Franklin

FURMAN, Daniel G.

Men of Vermont: Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters & Sons of 
Vermont. Ullery. Brattleboro: Transcript Publishing Company, 1894, p 152 
(portrait p 152)

Daniel G. FURMAN, of Swanton [Franklin County, Vermont], was born 22 August 
1855 in Elizabethtown [Essex County], New York, the son of Warren S. and Mary 
A. (WARE) FURMAN. He was indebted to the New Hampton Institute at Fairfax 
[Franklin County, Vermont] for his educational training. Mr. FURMAN studied 
law with George W. NEWTON of St. Albans [Franklin County] and the Hon. H. A. 
BURT of Swanton, and was admitted to the bar in Franklin County in September 
1876. He practiced two years in Berkshire, after which he removed to 
Swanton, where he has established a large and successful business. As a 
Democrat he was elected as the representative of the town of Swanton in 1888, 
and was a candidate for the speakership, and in 1893 was appointed United 
States Consul at Stanbridge, Province of Quebec. On 08 September 1880 Mr. 
[Daniel G.] FURMAN married Miss Elizabeth M., daughter of Hiram and Elizabeth 
(BARR) BEST. One daughter and a son blessed their union: Berenice May, and 
Willis B.

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