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=====George Monroe Furrow (1890)=====

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**George Monroe Furrow**

{{:georgefurrow2-1.jpg?128|George Monroe Furrow}}

^                      Personal Details                      ^^
|**Born**        |11 May 1890                                 |
|:::             |Sun City, Kansas, United States             |
|**Died**        |30 November 1952                            |
|:::             |Amarillo, Texas, United States              |
|**Spouse**      |[[birdie_burnett_1890|Birdie Furrow]]       |
|**Children**    |Lillian Furrow                              |
|:::             |Inez Furrow                                 |
|:::             |John Furrow                                 |
|:::             |Alvin Furrow                                |
|:::             |Delmer Furrow                               |
|:::             |[[willehelmina_furrow_1927|Billie Furrow]]  |
|**Parents**     |[[john_henry_furrow_1858|John Furrow]]      |
|:::             |[[sally_ann_rayl_1859|Sally Furrow]]                                |

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George Furrow (11 May 1890) was born in Sun City, Kansas to [[john_henry_furrow_1858|John]] and [[sally_ann_rayl_1859|Sally Furrow]]. 

He was married to [[birdie_burnett_1890|Birdie Burnett]] on 23 January 1909 in Alva, Oklahoma.

====Residences====

George's first known residence was in Waynoka, Oklahoma where he lived with his parents and six siblings in 1900.((https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMG5-X7Q)) He was still in Woods County, Oklahoma when he married his wife Birdie in 1909.((https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPX-6HK6))

The next year they moved to Jones, Oklahoma in Major County near to his wife's uncle and grandfather, Fred Deckers Jr. and Sr.((https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLQJ-Y87)) In 1917 --- on his WWI draft registration((https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZDF-45Y)) --- he listed his home address as Belva, Oklahoma in neighboring Woodward County, although he was listed as living in Jones on the 1920 census.((https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ9D-X3B))

By 1928, George and his family were living in Waynoka where Inez, Alvin, and John were enrolled in school.((https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2T8-XYJ2)) He likely stayed in Waynoka until around 1936, the last year his youngest daughter, Billie, was enrolled there.((https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2TF-TP8Q))

In 1940 he is listed as living with his wife and two youngest children in Junction City, Kansas.((https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRK7-WBL)) When he died in 1952, he was living in Amarillo, Texas.

{{ :furrowfamily2-1.jpg?400 |Billie, George, Inez, Birdie, and John Furrow}}

====Education====

The earliest mention of George's schooling is in the 1900 US Census where he's listed as being able to read and write, and having attended school for 3 months out of the year.((https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMG5-X7Q)) [[willehelmina_furrow_1927|Billie Allen]] --- George's youngest child --- mentions in a brief [[manuscripts:short_memoir_of_billie_allen_1997|memoir]] that her father never finished the 4<sup>th</sup> grade.

====Employment====

By 1910, George was married and a self-employed farmer who owned his land outright.((https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLQJ-Y87)) In 1920 his fortunes appear to have changed as he was now renting the land he was farming as he cared for his growing family.((https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ9D-X3B)) By 1930 he was living in Waynoka working on an "employer farm."((https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC4D-JWJ)) In 1940 he was in Kansas working construction as a "civil service plasterer." The census records that he worked 45 weeks a year and earned $900 ($16,435 in 2019) over the previous 18 months.((https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRK7-WBL)) When he passed in 1952, his death certificate listed his occupation as a "self employed" "carpenter."((https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3ZC-XV2))

====Death====

George Furrow passed away on 30 November 1952 from pancreatic cancer that had spread to his liver.((https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3ZC-XV2)) He was survived by his wife Birdie.

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**Descendants**

  * Lillian Sarah Furrow
  * Inez Mildred Furrow
  * John Melvin Furrow
    * Arbutus Furrow
    * Johnny Furrow
    * Barbara Furrow
    * Ivan Dean Furrow
  * Alvin Milford Furrow
  * Delmer Meril Furrow
  * [[willehelmina_furrow_1927|Willehelmina Allen]]
    * [[chester_paul_allen_1947|Chester Paul Allen]]
    * [[david_eugene_allen_1949|David Eugene Allen]]
    * [[paulett_gae_allen_1951|Paulett Gae Allen]]
    * [[roy_monroe_allen_1954|Roy Monroe Allen]]
    * [[jennie_belle_allen_1963|Jennie Belle Allen]]

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**Ascendants**

  * [[john_henry_furrow_1858|John Henry Furrow]]
    * William Mathias Perry Furrow
      * Mathias Furrow
      * Elizabeth Plymell
    * Mary Ellen Wright
      * John Burrell Wright
      * Anna Patterson
  * [[sally_ann_rayl_1859|Sally Ann Rayl]]
    * William M. Rayl
      * James Rayl
      * Sarah Susan Wiles
    * Margaret Ann Willey
      * George Washington Willey
      * Minerva Jane Tillerson

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====Photos====

{{:furrowfamily1-1.jpg?288|Inez, Delmar, Birdie, John, Billie, and Sockie}}  
{{:georgeandbirdiefurrow1-1.jpg?288|George and Birdie Furrow}}