Individual Details

Lived in Tucumcari, New Mexico, for a while. He was editor of a Tucumcari newspaper.

Ira E. Furr, who is editor of the Tucumcari News, is one of the able journalists of his section of the state and has been very successful in the conduct of his paper. He was born in Breckenridge, Missouri, on the 18th of December, 1879, and is a son of Granville G. and Rebecca (Colvin) Furr,both born in Ohio, the former on the 16th of February, 1844, and the latter on the 7th of October, 1843. They were married in Missouri and there the father passed away in 1901, while the mother still resides in Breckenridge. She is a member of the Baptist church and is active in its work and her husband was also a member of that organization. He was a plasterer by occupation and gained an enviable reputation for skilled work and reliability. To them were born four children, of whom Ira E. is the third in order of birth. He was educated in the public and high schools of Stansberry, Missouri. On the 5th of September, 1895, when fifteen years of age, he began working in the office of the Stanberry Headlight and for five years he was employed as a printer. At the end of that time he was given charge of the company's plant, which he managed for three years, after which he purchased another newspaper in Stansberry. A year later, in connection with a partner, he bought the Albany Argus of Albany, Missouri, which he subsequently sold to his partner. He then devoted his attention to farming for nine months as he felt in need of the rest that a change of occupation brings. At the expiration of that period he went to Unionville, Missouri, where he worked as a printer for about fourteen months, after which he accepted a position with the Carrollton Daily Democrat; he had charge of the job department for four and a half years. On the 4th of October, 1911, he came to Tucumcari because of his wife's health and for a year he operated a linotype machine in the News office, after which he was similarly employed in the office of the Sun for a year. Subsequently he purchased the Newsfrom the Tucumcari Printing Company and has since published the paper. A year after taking charge of the News he installed a new linotype machine and the plant is now fully equipped, not only for the publication of the News but also for job and book work. All branches of his business are well patronized and his continued success seems assured. He owns valuable property in Tucumcari and is also a stockholder in the Federal Bank building. Mr. Furr was married on the 18th of December, 1903, to Miss Mary V. Hutchinson, who was born in Linn county, Missouri, a daughter of Miles H. and Valinda (Bumgarner) Hutchinson, both early settlers of that state. The mother has passed away but the father is still residing in Missouri. Mr. Furr gives his political support to the democratic party but has never aspired to office. Fraternally he belongs to the Praetorians, a new order which is being established over the state. He is highly respected by all who know him and personally is popular.

Birth	December 18, 1879	Missouri
Marriage	December 18, 1902	Livingston County, MO - Mary Valinda HUTCHINSON
Occupation	1920	newspaper editor - Tucumcari, Quay County, NM
Occupation	1930	newspaper printer - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, OK
Occupation	1940	print shop owner - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, OK
Death	October 17, 1956	Oklahoma
Burial		Grantsville Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, MO

Spouse

Mary Valinda HUTCHINSON (1878 - 1958)

Father	Granville G. FURR (1844 - 1901)
Mother	Rebecca V. "Becky" COLVIN (1843 - 1922)
Sibling	Guy A. FURR (1875 - 1900)
Sibling	Evangel E. FURR (1878 - 1879)
Sibling	Evelyn May "Eva" FURR (1883 - 1964)

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