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Descendants of FELIX FURBEE


26. CALEB7 DAVIS (MIRIAM6 FURBEE, BOWERS5, BENJIMAN4, BENJAMIN FURBEE3 [FURBY], BENJAMIN FURBEE2, FELIX1 FURBEE) was born April 20, 1788 in Virginia, and died April 22, 1878 in Centerville, Tyler Co., WV. He married MARGERY MCCRACKEN Unknown, daughter of CHARLES MCCRACKEN and MARY ???. She was born Bet. 1788 and 1789 in Virginia, and died 1868.

Notes for CALEB DAVIS:
Caleb moved to Tyler Co., VA, with three of his brothers in 1820 and settled on Middle Island Creek, then called Diana River.

More About CALEB DAVIS:
Burial: Unknown, Spring Hill Cemetery, Josephs Mills, Tyler Co., WV
Occupation: Farmer

More About MARGERY MCCRACKEN:
Burial: Unknown, Spring Hill Cemetery, Josephs Mills, Tyler Co., WV

More About CALEB DAVIS and MARGERY MCCRACKEN:
Marriage: Unknown
     
Children of CALEB DAVIS and MARGERY MCCRACKEN are:
57. i.   REBECCA8 DAVIS, b. Abt. 1808, Virginia; d. 1856.
58. ii.   CHARLES DAVIS, b. 1808, Virginia; d. 1869.
59. iii.   HANNAH DAVIS, b. Bet. 1812 and 1813, Virginia; d. Unknown.
60. iv.   ALEXANDER MCCRACKEN DAVIS, b. Abt. September 1813, Monongalia Co., VA; d. August 08, 1888, Centerville District, Tyler Co., WV.
61. v.   MIRIAM DAVIS, b. Bet. 1815 and 1822, Virginia; d. 1890.
  vi.   SARAH DAVIS, b. 1817; d. 1899; m. JOHN G. LOWTHER, May 22, 1845, Tyler Co., VA; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
  More About JOHN LOWTHER and SARAH DAVIS:
Marriage: May 22, 1845, Tyler Co., VA
  vii.   ELIZABETH DAVIS, b. Abt. 1822, Virginia; d. 1902.
62. viii.   CALEB DAVIS, b. Abt. 1825, Virginia; d. Bef. 1860.
63. ix.   ROBERT W. DAVIS, b. Bet. 1824 and 1825, Virginia; d. 1876.
64. x.   MARGERY JANE DAVIS, b. Abt. 1828, Virginia; d. 1912.
65. xi.   MICHEL DAVIS, b. Abt. 1831, Virginia; d. 1916.


27. ELIZABETH7 DAVIS (MIRIAM6 FURBEE, BOWERS5, BENJIMAN4, BENJAMIN FURBEE3 [FURBY], BENJAMIN FURBEE2, FELIX1 FURBEE) was born Abt. 1791 in Virginia, and died April 03, 1873 in Morgan Dist., Monongalia Co., WV. She married JOHN WATTS Unknown. He was born Abt. 1780 in Maryland or Delaware, and died March 26, 1858 in Monongalia Co., VA.

Notes for JOHN WATTS:
Census Data: The 1820 census of Monongalia Co., VA, has the following:
John Watts, 1 m 10-16, 1 m 26-45, 1 f under 10, 1 f 26-45.
John Watts Jr., 1 m under 10, 1 m 26-45, 3 f under 10, 1 f 26-45.
The second family must be the right one.

More About JOHN WATTS:
Cause of Death: old age
Occupation: shoemaker

More About JOHN WATTS and ELIZABETH DAVIS:
Marriage: Unknown
     
Children of ELIZABETH DAVIS and JOHN WATTS are:
  i.   NANCY8 WATTS, b. Abt. 1818, Virginia; d. Unknown.
  ii.   JOHN BARNEY WATTS, b. Bet. 1819 and 1820, Virginia; d. Unknown.
  Notes for JOHN BARNEY WATTS:
In 1870 John was apparently unmarried and living at Charles W. Finnell's hotel.

  More About JOHN BARNEY WATTS:
Occupation: merchant, shoemaker
66. iii.   MARY E. WATTS, b. Abt. June 1829, Morgantown, Monongalia Co., VA; d. February 14, 1863, Coburns Creek, Monongalia Co., WV.
67. iv.   DELIA WATTS, b. Bet. 1830 and 1831, Virginia; d. August 07, 1910, Morgantown, Monongalia Co., WV.


28. MARY7 DAVIS (MIRIAM6 FURBEE, BOWERS5, BENJIMAN4, BENJAMIN FURBEE3 [FURBY], BENJAMIN FURBEE2, FELIX1 FURBEE) was born Unknown, and died Bef. 1856. She married CALEB FURBEE Bef. July 14, 1825, son of CALEB FURBEE and SARAH DAVIS. He was born Abt. 1796 in Kent Co., DE, or VA, and died Abt. 1878 in Marion Co., WV.

Notes for CALEB FURBEE:
Lived in Marion Co., VA in 1846.

Lived in Glovers Gap, Marion Co., VA in 1860.

On 11 APR 1846 Caleb bought 50 acres on Rock Lick Run from George and Elizabeth Furbee, John and Rebecca Furbee, Waitman and Catherine Furbee, and James R. and Elizabeth Tucker, paying each couple $1.

On 25 APR 1846 Caleb and Mary sold to Dennis Campbell 94 acres on a small drain emptying into Piles Fork.
On 25 APR 1846 Caleb and Mary sold to Samuel Hibbs 100 acres on Dents Run.

On 6 APR 1872 Caleb Sr. and Mary sold to Isaac Thomas 140 acres on Piles Fork of Buffalo Creek.

Caleb made his will 24 SEP 1877; it was submitted for probate 7 FEB 1878. In it he mentioned his wife Mary; sons John, Charles D., George W., and James D.; daughters Elizabeth Furbee, Priscilla Furbee, and Sarah A. Furbee. His executor was his son John; witnesses were Francis M. Wells and Abraham Homer.


More About CALEB FURBEE:
Probate: February 07, 1878
Will: September 24, 1877

More About CALEB FURBEE and MARY DAVIS:
Marriage: Bef. July 14, 1825
     
Children of MARY DAVIS and CALEB FURBEE are:
68. i.   CHARLES D.8 FURBEE, b. Bet. 1812 and 1825, VA or OH; d. December 25, 1887, Marion Co., WV; Stepchild.
69. ii.   JOHN FURBEE, b. Abt. 1818, Ohio; d. December 15, 1887, Coal District/Carksburg, Harrison Co., WV; Stepchild.
70. iii.   GEORGE W. FURBEE, b. Abt. 1827, Virginia; d. August 15, 1895, Harrison Co., WV; Stepchild.
71. iv.   JAMES D. FURBEE, b. Abt. 1832, Virginia; d. Bef. 1900; Stepchild.


29. BOWERS7 FURBEE (WAITMAN6, BOWERS5, BENJIMAN4, BENJAMIN FURBEE3 [FURBY], BENJAMIN FURBEE2, FELIX1 FURBEE) was born September 05, 1782 in Kent Co., DE, and died March 24, 1875 in Tyler Co., WV. He married (1) WILMINA CAMMEL. She was born Abt. 1785, and died Unknown. He married (2) WILLIMINA CAMPBELL Abt. 1805 in Monogalia Co., VA?. She was born Bef. 1785 in Monongalia Co., VA, and died February 14, 1823 in Tyler Co., VA. He married (3) NANCY BOND February 08, 1824 in Centerville, Tyler Co., WV, daughter of BENJAMIN BOND and NANCY BARNEY. She was born January 26, 1803 in Tyler co., WV, and died August 22, 1880 in Tyler Co., WV. He married (4) ALISON TRIBBET Unknown. She was born Unknown, and died Unknown.

Notes for BOWERS FURBEE:
#1- Had three wives/18 children.
Not sure if Alison was wife or mistress- their child was born 1 year after Alexander Craig Furbee.

Supported the Confederacy.

On 29 OCT 1807 in Monongalia Co. court, Alisay/Alison Tribbet, a single woman, swore that on 20 APR 1807 she was delivered of a female bastard child fathered by Bowers Furbee, laborer; recognizance bond for Bowers was secured by James McVicker 5 DEC 1807. Bowers moved to Tyler Co., VA, soon after 1810.

According to Madison Stathers, "The explanation of the intense interest with which Bowers Furbee supported the cause of the Confederacy may be found in qualities inherited from the aristocratic atmosphere which must have pervaded the mansion of Murderkill inlet, where the customs of the great plantations of the Old South, undoubtedly prevailed. Waitman Furbee must have brought with him to the wilderness much of that spirit and certainly his aristocratic wife, Margaret Craig, fostered it. It is a curious fact, however, that the descendants of the younger brother, Caleb Furbee, had no such leanings and are all to this day, ardent Republicans. Certain it is that the family had been, for more than a century, landed proprietors and owners of many slaves. Waitman Furbee and his family set up a home in Tyler County with many of the elements of the home in Delaware; and with his son, Bowers, maintained the traditions. His news of the outside world was brought to him through the Baltimore Sun, to which he was a lifelong subscriber. An ardent adherent of the principles of Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, he naturally espoused the cause of the South when the Union began to break up. Almost alone of all the interior of the county, his home was regarded as a center of rebellion. The many sons and daughters of the household never sought to give any other impression.
"The most outspoken and reckless of them all was the eldest son, George, who had been married for over a decade and had his home across the creek, but on an adjoining farm. Every bit of news favorable to the South fired his soul and loosed his tongue. Finally, he could stand it no longer and, against the prayers of his mother, he took leave of his wife and six little sons, as well as the rest of the family, and joined a number of recruits who were passing secretly through the country.
"The home of the Furbees became one of the stations of an underground railroad--running from the North to the Southland. The house was watched repeatedly, by the Union forces and not without reason, for it often sheltered those who did not have the Union's interest at heart. One night Presley set out with a number of Confederate soldiers, who had been staying at his father's house to guide them on the last important turn of the road, near the mouth of Flint Run, and he was saying goodbye to the soldiers when, suddenly, men appeared from behind every tree and stone and swarmed down upon them. The band was taken first West Union and, later, to the Federal prison, Camp Chase, located near Columbus, Ohio. Presley was set at liberty several months later but not until after he had taken the oath of allegiance.
" . . . As has been mentioned before, the fortune that Bowers Furbee had inherited from his father had slowly dwindled until at the close of the war it was largely represented by the extensive holdings of lands which had at that time little value. The family for several years maintained a wayside inn, where the travelers from far and near stopped for brief sojourn. This brought to the old gentleman much pleasure and some profit, for it kept him in touch with the great outside world.
"Although he was never registered in any school of higher learning, he was a man of broad culture and was possessed of a fine mind. My mother has told me that he used to aid her in her school work and always told her that he had had good private schooling. He was a lifelong subscriber to the Baltimore Sun and he read each issue in its entirety. In another environment, he would have made good use of his talents.
"It seems to have been his policy to give a substantial farm to each one of his sons when they married or reached a certain age. In this, he was imitating the example of his grandfather, Bowers Furbee, I--of Kent County, Delaware. In his will, he disposed of his property thus, but left to his daughters only small sums, except that he specified each of them should have an interest in the land as long as she remained single. This latter provision resulted in litigation and family dissension and discord at a much later date.
"The repeated changes in property caused frequent changes in the home. After the disastrous experiences of the forties, when he sold his home property to Philip Seckman, he seemed to have lived for a short time on the neighboring farm which he owned and which he was to give to his son, George. The family then moved across the creek to the more pretentious homestead known as the Garlow farm which Bowers Furbee had bought from Wells and Ellis Underwood. There he was to spend the longest time that he ever spent in one home in his long and eventful life, for it was to be the family home until the Spring of 1867.
" . . . Bowers Furbee [was] a man old in years and broken in spirit. For eighty years, nature and his own great weakness had battered against that sturdy constitution, and--at last--it was beginning to weaken. From boyhood when he grew up in the rough, frontier town of Morgantown, drink had been his greatest enemy. It was the principal cause of the loss of his fortune and later it, helped to undermine his robust health. Seldom, however, did one ever see him stagger or fall beneath its influence. One day, however, in the sixties, he started from home riding horseback down towards the farm of his son, Waitman. Andrew Seckman's family saw him pass, and--a short time afterwards--they saw his riderless horse go back up the road. They started to investigate and found him badly hurt where he had fallen over the bank from his horse. He was carried back home considerably the worse for his adventure but--fortunately--with no bones broken. The next morning he said to his patient and long suffering wife, 'Nancy, when liquor gets the better of a man like that, it is time for him to let it alone. I shall never drink another drop.' As one might expect from a man of his strong will, he kept his word.
"For eighty-five years, his mind and faculties were almost perfect, but--in the end--nature had to weaken in some place. He began to slowly lose his sight. Cataracts were forming on both his eyes and--in those days--operations for such things were practically unknown in Tyler County. So, he resigned himself to what he regarded as inevitable fate. My mother tells me that she remembers well seeing him setting in the bright light trying to catch--through the opaque screen--that was slowly clouding his vision--enough rays of light to read his beloved 'Baltimore Sun'--his constant companion of fourscore years. However finally the last fading ray failed him and he was left in total darkness. She still cherishes his old armchair, and one day she said to me: 'In that chair, my father spent the last four years of his life in darkness.' Old as he was and blind, he still insisted on going about his daily life independent of the aid of others. For example, he always shaved himself--up to his last days. However, in order to observe all the formalities of former days, he always had the mirror in front of him--even though he could not see the light of day."
" . . . Bowers Furbee's later years were somewhat clouded by financial reverses and sorrows incident to the War Between the States. He had never taken part in any of the military activities of his country. As a young man of thirty, he had been drafted in the War of 1812, but he reported at Norfolk and hired a substitute. The Mexican War and the Civil War found him too old for service. He continued in the management of his extensive properties until an advanced age, and with his neighbors, John Wells, Benjamin Bond, the Ripleys, and others--was one of the leading men of the community. He was an ardent Democrat throughout his long life and this fact cut him off from any political ambitions in a community where the political complexion was decidedly adverse.
"With the purchase of various properties, the family home was changed several times. During the sixty-three years which he spent in Tyler County, he lived for periods of from ten to twenty years on the property on Jefferson Run, now owned by the descendants of John N. Smith, on that of the heirs of John Seckman, on the home farm of D. N. Furbee and Brothers, on the farm now owned by Thomas Furbee and--finally--on the farm owned by the heirs of the late Presley M. Furbee, one mile above the mouth of McElroy."




More About BOWERS FURBEE:
Burial: Aft. March 25, 1875, Beechwood Cemetery, Centerville, Tyler Co., Wv.
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: 1870, McElroy Dist., Tyler Co., WV

Notes for WILLIMINA CAMPBELL:
Was from Monogalia Co., VA.

More About BOWERS FURBEE and WILLIMINA CAMPBELL:
Marriage: Abt. 1805, Monogalia Co., VA?

Notes for NANCY BOND:
Nancy was from Tyler Co. and was born on the farm now owned (in 1935) by Rymer Ankrom.

"My recollection of my grandmother, Nancy Bond Furbee, is of the haziest sort, for I was very young when she died. To me, she appears through the mists of more than half a century as a tall, dignified woman, with kindly eyes, gentle face, and a form erect in spite of its fourscore years.
"Her life after her marriage in 1824 was one occupied with the cares of a numerous household and later of a large family of her own. Like most mothers of the post-colonial period, she had her share of hard work and she never sought to evade it. In the earlier days, when the family still had slaves, she might have had an easier life but she preferred it otherwise. She was an extremely neat housekeeper and my mother tells me that her mother used to say that she was so glad when the last of the slaves was gone, for they were never clean and tidy enough to suit her.
"Kind and gentle to all, she was a true mother to her husband's motherless children by his first marriage, the youngest of whom was only five when she came into the home. She made no difference between them and her own children. She followed them in their later lives with deepest interest and affection and made them most welcome whenever they returned to the paternal roof.
"She bore without complaint her share of the change in the family fortune during the last thirty years of her life. The death of her stepson, Waitman, in 1858, was a great shock and a profound sorrow to her. This was only exceeded by the departure of her eldest son, George, to enter the army of the Confederacy and his subsequent untimely death. The cares and worries of those four years of war were sufficient to break the stoutest heart, but she bore them all with Christian fortitude. Ever a devout Christian, as the years passed, she leaned more and more heavily upon the arm of her Maker. In fact, without knowing it, in her religious life--she followed in the steps of the Puritan women of early New England. She was faithful in church attendance observing strictly days of fasting, relying fully in efficacy of prayer, and practicing her faith in all her daily life. She transmitted this deep and abiding faith to all her daughters.
"When firmness was necessary, she could show that quality also. She was deeply concerned about the conduct of her children and ruled them with justice, but with a stern hand and an eye ever watchful for their best interest. Her married children took counsel with her and profited by the interest and wisdom, and--even her grandchildren--were made to feel the strength of her will and her personality.
" . . . She too, was spared the torments of a long illness. A cold, taken in the late summer of 1880, developed rapidly into pneumonia, and--in two days she was gone. She died August 22, 1880, at the age of seventy-seven years and seven months--less four days. She was buried beside her departed husband and there they sleep today in the quiet of the old cemetery." [Madison Stathers. Unpublished Furbee family history written ca. 1935, with supplemental information added by him ca. 1949 and by Consuelo Curry Ward ca. 1962.]


More About NANCY BOND:
Burial: Aft. August 22, 1880, Beechwood Cemetery, Centerville, Tyler Co., WV
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Residence: 1880, McElroy Dist., Tyler Co., WV

More About BOWERS FURBEE and NANCY BOND:
Marriage: February 08, 1824, Centerville, Tyler Co., WV

More About BOWERS FURBEE and ALISON TRIBBET:
Marriage: Unknown
     
Children of BOWERS FURBEE and WILMINA CAMMEL are:
72. i.   ELIZABETH8 FURBEE, b. Abt. 1806; d. Unknown.
  ii.   WAITMAN FURBEE, b. Abt. 1808; d. Unknown.
  iii.   TIPPLE FURBEE, b. Abt. 1809; d. Unknown.
  iv.   ANN FURBEE, b. Abt. 1811; d. Unknown.
  v.   GEORGE C. FURBEE, b. Abt. 1815; d. Unknown.
  vi.   MICHAEL FURBEE, b. Abt. 1816; d. Unknown.
  vii.   SUSANNA FURBEE, b. Abt. 1818; d. Unknown.
  viii.   DRUSILLA FURBEE, b. Abt. 1819; d. Unknown.
  ix.   ANDREW JEFFERSON FURBEE, b. Abt. 1821; d. Unknown.
  x.   JANE FURBEE, b. Abt. 1822; d. Unknown.
  xi.   CAROLINE FURBEE, b. Abt. 1823; d. Unknown.
  xii.   PRESLEY FURBEE, b. Abt. 1824; d. Unknown.
  xiii.   AMERICA FURBEE, b. Abt. 1826; d. Unknown.
  xiv.   SOPHIA FURBEE, b. Abt. 1827; d. Unknown.
  xv.   LAURA ELLEN FURBEE, b. Abt. 1829; d. Unknown.
     
Children of BOWERS FURBEE and WILLIMINA CAMPBELL are:
  xvi.   ALEXANDER CRAIGE8 FURBEE, b. August 23, 1806, Monongalia Co., VA; d. Unknown; m. ACCIOUS BOND, June 28, 1824, Tyler Co., WV; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
  Notes for ALEXANDER CRAIGE FURBEE:
#1- Lost, somewhere between California and West Virginia just after 1849.

Alexander went to California in 1849 to join the Gold Rush; later, he started home with two companions but was never heard from again.[

  More About ALEXANDER FURBEE and ACCIOUS BOND:
Marriage: June 28, 1824, Tyler Co., WV
73. xvii.   MARGARET FURBEE, b. July 10, 1808, Monogalia Co., VA; d. Unknown.
  xviii.   MARY FURBEE, b. 1808; d. Unknown; m. GEORGE BOND, November 27, 1827, Tyler Co., VA; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
  More About GEORGE BOND and MARY FURBEE:
Marriage: November 27, 1827, Tyler Co., VA
  xix.   WAITMAN SIPPLE FURBEE, b. December 29, 1813, Ohio Co., VA; d. September 29, 1854, Tyler Co., VA; m. ??? [FURBEE], Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
  Notes for WAITMAN SIPPLE FURBEE:
Waitman was apparently married by the time of his death, as his wife is the informant, but her name is not mentioned in the death record; Madison Stathers, who says Waitman was killed accidentally 29 SEP 1858, says he didn't marry.

  More About WAITMAN SIPPLE FURBEE:
Occupation: Farmer

  More About WAITMAN FURBEE and ??? [FURBEE]:
Marriage: Unknown
74. xx.   ANNE FURBEE, b. October 13, 1815; d. Unknown.
75. xxi.   ELIZABETH FURBEE, b. June 05, 1819, VA; d. Unknown.
  xxii.   JOHN FURBEE, b. December 31, 1821; d. Bet. 1821 and 1822.
  Notes for JOHN FURBEE:
Died in infancy.

     
Children of BOWERS FURBEE and NANCY BOND are:
76. xxiii.   GEORGE CAMPBELL8 FURBEE, b. October 05, 1825, Tyler Co.,VA; d. September 09, 1864, King Knob, near West Union, Doddridge Co., WV.
  xxiv.   MICHEL FURBEE, b. May 25, 1828, Tyler co., WV; d. September 06, 1834, Tyler co., WV.
77. xxv.   SUSANNAH FURBEE, b. April 22, 1830, VA; d. March 14, 1905, Indian Creek, Tyler Co., WV.
  xxvi.   DRUSILLA FURBEE, b. October 24, 1832, VA; d. October 24, 1888, Tyler co., WV.
  Notes for DRUSILLA FURBEE:
Never married.

Drusilla never married. According to Madison Stathers, "She was a great lover of flowers and a true artist in needlework. Of all my uncles and aunts, she was closest to me in those early days of childhood, and I look back upon her as one of the sweetest souls of this earth."

  More About DRUSILLA FURBEE:
Burial: Aft. October 24, 1888, Beechwood Cemetery, Centerville, Tyler Co., WV
Cause of Death: Dropsy of the liver
Occupation: Dressmaker
78. xxvii.   ANDREW JACKSON FURBEE, b. May 25, 1835, McElroy, Tyler Co., VA; d. February 19, 1892, McElroy, Tyler Co., WV.
79. xxviii.   JANE FURBEE, b. July 03, 1837, Virginia; d. June 01, 1923.
  xxix.   CAROLINE FURBEE, b. Abt. 1839, Virginia; d. Bef. 1923.
  Notes for CAROLINE FURBEE:
Never married.

She was still living in 1920.

80. xxx.   PRESLEY MARTIN FURBEE, b. April 04, 1842, Centerville, Tyler Co., VA; d. February 26, 1921, Marietta, OH.
81. xxxi.   AMERICA SOPHIA FURBEE, b. April 24, 1845, Alma, Tyler co., WV; d. Unknown.
  xxxii.   LAURA ELLEN FURBEE, b. Bef. 1850; d. Bef. 1850.
  Notes for LAURA ELLEN FURBEE:
Died in childhood.

  xxxiii.   NANCY ELLEN FURBEE, b. Bef. 1850; d. Bef. 1850.
  Notes for NANCY ELLEN FURBEE:
Died in childhood.

     
Child of BOWERS FURBEE and ALISON TRIBBET is:
  xxxiv.   ???8 TRIBBET, b. April 20, 1807; d. Unknown.

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