The Two Marriages of Sophia Lavinia “Suffie” Furr

Sophia Lavinia “Suffie” Furr is my 1st Cousin 3 times removed. She was born on 2 June 1868, a daughter of John Furr and Elizabeth Huneycutt.

Sophie was twice married.

Her first marriage occurred on 25 June 1898 when she married John D. Lentz. Sophia was age 30; John was age 49.

John and Sophie had four children before he died sometime before October 1905.

The children of John D. Lentz and Sophia Lavinia Furr are:

        i.    John Cecil Lentz was born in Jun 1899 in Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina.
         ii.    Frances Lentz was born about 1901.
         iii.    Agnes Lentz was born about 1903.
         iv.    Arthur James Lentz was born on 7 Dec 1904. He died on 19 Mar 1978 at the age of 73.

After the death of her husband Sophie, with 4 small children needed a man in her life to help care for her and the children. She next married Thomas Jackson Kiser, a widower, on 21 October 1905 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.

Thomas J. Kiser and his new bride were first enumerated in 1910, Cabarrus County, North Carolina where we find Thomas, his new bride, 4 step-children, and a new addition to the family, a daughter Betty Gladys Kiser, age 2.

Thomas and Sophia would have one other child during their time together a son, Charlie Cleveland Kiser born 8 December 1913.

While her two marriages were sort of short-lived; Sophia would live a long life of 84 years passing away on  27 February 1953 with pneumonia. 

Thomas Jackson Kiser and Sophia Lavinia “Suffie” Furr  are buried in the Roberta Baptist Church Cemetery, Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina. 

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1.  North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976,  Images. Ancestry, (https://www.ancestry.com:  6 February 2020),  North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, Suffie Lavinia Kiser; Certificate number, 27 February 1953.
2. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  6 February 2020); Memorial page for Sophia Lavinia “Suffie” Furr Kiser; (2 June 1873–27 February 1953); Find a Grave memorial # 139772023, Citing Roberta United Methodist Church Cemetery; Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA.
3. 1880 U. S. Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, population schedule, Furrs, Stanly, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 205,, Page: 295A(stamped); Line 19, Dwelling 83, Family 86, Household of Elizabeth FURR; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 20 February 2016); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 0982.
4. 1900 US Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, population schedule, Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0121, Page: 14B/161 (Stamped); Line 82, Dwelling 192, Family 220, Household of John LENTZ; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2 January 2020); citing National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 1218.
5. 1910 US Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Township 1, Cabarrus, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0035, Page: 12A(stamped); Line 9, Dwelling 204, Family 207, Household of Thomas J. KISER; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2 January 2020); citing National Archives Microfilm T624, Roll 1100.
6. 1940 U. S. Census, Cabarrus County, population schedule, Hartsell Mill-Franklin Mill-Norcott Mill, Cabarrus, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 13-3, Page: 9A/35 (Stamped); Line 16, Household #127, Household of Sophie KISER; digital images, 1940 CENSUS (http://1940census.archives.gov : viewed 6 February 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, Roll 2881.
7. "North Carolina, Marriages Record, 1741-2011," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2 January 2020), Marriage: John D. Lentz to  Sophia L Furr, Marriage Date: 25 Jun 1898.
8. 1900 US Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, population schedule, Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina, ED 0121, Page: 14B/161 (Stamped); Line 82, Dwelling 192, Family 220, Household of John LENTZ.
9. 1910 US Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Township 1, Cabarrus, North Carolina, ED 0035, Page: 12A(stamped); Line 9, Dwelling 204, Family 207, Household of Thomas J. KISER.
10. "Index to North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-2011," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 6 February 2020), Marriage: Sophia Lentz to T J Keser; North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977; Marriage Date: 21 Oct 1905.
11. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Thomas Jackson Kiser (2 November 1867–12 January 1925), Memorial # 116225133.
12. 1920 US Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 48, Page: 9B/171 (Stamped); Line #92, Dwelling 142, Family 142, Household of Thomas J. KISER; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 6 February 2020); citing National Archives Microfilm T624, Roll 1100.
13.  North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976, Thos Kise, Certificate number 255: 12 January 1925.