John
Robert
Furr
Born in Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Jacob Eliot Furr Sr, Gertrude Elizabeth (Furr) Blackwelder, Frederick Melvin Furr, Bertha Rebecca (Furr) Cochran, Benjamin Luther Furr, Mary Irene Furr, Fanny Kathleen Furr and Treavor J. Furr
Husband of
Ivey Beatrice (Dulin) Furr
— married
21 Dec 1929 in Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
Died
at age 96
in Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 29 May 2011
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Biography
John Robert Furr was born to parents, Daniel Vernon Furr and Sarah (Blackwelder) Furr on 27 December 1907 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.[1][2]
John Robert Furr was in the first graduating class at Harrisburg High School. According to John, the other graduates were Viola Sides, Eva Spears, Jesse Barbee, Lloyd Garmon, Leonard Parrish.[3]
When John was 18, he and his older brothers were hired to build 12-year-old Ivey Dulin a house (for her, her brother, and their mother) with money that her father left her specifically for that purpose. A few years later, on 21 Dec 1929, John and Ivey were married.[4] They had three children: Hilda Frances Furr, Donald Brown Furr, and Kenneth Eugene Furr.[5] John farmed and worked in the Cannon Textile Mill for most of his life[6]
John died 03 Jan 2004 at the age of 96 in Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina. He was buried in Roberta United Methodist Church Cemetery in Concord.[7]
Sources
- ↑ Draft Registration Card for John Robert Furr, The National Archives at Atlanta; Atlanta, Georgia; WWII Draft Registration Cards for North Carolina, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 126
- ↑ Delayed birth certificate for John Robert Furr, Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Birth Indexes, 1800-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, Original data: Register of Deeds. North Carolina Birth Indexes. Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina State Archives. Microfilm.
- ↑ John Robert Furr, personal recollection as told to Hilda (Dulin) Lee, 26 Sept 1999 in the home of John Furr.
- ↑ Marriage record for John R. Furr and Iva [Ivey] B. Dulin, Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.
- ↑ US Census 1940; Census Place: Poplar Tent, Cabarrus, North Carolina; Roll: m-t0627-02881; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 13-4, household: 196, lines 64-68, J. R. Furr
- ↑ John Robert Furr and Ivey (Dulin) Furr, personal recollections as told to Hilda (Dulin) Lee, 26 Sept 1999 in their home in Cabarrus County, NC.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115062662/john-robert-furr : accessed 05 September 2021), memorial page for John Robert Furr (21 Dec 1907–3 Jan 2004), Find a Grave Memorial ID 115062662, citing Roberta United Methodist Church Cemetery, Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Donnie J Hazel (contributor 47914849) .
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