Martha Furness

Martha, bpt Portsmouth NH 10 Jan 1780, d Furnessville IN 1863, m 25 July 1798 Capt William Furness, son of Robert (NEHGR 82:16), 2 ch. The Furness family (Robert) owned property next to Judge Chadbourne in 1762. Martha inherited the "garden house", a small property adjacent to the "Stevens house" on Liberty St.

Notes

From Lost communities of Porter County, Indiana

The Furnessville Post Office opening in 1861. It began as the Murray’s Side Track, then became known as Morgan’s Side track. In 1853, the first house was built and a store followed. Furnessville got its name from the first postmaster, Edwin Leigh Furness (1832-1916).[3] There was the ‘Furnessville Station of the Michigan Central Railway by 1876. Later in 1896, it was noted as the Furnessville Triangle and School No. 3. By 1921, the only structures remaining were residential homes with outbuildings and the school.[4]

Citations

• 4. The Heritage Collection Illustrated Atlas, Combined Atlases of Porter County, Indiana: 1876, 1895, 1906, 1921, Historical Society of Porter County, Unigrahic, Inc. Evansville, Indiana, 1979

Links

• http://www.chadbourne.org/Gen6.html