John Howard Furman

John Howard was born on March 19th, 1824 in St Luke's parish, Beaufort district, SC. John Howard's father was Samuel Furman Dr and his mother was Eliza Ann Scrimzeour. His paternal grandparents were Richard Furman and Dorothea Maria Burn. He was an only child. He died at the age of 78 on May 6th, 1902.

General Notes
- John Howard received his primary education from his father at the Theological Institute in the High Hills of Santee, S.C. From 1836 to 1838 he accompanied his family to Scotland, where he studied art. After returning to the United States, he attended Charleston Medical College, graduating in 1845. He moved to Milledgeville (then-capitol of Georgia) in the same year and practiced medicine in Baldwin and Wilkinson Counties. He became acquainted with pioneer pineland planter, David Dickson of Hancock Co., Georgia, and studied agriculture with him. John Howard later became the first to introduce Dickson's agricultural methods to the Sumter County region of South Carolina.

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