Furman, John Howard, 1824-1902

Physician and plantation owner J.H. Furman was born, 1824, in St. Luke's Parish, S.C.; lived in Georgia (1845-1851) where he practiced medicine and studied agriculture; after his first wife's death in late 1851, he returned to South Carolina and in 1854 married his second wife, Susan E. Miller, and in 1859, moved with his family to town of Privateer (Sumter District, S.C.), where he owned a plantation and continued to practice medicine. Dr. J.H. Furman was the grandson of Richard Furman and son of Samuel Furman, Baptist minister and professor at Furman Theological Institute.

From the description of John Howard Furman papers, 1851-1873. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 465468247

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