Individual Details

Moved to Mississippi with his brother Allison in 1848 from Concord, North Carolina. He opened the first store in Toccopola, Mississippi, and set up the first water mill for grinding wheat and corn. He bought the plantation named "Prides Mill" in Toccopola.

Dan Alexander was operating a store in the northern suburb of Toccopole prior to 1840, and about the year named Tobies Furr built his store within the present limits of the town and founded Toccopola as we know it today. Mr. Furr ran his store and operated the water-power gristmill there until 1872, when he sold his interests to Messrs.Wood & Souter.

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Birth	26 Apr 1817	Cabarrus County, NC
Marriage	26 Dec 1838	Cabarrus County, NC - Rachel MORGAN
Occupation	Bet 1850 and 1860	farmer - Lafayette County, MS
Occupation	1870	retail merchant - Toccopola, Pontotoc County, MS
Occupation	1880	store clerk - Panola County, MS
Death	4 Oct 1882	Batesville, Panola County, MS
Burial		Magnolia Cemetery, Batesville, Panola County, MS

Spouse	Rachel MORGAN (1821 - 1895)
Child	Mariamne FURR (1839 - 1878)
Child	Junius Cicero FURR (1842 - 1898)
Child	Grosman McLarty "Doc" FURR (1844 - 1920)
Child	Emma Eloise FURR (1847 - 1892)
Child	Legena FURR (1849 - 1916)
Child	Idris Estelle FURR (1851 - 1898)
Child	Elbert Patton FURR (1854 - 1942)
Child	Scipio Morgan "Sip" FURR (1857 - 1936)
Child	Wilberforce Sample FURR (1860 - 1898)
Child	Laura Pearl FURR (1863 - )

Father	John FURR (1786 - 1837)
Mother	Sarah "Sally" BOGER (1789 - 1857)
Sibling	Allison FURR (1809 - 1889)
Sibling	Henry Nelson FURR (1810 - 1886)
Sibling	Daniel FURR (1811 - 1876)
Sibling	John Simpson FURR (1815 - 1841)
Sibling	Elizabeth Caroline "Betsy" FURR (1819 - 1892)
Sibling	Mary Anne "Polly" FURR (1821 - 1900)
Sibling	William Allen FURR (1824 - 1849)
Sibling	James Burton "Burt" FURR (1826 - 1897)
Sibling	Samuel Monroe "Sam" FURR (1828 - 1918)
Sibling	Sarah Louise FURR (1831 - 1883)

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