Individual Details
James Wilson FURR
(28 Aug 1894 - 14 Mar 1965)
1920 census shows both parents born in Alabama.
Events
| Birth | 28 Aug 1894 | Decatur, Morgan County, AL |  | ||
| Marriage | 11 Dec 1919 | Chicago, Cook County, IL - Isa Lee SIMMONS | | ||
| Occupation | 1920 | pharmacist, US Public Health Service Hospital #2 - Chicago, Cook County, IL | |||
| Death | 14 Mar 1965 | Shelbyville, Shelby County, IL |  | | |
| Alt name | James M. FURR | ||||
| Burial | Mound Cemetery, Cowden, Shelby County, IL | |
Families
| Spouse | Isa Lee SIMMONS (1898 - 1985) |
| Child | Helene Dorothy FURR (1921 - 1965) |
| Father | Wilson Monroe FURR (1848 - ) |
| Mother | Lenora O. SEMPLE (1868 - ) |
| Sibling | Living |
Notes
Death
FURR, James W., 71, retired farmer, Cowden, died 1:10 a.m. Sunday, Shelby County Memorial Hospital; leaves wife, Isa; daughter, Mrs. Helene Burchfiel, Glendale, Calif.; services, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Lockart & Son Funeral Home, Cowden; burial, Mound Cemetery, Cowden; call at funeral home.Herald and Review, Decatur, Illinois, March 16, 1965
Endnotes
1. "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1953", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N73H-SMG : Thu Jan 09 16:55:00 UTC 2025).
2. "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1969", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N788-KVS : Sun Jan 19 17:16:50 UTC 2025).
3. Herald and Review, Decatur, Illinois.
4. , findagrave.com (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).