Davie County NcArchives Biographies.....Furches, David Moffatt 
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Source: Who's Who
Author: John W. Leonard

Furches, David Moffatt,
jurist;
b. Davie Co., NC, April 21, 1832;
s. Stephen Lewis and Mary Howell F.;
ed. in Union Acad. there;
read law with Chief Justice Pearson;
admitted to NC bar, 1857, locating at Mocksville, Davie Co.
Was co. att'y, 1858;
Republican candidate for Congress, 1872;
apptd. judge superior court, 1875;
Republican candidate for supreme court judge, 1888; and for gov., 1892;
asso. justice Supreme Court, NC, 1894-1900;
chief justice, 1901-2.
Address: Statesville, NC

Additional Comments:
Source:
Who's Who in America
A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of the United States.
Volume 3
1903-1905
Established, 1899, by Albert Nelson Marquis
Edited by John W. Leonard
Chicago
A.N. Marquis & Company
Publishers
1903

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