Individual Details
Alvin FURR
(1869 - 1898)
Eliza (Dollie) and her husband Alba C. Furr died around 1896 and Lura, Mossie and Nina lived with Frank Carter for a period. They were then put up for adoption. The adoption was probably precipitated when Orpha became ill in 1905. Lura Mai lived for a time in the Kansas Children's Home in Topeka. She was adopted June 14, 1901 by Reverend Andrew B. McCarroll and his wife, Ella Jane (Hunter) McCarroll. (Rice County Probate Court, Lyons, Kansas. R.N. McElwain, Probate Judge). The Andrews lived in Sterling, Kansas. Nina was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Ward of Lane, Kansas. No information is available on the status of Mossie.
Events
Birth | 1869 | Mississippi | |||
Marriage | 5 Sep 1888 | Bakersfield, Kern County, CA - Eliza Jane "Dollie" CARTER | |||
Death | 1898 | Memphis, Shelby County, TN | |||
Alt name | Alba C. FURR |
Families
Spouse | Eliza Jane "Dollie" CARTER (1869 - ) |
Child | Lura Mai FURR (1890 - 1981) |
Child | Living |
Child | Alva J. FURR (1894 - 1895) |
Child | Nina Marie FURR (1898 - 1948) |
Father | Junius Cicero FURR (1842 - 1898) |
Mother | Mary DUNN (1842 - 1882) |
Sibling | Mossie FURR (1871 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Western States Marriage Record Index http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/search.cfm.