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Note: Cause of Death:<CAUS> Heart attack REFN: 196642 time of death 7.05 pm Furm worked as foreman of section gang on Railroad in Washburn Bar ry Co Mo in 1910 Furm and Ella lived in Barry county Missouri in 1900/ 1910 they are on t he census. All the Children were born in that county. They moved to Cra wford County on the 1920 census with only the three younger children Opa l, Joseph, and James. Clyde is in the 1920 census for Phelps county marri ed to Ella Friddle and has two children Clyde Jr 7 yrs and Vivian 2 y rs at that time. Ralph, Hazel, and Furm Jr unable to find but Ralph"s 3 e ldest children born in Phelps Co. Moved to DeWitt Iowa then to Colora do La Junta where Donald & Jeanette born.. Crawford Co formed in 1820 fr om Gasconade Co, which was formed from Franklin CO in 1818, from St Lou is Co. Kinder Cemetery 1 mile north of Cuba Mo., going towards Leasbu rg Mo. O'Day Township, Barry Co, M issouri (now Washburn) O'Day is one of the modern railroad towns. With the exception of the t wo hotels and one or two dwellings, which stand on the plateau, the to wn is built at the head of Washburn Prairie, at an elevation of 1,480 fe et above the level of St. Louis. It is a progressive little town, with i ts newspaper, stores, hotels and dwellings, but still depending on old Ke etsville for her educational, religious and social life. In April, 1888, the vote on thequestion of bonding School Distri ct No. 2, Town 22, Range 28, for 5 per centon the assessed valuation, f or school-building, was carried. Seventy-six votes were recorded for t he question; none against; so that by next year a pretentious school-build ing will mark the line between the old and new town. Thefirst dwelling-h ouse erected on the site of O'Day were those of John A. Ellis and Lewis Pr att. The former's house now forms part of Hurst's new building, now kno wn as the O'Day House. About 1884 J.C. Johnson build his house, nowo ne of the hotels. Pratt's house stands southwest from the hotel. the fir st business houses erected were Felker & Johnson's, moved from Washbur n, in 1882-83; the Pratt or Cunningham grocery store was built shortly aft er Felker& Johnson established business at this point. M.S.Inmon, n ow of Exeter, moved his building from Washburn and rented it to chase & Jo hnson, merchants. This is the same building in which J. M. Holton now carries on his store. Denbo's grocery is now carried on in the old D r. Brookshire building, where Brookshire & Chandler had their drug store, and where more recent ly W. B. Adcock's grocery store was moved from Washburn. In 1886 S.D. Wit hers erected his large residence just east of the depot. Johnson's gri st and saw-mail was movedfrom a point east of Washburn about 1882. Withe r's two-story brick block was erected in 1887. Elias Horine moved the bat h-house from Seven Stars Springin 1887, and used it as the office of t he O'Day globe. Samuel Jondahl built a grocery store and dwelling at t he south end of Main Street early in 1887. In May, 1887, W. B. Adcock m oved his cottage from Washburn. J. B. Hurst's grain house is an extensi on of Windes' granary erected near the tank aboutseven years ago. In Se ptember, 1887, T. P. Mooney moved his store and warehouse from Washbur n. In 1887 Reece Brothers built a large store, J.B. Hurst apost-office b uilding, and Vanzant a store building. There are several dwelling-house s, erected within the last year, and now A. A. Johnson & Co., of Washbur n, propose to erect a brick block in the new town. In January, 188 7, J. B. Hurst was appointed postmaster for the new office of O'Day. T he first railroad agent at O'Day was J. A. Phegley, November 3, 1880, wh en he madehis first report to the Adams Express Company; J. M. Wasson w as here in May,1881; F.J. Weymouth in June, 1882, but in November followi ng J. M. Wasson was in charge. In August, 1883, T. S. Frost's name
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