[RWCollins]: birth and death dates and place. Baptist minister in SC. Moved later in life to Texas, where some of their children had gone.

[Jerome J. Hale; jhale@aug.com] Was pastor of Cheraw Baptist Church, Marlboro Co., SC. In 1839, preached the funeral of Ann (Lide) Twitty Burn, widow of John and Thomas Twitty and wife of Absalom Burn, possible relation of his grandmother Dorothea Burn. Absalom Burn appears in Marlboro/Chesterfield Counties and married Ann on 14 Jun 1804; he died on 21 Jan 1819 in an accident. Ann was born 13 Mar 1778.

Authored: Furman, Richard. The pleasures of piety and other poems. Charleston, S. C.,: S. G. Courtenay & co., 1859.

1850 US census reports some indexed names from this family, living in SC, Barnwell Co., America Twp., but there is no extant image.

1860 US census, Greenville, Greenville Co., South Carolina
Richard Furman, 43, <1816>, b:SC, baptist clergyman
Mary M. Furman, 40, <1819>, b:SC
Samuel Furman, 16, <1843>, b:SC, student
John Furman, 14, <1845>, b:SC
Sarah Furman, 12, <1847>, b:SC
Henry Furman, 10, <1849>, b:SC
Richard Furman, 8, <1851>, b:SC
Edward Furman, 5, <1854>, b:SC
Scrimger Furman, 2, <1857>, b:SC
Richard Furman has $5400 personal property, $6975 real estate.
(Images have no record of a Lyla Holly as head of household).

1880 US census, Texas, Bell Co., Bellton Township, 1 Jun 1880:
Richd. Furman, 70, Father, Preacher, Nervous Debility, b/fb:SC mb:VA
Mary M. Furman, 66, Mother, b/fb/mb:SC
[Same census page as son John McIver Furman (see his entry)]

From http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=craigsmith&id=I00097; (Craig Smith ,craigsmith@sc.rr.com>) 28 May 2003) (Original information from John M. Gregg in Aug 1996)
b: 9 Nov 1816, Coosahatchie, Beaufort District, SC
d: 1 Oct 1886
Richard Furman, Sr.

http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2492193&id=I51414
(Dondon Baker 28 May 2003)
b: 9 Nov 1816, Coosawhatchie, Beaufort (now Jasper) Co., SC
d: 24 Oct 1886, Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co., TX
m: 21 Apr 1840

1880 US census, Texas, Tarrant Co., All Townships, District 90 (ancestry.com image 19/53)
Richard Furman, age 64, b:SC, home: Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas, Occupation: Minister-Baptist, married, white, male, head of household, fb:SC, mb:SC.
(Note: the image is defective; data is from indexed information).

Richard Furman and family members are buried in Tarrant County TXGenWeb Historic Oakwood Cemetery with Calvary Cemetery & Old Trinity Cemetery of Fort Worth, Texas, http://www.rootsweb.com/~txtarran/cemetery/oakwood-f.htm. Here are all Furman entries and notes:
FURMAN Ella (Mrs. Sam) [Ella Sandidge, wife of Samuel Furman (1844)]
FURMAN Emma Theresa [unrelated, born in Ireland, see 1900 census]
FURMAN Infant of Sam [child of Samuel and Ella Furman]
FURMAN Mary M. [Mary Marshall McIvor, wife of this person and mother of Samuel Furman]
FURMAN Richard [this person]
FURMAN S. [unidentified; possibly Scrimzeour Furman]

Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=furman&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSst=46&GScntry=4&GSob=d&GRid=18746844&
Notes: Rev. Richard Furman, Birth: Nov. 9, 1816, South Carolina, USA
Death: Oct. 1, 1886, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Rev. Richard Furman, Baptist Minister, Born Nov. 9, 1816, South Carolina
Died Oct. 1, 1886, Texas
Oakwood Cemetery, Forth Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas

• Married: 21 Apr 1840

1. Samuel FURMAN b: 30 Aug 1844 in Society Hill, Cheraw District, SC
2. John McIver FURMAN b: Aug 1847 in South Carolina
3. Henry Marshall FURMAN b: 20 Jun 1850 in South Carolina
4. Richard FURMAN b: 8 Jul 1852 in Society Hill, SC
5. Edward Edwards FURMAN b: abt 1856
6. Scrimgeour Morgandollar FURMAN b: 30 Oct 1858 in South Carolina
7. Sarah Elizabeth FURMAN b: 3 Oct 1848 in South Carolina
8. 10 children FURMAN
9. James C. FURMAN b: 20 Apr 1854
10. Walter FURMAN b: 10 Nov 1861