Brief Life History of Sandford
When Sandford Furnish was born on 15 February 1832, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Robert Furnish, was 22 and his mother, Lucretia Rose, was 25. He married Mary Frances Goins on 31 July 1858, in Gallatin, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Vevay, Dearborn, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Warsaw, Gallatin, Kentucky, United States in 1910. He died on 6 October 1916, in Gallatin, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in New Warsaw Cemetery, Warsaw, Gallatin, Kentucky, United States.
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- Sanford Furnish, "United States Census, 1870"
- Sandford Furnish, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Sandford Furnish, "Find A Grave Index"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Furness . Alternatively, a variant of Furneaux (see Furnace 2).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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