Individual Details
Johnson Richardson FURR
(December 27, 1846 - January 7, 1916)
Events
| Birth | December 27, 1846 | Virginia | |||
| Marriage | Abt, 1880 | Virginia - Ida Blanche MEGEATH | |||
| Death | January 7, 1916 | District of Columbia |  |  | |
| Burial | Sharon Cemetery, Middleburg, Loudoun County, VA | |
Families
| Spouse | Ida Blanche MEGEATH (1854 - 1947) |
| Child | Lelia Olivia FURR (1881 - 1944) |
| Child | Harry Elton FURR (1883 - 1947) |
| Child | Mary Emsey FURR (1884 - 1953) |
| Child | Dallas Otto FURR (1886 - 1947) |
| Child | Ellen Virginia FURR (1888 - 1967) |
| Child | Irving Megeath FURR (1889 - 1947) |
| Child | Raymond M. FURR (1890 - 1892) |
| Child | Leola FURR (1891 - 1892) |
| Father | William Feagan FURR (1805 - 1873) |
| Mother | Emily "Emsey" GILLHAM (1812 - 1873) |
| Sibling | U. Ellen FURR (1835 - 1917) |
| Sibling | William Calhoun FURR (1842 - 1861) |
| Sibling | Dallas FURR (1845 - 1903) |
| Sibling | Susan Alise FURR (1850 - 1852) |
Notes
Death
Johnson Furr, farmer and philosopher, died on Friday of last week at Sibley Hospital in Washington after an operation which followed an illness of nearly 13 weeks. He was born in Loudoun Co on Dec. 27th, 1846, being the son of William and Emsey Furr. He married Miss Blanche Megeath who survives him. Born to this union were six children all of whom survive him. They are Mrs. Will Nevitt, Mrs. Ed. Smith, Mrs. William Goode and Harry Furr all of Aldie, Otto Furr of Middleburg and Irving Furr of Washington. Burial took place in Sharon Cemetery near Middleburg on Sunday, conducted by Rev. A. S. Gibson, rector of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Aldie.Endnotes
1. The Washington Post, Washington, DC, January 8, 1916.
2. Loudoun Times-Mirror, Leesburg, Virginia, Friday, 14 January 1916 Vol. IX, No. 33.
3. Loudoun Cemetery Database Lookup Record http://www.leesburgva.org/departments/library/cemeterylookup/default.a sp.