FURNISH, Henry 1849-1934

FURNISH, WALTERS, LAMBERT

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 2/12/2012 at 14:25:25

Henry Furnish – 1849-1934 (dates on tombstone)

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HENRY FURNISH, 84, IS BURIED AT MITCHELL

Osage, Jan 27 – Henry Furnish, 84, died at the county home here Thursday evening.

He was a former resident of Mitchell, and is survived by a stepson living at Mitchell, Ernest Lambert.

No immediate relatives survive.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at Shelledy Funeral Home with burial at Mitchell.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Saturday January 27, 1934

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Oak Grove Cemetery, Mitchell, Iowa
Henry Furnish 1849-1934
Hattie Furnish 1847-1933

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Census records vary on where and when (age) they were born

1900 US Census: Mitchell, Mitchell, Iowa
Henry Furnish 48 born June 1851 Ohio
Hattie Furnish 40 born December 1850 West Virginia

1925 Iowa Census: Mitchell, Mitchell Iowa
Henry Furnish 74 born Ohio; father William Furnish; mother Sarah Alltop

Hattie Furnish 73 born West Virginia; father Rolly Walters; mother Anna C. Lee

1930 US Census: Mitchell, Mitchel, Iowa
Henry 70 born Indiana
Hattie 80 born West Virginia