Seth W. Furnas Biographical Sketch from Beers History of Warren County, Ohio
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Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 10 April 2005

Sources:
The History of Warren County Ohio
Part V. Biographical Sketches
Wayne Township
(Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992)
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SETH W. FURNAS, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born on the farm -where he now lives Aug. 19, 1857; is a son of Dr. Robert and Bethiah (Mosier) Furnas, whose history is given in sketch of Dr. Robert Furnas in this work. Our subject was raised and grew to manhood, and was married, Dec. 18, 1877, to Emily, daughter of Alfred and Letitia L. (Brown) Moore, he a native of Indiana and she of Ohio; the grandfather, John Moore, was a native of North Carolina, but emigrated to Indiana about 1820 or soon after, and located near Richmond, where he resided till about 1837, when he removed to Huntington Co., Ind., where he died in 1871-72; he was the father of eight children; six now survive—Elizabeth, Samuel, Joseph, Sarah, Alfred and Jane; Alfred, the youngest son now living, married and located in Huntington County, where he still resides, engaged in the honest occupation of a farmer; they have had seven children, five now living—Emily, Oscar, Margaret, Phoebe Ann and Sarah Elizabeth; the Moore family were among the first settlers in that part of the county, opening out in the woods, doing a great amount of pioneer work, beating their full share of hardships and deprivations; now Mr. Moore has a fine farm of 280 acres, well improved, and is one among the best farms in the county. Mr. Furnas and wife have two children—Oscar M. and Edith. Mr. Furnas has wisely adopted farming as his occupation; he located where he now lives in 1879; he owns a farm of 100 acres adjoining the one upon which he lives, upon which he is erecting buildings and making improvements, where he intends to locate and make his permanent home.


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