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Descendants of FELIX FURBEE

175. WAITMAN⁹ FURBEE (PRESLEY MARTIN⁸, BOWERS⁷, WAITMAN⁶, BOWERS⁵, BENJIMAN⁴, BENJAMIN FURBEE³ [FURBY], BENJAMIN FURBEE², FELIX¹ FURBEE) was born November 28, 1873 in West Virginia, and died April 1969 in Parkersburg, Wood Co., WV. He married MATTIE ??? Abt. 1896. She was born March 1875 in West Virginia, and died Unknown.

Notes for WAITMAN FURBEE:
Lived in McElroy Dist., Tyler Co., WV in 1900

Lived in Mannington, WV in 1921.

Lived in Parkersburg, Wood Co., WV in 1969.

More About WAITMAN FURBEE:
Occupation: builder of oil derricks

More About WAITMAN FURBEE and MATTIE ???:
Marriage: Abt. 1896

Child of WAITMAN FURBEE and MATTIE ??? is:

BENJAMIN¹⁰ FURBEE, b. April 1898, West Virginia; d. Unknown.

176. GILBERT D.⁹ FURBEE (PRESLEY MARTIN⁸, BOWERS⁷, WAITMAN⁶, BOWERS⁵, BENJIMAN⁴, BENJAMIN FURBEE³ [FURBY], BENJAMIN FURBEE², FELIX¹ FURBEE) was born May 19, 1878 in Alma, Tyler Co., WV, and died May 03, 1918 in Terra Alta, WV. He married BESSIE OGDEN October 18, 1900 in Harrison Co., WV. She was born Bet. 1875 and 1879 in Harrison Co., WV, and died Unknown.

More About GILBERT D. FURBEE:
Cause of Death: nephritis
Citations: Journal of the American Medical Asociation
Education 1: Virginia College
Education 2: 1905, Maryland Medical College, Baltimore
Occupation 1: Engineer
Occupation 2: Physician-type practice Allopath
Places/dates practice 1: July 05, 1910, Loveland, CO
Places/dates practice 2: September 21, 1911, Loveland, CO
Places/dates practice 3: November 01, 1913, Confluence, WV, Terra Alta, WV
Residence: Terra Alta, Preston Co., WV
State/year of license 1: 1904, West Virginia
State/year of license 2: 1910, Colarado

Notes for BESSIE OGDEN:
Lived in Terra Alta, Preston Co., WV in 1920.

More About BESSIE OGDEN:
Occupation: Teacher

More About GILBERT FURBEE and BESSIE OGDEN:
Marriage: October 18, 1900, Harrison Co., WV

Children of GILBERT FURBEE and BESSIE OGDEN are:

	i.		LILLIAN BELL¹⁰ FURBEE, b. September 19, 1900, Marshville, Harrison Co., WV; d. Unknown.
	ii.		JAY PRESLEY FURBEE, b. Abt. 1905, West Virginia; d. Unknown.

Notes for JAY PRESLEY FURBEE:
Lived in Terra Alta, Preston Co., WV in 1920.

177. DOCTOR MADISON D.⁹ STRATHERS (AMERICA SOPHIA⁸ FURBEE, BOWERS⁷, WAITMAN⁶, BOWERS⁵, BENJIMAN⁴, BENJAMIN FURBEE³ [FURBY], BENJAMIN FURBEE², FELIX¹ FURBEE) was born August 29, 1877 in Alma, Tyler County, West Virginia, and died Unknown. He married NELLIE M. DAUPHINEE August 06, 1907 in Colchester, Connecticut, daughter of J. DAUPHINEE and BESSIE BEGG. She was born Unknown in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, and died Unknown.

Notes for DOCTOR MADISON D. STRATHERS:
#1- This is the author of an unpublished History of Furbee Family in 1930's.

#2- The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.
Chicago and New York, Volume II
pg.150

MADISON STATHERS, Ph. D., head of the department of Romance Languages of
West Virginia University, is a native West Virginian, and his pronounced
inclination for linguistic studies early lead him to an intense devotion
to the language and literature of modern Europe, and for over a decade he
has been head of the department, including instruction in the French and
Spanish tongues at West Virginia University.
      Doctor Stathers was born near Alma, Tyler County, West Virginia, August 29,1877, son of George B. and Sophia (Furbee) Stathers. His grandfather, George Stathers, was born at Hull, England, June 8, 1817, and was a boy when he accompanied his parents, John and Mrs. (Jennings) Stathers, to America, the
family settling at Centerville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, along the
old National Pike. George Stathers grew up there, and after his marriage
located at Scenery Hill in Washington County, where his wife, Mary Hill,
was born. Subsequently they removed to Tyler County, West Virginia, where
George Stathers died in 1895. George B. Stathers was born at Scenery Hill,
Pennsylvania, May 16, 1846, and four years later accompanied his father and
uncle to Alma, Tyler County, West Virgina, where for many years he engaged
in the mercantile and lumber business and where he died December 7, 1916.
He was a successful business man and also had a spiritual relationship with
the Methodist Church and its Sunday school, with the Masonic Order and
frequently was a candidate for important local offices. He was a democrat
in politics. George B. Stathers married Sophia Furbee, who was born at Alma,
West Virginia, April 24, 1845, and who is still living at the old home there.
Her parents were Bowers and Nancy (Bond) Furbee, the former a native of
Delaware and the latter of Baltimore. The Furbees are a very old American
family, having been transplanted from England during the seventeenth century.
Caleb Furbee, great-grandfather of Doctor Stathers, was a captain in the
Revolutionary forces from Delaware. Late in life he with his son, Bowers,
and other children moved to what is now West Virginia and settled near
Rivesville in Monongalia County. George B.. Stathers and wife had six children:
Miss Mary Emma, at home; Madison; a son that died in infancy; Roy and Ray,
twins, the former dying in infancy, while the latter lives at the old homestead
at Alma; and George Lawrence, whodied in infancy.
      Madison Stathers was educated in the public schools of Tyler County, attendedWest Virginia Wesleyan College at Buckhannon from 1896 to 1899, and took his A. B. degree from West Virginia University in 1901. After a brief period of
employment in the general offices of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Pittsburgh
he returned to West Virginia Wesleyan College as a teacher in the year 1902-03.
He then went abroad for advanced studies leading to the Doctor's degree, and
in 1905 received the Ph. D. degree from the University of Grenoble, France.
His Doctor's thesis was Chateaubriand et l'Amerique, published in book form
by Allier Freres at Grenoble. During the summer of 1905 Doctor Stathers
continued his studies in Spain, and for the school year 1905-06-was an
instructor in West Virginia Wesleyan College. In the fall of 1906 he joined
the faculty of West Virginia University as instructor in Romance Languages,
was assistant professor from 1907 to 1910, and since 1910 has been professor
and head of the department.
      His linguistic accomplishments include a fluent command of English, French, Spanish and some German and Italian, and he also has a reading knowledge of the Latin and Portugese. He is author of two school and college text books, "Lope de Vega, La Moza de Cantaro" published by Henry Holt & Company, and an edition of "Erckmann-Chatrian, Historie d'un conscri de 1813'' published by Ginn & Company of Boston in 1921.
      Doctor Stathers was abroad on leave of absence from his duties at West Virginia University studying in Spain and France during 1910 and again in 1921. He is a life member of the Modern Languages Association of America, a life member of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish, a member of the American Association of University Professors, is a Phi Beta Kappa and a member of the college fraternity Phi Kappa Psi; was a member for a time (Socio transeunte) of the Ateneo of Madrid, Spain; a member of the West Virginia University FacultyClub, and an honorary member of the English and French clubs of West Virginia University. He has been a member of the advisory Board American Field Service Fellowships for French University since 1920.
      August 6, 1907, Doctor Stathers married Nellie M. Dauphinee at Colchester, Connecticut. They have one son, George Dauphinee Stathers, born September 6, 1911. Doctor and Mrs. Stathers are members of the First Presbyterian Church at Morgantown. Mrs. Stathers was born at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, daughter of J. Newton and Bessie (Begg) Dauphinee, natives of Nova Scotia,her father of French and her mother of Scotch ancestry. Her parents now liveat Colchester, Connecticut. Mrs. Stathers was educated in Lunenburg Academy,in the Classical High School of Providence, Rhode Island, and graduated A. B.from Brown University of Providence in 1902.

More About DOCTOR MADISON D. STRATHERS:
Degree: 1901, A. B. degree from West Virginia University
Education 1: Public Schools of Tyler County, WV
Education 2: Bet. 1896 and 1899, West Virginia Wesleyan College at Buckhannon
Education 3: Bet. June and September 1905, Spain
Education 4: 1910, studying in Spain and France
Education 5: 1921, studying in Spain and France
Education 6: 1905, Ph. D. degree from the University of Grenoble, France
Languages: English, French, Spanish and some German and Italian, and he also has a reading knowledge of the Latin and Portugese
Occupation 1: Pennsylvania Railroad at Pittsburgh, PA
Occupation 2: professor of Spanish, West Virginia University
Occupation 3: Bet. 1902 and 1903, West Virginia Wesleyan College as a teacher
Occupation 4: Bet. September 1905 and June 1906, instructor in West Virginia Wesleyan College
Occupation 5: 1906, joined thefaculty of West Virginia University as instructor in Romance Languages
Occupation 6: Bet. 1907 and 1910, assistant professor
Occupation 7: 1910, became professor and head of the department
Religion: member of the First Presbyterian Church, at Morgantown

More About NELLIE M. DAUPHINEE:
Degree: 1902, graduated A. B. from Brown University of Providence
Education: Lunenburg Academy, in the Classical High School of Providence, Rhode Island
Religion: member of the First Presbyterian Church, at Morgantown

More About MADISON STRATHERS and NELLIE DAUPHINEE:
Marriage: August 06, 1907, Colchester, Connecticut

Child of MADISON STRATHERS and NELLIE DAUPHINEE is:

GEORGE DAUPHINEE¹⁰ STATHERS, b. Private.

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