Individual Details

Private James Fairest Furr is my 2nd cousin 1x removed through his mother, Luvena Gay Hite. His World War I draft card lists his date of birth as 3 Feb 1891. He was not killed in action as a Glenville Democrat obituary states, but died at Camp Meade, Maryland during the 1918 influenza epidemic with pneumonia complications. He had planned to propose to Drusilla Virginia Kidd (1891 - 1955) upon his return from the army. She never married and dedicated her life to teaching school in Glenville, West Virginia. The inscription on the bottom of his tombstone reads: Rest soldier rest, thy warfare is over.
Lou Doss

Birth	February 3, 1892	Glenville, Gilmer County, WV
Death	October 7, 1918	He died of broncho pneumonia and infection. - Camp Meade, Anne Arundel County, MD
Alt name		Feirest FURR
Alt name		Fairrish FURR
Burial		Otterbein Cemetery, Glenville, Gilmer County, WV
Military		Company A, Military Police, 11th Division - World War I

Father	William Hunter "Billy" FURR (1859 - 1938)
Mother	Luvenia Gay HITE (1871 - 1945)
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Jessie Murl FURR (1899 - 1903)
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Madge Genevieve FURR (1894 - 1985)
Sibling	Blanche Mergie FURR (1896 - 1978)
Sibling	Martha Belle FURR (1898 - 1963)
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Clayton Floyd FURR (1904 - 1986)
Sibling	Florence Sylvia "Flo" FURR (1907 - 1993)
Sibling	William Brooks FURR (1909 - 1996)
Sibling	Lloyd Rymer FURR (1911 - 2001)
Sibling	Hazel Ruth FURR (1915 - 1982)

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