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Descendants of FELIX FURBEE

81. AMERICA SOPHIA⁸ FURBEE (BOWERS⁷, WAITMAN⁶, BOWERS⁵, BENJIMAN⁴, BENJAMIN FURBEE³ [FURBY], BENJAMIN FURBEE², FELIX¹ FURBEE) was born April 24, 1845 in Alma, Tyler co., WV, and died Unknown. She married GEORGE B. STRATHERS February 25, 1869 in Tyler Co., WV, son of GEORGE STATHERS and MARY HILL. He was born May 16, 1846 in Hillsboro, Washinton Co., PA, and died December 07, 1916 in Centerville, Virginia.

Notes for AMERICA SOPHIA FURBEE:
America Sophia had six children.

"Sophia, the youngest of the household, the most mischievous and daring of them all, once drove a neighbor boy into a paroxysm of rage by singing non-partisan negro melodies. He (Isaac Hays) thought they were inspiring songs of the Confederacy. If she dared to sing 'Dixie,' which she knew well, she would have been arrested and brought before the authorities. During these years of the war, oil was discovered in the adjoining county of Ritchie, and a location was made at LaBelle on the Jackman farm, one mile above the Furbee farm on the edge of McElroy Creek. The drilling began and continued several months. Some of the employees boarded at the Furbee home. Among others was Peter Smith, who was a jolly fellow and an ardent and provoking defender of the Union. He and Sophia indulged in many good-natured quarrels over the nation's crisis. So, one day she put up on a pole over the front gate a red bandanna handkerchief, pretending it was a flag of the Confederacy. Pete arrived and, laughingly, marched under the flag of the enemy. However, others did not take it so lightly and the news spread that the Furbee girls were flying a Confederate flag in front of their house. In this case, at least, the local authorities had the good sense to ignore the report. The red bandanna continued to wave for a considerable period."

Notes for GEORGE B. STRATHERS:
#1- From the research of Jan Everly Williams and Madison Strathers, ca. 1935.
George was the son of George Strathers and Mary Hill. From his son Madison Strathers: "My father, George Strathers, Jr., in early childhood, had come to Scenery Hill with his father, George Strathers, SR., his Uncle Robert strathers and Zephaniah Riggle and their families to Virginia and settle in the region of Centerville. The elder Strathers were Union sympathizers, but the Riggles in whose home my father spent most of his youth (his mother having died when he was four years old), were in sympathy with the Conferacy.....[he] set out at the age of sixteen with a neighbor boy, Harvey Tallman, and went down the Ohio (River) to Cincinnati and there attempted to run the Union lines and join the Confederates. Turned back in their attempt, my father returned for a short time to the home county. His father held the position of (civilian) superintendent of transportation at Annapolis, Maryland, and my father joined him there in 1863 and spent the next three years in government positions.....My grandfather Bowers Furbee gave the young couple a small piece of land near his home-on which they built a small six-room frame house.....My father taught school four months in winter (1869-1870) in the newly established free school system and sold sewing-machines and patent rights of various sorts during the summer. He was elected justice of the peace first in 1873 and again in 1877. In 1880, he and my mother's nephew, James Wells, opened a store.....In two years they had trusted out all they had to impoverished customers, and they sold out, owing many hundreds of dollars to supply houses."\\

More About GEORGE B. STRATHERS:
Burial: Unknown, Beechwood Cemetery, Centerville, Tyler Co., WV
Clubs 1: Masonic Order
Occupation 1: lumber business
Occupation 2: merchant and undertaker, Tyler City, Tyler Co., WV
Policital: democrat
Religion: Methodist Episcopal
Residence: 1850, Moved to Alma, Tyler County, West Virgina

More About GEORGE STRATHERS and AMERICA FURBEE:
Marriage: February 25, 1869, Tyler Co., WV

Children of AMERICA FURBEE and GEORGE STRATHERS are:

	i.	MARY EMMA⁹ STRATHERS, b. August 11, 1873; d. Unknown.
177.	ii.	DOCTOR MADISON D. STRATHERS, b. August 29, 1877, Alma, Tyler County, West Virginia; d. Unknown.
178.	iii.	RAY L. STRATHERS, b. Abt. 1884, West Virginia; d. Unknown, Tyler City, Tyler Co., WV.
	iv.	GEORGE LAWERENCE STRATHERS, b. April 24, 1890; d. June 04, 1890.
	v.	ROY STRATHERS, b. Abt. 1884; d. Unknown.

Notes for ROY STRATHERS:
Roy was twin to Ray.

Roy died in infancy.

vi.

BOY STRATHERS, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.

Notes for BOY STRATHERS:
Died in infancy.

82. WAITMAN⁸ JOSEPH (MARGARITE⁷ FURBEE, WAITMAN⁶, BOWERS⁵, BENJIMAN⁴, BENJAMIN FURBEE³ [FURBY], BENJAMIN FURBEE², FELIX¹ FURBEE) was born Abt. 1809, and died Unknown. He married SARAH ??? Unknown. She was born Abt. 1811 in Virginia, and died Unknown.

More About WAITMAN JOSEPH:
Occupation: Farmer

More About WAITMAN JOSEPH and SARAH ???:
Marriage: Unknown

Children of WAITMAN JOSEPH and SARAH ??? are:

	i.		JAMES⁹ JOSEPH, b. Abt. 1833, Virginia; d. Unknown.
	ii.		WILLIAM JOSEPH, b. Abt. 1835, Virginia; d. Unknown.
	iii.		MOSES JOSEPH, b. Abt. 1838, Virginia; d. Unknown.
	iv.		SIDNEY JOSEPH, b. Abt. 1841, Virginia; d. Unknown.
	v.		SUSAN JOSEPH, b. Abt. 1843, Virginia; d. Unknown.
	vi.		SAMANTHA JOSEPH, b. Bet. 1845 and 1848, Virginia; d. Unknown.
	vii.		ABRAHAM JOSEPH, b. Abt. 1846, Pennsylvania; d. Unknown.

83. NATHAN⁸ JOSEPH, JR (MARGARITE⁷ FURBEE, WAITMAN⁶, BOWERS⁵, BENJIMAN⁴, BENJAMIN FURBEE³ [FURBY], BENJAMIN FURBEE², FELIX¹ FURBEE) was born Abt. 1816 in Virginia or Pennsylvania, and died Unknown. He married ANN ??? Abt. 1840. She was born Abt. 1815 in Virginia or Pennsylvania, and died Unknown.

More About NATHAN JOSEPH and ANN ???:
Marriage: Abt. 1840

Children of NATHAN JOSEPH and ANN ??? are:

	i.		JANE⁹ JOSEPH, b. Abt. 1841, Virginia; d. Unknown.
	ii.		LEROY JOSEPH, b. Abt. 1843, Virginia; d. Unknown.
	iii.		MARGARET JOSEPH, b. Abt. 1845; d. Unknown.
	iv.		LAFAYETTE JOSEPH, b. Abt. 1849, Virginia; d. Unknown.

84. CALEB B.⁸ FURBEE (JONATHAN⁷, CALEB⁶, BOWERS⁵, BENJIMAN⁴, BENJAMIN FURBEE³ [FURBY], BENJAMIN FURBEE², FELIX¹ FURBEE) was born 1812 in Monongalia County, Virginia, and died Unknown. He married JEMIMA YOUST 1833, daughter of AARON YOUST and SUSANNAH METZ. She was born April 16, 1813 in Monongalia County, Virginia, and died July 1855 in Pyles Fork, Marion, West Virginia.

Notes for CALEB B. FURBEE:
Lived in Marion Co., VA in 1850.

Caleb administered his son Caleb's estate.

More About CALEB B. FURBEE:
Occupation: Farmer

More About CALEB FURBEE and JEMIMA YOUST:
Marriage: 1833

Children of CALEB FURBEE and JEMIMA YOUST are:

CALEB B.⁹ FURBEE, JR., b. Abt. 1842, Virginia; d. June 03, 1861, Philippi, Barbour, West Virginia.

Notes for CALEB B. FURBEE, JR.:
Caleb died intestate without issue; his father administered his estate. His heirs were Rachel Furbee, Aaron and Jacob Furbee, Elizabeth Blue (late Furbee) and Sarah Ann Furbee. Rachel got $226.63 and the others each got $115.81.

More About CALEB B. FURBEE, JR.:
Military service: Killed in Civil War

	ii.	JOHN FURBEE, b. 1852; d. July 1855.
179.	iii.	AARON FURBEE, b. February 11, 1835, Glover Gap, Monongalia, Virginia; d. January 07, 1922, Mannington, Glovers Gap, Marion Co., WV.
	iv.	DORCAS FURBEE, b. Abt. 1846, Virginia; d. July 1855.
180.	v.	ELIZABETH FURBEE, b. Abt. 1839, Virginia; d. 1888, Ashland County, Ohio.
	vi.	JAMES M. FURBEE, b. Abt. 1848, Virginia; d. July 1855.
181.	vii.	JACOB FURBEE, b. April 01, 1840, Glover Gap, Monongalia Co., WV; d. June 20, 1913, Wetzel Co., West Virginia.
182.	viii.	SARAH ANN FURBEE, b. April 11, 1844, Dents Run, Marion Co., VA; d. June 16, 1925.

85. JAMES⁸ FURBEE (GEORGE⁷, CALEB⁶, BOWERS⁵, BENJIMAN⁴, BENJAMIN FURBEE³ [FURBY], BENJAMIN FURBEE², FELIX¹ FURBEE) was born January 18, 1797 in Paw Paw Creek District. Monongalia Co., VA, and died October 25, 1886 in Marion Co., WV. He married (1) MARY ANN BOGGESS. She was born Abt. 1803, and died Aft. 1846. He married (2) MARY ANN LINDSAY BOGGESS September 17, 1822 in Monongalia Co., VA, daughter of LINDSAY BOGGESS and NELLIE JANES. She was born June 26, 1803, and died 1838. He married (3) AMELIA ANN MOORE December 09, 1850 in Marion Co., VA, daughter of RICHARD MOORE and RACHEL CUNNINGHAM. She was born Abt. 1810 in Virginia, and died Abt. 1888.

Notes for JAMES FURBEE:
In the 1840s James moved to the land where Mannington is now and founded the town.
James Furbee is the most prominent name associated with the early history
of Mannington. He was born in the Paw Paw Creek district, and after some
years as a farmer there he bought 800 acres, including the site of the City
of Mannington. He founded the town, opened its first store, and guided his
personal interests to the welfare of the community ever afterward. For many
years he was a leading stock dealer. James Furbee in 1823 married Mary Ann
Lindsay, daughter of Lindsay and Nellie (Janes) Boggess.

In his will he named his wife Milly; daughters Alcinda Jane Conaway, Milly A. Prichard, Delia Brand, Mary Hawkes, and Sarah A. Beaty; sons George L., James H., and Henry B.; executors were James H. Furbee and Alpheus Prichard; witnesses were U. A. Clayton and B. F. Charlton. James's death record names his mother as Elizabeth.

2:324--James Furbee of Mannington Dist., Marion Co.; 8 SEP 1876; wife Milly $1000, 1 horse, 1 cow, all household goods and kitchen furniture that belonged to her at time of marriage; exrs. to sell all other property, real and personal; daughter Alcinda Jane Conaway $700 (already rec'd. $300); daughter Milly A. Prichard $1000; daughter Delia Brand $700 (already rec'd. $300); daughter Mary Hawker (Hanker? Hawkes?) $700 (already rec'd. $300); daughter Sarah A. Beaty $600 (already rec'd. $400); son Henry B. $150; to William B. Conaway, Alcinda Jane Conaway, William D. Beaty, and Sarah A. Beaty, any notes, bonds, or obligations I may hold agains them; anything remaining to be divided among all my children or their heirs: George L., James H., Henry B., Alcinda Jane, Milly A., Delia, Mary, Sarah A.; exrs. James H. Furbee, Alpheus Prichard; wits. U. A. Clayton, B. F. Charlton; 9 NOV 1885, will admitted to record.

More About JAMES FURBEE:
Occupation: merchant, farmer, stock dealer
Probate: 9 NOV 1885
Residence 1: 1880, Mannington, Marion Co., WV
Residence 2: 1840, Bought the land that is now Mannington, WV

More About JAMES FURBEE and MARY BOGGESS:
Marriage: September 17, 1822, Monongalia Co., VA

Notes for AMELIA ANN MOORE:
Milly was the daughter of Richard Moore and Rachel Elizabeth Cunningham.

She was previously married to John M. Lucas.

Milly made her will 18 APR 1887; it was admitted for recording 16 MAY 1888. She named her brothers Richard and Wilson Moore; Louis McIntire and his wife, Casper McIntire and his wife, and Minerva Tetrick, "these last names being children of my sister Ruhana Hardesty"; Sarah A. Beaty, wife of William D.; Alcinda Jane Conaway, wife of William B.; Walter Furbee, son of James H.; Willie Furbee, son of George S. (or L.); she signed with an X.

Milly and John had no children.

More About AMELIA ANN MOORE:
Will: April 18, 1887
Will submitted: May 16, 1888

More About JAMES FURBEE and AMELIA MOORE:
Marriage: December 09, 1850, Marion Co., VA

Children of JAMES FURBEE and MARY BOGGESS are:

	i.	GEORGE L.⁹ FURBEE, b. Abt. 1825; d. Unknown.
183.	ii.	JAMES HILARY FURBEE, b. October 18, 1827, Basnettsville, Monongalia Co., VA; d. November 09, 1899, Marion Co., WV.
	iii.	HENRY B. FURBEE, b. Abt. 1830; d. Unknown.
	iv.	MILLY FURBEE, b. Abt. 1834; d. Unknown.
	v.	MARY FURBEE, b. Abt. 1835; d. Unknown.

Children of JAMES FURBEE and MARY BOGGESS are:

184.	vi.	ALCINDA JANE⁹ FURBEE, b. May 13, 1824, Monongalia Co., VA; d. February 13, 1909, Mannington, Marion Co., WV.
185.	vii.	GEORGE LINDSAY FURBEE, b. October 1825, Monongalia Co., VA; d. August 19, 1908, Mannington, Marion Co., WV.
186.	viii.	MILLIE ADELINE FURBEE, b. Abt. 1830, Monongalia Co., VA; d. Unknown.
187.	ix.	DELIA FURBEE, b. Abt. 1833, Monongalia Co., VA; d. Unknown.
188.	x.	MARY L. FURBEE, b. Abt. 1839, Monongalia Co., VA; d. Unknown.
189.	xi.	HENRY BOGGESS FURBEE, b. Bet. 1835 and 1837, Monongalia Co., VA; d. Unknown.
190.	xii.	SARAH A. FURBEE, b. Abt. 1838, Monongalia Co., VA; d. Unknown.

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