Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Furr, Marcus D. 1838 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Marcus D. Furr, farmer, Hillsboro, was born in Cain township, February 26,
1838. His father, Alexander, came here from Kentucky in the early settlement of
the county. His mother, Rebecca (Booe), is now the wife of David Whitesel. Mr.
Furr married Sarah A. Justus, November 8, 1860; she died August 10, 1875, having
borne four children: Serena E., born September 30, 1861; William, October 2,
1863; Sina M., June 13, 1869, died May 26, 1870; and Charles, October 22, 1873,
died October 10, 1877. He was married again, March 20, 1876, to Miss Belle
Bodley, who was born December 18, 1843. Three children have been born of this
union: Gracie M., January 1, 1877; Harry B., June 5,1879, died 28th of the same
month; and Ira O., August 10, 1880. Mr. Furr has threshed grain for twenty-four
consecutive seasons. He now owns and is running a steam thresher which has cost
him, all complete, $1,500. He belongs to the Christian church, and his wife to
the Presbyterian. Before her marriage Mrs. Furr taught school fourteen
years-thirty terms,-about half of the time in Livingston county, Illinois, and
the rest in Fountain county. Mr. Furr is a democrat.

Additional Comments:
Richland Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.

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