Furnas - Extended Family

William Furnas (Abt. 1830 in OH - Oct 17, 1906)
Son of Martin Furnas (1801-1849) and Marsena Patty (c1805-1882)

Married Martha Ann Bright (-)
I have
10 DNA matches from this family
Census: 1850
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The 7 children of William and Martha are:
    1. Benjamin Martin Furnas (Oct 17, 1853 - Mar 11, 1940)
        
7 DNA matches
        Census: 1870, 1880, 1910
        
Married Mary Anna Sevier (1860-1939) on Oct 2, 1884

  
          1. James Frederick Furnas (Jul 10, 1885 - May 1967)
                 Married Pearl Belle (1886-1956)
                     1. Claud R. Furnas (1910-1972)
                     2. Harold Eugene Furnas (Mar 25, 1911 in KS - Nov 23, 1979 in AZ)
                     3. Alta M. Furnas (Abt. 1912 in KS - )
                     4. Wayne Wilford Furnas (Feb 8, 1922 - Apr 20, 1992)

             2. Thomas Coleman Furnas (Jul 27, 1887 - Jul 11, 1965)
                 Married Myrtle Evelyn Hamilton on Sep 29, 1913
                 Census: 1930
                     1. Anne Cornelia Furnas (Abt 1915 -) : Census: 1930  
                     2. Ethyle Lorraine Furnas (Abt 1918 - ) : Census: 1930  
                     3. Thomas Coleman Furnas (Abt 1923 - ) : Census: 1930 
                     4. Aileen Hamilton Furnas (Abt 1925 - ) : Census: 1930  

            3. Bessie May Furnas (Jun 3, 1891 - )
            4. Myrtle Rose Furnas (Dec 19, 1894 - ) : Census: 1910
            5. Roy Lincoln Furnas (Jul 25, 1898 - Mar 14, 1966)
                Census: 1910, 1940
                Married Vida Naomi Mae Hadley (1900-1987)
                     1. Virginia N. Furnas (Nov 29, 1923 - Apr 21, 2009) : Census: 1940
                        
Married Charles E. McCulley (1925-2006) on Dec 4, 1947
                     2. Marcalee Furnas (Abt 1936 - ): Census: 1940

    2. Melissa Furnas (Dec 16, 1857 in IN - 1937)
       
Married William Richards (-)
       
Census: 1870

    3. Cyrus Edward Furnas  (Dec 13, 1859 - 1934)
- 3 DNA matches
        Census: 1870, 1880
       
Cyrus married Louella Hickson (-) on Jul 4, 1880

  
          1. Floy Nettie Furnas (May 1888 - Jan 25, 1968)
                 Census: 1920
                
Married (1) Charles Mervin Pifer (1886-1967)
                
Married (2) Arthur Lee Sheeley (1892-1929) on May 22, 1915
                      1. Gilbert Vernon Sheeley (Dec 9, 1922 - Dec 1976)
                      2. Paul Furnas Sheeley (May 16, 1924 - Apr 14, 2000)

            2. Bessie Virginia Furnas (Sep 17, 1881 - Apr 4, 1955)
                 Married Bertran Harry Seever (1875-1951) on Oct 3, 1897
                Census: 1910, 1920

                     1. Hallie Elida Seever (Sep 8, 1898 - Oct 1, 1985) : Census: 1910
                     2. Fred Ottis Seever (Aug 1, 1902 - Nov 21, 1947) : Census: 1910
                         Married Esther Eileen Walker on Sep 17, 1919
                     3.
Clyde H. Seever (Jun 12, 1904 in IN - Sep 19, 1966 in IN)
                         Married Berniece Arnett (1904-1990) in 1921
                     4. Hattie May Seever (Oct 26, 1906 in IN - Feb 10, 1907 in IN) : Census: 1910
                     5. Floyd Hubert Seever (Feb 28, 1910 - Oct 4, 1916) age 5 : Census: 1910
                     6. Bertran Harry "Bert" Seever, Jr. (Dec 18, 1920 - Jun 4, 1972)
                         Married Ruth Dean McPhail (1922-1989) in 1942
                              1.
Virginia Rose Seever (Sep 8, 1922 in IN - Sep 2, 1995 in IN)
                                  Married Leslie Smith Wheeler (1919-2008)
                                       1.
Joseph S. Wheeler (Feb 4, 1948 in IN - Jun 27, 2010 in IN)

    4. Rhoda Anna Furnas
 (1867 - After 1880)
       
Census: 1870, 1880


    5. Mary Olive Furnas
(Abt. 1867)
       
Census: 1870

    6. David Edgar Furnas
(Aug 28, 1871 - Sep 24, 1926)
        Census: 1880
       
Married Stella Jane Letsinger (1873-1955) in 1892

             1. Flora Letha Furnas (Abt. 1894 - 1921)
                
Married Perry Edward Bedwell (1891-1970) on Jul 3, 1912
                     
1. Mary Geneva Bedwell (1913-1992)
                      2. Dessie Marvel Bedwell (1914-1991)
                      3. Clarence Edgar Bedwell (1916-1988)

 
           
2. Dorsie A. Furnas (Jan 21, 1895 in Greene, IN - Mar 21, 1930 in Jasonville, IN)
                
Married Fay. C Harris (1897-) in 1920

            
3. Earnest Adolphus Furnas (Jun 7, 1897 in Jasonville, IN - Feb 7, 1969 in Tulsa, OK)
                 Married (1) Katherine Crome (1901-1938)
                      1. Wilma Irene Furnas (1922-2010)
                      2. Violet Marie Furnas (1925-2019)
                      3. Everett Eugene "Pete" Furnas (1926-2017)
                      4. Raymond E. Furnas (1928-2003)
                      5. Wayne Leon Furnas (1932-2016)
                      6. Clifford Dale "Hammer" Furnas (1933-1999)
                  Married (2) Grace Myers (1911-1994)

             4. Hervey Edgar Furnas (Mar 17, 1899 - Mar 17, 1970)
                 Married Hazel Lucille Neer (1906-1982)
                       1. Clarence E. Furnas (1927-1998)
                       2. Merle Wesley Furnas (1929-2006)

             5. Vern Furnas (Abt. 1901-)

             6. Barber "Ben" Furnas (Jun 21, 1901 in IN - Dec 29, 1940 in CA)
                 Married Lottie Alice Wasson (1905-1982)
                       1. Melvin Ray "Jack" Furnas (May 9, 1925 - Oct 9, 1973)
                       2. Letha M. Furnas (Mar 20, 1927 - Apr 30, 2004)
                           Married James Edward Diggins (1924-2003)

             7. William Henry Furnas (Aug 18, 1903 in Jasonville, IN - Oct 28, 1973 in Palm Springs, CA)
                
Married Jeanette Star (1906-1987)

            
8. Uel Padget Furnas (Oct 24, 1905 in Jasonville, IN - Jun 3, 1992 in CA)
                
Married Ruby Florence Mikel (1911-1981)
                     
1. Uel William Furnas (Sep 8, 1929 - Jan 20, 2018) (Obit)
                      2. Dorothy Jean Furnas (Sep 18, 1931 - Dec 19, 2017)
                         
Married Robert Jackson Griffin (1929-2019) in 1949

            
9. Ray Furnas (Jul 27, 1914 in Clay, IN - Sep 26, 1983 in Visalia, CA)
                
Married Ruth Addie Vineyard (1913-1983)
                     
1. Letha Morine Furnas (1936-1990)
                     
2. Paul Wayne Furnas (Jun 3, 1945 in KS - Nov 9, 1996 in Visalia, CA)

    7. Laura Furnas
 (Jul 20, 1882 in Cory, IN - Jul 28, 1952 in Tucson, AZ)
       Census: 1880
       Married John Porter (1871-1919) in 1900

             1.
Eletha E. Porter (1900-1981)
             2. Walter Porter (1909-)  

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