Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John Madison Furr    
                Born: Jun-  -1838           1
                Died: Aug- 6-1918          in Girta, Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in Girta (aka Nutter) Cemetery, CR 53 near Wirt Co line, Ritchie Co, WV  2,1
              Census: 1870                 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  3
            Military:                      Co D, 6th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War  2
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Sarah Jane Layfield   4  
                Born: Feb- 4-1840          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  1,5,3
                Died: Jul-27-1929          in Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in Girta (aka Nutter) Cemetery, CR 53 near Wirt Co line, Ritchie Co, WV  2,1
              Census: 1870                 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1850                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Father: John Jackson Layfield   (1803 - 1877) 
              Mother: Elizabeth "Betsy" Moats   (1803 - 1892) 
           F Child 1: Elizabeth Ellen Furr      
       Also known as: Ellen Furr 6
                Born: Mar-19-1865          in Ritchie Co, WV  7,6
                Died: Apr- 5-1932          at Macfarlan, Ritchie Co, WV  8
              Buried:                      in Nutter Cemetery, Macfarlan (btwn Rt 47 & west end Oxbow Rd), Ritchie Co, WV  9
              Census: 1910                 in Williamstown, Wood Co, WV  
              Census: 1870, 1900           in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: George Washington Nutter  b. Jul-19-1863  d. Aug-29-1948  
             Married: Jan-31-1886          in Ritchie Co, WV  10

Sources:
(1) Findagrave.com. 
(2) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(3) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy Twp) 
(4) Death record of daughter. 
(5) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. 
(6) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(7) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District) 
(8) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). 
Identified as Elizabeth Ellen Nutter, married, age 57y 16d, dau of John M. Furr & Sarah J. Layfield; died Apr 5 1932 at 
Macfarlan, cause of death liver cancer following breast cancer, burial at Nutter Cemetery.  Informant:  G. W. Nutter, 
Macfarlan.  (Note:  Age and birth date appear to be incorrect by ten years.  Her age at time of Jan 1886 marriage was 
20, and her birth date was given in the 1900 Census as Mar 1865, age 35.), 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1945199&Type=Death. 
(9) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(10) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as George W. Nutter, single, 23, b. & res. in Ritchie Co; 
and Ellen Furr, single, 20, b. & res. in Ritchie Co.  Married Jan 31 1886 in Ritchie County. MR p. 59 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11540242&Type=Marriage. 







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