Individual Details
Laura Janetta FURR
(8 Sep 1870 - 2 May 1964)
She and her husband moved to McKinney, Texas with his parents.
1880 Furrs Township, Stanly County, North Carolina census shows her as 8 years old.
Per Carol Brooks Taylor, "There was also a handwritten letter from Laura Furr Brooks to George P. Furr inquiring into the estate, among other things. It's hard to read her writing. She signed it with a y on the end of her name. It seems she went by Laury or Laure. Her tombstone even had a e on the end of her name."
1880 Furrs Township, Stanly County, North Carolina census shows her as 8 years old.
Per Carol Brooks Taylor, "There was also a handwritten letter from Laura Furr Brooks to George P. Furr inquiring into the estate, among other things. It's hard to read her writing. She signed it with a y on the end of her name. It seems she went by Laury or Laure. Her tombstone even had a e on the end of her name."
Events
| Birth | 8 Sep 1870 | Albemarle, Stanly County, NC |  | ||
| Marriage | 7 Sep 1888 | Stanly County, NC - Daniel Henry Marion BROOKS |  | ||
| Death | 2 May 1964 | Duncan, Stephens County, OK | | ||
| Burial | Robertson Cemetery, Montague County, TX |
Families
| Spouse | Daniel Henry Marion BROOKS (1860 - 1939) |
| Child | Mary Jane BROOKS (1889 - 1931) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Mollie L. BROOKS (1897 - 1992) |
| Child | Henry Monroe Ezekiel BROOKS (1899 - 1964) |
| Child | Zola I. BROOKS (1903 - 1999) |
| Child | Nettie Kinsala BROOKS (1905 - 1988) |
| Child | Beulah BROOKS (1908 - 1995) |
| Child | Jewel Ruth BROOKS (1912 - 1996) |
| Father | Israel Jackson FURR (1832 - 1904) |
| Mother | Mary Usley REED (1833 - 1904) |
| Sibling | Wilson Mathias FURR (1851 - 1886) |
| Sibling | Mary "Polly" FURR (1853 - 1921) |
| Sibling | Margaret Rebecca "Becky" FURR (1854 - 1925) |
| Sibling | George P. FURR (1856 - 1931) |
| Sibling | Martha M. FURR (1859 - 1932) |
| Sibling | Lundy Julia FURR (1860 - 1887) |
| Sibling | Thomas Jackson FURR (1862 - ) |
| Sibling | Serena Ann "Rena" FURR (1861 - 1937) |
| Sibling | John Allison FURR (1870 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Julia Ann Francis FURR (1876 - 1948) |
Notes
Birth
Birth date from death cerrtificate. The 1900 census shows her birth date as August 1875.Death
She died of a stroke upon hearing her son, Henry Monroe Ezekiel Brooks, and his wife, Dottie Lee Cherry Brooks, had been killed in a traffic accident in Houston, Texas.Endnotes
1. Helen L. Garner, transcriber, Stanly County North Carolina Marriages, Book I: 1851-1867, Book II: -1904: (Albemarle, NC: Stanly County Genealogical Society, 1987).