Soldier: Lieutenant George Smith Furby
Regiment: 3rd. OVC
Company: M
Age: 32
Date Entering Service: Sept. 8, 1861
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Mustered in as a sergeant; was promoted to 2nd. Lieutenant. Mustered out on a surgeon’s certificate of disability on January 23, 1863 at Camp Stanley, Tenn.
Battles in which he fought:
Corinth, Miss. Sept. 11, 1862
Mumfordsville, Ky. Sept. 21, 1862
Bardstown, Ky. Oct. 4, 1862
Lexington, Ky. Oct. 7, 1862
Other interesting information discovered:
George Furby first shows up in Morrow County in December, 1863, when he married Anna L. Mosher. He would have already returned home from the war, and was awaiting his discharge. He lived in Morrow County for the rest of his life.
Date of Death: Dec. 15, 1930 Place of burial: Union Cemetery, Morrow County
Adopted By: Judge Rob and Sharon Hickson Researcher: Patrick Drouhard