Biographical Record and Portrait Album of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, 1888, pp. 466-467

DR. FURMAN LEAMING, now residing on a farm on section 17, Randolph Township, Tippecanoe County, was born in Cape May County, New Jersey, August 30, 1815, his parents, FURMAN and HANNAH (LUDLAM) LEAMING, having been born in the same county. The grandfather of our subject was PARSONS LEAMING, a son of AARON LEAMING, who was a son of AARON LEAMING, Sr., the latter being a son of CHRISTOPHER LEAMING, who came to America from Warwickshire, England, in 1670, and settled in Cape May County, New Jersey, the above generations living there, and each succeeding generation of the LEAMING family was represented in the Legislature from Cape May County, down to the father our subject, who was a State Senator when but twenty-five years of age. He was the first in the direct line of descent to leave that county, removing to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in December, 1815.

FURMAN LEAMING, the subject of this sketch, was reared from infancy in Philadelphia, where he received good educational advantages. He graduated from the Medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, in 1837, and subsequently practiced medicine one year in Philadelphia. He then went on the coast survey for six months when he returned to his practice, and for five years had charge of the Philadelphia Dispensary. He was married September 28, 1843, to MISS MARY CURWEN, a daughter of GEORGE F. and ELINOR (EWING) CURWEN. The CURWEN family is originally from Cumberland, in the north of England. Of the seven children born to DR. and MRS. LEAMING six still survive: HENRY, ELINOR, G. CURWEN, MARY E., ELIZABETH M. and FURMAN M., all married except FURMAN M., and all with the exception of MARY, who lives in Chambersburgh, Pennsylvania, being residents of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, and live on farms adjoining the old homestead.

DR. FURMAN continued to practice medicine at Philadelphia until 1844, when he came to Tippecanoe County, Indiana, locating on the farm where he has since made his home. During his residence here he has devoted his time principally to agricultural pursuits, only practicing about a year during the war. His first land purchase in the county consisted of 400 acres which he afterward sold. He now owns 300 acres of choice land, all well improved, and is classed among the prosperous citizens of his township. In politics he affiliates with the Democratic party. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Romney Lodge, No. 144. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian church.