Individual Details
Caleb Henderson FURR
(29 Mar 1889 - 17 Nov 1934)
Events
| Birth | 29 Mar 1889 | Hickory Flat, Benton County, MS |  | ||
| Marriage | 14 Dec 1911 | Pontotoc County, MS - Vera Gertrude WILBANKS | | ||
| Occupation | 1930 | carpenter - Bridgeport, Wise County, TX | |||
| Death | 17 Nov 1934 | Bridgeport, Wise County, TX |  | | |
| Marriage | Cora L. WILBANKS | ||||
| Burial | West Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Wise County, TX | |
Families
| Spouse | Vera Gertrude WILBANKS (1893 - 1920) |
| Child | Clinton Andrew FURR (1913 - 1993) |
| Child | Howard Lee FURR (1915 - 2013) |
| Child | Katherine K. FURR (1918 - 1998) |
| Spouse | Cora L. WILBANKS (1882 - 1964) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Henry Clay FURR (1852 - 1926) |
| Mother | Mary Lanora "Nora" WHITESIDE (1861 - 1932) |
| Sibling | Bessie Leone FURR (1883 - 1936) |
| Sibling | Robert Lamar "Root" FURR (1884 - 1969) |
| Sibling | Lula Blanch FURR (1886 - 1948) |
| Sibling | Hester Viola FURR (1891 - 1949) |
| Sibling | Maude May FURR (1893 - 1897) |
| Sibling | Mary Elisabeth FURR (1896 - 1970) |
| Sibling | Augustus "Gus" FURR (1898 - 1975) |
| Sibling | Effie Belle FURR (1901 - 1972) |
| Sibling | Ethel Lucille FURR (1904 - 1977) |
Notes
Death
Cave-in Kills FourSuffocation And Drowning Are Causey 0f Deaths At Filter Plant Excavation
Bridgeport, Nov, 17. — The bodies of four men who met lingering death from drowning after a cavein had imprisoned them beneath earth and debris at the bottom of an 18-foot filter plant excavation near here were recovered late today. Two men who escaped death when the sudden earth glide buried their companions were under care of physicians tonight in a hospital in Decatur. J. C. Bearden, 20, former Bridgeport High School football player, was caught and buried by the slide but was rescued by the frantic efforts of workmen before the rising water in the pit had reached him. After finding the other men were dead, the rescuers ceased efforts to extricate them until the sandy wall of the excavation had been braced with timbers to prevent a second cavein. The dead: Bud Shawn, 26, laborer, married. Claud Mader, 29, married and with two children one a week-old baby. Nolan Gober, 21, laborer, married one year tomorrow. C. H. Furr, 54, carpenter, married with three children. The bodies were at the Hawkins Undertaking Parlor in Bridgeport tonight while arrangements were being made for a mass funeral probably tomorrow afternoon.
Decatur News, Wise County, Texas, November 22, 1934
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. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006. Original data: Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit..
4. findagrave.com.