Tombstone Thursday~Pvt. Lawson Alexander Furr

 

28th NC Regiment
FURR, LAUSON ALEX, Private

Resided in Stanly County where he enlisted at age 28, March 17, 1862. Captured at Hanover Court House, Virginia, May 27, 1862. Confined at Fort Monroe, Virginia, and Fort Columbus, New York Harbor. Paroled and transferred to Aiken’s Landing, James River, Virginia, where he was received on July 12, 1862, for exchange. Declared exchanged at Aiken’s Landing on August 5, 1862. Returned to duty prior to January 1, 1863. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 2-3, 1863. Returned to duty on an unspecified date. Captured at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, May 12, 1864. Confined at Point Lookout, Maryland. Transferred to Elmira, New York, August 10, 1864. Died at Elmira on December 6, 1864 of “pneumonia.” [NC Troops, 8:223]

Lawson Alexander Furr, was born about 1834, a son of Wilson Matthias Furr and Mary Page. Lawson was one of four sons that Matthias and Mary saw off to War to never return home. He was twice captured, paroled once and died in Elmira Prison on 6 December 1864 of pneumonia.

Lawson’s father Matthias died in August 1860 of Asthma. The loss of four sons in the war must have been heart wrenching for Mary “Polly” (Page) Furr and for her daughter-in-law. 

Lawson also left surviving his wife, Martha Green, whom he married 27 Feb. 1853 and two children; a son and a daughter.

 

Lawson Alexander Furr is my 1st Cousin 4X Removed.

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1. 1850 Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, population schedule, Furrs, Stanly, North Carolina, Page: 42A(Stamped); Line 25, Dwelling 588, Family 591, Household of and Mathias FURR; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com:viewed 3 February 2023); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 645.

2. "North Carolina, Index to Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 February 2023), Marriage: M. A. GREEN & L. A. FURR, Bond date: 27 Feb 1853.

3. Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (https://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 3 February 2023), entry for LAUSON ALEX FURR, PVT.; 28th NC Regiment; CONFEDERATE.

4. Matthew Brown Editor, BOOK: NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS:1861-1865: A Roster (Raleigh, NC 27699-4622: Historical Publications Section, 1997), LAUSON ALEX FURR, Volume 8, Page 223.

5. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 3 February 2023); Memorial page for Pvt. Lawson Alexander Furr; (1834–6 December 1864); Find a Grave memorial # 59234532, Citing Woodlawn National Cemetery; Elmira, Chemung County, New York, USA.

6. Tombstone photo Curtesy of Chuck Metcalfe.