Individual Details
Henry Braxton FURR
(8 May 1880 - 12 Nov 1953)
SCOTCH THAT OLD FOLKLORE HENRY BRAXTON FURR WAS NO BOOTLEGGER in 1917, was not a bootlegger - despite rumors that persist to this day.revenuers in an odd little cabinet in the house. He was a teetotaler, a member of the Stallings Methodist
Events
| Birth | 8 May 1880 | Stanly County, NC | |||
| Marriage | 6 Dec 1903 | Stanly County, NC - Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" FINK |  | ||
| Occupation | 1910 | farmer - Stanly County, NC | |||
| Occupation | 1920 | retail merchant, medicine - Matthews, Mecklenburg County, NC | |||
| Occupation | 1940 | patent medicine salesman - Matthews, Mecklenburg County, NC | |||
| Death | 12 Nov 1953 | Horry County, SC |  | | |
| Burial | Matthews Historic Cemetery, Matthews, Mecklenburg County, NC | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" FINK (1883 - 1974) |
| Child | Ethel Viola FURR (1905 - 1975) |
| Child | Thera C. FURR (1908 - 1908) |
| Child | Everett Guire FURR (1910 - 1957) |
| Child | Herman Wilson FURR (1914 - 1973) |
| Child | Max Franklin FURR (1920 - 1992) |
| Child | James Cameron FURR (1922 - 1998) |
| Father | Martin Franklin FURR (1846 - 1918) |
| Mother | Frances "Frankie" FURR (1847 - 1903) |
| Sibling | Vincey Luvina "Vincie" FURR (1869 - 1945) |
| Sibling | Andrew Jackson FURR (1870 - ) |
| Sibling | Matthew Monroe FURR (1872 - 1936) |
| Sibling | Mary Magdalene "Maggie" FURR (1873 - 1957) |
| Sibling | Clara Jane FURR (1876 - 1914) |
| Sibling | Zebulon Baird "Zeb" FURR (1877 - 1961) |
| Sibling | Jane FURR (1880 - ) |
| Sibling | Elmira Malinda FURR (1881 - 1963) |
| Sibling | John Lawson "Jack" FURR (1885 - 1960) |
Notes
Death
Henry Braxton Furr, 73, of Matthews died Thursday of a heart attack at Windy Hill Beach, S. C where he had gone on a fishing trip. Mr. Furr had been in declining health several years. Funeral arrangements are incomplete, and the body is at McEwen Funeral Home Mr. Furr was born May 8, 1880 in Stanly County, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Martin Franklin Furr. He was a retired sales representative for W. T. Raleigh Co, and was a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and of the Matthews Men's Club. Surviving Mr. Furr are his wife, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Fink Furr; a daughter, Mrs. J. E. Hartis of Matthews; four sons, Everett G. Furr of Matthews, Herman W. Furr of Mooresville, Max F. Furr of Wilmington, and James C. Furr of Monroe; two sisters, Mrs. Elmira Harwood of Albemarle and Mrs. Maggie Hatley of Badin; two brothers, Lawson Furr of Mount Gilead and Zeb B. Furr of Hopeville, Va.; and 10 grandchildren.The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, November 13, 1953
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. The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, November 13, 1953.
3. findagrave.com.