Mary Wanzer Furnish

 

Information comes from "Who's Who in Kentucky; A Biographical Assembly of Notable Kentuckians" Published by the Standard Printing Co in Louisville Kentucky 1936

 

FURNISH, Mary Emily Wanzer, registrar general, Colonial Dames of the XVII Century; born Zanesfield, Ohio, May 16, 1888. daughter of Dr. Charles Michael and Amanda Rogers (Cratty) Wanzer. Education high school in Columbus Ohio, graduated 1904; Urbana University Urbana, Oh;  Ohio State University, graduated Home Economics Department. University of Cincinnati 1912.

Married Arch Bell Furnish of Newport Ky. June 24, 1913 in Champaign Ohio; one son Benjamin Wanzer.

Registrar General, Colonial Dames of XVII Century; treasurer Cincinnati Chapter of Colonial Daughters of America; vice president general Dames of the Court of Honor; past president Kentucky Audubon Society; member State Board DAR. Democrat. Presbyterian.

A large amount of work devoted to national patriotic societies; held important offices in these organizations; engages in research work; author of a number of radio addresses personally given; poetry accepted by National Poetry Center, NY; Direct descendent of Jan Jansen Wanzer, who settled in New Amsterdam in 1612 and was commissioned by Governor Peter Stuyvesant to defend the city.

Address: 19 E Third St in Newport

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Child of Mary Emily Wanzer and Arch Bell Furnish

Benjamin Wanzer Furnish b-12 May 1914 in Urbana Oh; d-2 Oct 1973 in Ashland Ky. br-Rose Hill Burial Park and Mausoleum

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Mary Emily Furnish died 17 April 1979 in Ashland Ky. and was buried in the Rose Hill Burial Park and Mausoleum.

 

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