Portrait and biographical album of Lancaster county, Nebraska . *i!^OBERT W, FURNAS,*. <^i- . ROBERT WILKIN-SON FURNAS was thesecond gentleman to re-ceive from the people ofthe State the high honorof being elected Gover-nor. He was chosen to fill this po-sition in the year 1873, and retiredat the close of his term, havingearned tlie good-will, respect andadmiration of the whole people byreason of his excellent administra-tion. He was born in Troy, MiamiCo., Ohio, on the rjth of May, parents were natives of Southwhich State also the grandfather hadHis great-grandfather was a member
Portrait and biographical album of Lancaster county, Nebraska . *i!^OBERT W, FURNAS,*. <^i- . ROBERT WILKIN-SON FURNAS was thesecond gentleman to re-ceive from the people ofthe State the high honorof being elected Gover-nor. He was chosen to fill this po-sition in the year 1873, and retiredat the close of his term, havingearned tlie good-will, respect andadmiration of the whole people byreason of his excellent administra-tion. He was born in Troy, MiamiCo., Ohio, on the rjth of May, parents were natives of Southwhich State also the grandfather hadHis great-grandfather was a member ofa good old Englisli family, and was born at Stand-ing Stone, in the connty of Cumberland, was brought up and educated in his native place,and when a young man was there married, and thenstarted with his wife for the New World. Theylanded in South Carolina about the year Furnas, the third child of John and MaryFurnas, was born in 1768, six years after the settle-ment of his parents in America, as above Furnas was the fifth child and only son of
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