Illustrious Charles M. Furman Esq, 33°
Past Sovereign Grand Commander
Supreme Council, 33°, SJ
(Oct 17, 1797 - Jul 03, 1872 )

(1858 - 1859) Acting Sovereign Grand Commander,
of the Supreme Council, Southern Jurisdiction

1837 - 1840 Grand Master | South Carolina
1846 - 1848 Grand Master | South Carolina

Charles Manning Furman was born on July 8, 1840 in Society Hill, S.C., to James C. Furman and his first wife, Harriet Davis.

Brother Furman moved to Greenville and attended Furman University from 1853-1859. He enlisted in the C.S.A. on May 1, 1861 in Charleston and served from 1861-1865, first in the Second South Carolina Regiment and then as captain of Company A, 16th South Carolina Regiment. Following the conclusion of the war, Charles studied and practiced law for a time; however, he spent a large part of his life teaching. He taught at Bladensburg, M.D. and at Bethel College, K.Y., returning to practice law in Greenville, S.C. from 1877-1892. Charles served as Assistant U.S. Attorney from 1886-1889. He quit his law practice and served as the first chair of the English department at Clemson College, S.C., retiring in 1913. Furman died on April 12, 1934 in Bishopville, S.C.

Frances Emma Garden was born on February 6, 1842 to Alester Gibbes Garden and Elizabeth Richardson. Charles and Frances married on February 8, 1864 in Camden, S.C. and they had five children together - Constance Theodora (1864), Harriet Elizabeth (1866), Alester Garden (1867), Anne Eloise (1871), and Charles Manning III (1873). Frances died on March 3, 1883.

Brother Furman married his second wife, Sallie Villepigue, in 1888 at Camden, S.C.