Individual Details
John Dewitt FURR
(6 Mar 1877 - 8 Aug 1949)
While you know John Dewitt worked at Ole Miss, he also got his degrees from there also, B.S. in 1902 and M.A. in 1905. He began as superintendent at Ole Miss in 1909 by record from the school, not 1908 as paper obituary states, until death.
Events
| Birth | 6 Mar 1877 | Oxford, Lafayette County, MS |  | ||
| Marriage | 24 Oct 1906 | Chickasaw County, MS - Mary Helen COCKRELL | | ||
| Occupation | Bet 1910 and 1920 | power house electrician - Lafayette County, MS | |||
| Occupation | 1930 - 1940 | power plant superintendent - Lafayette County, MS | |||
| Death | 8 Aug 1949 | ||||
| Burial | Oxford Memorial Cemetery, Oxford, Lafayette County, MS | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Helen COCKRELL (1885 - 1959) |
| Child | Hilman Stacy FURR (1909 - 1968) |
| Father | James Stacy FURR (1845 - 1934) |
| Mother | Mary Ellenda MORRISON (1848 - 1925) |
| Sibling | William Allison FURR (1870 - 1947) |
| Sibling | Mary Ann Susan "Susan" FURR (1871 - 1964) |
| Sibling | Ollie Minnie FURR (1874 - 1954) |
| Sibling | Daniel Hall FURR (1879 - 1895) |
| Sibling | Robert Paul FURR (1881 - 1975) |
| Sibling | Kate Lucky FURR (1884 - 1970) |
| Sibling | Walter Curry FURR (1886 - 1954) |
| Sibling | Flora Garnet FURR (1888 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Dr. James Edward FURR (1892 - 1949) |
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 20,243 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration..
2. Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979. Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 26 November 2020.
3. findagrave.com.