Individual Details
James Adam FURR
(21 Apr 1883 - 13 Jul 1961)
1910 census lists grandmother, Mary Gilbert, age 82, in household.
Events
| Birth | 21 Apr 1883 | Stanly County, NC |  |  | |
| Marriage | 1 Oct 1911 | Stanly County, NC - Ida Jane SMITH | | ||
| Occupation | 1920 | farmer - Stanly County, NC | |||
| Occupation | 1930 | cotton mill - Stanly County, NC | |||
| Occupation | 1950 | grocery store proprietor - Albemarle, Stanly County, NC | |||
| Death | 13 Jul 1961 | Albemarle, Stanly County, NC | | | |
| Burial | Fairview Memorial Gardens, Stanly County, NC | |
Families
| Spouse | Ida Jane SMITH (1892 - 1971) |
| Child | Theodore Frank FURR (1912 - 1978) |
| Child | FURR (1914 - 1914) |
| Child | Hilda Jane FURR (1915 - 1987) |
| Child | Jacob "Jake" FURR (1917 - 1969) |
| Child | Hubert Lee FURR (1919 - 1970) |
| Child | Jessie Edworth FURR (1921 - 2003) |
| Child | Guilford Lee "BC" FURR (1924 - 1974) |
| Child | Barney W. FURR (1927 - 2001) |
| Child | Vance Azel FURR (1929 - 1950) |
| Child | Melvin Hawood FURR (1932 - 1967) |
| Father | James Frank FURR (1860 - 1891) |
| Mother | Margaret Elizabeth GILBERT (1855 - 1928) |
| Sibling | ZiDonia FURR (1881 - 1882) |
| Sibling | Paul Hezekiah FURR (1887 - 1965) |
| Sibling | Lefaty FURR (1889 - 1892) |
Notes
Birth
Death certificate shows born 12 Apr 1883.Death
ALBEMARLE — J. Adam Furr, 78, retired merchant, died suddenly at 2:30 p. m. Thursday at his home, 110 Palestine Road. Funeral will be today at 2:30 p. m. at Oak Grove Baptist Church, conducted by Rev. J. C. Bennett, Elder Jason Eudy and Elder Clarence Whitley. Burial will be in Fairview Memorial Park. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ida Smith Furr: one daughter, Mrs. Postel Sides of Albemarle; seven sons, Theodore F., Jake, Hubert, Jesse E., Gilford Lee, Barney and Melvin Furr of Albemarle and one brother, Paul H. Furr of Route 2, Albemarle.The Salisbury Post, Salisbury, North Carolina, July 15, 1961
Endnotes
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2. North Carolina County Marriages, 1762-1979. Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org.
3. North Carolina Death Indexes, 1908-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
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..
5. findagrave.com.