Individual Details

Was named for a minister at the Little Bahalia Baptist Church. Private, Company K, 3rd Mississippi Infantry. According to his daughter (Sarah C.) during the Civil War, he laid down on the ground after he was shot in the leg or knee. He stuck the other leg in the air and it was shot too. She said he was the funniest old man and kept them in stitches.

Birth	23 Dec 1825	Lawrence County, MS
Marriage	1 Feb 1844	Copiah County, MS - Malona Louisa NEWTON
Occupation	Bet 1880 and 1900	farmer - Copiah County, MS
Marriage	1886	Rebecca Jane DAVIS
Death	19 Nov 1916	Lincoln County, MS
Burial		Little Bahala Baptist Church Cemetery, Brookhaven, Lincoln County, MS

Spouse	Malona Louisa NEWTON (1826 - 1886)
Child	William J. FURR (1844 - )
Child	Rachel Catherine FURR (1846 - 1920)
Child	Mary Elizabeth FURR (1848 - 1920)
Child	Nancy Margaret FURR (1850 - 1850)
Child	John Newton FURR (1852 - 1912)
Child	Adaline Minerva FURR (1854 - 1884)
Child	Francis Marion "Big Marion" FURR II (1857 - 1943)
Child	Sarah Elizabeth FURR (1859 - 1951)
Child	James Franklin FURR (1861 - 1922)
Child	Levi Wray "Lee" FURR (1864 - 1952)
Child	Amelia Victoria "Vick" FURR (1866 - 1956)
Child	David Lott FURR (1869 - 1946)
Child	Emma Corbelia FURR (1870 - 1909)

Spouse

Rebecca Jane DAVIS (1827 - 1911)

Father	Christian Jacob FURR (1792 - 1850)
Mother	Katie Catherine PIERCE (1792 - 1882)
Sibling	Emily FURR (1813 - 1850)
Sibling	George Washington FURR (1815 - 1884)
Sibling	William FURR (1821 - 1840)
Sibling	Elizabeth Matilda FURR (1824 - 1920)
Sibling	Mary "Polly" FURR (1825 - 1911)
Sibling	Joseph W. FURR (1828 - 1830)
Sibling	Nancy Jane FURR (1830 - 1860)
Sibling	Randall Pierce FURR (1833 - 1925)
Sibling	Francis Marion FURR (1832 - 1863)
Sibling	Lott FURR (1834 - 1862)
Sibling	Christian Lafayette FURR (1837 - 1898)
Sibling	James Monroe FURR (1838 - 1872)