William Eban "Josh" Furr (1832-1913) of Stanly
County, North Carolina,
had the most children of any Furr, 22 by two wives,
Malinda Catherine Furr (1836-1871) who was his second
cousin (13 children) and Delila Elizabeth Dunn
(1849-1931) (9 children). Of the 22, all but two were present at his funeral.
He had 126 grand-children and 90 great-grand-children. He was a Private,
Company F, 5th North Carolina Infantry; enlisted Northampton County, NC, August
8, 1862 (age 30); wounded in head and knee Chancellorsville, VA, May 1-3, 1863;
returned to company November 19, 1863; wounded in arm Spotsylvania Courthouse,
VA, May 9, 1864; detailed for light duty in hospital Danville, VA, December 27,
1864 until end of war.