Francis Fergle
Francis Fergle was born in Shelby on the farm on which he now lives in the year 1824. He, together with his brothers, cleared the home farm, their father having died when they were young. When twenty years of age Francis went to learn the carpenter trade with his brother Joseph, since which time he has worked at his trade the most of his life. In 1855 he married Emily Monroe. They have by this marriage five children, as follows: Laura J., Sarah A., Ella. Samuel S., and John W. Mrs. Fergus was born in Virginia in 1834. Her parents were Henson and Eliza (Campbell) Monroe, who settled in Shelby County in 1834.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883