Individual Details

He came to Pope City, Arkansas, in 1860 from Stanly County, North Carolina, and homesteaded three miles southeast of Dover on the present Morgan Road. The wagon train consisted of 16 wagons. They were on the road for one month and crossed the Mississippi River the day Lincoln was elected. He was a fine blacksmith and built the first blacksmith shop in Pope City. He raised corn, wheat, cotton, oats and a large family and two orphaned grandsons, Will and Frank Safley, sons of Whit Safley and Patsy Furr Safley. During the Civil War, Adam Furr was the Captain of Company F, 15th Regiment, Arkansas Militia.

The following was written for an article in the Pope County Historial Journal several years ago by Capt. Adam's youngest daughter, Fronia McCracken:

"Adam Furr was a Captain in the militia during the Civil War and trained his men on the site of McFadden Cemetery near Dover. He and his family came to Arkansas on a wagon train in 1860. It was three months journey that found them camped on the bank of the Mississippi River the day they heard Abraham Lincoln had been elected the 16th President of the United States. Captain Furr was a fine Blacksmith. He owned the first blacksmith shop in Pope County. He also built a grist mill on the Piney Branch, which runs through his farm. He raised corn, wheat, cotton, oats and a large orchard besides a large family, which included two orphaned grandsons, Will and Frank SAFLEY, sons of his daughter, Patsy."

1860 Pope Co. AR census Dover Township
Dwelling 440
Furr, Adam, 36 NC farmer, Sarah 39 NC, Martha 17 NC(called Patsy), Permela (Priscilla) 16 NC, Eliza 14 NC, Sarah 12 NC, Catherine 10 NC(called Kate), Rachel 8 NC, Rhoda 6 NC, Adam 4 NC, Caroline 3 NC, Elizabeth 1 NC

1870 Pope Co. AR census Dover Township
Dwelling 61 Furr, Adam 47 NC Farmer, Sarah 48 NC, Martha 25 NC, Rachel 18 NC, Rhoda 16 NC, Adam 15 NC, Caroline 13 NC, Elizabeth 11 AR (note in 1850 she was born in NC), Mirelda 9 AR, Ellen 6 AR Sherman 3 AR (Male)

1880 Pope Co. AR census Dover Township
Dwelling 152
Furr, Adam 55 NC NC NC farmer, Cliny C. 39 AR NC NC, Ellen 14 AR NC NC
Sherman 10 AR NC NC (female?), Reseter 4/12 7 AR NC NC (Rosetta), CRITES, Lucinda 7 AR NC AR step-dau, WORLEY, Wm. R. 27 NC NC NC hired hand.

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Birth	9 Apr 1825	Montgomery County, NC
Marriage	1842	North Carolina - Sarah Anthos WHITLEY
Occupation	Bet 1860 and 1880	farmer - Dover, Pope County, AR
Marriage	16 Sep 1875	Pope County, AR - Olive Catherine STINNETT
Death	23 Aug 1905	Dover, Pope County, AR
Burial		Furr Cemetery, Pope County, AR

Spouse	Sarah Anthos WHITLEY (1822 - 1875)
Child	Martha "Patsy" FURR (1842 - 1881)
Child	Priscilla Frances FURR (1843 - 1913)
Child	Eliza FURR (1846 - 1878)
Child	Sarah FURR (1848 - )
Child	Katherine "Kate" FURR (1850 - 1932)
Child	Rachel Laura FURR (1852 - 1931)
Child	Rhoda Lavina FURR (1853 - 1939)
Child	Adam Lawson FURR Jr. (1855 - 1926)
Child	Caroline FURR (1857 - 1911)
Child	Mary Elizabeth "Betsy" FURR (1859 - 1889)
Child	Marelda L. "Rell" FURR (1861 - 1903)
Child	Ellen Miranda FURR (1864 - 1948)
Child	Sherma FURR (1870 - 1888)

Spouse	Olive Catherine STINNETT (1838 - 1922)
Child	William Lewis Lovely FURR (1877 - 1879)
Child	Rosetta Arbella "Rosie" FURR (1880 - 1966)
Child	Canzedy Fronia FURR (1885 - 1974)

Father	John Dolan FURR (1779 - 1847)
Mother	Abigail STALLINGS (1780 - 1857)
Sibling	Catherine "Kate" FURR (1801 - 1894)
Sibling	Sarah "Sally" FURR (1803 - 1868)
Sibling	John FURR (1807 - 1888)
Sibling	Mary A. FURR (1809 - 1914)
Sibling	Eliabeth "Patsy" FURR (1813 - )
Sibling	Rachel Catherine FURR (1815 - 1878)
Sibling	Ransom "Rance" FURR (1827 - 1898)

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