergus or Vaught.
The 1800s where the end of the industrial revolution and the birth of scientists.
The Industrial Revolution began around 1760 and ran through the 1840's. Then began the birth of the profession of science. Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Te...
Photos of the 1900's which brought us from the industrial age to the technological age.
From 1900 through 1999 we witnessed the beginning of flight to a man on the moon and a Mars Rover. We went from using phones tethered by cords and computers that filled rooms, to carrying the equivale...
The 1960's were years of great change: Protests (Vietnam War, Free Speech, Civil Rights), assassinations (JFK, Martin Luther King Jr, Bobby Kennedy), conflict (the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Cold War, ...
Researching several years - Hightower, Fergus,Shelton, Gray, Phillips,Sanders, Forrest, Horton, LeCroy, Price, Vaught, Wilkerson & others. Would like to communicate with others researching these surnames.