Individual Details
Martin Luther FURR
(4 Dec 1842 - 11 Jun 1923)
After the Civil War, he returned home and became a successful farmer using white tenant farmers to run his self-sustaining plantation near Mount Holly, NC. The plantation had its own granary, orchards, and bee hives. He was a dapper dresser, preferring black silk suits to coveralls. He gave all of his children a college education, except for his eldest son who remained home to run the family farm. He died a very wealthy man.
Events
| Birth | 4 Dec 1842 | Cabarrus County, NC | |||
| Marriage | 25 Feb 1869 | Stanly County, NC - Catherine Josephine DRY |  | ||
| Occupation | 1920 | farmer - River Bend, Gaston County, NC | |||
| Death | 11 Jun 1923 | Mount Holly, Gaston County, NC |  | | |
| Military | the Civil War | | |||
| Burial | Mount Holly City Cemetery, Mount Holly, Gaston County, NC | |
Families
| Spouse | Catherine Josephine DRY (1847 - 1934) |
| Child | Walter Columbus FURR (1870 - 1956) |
| Child | Albert C. FURR (1872 - 1884) |
| Child | Beecher Zebulon FURR (1875 - 1935) |
| Child | Garrie Elizabeth FURR (1877 - 1951) |
| Child | Philas James FURR (1879 - 1907) |
| Child | Charles Monroe FURR (1881 - 1961) |
| Child | Ada Luann FURR (1884 - 1982) |
| Child | Luther Franklin FURR (1890 - 1948) |
| Father | Paul P. FURR (1814 - 1876) |
| Mother | Eve EFIRD (1821 - 1896) |
| Sibling | Mary Ann Rosanna FURR (1839 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Adam McDonald FURR (1840 - 1931) |
| Sibling | Lavinia Malinda FURR (1846 - 1927) |
| Sibling | Eva C. "Evey" FURR (1848 - ) |
| Sibling | Daniel Franklin FURR (1851 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Tilman E. FURR (1853 - 1929) |
| Sibling | William Ransom "Bill" FURR (1857 - 1937) |
| Sibling | Julia C. FURR (1859 - 1937) |
| Sibling | Sarah Ann FURR (1865 - 1930) |
| Sibling | Margaret Roberta FURR (1869 - 1952) |
Notes
Death
A message from Mt. Holly at 10 o’clock this morning stated that Mr. M. L. Furr had died at his home there, following an illness of several months with heart trouble. Mr. Furr was 81 years of age and besides his wife, leaves the following children: B. Z. Furr, of Charlotte; Luther Furr, of Charlotte; C. M. Furr, of New Orleans; W. C. Furr, of Georgeville, and Mrs. S. T. Lineberger, of Greenville, S.C., and Mrs. Hugh Michael, of Mt. Holly. Mr. Furr was a native of Cabarrus county, and left Cabarrus about thirty years ago and moved to Hickory, where he lived for about three years, afterwards going to Mt. Holly, where he had made his home. He was a member of the Lutheran church at Mt. Holly, and it is supposed the funeral services will be held from this church tomorrow. He was a good citizen, with numbers of friends and relatives who will regret to learn of his death.Military
Enlisted in the 59th North Carolina Regiment, Company E, 4th Cavalry of the Confederate Army on July 7, 1862, in Cabarrus County when he was 20 years old. There were 42 men in Company E, and seven of them were Furrs. He was discharged sometime between July 7 and October 31, 1862.Endnotes
1. Helen L. Garner, transcriber, Stanly County North Carolina Marriages, Book I: 1851-1867, Book II: -1904: (Albemarle, NC: Stanly County Genealogical Society, 1987).
2. North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina..
3. findagrave.com.