Individual Details
Elmer Claude FURR
(October 13, 1887 - June 24, 1951)
Elmer's father, William, died in 1897 when Elmer was 10 years old. After the death of his father, Elmer moved with his mother, Annie and his Brother Milton "Oscar" to Worthington, Ohio in about 1905. He became a carpenter and later farmed in Worthington. Elmer worked at Lazarus Department Store in Columbus, Ohio. He delivered fine china for the store on his bicycle at a teenager.
Edith and her sister, Mae, both attended Ohio State Normal College (now Ohio State University). She was trained as a teacher and taught piano.
At age 19 Edith Lyons married Elmer Furr, the farmhand on the Tipton farm who had recently moved to Ohio from Woodstock, Virginia. Edith and Elmer took up farming near the Tipton farm. The farm Elmer and Edith leased was near the corner of Reed and McCoy Roads. It had a large, beautiful farmhouse. The family had a black farm hand that they called "Uncle John." The farm was near the Reed homestead and the Tipton farm where the Lyons lived.
After 13 years of marriage Elmer and Edith moved with their three boys to Oakwood (Detroit), Michigan in 1923. He had been urged to move to Detroit by Edith's cousin who was an engineer at the Ford Motor Company. The family drove to Detroit in an open Model T touring car. They had two flats on the way. Elmer was employed in the Rouge River plant of the Ford Motor Company as a maintenance worker, where he worked until approx. 1950. In about 1939 Elmer and Edith moved into the little house in Lincoln Park, Michigan which had been occupied by David and Juanita. Elmer died of cancer in 1951 an is buried next to Edith in Worthington, Ohio.
Elmer had a cousin Margaret Barton Long, daughter of the brother of Annie E. Barton.
Edith and her sister, Mae, both attended Ohio State Normal College (now Ohio State University). She was trained as a teacher and taught piano.
At age 19 Edith Lyons married Elmer Furr, the farmhand on the Tipton farm who had recently moved to Ohio from Woodstock, Virginia. Edith and Elmer took up farming near the Tipton farm. The farm Elmer and Edith leased was near the corner of Reed and McCoy Roads. It had a large, beautiful farmhouse. The family had a black farm hand that they called "Uncle John." The farm was near the Reed homestead and the Tipton farm where the Lyons lived.
After 13 years of marriage Elmer and Edith moved with their three boys to Oakwood (Detroit), Michigan in 1923. He had been urged to move to Detroit by Edith's cousin who was an engineer at the Ford Motor Company. The family drove to Detroit in an open Model T touring car. They had two flats on the way. Elmer was employed in the Rouge River plant of the Ford Motor Company as a maintenance worker, where he worked until approx. 1950. In about 1939 Elmer and Edith moved into the little house in Lincoln Park, Michigan which had been occupied by David and Juanita. Elmer died of cancer in 1951 an is buried next to Edith in Worthington, Ohio.
Elmer had a cousin Margaret Barton Long, daughter of the brother of Annie E. Barton.
Events
| Birth | October 13, 1887 | Woodstock, Shenandoah County, VA |  | ||
| Marriage | June 1, 1910 | Columbus, Franklin County, OH - Edith Viola LYONS | | ||
| Occupation(s) | 1930 - 1950 | Ford Motor Company inspector - Wayne County, MI | | ||
| Death | June 24, 1951 | Lincoln Park, Wayne County, MI | | ||
| Burial | June 28, 1951 | Union Cemetary, Columbus, Franklin County, OH | |
Families
| Spouse | Edith Viola LYONS (1891 - 1970) |
| Child | Hubert Donald FURR (1911 - 1988) |
| Child | David Neal FURR (1914 - 1991) |
| Child | William Edward FURR (1916 - 1991) |
| Child | Eugene Francis FURR (1927 - 1987) |
| Father | William Milton FURR Jr. (1845 - 1896) |
| Mother | Annie Elizabeth BARTON (1850 - 1932) |
| Sibling | Minnie Alice FURR (1871 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Milton Oscar FURR (1880 - 1935) |
Endnotes
1. Death Certificate.
2. McComb, P. H. K. (1913); Virginia M. McComb (Rev. 1942), A Genealogical Register of the McComb Family in America (Indianapolis, Indiana: Private Publication, 1942), Page 236.
3. David Neal Furr, Interview.
4. Marriage Certificate.
5. McComb, P. H. K. (1913); Virginia M. McComb (Rev. 1942), A Genealogical Register of the McComb Family in America (Indianapolis, Indiana: Private Publication, 1942).
6. David Neal Furr, Interview.
7. Death Certificate.
8. David Neal Furr, Interview.
9. Funeral Memorial Card for Furr, Elmer C. (Lincoln Park, Michigan: Nixon Funeral Chapel, 1951).