Individual Details
Henry Marshall FURR
(11 Oct 1863 - 19 Feb 1941)
Indian Trail: Banks MEADOWS, colored, was celebrating his thirty-sixth birthday on old Christmas when he received the news of the death of his father, Bobbie MEDDOWS (sic)…. Bobbie, it is estimated, was seventy-two years old. He was well liked by both races. Miss Ola HELMS and Mr. Jay HELMS, both of Goose Creek township, were married Sunday afternoon at the home of the officiating magistrate, Esq. H. M. FURR. Misses Rena, Hazel and Myrtle FURR and Bright SIMPSON are confined to their homes with measles.
Monroe Journal, Tuesday, January 16, 1923
Monroe Journal, Tuesday, January 16, 1923
Events
| Birth | 11 Oct 1863 | Stanly County, NC | |||
| Marriage | 18 Nov 1884 | Union County, NC - Laura Jane HUNTER |  | ||
| Occupation | Bet 1900 and 1930 | farmer - Union County, NC | |||
| Death | 19 Feb 1941 | Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC |  | | |
| Burial | Emmanuel Cemetery, Monroe, Union County, NC | |
Families
| Spouse | Laura Jane HUNTER (1859 - 1948) |
| Child | Fulton Lanier FURR (1885 - 1974) |
| Child | Floyd Sloan FURR (1886 - 1979) |
| Child | Carrie Inez FURR (1889 - 1938) |
| Child | Lewis Whitson FURR (1890 - 1968) |
| Child | Jessie Aleene FURR (1892 - 1979) |
| Child | Charles Bruce "Charlie" FURR (1894 - 1961) |
| Child | Julia Pauline FURR (1896 - 1981) |
| Child | Ralph Herman FURR (1898 - 1970) |
| Child | Selma Gladys FURR (1901 - 1992) |
| Father | Adam Jackson "Jack" FURR (1842 - 1906) |
| Mother | Julia Anne Elizabeth REED (1839 - 1891) |
| Sibling | Susan Frances "Fannie" FURR (1865 - 1955) |
| Sibling | Ransom C. FURR (1869 - 1929) |
| Sibling | Eliza Carrie FURR (1872 - 1882) |
| Sibling | Sarah Ada FURR (1876 - 1962) |
Notes
Death
MONROE, Feb. 19 — Henry M. Furr, 70, of Goose Creek township, died this morning at 11 o'clock in a Charlotte hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:30 p. m. at Union Grove church with interment to be in Manuel's cemetery. The rites will be conducted by Rev. E. W. Mills. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Laura Hunter Furr; three daughters, Mrs. Verne Hartzell of Monroe, Mrs. Julia Freeman of Charlotte and Mrs. Selma Sams of Atlanta, Ga.; five sons, F. L. of Union county, Sloan of Atlanta, Lewis of Charlotte, Bruce and Herman of Sunberry, Pa.; two sisters, Mrs. J. H. Boyte of Monroe and Mrs. Sara Weston of Statesville.The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, February 20, 1941
Endnotes
1. Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. North Carolina Marriages, 1827-1900. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000..
2. 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..
3. findagrave.com.