Peter Ferguson came from Glenarm, Ontario, Canada in 1890. He bought land in Rosehill Township also filed on a homestead and later a tree claim.

He married Annie Nicholson who was born on the Isle of Skye, Scotland and came to Ontario with her parents at the age of three. The Fergusons had four children: Annie, Kenneth, John and Christine. Christine died after they came to North Dakota. Annie later became Mrs. John Graham.

Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 100B