Robert Wilkinson Furnas [SEP] position held
Robert Wilkinson Furnas
Robert Wilkinson Furnas (May 5, 1824June 1, 1905) was the second Governor of Nebraska. Born near Troy, Ohio, and orphaned at the age of eight Furnas was a self-made man. He worked as a farmer, printer, tinsmith, insurance salesman, and postmaster all before getting into politics. He married Mary Elizabeth McComas on October 29, 1845, who died in 1897; and his second was Susannah Emswiler Jameson. He had eight children.
Career.
Furnas came
published, in PDF format, and view the associated images. Robert Wilkinson Furnas acted as editor over all issues of the magazine from 1856 until his death in 1875.
External links.
- Governor Furnas' papers at the Nebraska State Historical Society
- Nebraska Governor Robert Wilkinson Furnas at the National Governors Association