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Matthew Durham > William Lindsey Durham > Archibald Marion Durham > Alvis Durham

Alvis DURHAM

Born: 1 June 1806, NC
Died: 11 Apr 1881, NC

Find-A-Grave 39554498, NC

Father: Archibald M. DURHAM

Mother: Margaret STROUD

 

Married:
1 Sep 1827

Susanna FAUCETT

Born: c. 1809
Died: 13 Nov 1837

Father: Samuel FAUCETT

Mother: Elizabeth DURHAM

 

Children:
 
 

1. Franklin R. DURHAM "Frank" U. S. Civil War (b. 1828, OranCtyNC)

  • m. Isabella MCLEAN c. 1843, NC

Children:

  1. John Augustus DURHAM (b. 1853, NC)
  • m. Bessie T. WRISTON
  2. Irwin W. DURHAM (b. 1854, NC)
  • m1. Anna B. HARRELL
  • m2. Susan Lelia WEBB (Shore)
  3. James Albert DURHAM (b. 1864, NC)
  • m. Katherine SHIPMAN
  4. Lucien E. DURHAM (b. 1866, NC)
  • m. Lucy BLACK
  5. Silas DURHAM (b. c. 1869, NC)
 
  6. Edwin V. DURHAM Sr. (b. 1872, NC)
  • m. Maude KEESLER
  7. Lillie DURHAM (b. c. 1880, NC)
  • m. Joseph O. BELLE

 

Notes:

  • Frank R. Durham enlisted in the Confederacy on 31 Oct 1864, as a Private. His unit was Company G, 28th Infantry Regiment, North Carolina. He was promoted to full Corporal on 1 Jan 1865. He surrendered on 9 Apr 1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA.

 

2. Archibald Marion DURHAM U. S. Civil War Confederate Soldier (b. c. 1830, OranCtyNC; d. 28 May 1889, Belzoni, HumpCtyNC; Find-A-Grave 18257158, MS)

Children:

  1. Mary L. DURHAM (b. c. 1855, MS)
 
  2. William A. DURHAM (b. c. 1857, MS)
 
  3. Ida DURHAM (b. c. 1858; d. 1950; Find-A-Grave 11060159, MS)
  4. Eliza Ann DURHAM (b. c. 1859, MS)
 
  5. Thomas Franklin DURHAM (b. 12 Nov 1860, MS; d. 1 Sep 1939, HolmCtyMS; 65171232, MS)
  6. James D. Durham (b. c. 1868, MS)
  • m1. Mary Alice BURKS "Ludie" (b. 12 Jan 1878, Marydell, LeakCtyMS; d. 13 Aug 1953, Bethel, LeakCtyMS; Find-A-Grave 13038507, MS) on 6 May 1894, HolmCtyMS
       Parents: William Hoslin BURKES / Malissa Jane O'Neal YATES
     
  • m2. Nancy ABLES "Nannie" (b. July 1875, MS) on 4 Dec 1904, HumpCtyMS
       Parents: William C. ABLES "Bill" / Rhoda ?
  7. I. Cooper DURHAM (b. 1875, HolmCtyMS)
 

 

Notes:

  • Archibald relocated his family to HolmCtyMS.

  • Archibald M. Durham was a Private in the 38th Regiment, 38 Mississippi Calvary.  He was also the headmaster at Byant's plantation school. 5
     

  • From 1860 Census for Lexington, HolmCtyMS:
    Dwelling 116, Family 116
     
    Name Age Est.DOB Sex Race Occ Val. of Land Val. of Pers. Est. Birth Place
    A. M. Durham 31 1829 M   Farmer   168 NC
    Laura E. Durham 28 1832 F         NC
    Mary L. Durham 5 1855 F         MS
    William A. Durham 3 1857 M         MS
    Eliza Ann Durham 1 1858 F         MS

     

  • From 1910 US Census for Beat 4, HolmCtyMS:
    Dwelling 25, Family 24
    It is indicated that Nancy has given birth twice, but neither child is living at census time. Gertrude is not her daughter.
     

  • Name Rel. Race Sex Age Est DOB Mar. Stat Birth Place Father BPlace Mother BPlace Occ
    James Durham Head W M 42 1868 M MS NC MS Farmer
    Nancy Durham Wife W F 30 1880 M MS MS MS  
    Gertrude Durham Dau W F 11 1899 S MS MS MS  
 

3. William DURHAM (b. 1831, OranCtyNC)
 

Notes:

  • William's 1850 census occupation was "tailor".

 

4. Nancy Jane DURHAM (b. 31 Mar 1835, OranCtyNC; d. 2 Nov 1884; Find-A-Grave 39553188, NC)

Children:

  1. Martha A. CAREATHERS (b. 4 Aug 1857; d. 8 Aug 1857, age 4 days; Find-A-Grave 39553153, NC)
 
  2. Susan C. CAREATHERS (b. 7 Dec 1860; d. 26 Nov 1863, age 2; Find-A-Grave 39553241, NC)
 
  3. Sarah A. CAREATHERS (b. 30 Sep 1868; d. 18 Dec 1888, age 20; Find-A-Grave 39553207, NC)
 
  4. Minnie CAREATHERS (b. c. 1871)
 

 

Notes:

  • From 1860 Census for South Side of NC RR, OranCtyNC:
    Dwelling 323, Family 296
     
    Name Age Est.DOB Sex Race Occ Val. of Land Val. of Pers. Est. Birth Place
    W. G. Caruthers 28 1832 M   Farmer     NC
    Nancy Caruthers 25 1835 F         NC


 

Notes:

  • Susanna's last name is also seen spelled "FOSSETT".

2nd Marriage
 

Alvis DURHAM

Born: 1 June 1806, NC
Died: 11 Apr 1881, NC

Find-A-Grave 39554498, NC

Father: Archibald M. DURHAM

Mother: Margaret STROUD

 

Married:

31 Oct 1838,
OranCtyNC

Catherine STRAYHORN

Born: 8 July 1816, OranCtyNC
Died: 27 May 1883,
OranCtyNC

Find-A-Grave 39554665, NC

Father: Gilbert STRAYHORN

Mother: Sarah ?

 

 

Children:
 
 

1. John S. DURHAM Confederate Soldier (b. 13 May 1840, OranCtyNC; d. 14 Jan 1910, OranCtyNC)

  • m. Sarah Anne CAREATHERS (b. 7 Feb 1840, NC; d. 9 June 1909, OranCtyNC) on 8 Sep 1860, OranCtyNC

Children:

  1. Elizabeth Catherine DURHAM "Bettie" (b. 1861,NC)
  • m. William H. COPELAND
  2. Eugene DURHAM (b. c. 1889, NC)
 
  3. James E. DURHAM "Edd" (b. 1864, NC)
  • m. Fannie MORRIS
  4. Charlie Reldue DURHAM (b. 1873, NC)
  • m1. Jessie T. RAY
  • m2. Elsie FRESHWATER
  5. Anna Bell DURHAM (b. 1876, NC)
  • m1. Lacy DURHAM
  • m2. Emmet E. RILEY

 

Notes:

 

2. James Samuel DURHAM Confederate Soldier (b. c. 1842; d. 1895)

  • m. Harriett Deliah STROUD (b. 26 Dec 1845, OranCtyNC; d. 13 Apr 1913) on 26 July 1865, OranCtyNC)

Children:

  1. Mary Addie DURHAM "Addie" (b. 1866, NC)
 
  2. Robert Luther DURHAM (b. 1869)
  • m. Kate M. HATTER
  3. Lula K. DURHAM "Lula" (b. 1871, NC)
  • m. Joseph J. WATSON
  4. David Elwood DURHAM (b. 1873, NC)
  • m1. Rose A. CHRISTIAN
  • m2. Ellen POWERS
  5. Mattie Helen DURHAM (b. 1876, NC)
  • m. Sidney C. WEATHERSPOON
  6. James A. DURHAM (b. 1878, NC)
 
  7. Olyntheus Benjamin DURHAM (b. c. 1881)
 
  8. Henry MacDonald DURHAM "Jack" (b. 1885, NC)
  • m. Nell H. FULTON

 

Notes:

  •  
 

3. George DURHAM (b. July 1845, OranCtyNC; d. 22 Mar 1847, OranCtyNC, age 1)
 

Notes:

Sarah C. Durham Stroud

4. Sarah C. DURHAM (b. c. 1848, OranCtyNC; d. 3 June 1916; Find-A-Grave 42748469, NC)

Children:

  1. Ella I. STROUD (b. 18 Apr 1873, NC; d. 17 Feb 1933; Find-A-Grave 64585599, NC)
  • m. Irvin A. HOGAN (b. 2 Feb 1862, NC; d. 30 Dec 1953, Burlington, AlamCtyNC; Find-A-Grave 64585598, NC)
       Parents: John Thomas Hogan / Julia STRAYHORN
  2. Henry C. STROUD (b. 9 Nov 1878, NC; d. 13 Sep 1911; age 32; Find-A-Grave 42748457, NC)
 
  3. Ada C. STROUD  (b. 15 Aug 1881; d. 16 Mar 1915; Find-A-Grave 8883468, NC)
  4. Estle Jefferson STROUD (b. Feb 1882; d. Oct 1932; Find-A-Grave 53871616, NM)
  5. William A. STROUD (b. June 1884, NC)
 
  6. Ernest Carl STROUD (b. 9 Dec 1887; d. 2 Mar 1915, Durham, DurhCtyNC, age 27; Find-A-Grave 42748440, NC)
 

 

Notes:

  • E. Carl Stroud is was a telegraph operator. He died of tuberculosis at age 27.
     

  • From 1880 US Census, Bingham, OranCtyNC:
     

    Name

    Relation

    Mar. Status

    Gender

    Race

    Age

    Birth Place

    Occ.

    Father BPlace

    Mother BPlace

    Weldon M. Strowd

    Self

    M

    Male

    W

    32

    NC

    Farmer

    NC

    NC

    Sarah C. Strowd

    Wife

    M

    Female

    W

    31

    NC

    Keeping House

    NC

    NC

    Ella I. Strowd

    Dau

    S

    Female

    W

    7

    NC

     

    NC

    NC

    Henry C. Strowd

    Son

    S

    Male

    W

    1

    NC

     

    NC

    NC

    William W. Strowd

    Other

    S

    Male

    W

    27

    NC

     

    NC

    NC

    Savannah Perry

    Other

    S

    Female

    B

    12

    NC

     

    NC

    NC

 

5. David DURHAM (b. c. 1852, NC; Find-A-Grave 59553945, NC)
 

Notes:

 

6. Martha Ann DURHAM (b. 2 Mar 1852, OranCtyNC; d. 20 Jan 1941, Raleigh, WakeCtyNC; Find-A-Grave 92346186, NC)

  • m. Nathan George Lewis PATTERSON (b. 26 Jan 1854, OranCtyNC; d. 25 June 1921; Find-A-Grave 31589602, NC)
       Parents: Richard Allen PATTERSON / Eliza GRIFFIN

Children:

  1. William Jackson PATTERSON "Billy" (b. 9 Nov 1875, OranCtyNC; d. 4 July 1914, Chapel Hill, OranCtyNC, age 38; Find-A-Grave 54124879, NC)
  • m. Ethel Roberta EDWARDS (b. 9 Nov 1878, HendCtyNC; d. 27 Apr 1971; Find-A-Grave 91297799, NC)
       Parents: William Franklin EDWARDS / Martha Elizabeth GIBSON; 1st husband: John C. DIXON (m. 1903, NC); 3rd husband: Arthur Merritt KENNEDY (m. 1920); 4th husband: Benjamin R. LEWIS
  2. Alvis PATTERSON (b. 29 Jan 1878, WilsCtyNC; d. 14 Nov 1936, DurhCtyNC; Find-A-Grave 100906719, NC)
 
  3. Mittie PATTERSON (b. July 1881, NC; d. 16 May 1965, Raleigh, WakeCtyNC; Find-A-Grave 53224694, NC)
  4. Wallace Durham PATTERSON (b. 31 Jan 1883, OranCtyNC; d. 15 Apr 1953, Chapel Hill, OranCtyNC; Find-A-Grave 184452224, NC)
  5. Robert Glenn PATTERSON (b. 10 June 1885, Chapel Hill, OranCtyNC; d. 17 Dec 1926; Find-A-Grave 31589664, NC)
 

 

Notes:

  • William J and Wallace D. Patterson were a Druggists.

 

7. Mary DURHAM (b. June 1860)
 

Notes:

 

Notes:

  • From T. Moody via email:

    "My grandmother Lula Katherine Durham was born September 23, 1871, in the eastern part of Orange County, North Carolina. She was third eldest of eight children (three girls, five boys) born to James Samuel Durham (1842-1895) and Harriet Deliah Stroud (1844-1913). James, a master carpenter, was the son of Alvis (1806-1881) and Catherine (1816-1883) Durham. Alvis, a wagon maker, and his first wife Susan Faucett Durham joined with eight other neighbors from Cane Creek Baptist Church in Orange County to found the Mars Hill Baptist Church, north of Hillsborough, on June 29, 1834. Susan died in November, 1837, and on October 31, 1838, Alvis married Catherine, the daughter of Gilbert (1792-1847) and Sarah (1794-1859) Strayhorn. Alvis and Catherine, in turn, went with several other families to found Mount Hermon Baptist Church, nearer the town of Durham, on June 24, 1848. Alvis served as the church clerk at its founding and helped purchase the property for the first church. I recall going to homecoming Sundays, with dinner on the grounds, at Mount Hermon. Alvis and Catherine had at least two other children, Sarah, born in 1849, and Martha, in 1854, and Alvis served as a Justice of the Peace in Orange County. In 1881, Durham County was created from Little River, Lebanon, Patterson, and Durham townships in eastern Orange County. Alvis and Catherine are buried at Antioch Baptist Church west of Chapel Hill."
     

  • Alvis served as a Justice of the Peace in Orange County.

  • Alvis and Catharine are buried at Antioch Cemetery, White Cross, OranCtyNC.

  • For Alvis' marriage to Susanna Thomas Faucett was the bondsman. For Catherine, it was Jno. (John) Faucett. See Orange County NC - MARRIAGES - Marriage Bonds D - J, Indexed by Groom here.
     

  • On the 1850 US Census, OranCtyNC:
     

    Name

    Age

    Est DOB

    Sex

    Race

    Occ

    Land Value

    Birth Place

    Alvis Durham

    44

    1806

    M

    W

    Waggon Maker

    450

    NC

    Catharine Durham

    29

    1821

    F

    W

       

    NC

    Franklin Durham

    22

    1828

    M

    W

    Saddler

     

    NC

    Marion Durham

    20

    1830

    M

    W

    Farmer

     

    NC

    William Durham

    19

    1831

    M

    W

    Tailor

     

    NC

    Nancy Durham

    17

    1833

    F

    W

       

    NC

    John Durham

    11

    1839

    M

    W

       

    NC

    James Durham

    9

    1841

    M

    W

       

    NC

    Sarah Durham

    1

    1849

    F

    W

       

    NC

     

  • From 1860 US Census for Chapel Hill, OranCtyNC:
    Dwelling 278, Family 255

    Name

    Age

    Sex

    Race

    Occ

    Value of Land

    Value of  Pers. Estate

    Birth Place

    Alvis Durham

    54

    M

     

    Merchant

    1500

    6038

    NC

    Catherine Durham

    43

    F

           

    NC

    John S. Durham

    20

    M

     

    Farm Laborer

       

    NC

    James Durham

    17

    M

           

    NC

    Sarah Durham

    10

    F

     

     

     

     

    NC

    David Durham

    8

    M

     

     

     

     

    NC

    Martha Durahm

    5

    F

     

     

     

     

    NC

    Mary Durham

    4/12

    F

     

     

     

     

    NC

    Martha Strayhorne

    30

    F

     

     

     

     

    NC

     

  • On the 1870 Orange County, Rock Springs, Bingham, OranCtyNC:
    Dwelling 15, Family 15

    Name

    Sex

    Race

    Age

    Est.DOB

    Birth Place

    Occ

    Real Value

    Pers.Value

    Birth Place

    Durham, Alvis

    M

    W

    64

    1806

    NC

    Wagon Maker

    530

    700

    NC

    Durham, Catherine

    F

    W

    54

    1816

    NC

    Keeping House

       

    NC

    Durham, Sarah C.

    F

    W

    21

    1849

    NC

    At Home

       

    NC

    Durham, Martha A.

    F

    W

    16

    1854

    NC

    At Home

       

    NC

     

  • On the 1880 Hillsboro, OranCtyNC:
    Incredibly, it is indicated that Alvis could not read or write.

    Name

    Gender

    Race

    Age

    Est.DOB

    Birth Place

    Occ

    Father BPlace

    Mother BPlace

    Alvis Durham

    Male

    W

    74

    1802

    NC

    Merchant

    NC

    NC

    Catharine Durham

    Female

    W

    64

    1816

    NC

    Keeps House

    NC

    NC

     

  • Page Sources:
    1. John S. information from Duncan-Durham Family History on rootsweb.

    2. From Durham-Tiller-Pauley-Turley website on rootsweb.

    3. Tom Moody.

    4. North Carolina Deaths and Burials 1898 - 1994

    5. Burke-Ansley Two Great Families on rootsweb.

    6. North Carolina, Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868, Bond #000095342, image No. 002294

     

    ModLog:

    Date of ModLog Source of Information Description of Changes
    24 Sep 2022 Author's upgrade Changed county links.
         

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