Individual Details
Wilson Mathias FURR
(3 Dec 1851 - 18 Aug 1886)
Events
| Birth | 3 Dec 1851 | North Carolina |  | ||
| Marriage | 28 Mar 1875 | Ziney E. SMITH | | ||
| Occupation | 1880 | farmer - Stanly County, NC | |||
| Death | 18 Aug 1886 | Stanly County, NC |  | | |
| Burial | Providence Church of God Cemetery, Locust, Stanly County, NC | |
Families
| Spouse | Ziney E. SMITH (1852 - 1898) |
| Child | Sarah A. FURR (1876 - ) |
| Child | Cora E. FURR (1880 - ) |
| Child | Reary Avis FURR (1883 - 1901) |
| Father | Israel Jackson FURR (1832 - 1904) |
| Mother | Mary Usley REED (1833 - 1904) |
| Sibling | Mary "Polly" FURR (1853 - 1921) |
| Sibling | Margaret Rebecca "Becky" FURR (1854 - 1925) |
| Sibling | George P. FURR (1856 - 1931) |
| Sibling | Martha M. FURR (1859 - 1932) |
| Sibling | Lundy Julia FURR (1860 - 1887) |
| Sibling | Thomas Jackson FURR (1862 - ) |
| Sibling | Serena Ann "Rena" FURR (1861 - 1937) |
| Sibling | John Allison FURR (1870 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Laura Janetta FURR (1870 - 1964) |
| Sibling | Julia Ann Francis FURR (1876 - 1948) |
Notes
Death
Thursday, September 2, 1886 ANSON TIMES (Wadesboro, Anson County, NC)-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.
Endnotes
1. Ganavieve Elaine Goble Walsh, Our Crayton Heritage (privately published, 1990).
2. Helen L. Garner, transcriber, Stanly County North Carolina Marriages, Book I: 1851-1867, Book II: -1904: (Albemarle, NC: Stanly County Genealogical Society, 1987).
3. Anson Times, Wadesboro, Anson County, NC, September 2, 1886.
4. findagrave.com.