Mary Frances Welborn and James Leander Furgason

JAMES LEANDER FURGASON was born August 21, 1839 in Indiana,⁴⁹³¹ and died December 29, 1906 in Knightstown, Henry, Indiana.^{216, 4931} He is buried in Glen Cove Cemetery, Knightstown, Henry, Indiana.^{216, 219, 1075, 4931}

He married MARY FRANCES WELBORN on June 14, 1865 in Henry County, Indiana,^{197, 1675} daughter of JANE ELIZA SCOTT and PETER CLINARD WELBORN. She was born November 10, 1845 in Henry County, Indiana,⁴⁹³¹ and died September 12, 1911 in Knightstown, Henry, Indiana.^{4931, 219} She is buried in Glen Cove Cemetery, Knightstown, Henry, Indiana.^{219, 216, 1075, 4931}

• Descendant Reports
  • William Scott Descendant Report (Ancestor of Mary F. Welborn)
  • Edward Erwin Descendant Report (Ancestor of Mary F. Welborn)
  • Jacob Clements Descendant Report (Ancestor of Mary F. Welborn)
  • William Campbell Descendant Report (Ancestor of Mary F. Welborn)
  • Francis Stuart Descendant Report (Ancestor of Mary F. Welborn)

Children of MARY FRANCES WELBORN and JAMES LEANDER FURGASON:

1. FLORENCE LEONE FURGASON, b. April 3, 1869, Knightstown, Henry, Indiana;^{1112, 4931} m. LOUIS ALFRED BELL on October 27, 1897 in Henry County, Indiana^{197, 1675}; d. September 3, 1927, Knightstown, Henry, Indiana.^{216, 219, 1112, 4931}

Personal Information

James L. Furgason

• attended University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan between 1860 and 1861³⁷⁰²
• was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic⁴⁴⁰³
• was a member of the Masonic Lodge⁴⁴⁰³
• was a member of the Knightstown Presbyterian Church, Henry County, Indiana. ⁴⁴⁰³

Military Service

Work History

Newspaper Articles

Knightstown Banner, October 23, 1903¹³¹⁶

J. Lee Furgason has been commissioned a notary public.

Obituaries

Hancock Democrat, January 3, 1907⁴⁴⁰³

J. Lee Furgason Dead.

Knightstown, Ind., December 29.—J. Lee Furgason, one of the best known citizens of this place, is dead at his home here of paralysis. He suffered a stroke during the summer and recently a second storke, which terminated fatally. He was a well-known member of the Henry county bar, and the first mayor of Knightstown. He was born in 1839, near this city, and he spent nearly all of his life here. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, a Mason, and a member of the G. A. R. He is survived by a wife and one daughter, Mrs. Louisa A. Bell, of this city.

Knightstown Banner, September 22, 1911¹¹⁰⁹

IN MEMORIAM.

An appreciation of Mrs. J. Lee Furgason, who died September 12, 1911.

After a life is ended we often think of the strong personality and dominant influence of that life, and of the recollections that will abide with us.

It has been my privilege, in the tender intimacy of her home, to hear and read many expressions of the love and devotion of her numerous friends, and like a golden thread running through the warp and wool of her character we find radiance and good cheer. Her sweet nature and wonderful personality were very attractive, and she was always an inspiration for better things. Her cheery, happy disposition was so irresistible that everybody loved her, and she thoroughly enjoyed all that was enjoyable. There was one little verse especially precious to her and from which she frequently quoted:

"Our lives are songs;

God writes the words

And we set them to music at leisure;

And the song is sad or the song is glad

As we choose to fashion the measure.

We must write the song,

Whatever the words,

Whatever the rhyme or meter,

And if it be sad we must make it glad

And if it sweet we must make it sweeter."

Among the many tributes of love and affection sacred to her memory is one from the Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church, the closing words of which convey the thought that even her passing into the "Great Beyond" was marked by fortitude and endurance.

"I cannot say and I will not say

That she is dead or she is just away,

With a cheery smile and a wave of the hand

She has wandered into an unknown land."

It is sweet for us to rest in the full assurance that she, of the Christ-like life, has gone, where heaven, with all of heaven's brightness, will be the brighter for her presence there.

M.

Cemetery Pictures



Glen Cove Cemetery, Knightstown, Henry, Indiana

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
August 6, 1850214	Spiceland Twp, Henry, Indiana	Peter Clinard Welborn Jane Eliza Scott Mary Frances Welborn William Clement Welborn
June 1, 1860213	Knightstown, Henry, Indiana	Peter Clinard Welborn Jane Eliza Scott Mary Frances Welborn William Clement Welborn Jessie Ann Welborn Augusta Virginia Welborn Luther Scott Welborn Nannie Narcissa Welborn
June 30, 1870212	Knightstown, Henry, Indiana	Mary Frances Welborn James Leander Furgason Florence Leone Furgason
June 10, 1880211	Knightstown, Henry, Indiana	Mary Frances Welborn James Leander Furgason Florence Leone Furgason
June 17, 1900210	Knightstown, Henry, Indiana	James Leander Furgason Mary Frances Welborn Florence Leone Furgason Louis Alfred Bell
May 4, 1910209	Knightstown, Henry, Indiana	Louis Alfred Bell Florence Leone Furgason Mary Frances Welborn