Individual Details

Benona Anceline FURR

(5 Nov 1855 - 20 Jun 1945)

Jason Hartsell, 79, of Stanfield has fond memories of his great-grandmother, Benona Anceline Hartsell, whom he stayed with when he was young. Benona's health declined following a fall which resulted in a broken hip. She died June 20, 1945. The mother of Benona was a Whitley. The old Whitley records indicated that Benona and her older sister, Rebecca, were buried next to their mother. Elizabeth Carolina Whitley was the 11th child of George Whitley III and Rebecca Cagle. She married Daniel Monroe Furr and with him had eight children, including Rebecca Furr, who was born in 1848, and Benona Anceline Furr, born in 1855. While Rebecca never married and her date of death is unknown, her sister Benona married Franklin Hartsell. Rebecca was buried closest to her mother, Benona buried next to her sister. At 9 a.m. Aug. 27, Jason and Virginia Hartsell, their granddaughter, Anita Hartsell Stevens, and Eldridge Furr, trustee treasurer of Liberty Hill Primitive Baptist Church, gathered at the grave site as the markers for Benona and her sister were placed. "It pleases me that we can put up a monument," Furr said.

Events

Birth5 Nov 1855Stanly County, NC
Marriage18 Feb 1875Stanly County, NC - Doctor Franklin "Frank" HARTSELL
Marriage8 Jan 1900Stanly County, NC - Israel S. COBLE
Death20 Jun 1945Stanfield, Stanly County, NC

Families

SpouseDoctor Franklin "Frank" HARTSELL (1853 - 1893)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
SpouseIsrael S. COBLE (1866 - 1926)
FatherDaniel Monroe "Roe" FURR (1827 - 1865)
MotherElizabeth Carolina "Betty" WHITLEY (1827 - 1899)
SiblingJeney Bedie "Jensie" FURR (1847 - 1894)
SiblingRebecca L. FURR (1848 - )
SiblingBeneta Adeline FURR (1851 - 1935)
SiblingElizabeth Caroline FURR (1853 - 1932)
SiblingLouisa FURR (1856 - 1928)
SiblingSarah Smyra FURR (1860 - 1929)
SiblingWilliam Crittenton FURR (1863 - 1941)

Notes

Marriage

Mrs. B. A. HARTSELL 45 d/o D. M. & E. C. Furr to Israel S. COBLE 34 s/o David and Malinda 08 Jan 1900 II-176 by D. S. Morton

Death

The funeral of Mrs. Anslina Hartsell, 89, widow of Frank Hartsell, was conducted by Elder C. M. Mills of Charlotte from Liberty Hill Primitive Baptist church at 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon with burial in the church cemetery. Mrs. Hartsell, who was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Roe Furr of Stanly county, died at her home, Stanfield, route 1, Wednesday morning. She was born November 5, 1885. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Gencie Hinson of Kannapolis; a son, H. M. Hartsell, of Concord; 12 grandchildren, 40 great grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren.
Stanly News and Press, Albemarle, North Carolina, June 22, 1945

Endnotes

1. North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994. Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 February 2020.

2. Helen L. Garner, transcriber, Stanly County North Carolina Marriages, Book I: 1851-1867, Book II: -1904: (Albemarle, NC: Stanly County Genealogical Society, 1987).

3. Helen L. Garner, transcriber, Stanly County North Carolina Marriages, Book I: 1851-1867, Book II: -1904: (Albemarle, NC: Stanly County Genealogical Society, 1987).

4. North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina..