Individual Details
Judith Ann WHETSTONE
(December 19, 1863 - January 18, 1961)
Also shown as Judith, Jude, Juda, Judy, and Julie. Lived in Henryetta, Indian Territory. She was 1/4 Creek Indian on her mother's side. Listed as part Creek Indian in the 1910 census.
In the 1880 Texas Census, she and Albert are shown as neighbors of Anderson and Nancy Whetstone.
In the 1880 Texas Census, she and Albert are shown as neighbors of Anderson and Nancy Whetstone.
Events
| Birth | December 19, 1863 | Texas | |||
| Marriage | January 22, 1880 | Van Zandt County, TX - Albert Gilmore FURR |  | ||
| Death | January 18, 1961 | Okmulgee County, OK |  | | |
| Marriage | Lewis W. GILBERT | ||||
| Alt name | Judia Ann WHETSTONE |
Families
| Spouse | Albert Gilmore FURR (1850 - 1899) |
| Child | William Gilmore FURR (1880 - 1955) |
| Child | Benjamin Clinton "Ben or Benny" FURR (1884 - 1961) |
| Child | James H. FURR (1886 - 1889) |
| Child | Samuel "Sam" FURR (1888 - 1973) |
| Child | Perry A. FURR (1891 - 1912) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Arthur B. FURR (1896 - 1963) |
| Child | Archie D. FURR (1898 - 1902) |
| Spouse | Lewis W. GILBERT (1870 - ) |
| Father | Anderson WHETSTONE (1820 - ) |
| Mother | Nancy Caroline HENRY (1840 - ) |
Notes
Death
Judia Ann Gilbert, one of Henryetta’s very earliest residents, died Wednesday afternoon in a local hospital at the age of ninety-seven. The neice (sic) of Hugh Henry, founder of Henryetta, Mrs. Gilbert had made her home in the vicinity of Henryetta for the past 90 years and had been a member of the First Christian Church here for 30 years. In her lifetime, she recalld (sic) numerous first events such as the fact that she lived in Eufaula at the time that the first passenger train passed through there in about 1870. The long - time resident was the wife of Henryetta’s first Postmaster, Albert Furr Sr., who ran the Furr Post Office and Trading Post, which was located four miles South of where Henryetta is now. She is survived by three sons, Sam Furr, Lubbock, Teas, Arthur Furr, Kansas City, Missouri, and Ben Furr, Henryetta; two daughters, Mayme Oliver, and Jeneira Madden, both of Henryetta; twelve grandchildren; a number of great-grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 p.m. in the First Christian Church with Rev. Jack Nicholson conducting the service and interment will be in Westlawn cemelery. Pallbearers for the service will be the grandsons of the deceased.Henryetta Daily Free-Lance, Henryetta, Oklahoma, January 19, 1961
Endnotes
1. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK15-WHK : 22 January 2020).
2. Henryetta Daily Free-Lance, Henryetta, Oklahoma.