Person

William Ponsonby Furniss (New York County, New York, merchant, lawyer, notary public, and commissioner of deeds)

b. 1790-07-16 d. 1871-10-29

New York County, New York, merchant, attorney, notary public, and commissioner of deeds. New Hampshire native. Son of Robert Furniss and Margaret Furniss. Married to Sophia Furniss. Father of William Furniss, Sophia Furniss, Gardner Furniss, Margaret Furniss, Robert Furniss, Hartman Furniss, Clementina Furniss, and Leon Furniss. Merchant in New York County, New York, in 1850. Employed Ann Brady, Ann Carr, Mary Carr, Catherine Conoly, Laura Cornish, Maria O'Connor, Margaret Feelan, Emeline Rogers, and Emma Kritzen in New York County in 1850. Employed Ann Fallen, Ann Carr, Lucy Smith, Joseph Wallie, Martha Scanlin, Frederick Heff, Frederick Flyther, John Rugler, Eliza Woods, and Adeba O'Connell as servants in New York County in 1855. Attorney in New York County in 1861. Notary public in New York County in 1861. Commissioner of Deeds for the State of Kentucky in New York County in 1861.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, New York County, New York City, p. 190A.

New York, United States, State Census (1855), Population Schedules, New York County, New York City.

New Hampshire, United States, Birth Index (1659-1900), Concord, NH, New England Genealogical Society, Ferrin-Fitch.

Wilson’s New York City Copartnership Fore for 1860-61 (New York: John P. Trow, 1860), 309.

New York, United States, Death Newspaper Abstracts (1801-1890), New York Evening Post, 1871, October, p. 95.

Citation

Furniss, William Ponsonby. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214725 (November 12, 2026).

The people, organizations, and places listed below appear in the same documents as William Ponsonby Furniss (New York County, New York, merchant, lawyer, notary public, and commissioner of deeds). They are sorted by the number of documents they share.

Documents (2)

People

Organizations

Places

Loading network...

Network Visualized

How to use the visualization

CWGK’s network visualization brings the edition’s documents to life. The network on this page centers around Furniss, William Ponsonby. Click on the light blue dot to see the documents in which the entity appears. You can also click on the dark orange dots to see other people linked to Furniss, William Ponsonby, a light orange dot to see the places connected to Furniss, William Ponsonby, or dark green dots to see organizations linked to Furniss, William Ponsonby.

Additionally, the lines between the dots add additional information. The light green lines demonstrate direct connections between Furniss, William Ponsonby and another person, place, or organization. The light pink lines highlight that the dots appear in the same document.