Individual Details

Death

On Wednesday night of last week Mr. Wilson Furr, of Locust Level township, Stanly county, shortly after retiring heard a noise among his horses and went out to see about it. He did not come back, and after some time his wife becoming uneasy about him went out to see why he remained so long. She saw something white at a distance, but supposed it was the geese and went back to the house. Still he did not return, and she went out again, this time going to the white object, and she found it to be her husband nearly cold in death. Mr. Furr had a horse and a young mule in the pasture, and it is supposed the mule kicked him, as its tracks were seen near its body, and there was a bruised place behind one of his ears, though his skull was not fractured. Mr. Furr was about 30 years old and leaves a wife and three children. The Concord Tribune, Concord, North Carolina, August 26, 1886

Last Thursday night Mr. Wilson Furr, a young man living in Stanly County, near Turner's mill, on Rocky River, was found dead lying in the yard. When Mrs. Furr retired for the night she left her husband up working on a gun stock. About midnight Mrs. Furr awoke, and missing her husband from the room, arose and began searching for him, when she found him dead. When found, he had a wound on the neck and a bruise on the breast. It is supposed by some, that he was kicked to death by some horses while driving them away from his apple trees. Others allege that he was shot by a chicken thief, as they contend the wound on his neck was of such a nature that he could not possibly have been the result of a kick. The jury of inquest could not decide the case, so the matter remains a mystery still. There is some talk of arresting a negro in the neighborhood, as he is suspected of having done the deed.
Anson Times, Wadesboro, North Carolina, September 3, 1886