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=====John Melvin Furrow (1917)=====

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**John Melvin Furrow**

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|**Born**        |16 January 1917         |
|:::             |Major Co, Oklahoma, United States  |
|**Died**        |20 December 2004         |
|:::             |Waynoka, Oklahoma, United States  |
|**Spouse(s)**   |Sarah Winford Johnston  |
|**Children**    |Barbara Furrow            |
|:::             |Ivan Furrow            |
|:::             |Arbutus Furrow            |
|:::             |Johnny Furrow            |
|**Parents**     |[[george_monroe_furrow_1890|George Furrow]]            |
|:::             |[[birdie_burnett_1890|Birdie Burnett]]            |

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John Furrow (16 January 1917) was born in Major Co, Oklahoma to George and Birdie Furrow. 

He married Sarah Winford Johnston on 3 July 1937 in Junction City, Kansas.

====Residences====

John grew up on a farm in Major County.((1920 US Census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ9D-XQ9)) In 1923 he was attending school in Belva, Oklahoma, in neighboring Woodward County.((Oklahoma School Registration 1923 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2L3-6WKY)) In 1928 he was attending school in Waynoka, in nearby Woods County.((Oklahoma School Registration 1928 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2LQ-4JKR)) He was living in Waynoka as late as 1936.((Oklahoma School Registration 1936 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q22Y-6V34))

By 1940 John was married and living in Geary County, Kansas.((1940 US Census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRK7-576)) In 1951 he and his wife moved to Amarillo, Texas, where they lived until they returned to Waynoka in 1994.((Sarah Winford Johnston Obituary 2008 http://www.allengarrido.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=obituary:sarah_winford_johnston_2008))

====Education====

John began his education in Belva, Oklahoma at the age of 5.((Oklahoma School Registration 1923 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2L3-6WKY)) His last year of enrollment was in 1936 at the age of 19,((Oklahoma School Registration 1936 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q22Y-6V34)) however he only completed two years of high school.((1940 US Census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRK7-576))

====Employment====

In 1940, John was listed as working as a farm laborer, having made $480 the previous year ($8,765 in 2019).((1940 US Census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRK7-576)) According to his 1940 draft registration his employer was J. J. Smiley.((Draft Registration 1940 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLN-B3YY))

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**Descendants**

  * Barbara Louise Furrow
  * Ivan Dean Furrow
  * Arbutus Jane Furrow
    * Bobbyjo Ingraham
    * Kathy Jo Ingraham
    * David Steith
    * Tony Steith
  * Johnny George Furrow
    * Steven John Furrow
    * Melody Furrow

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**Ascendants**

  * [[george_monroe_furrow_1890|George Monroe Furrow]]
    * [[john_henry_furrow_1858|John Henry Furrow]]
      * William Mathias Perry Furrow
      * Mary Ellen Wright
    * [[sally_ann_rayl_1859|Sally Ann Rayl]]
      * William M. Rayl
      * Margaret Ann Willey
  * [[birdie_burnett_1890|Birdie Burnett]]
    * Stephen A. D. Burnett
      * John L. Burnett
      * Amy E. Burnett
    * Sarah Jane Decker
      * Fredrick Decker
      * Eliza Andrews

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