Robert Wilkinson Furnas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Wilkinson Furnas

Governor of Nebraska

Date of Birth: 05-May-1824

Place of Birth: Troy, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jun-1905

Profession: politician, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Robert Wilkinson Furnas (May 5, 1824 – June 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.