Individual Details
John Allen FURR
(4 Oct 1853 - 1 Mar 1936)
Events
| Birth | 4 Oct 1853 | Stanly County, NC | |||
| Marriage | 14 Mar 1872 | Stanly County, NC - Martha Ann "Mattie" GREENE |  | ||
| Occupation | 1900 | farmer - Collin County, TX | |||
| Occupation | 1920 | coal dealer - Childress County, TX | |||
| Death | 1 Mar 1936 | Wichita Falls, Wichita County, TX |  | | |
| Marriage | Martha A. | ||||
| Burial | Kirkland Cemetery, Kirkland, Childress County, TX | |
Families
| Spouse | Martha Ann "Mattie" GREENE (1857 - 1908) |
| Child | Columbus Nelson FURR (1873 - 1960) |
| Child | Elizabeth Laura "Lizzie" FURR (1875 - 1902) |
| Child | Crone Webster FURR (1878 - 1946) |
| Child | Walter Washington FURR (1880 - 1933) |
| Child | Cora Ellen FURR (1882 - 1959) |
| Child | Jennie FURR (1884 - 1914) |
| Child | Lonnie L. FURR (1886 - 1903) |
| Child | Claude FURR (1892 - 1941) |
| Child | Ralph FURR (1896 - 1918) |
| Child | Wade Hampton FURR (1897 - 1968) |
| Child | Pearl Ethel FURR (1899 - 1997) |
| Spouse | Martha A. (1869 - ) |
| Father | Levi Lee FURR (1835 - 1915) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Caroline "Betsey" SMITH (1836 - 1892) |
| Sibling | Ephraim Alexander FURR (1855 - 1915) |
| Sibling | James Martin "Jim" FURR (1858 - 1951) |
| Sibling | William Mathias "Tyse" FURR (1860 - 1924) |
| Sibling | Rufus FURR (1864 - 1882) |
| Sibling | Hester Joanna "Jennie" FURR (1866 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Daniel Luther FURR (1860 - 1964) |
| Sibling | Robert Nelson FURR (1870 - 1942) |
| Sibling | George Franklin FURR (1872 - 1948) |
| Sibling | John Hampton "Hamp" FURR (1874 - 1956) |
| Sibling | Charles Croson "Charley" FURR (1879 - 1938) |
Notes
Death
J. A. Furr, father of Wade H. Furr of Borger, died yesterday morning at 10:30 o'clock in a Wichita Falls hospital after a sudden illness. He was 84 years old.Funeral services for the elder Furr, a merchant for many years at Kirkland, were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon from the Methodist church in Kirkland with the arrangements in charge of the H.B. Smith mortuary in Quanah. Mr. Furr had visited in Borger a number of times and had many friends here. While not connected with the Furr Food stores, his son, C.W. Furr of Amarillo is president of the chain and Wade Furr manages the Borger branch. Besides the two mentioned sons, survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Ray Dick of Amarillo, two other sons, Claude Furr of Plainview, C.N. Furr of McKinney and another daughter, Mrs. P.N. Fielder of Electra, Mr. and Mrs. Wade Furr and daughter, Juanita, and Miss Billye Faye Chandler, sister of Mrs. Furr, all of Borger, attended the last rites.Borger Daily Herald, Boger, Texas, March 2, 1936
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).
2. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006. Original data: Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit..
3. findagrave.com.