Individual Details
Samuel Monroe "Sam" FURR
(3 Oct 1828 - 11 Jan 1918)
He was quite a successful farmer in Rowan County where he settled at the age of twenty-two years. Like most of the best farmers of his day, he owned a number of slaves. During the Civil War he served as Captain of the Home Guard. In 1902 he retired from active pursuits and moved to Mocksville.
Rev. William Thomas Albright, History of the Widenhouse, Furr, Dry, Stallings, Teeter, and Tucker Families (Greensboro, North Carolina: privately published, 1950)
Rev. William Thomas Albright, History of the Widenhouse, Furr, Dry, Stallings, Teeter, and Tucker Families (Greensboro, North Carolina: privately published, 1950)
Events
| Birth | 3 Oct 1828 | Cabarrus County, NC | |||
| Marriage | 27 Sep 1850 | Cabarrus County, NC - Margaret E. "Bettie" NEEL |  | ||
| Marriage | 2 Nov 1853 | Rowan County, NC - Martha Lucilla "Lucy" MCNEELY | | ||
| Death | 11 Jan 1918 | Mooresville, Iredell County, NC |  | | |
| Burial | Willow Valley Cemetery, Mooresville, Iredell County, NC | | |||
| Military | Private, Company I, 3rd North Carolina Infantry - the Civil War |
Families
| Spouse | Martha Lucilla "Lucy" MCNEELY (1833 - 1922) |
| Child | Alice Elizabeth FURR (1854 - 1943) |
| Child | Chalmers Victor FURR (1859 - 1935) |
| Child | Sarah Isabella "Bella" FURR (1862 - 1953) |
| Child | Junius Monroe FURR (1865 - 1938) |
| Child | James Edgar FURR (1868 - 1907) |
| Child | Rev. Walter Espey FURR (1871 - 1956) |
| Child | Thornwell Gibson FURR (1873 - 1961) |
| Child | Clarence Lee FURR (1876 - 1969) |
| Spouse | Margaret E. "Bettie" NEEL (1830 - ) |
| Father | John FURR (1786 - 1837) |
| Mother | Sarah "Sally" BOGER (1789 - 1857) |
| Sibling | Allison FURR (1809 - 1889) |
| Sibling | Henry Nelson FURR (1810 - 1886) |
| Sibling | Daniel FURR (1811 - 1876) |
| Sibling | John Simpson FURR (1815 - 1841) |
| Sibling | Tobias FURR (1817 - 1882) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Caroline "Betsy" FURR (1819 - 1892) |
| Sibling | Mary Anne "Polly" FURR (1821 - 1900) |
| Sibling | William Allen FURR (1824 - 1849) |
| Sibling | James Burton "Burt" FURR (1826 - 1897) |
| Sibling | Sarah Louise FURR (1831 - 1883) |
Notes
Death
Mooresville, Jan. 12. -- Samuel Monroe Furr, one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of Mooresville, died at his home on Main street Friday afternoon. Mr. Furr was born October 3, 1828 near the old Bost mill, Cabarrus county. He spent his boyhood days near the present site of Concord. In 1853 he married Miss Martha McNeely. When the war between the states broke out, Mr. Furr volunteered in the Confederate army and was made captain. At the conclusion of the war, he provided each of his slaves with a home. He is survived by his wife and seven children, Mrs. Alice E. McAulay of Middletown, Ohio., C. V. Furr of Charlotte, Junius M. Furr, Rowan county, Miss Sara Isabella Furr of Mooresville, Rev. Walter E, Furr of Charlotte, Thomas G. Furr of Salisbury, and Clarence Lee Furr of Mooresville. Mr. Furr was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church. Funeral services will be conducted at the home of the deceased Saturday morning at 11 o'clock, by Rev. S. H. Hay, assisted by Rev. W. E. West, and Rev. R. C. Davidson.The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, January 13, 1918
Endnotes
1. North Carolina County Marriages, 1762-1979. Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org.
2. Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. North Carolina Marriages, 1827-1900. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000..
3. "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F361-RQY : 16 August 2019).
4. findagrave.com.