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Matthew Durham > William Lindsey Durham > Archibald Marion Durham

Archibald Marion DURHAM

Born: 1783, OranCtyNC
Died: 17 Jan 1840,
OranCtyNC

Find-A-Grave Entry 41376729, NC

Father: William L. DURHAM Sr.

Mother: Nancy Anne CATE

 

Married:
29 (or 31) Mar 1803,
OranCtyNC

Margaret STROUD "Peggy"

Born: 16 Apr 1787, OranCtyNC

Died: 12 July 1813, OranCtyNC

Find-A-Grave Entry 41377046, NC

Father: John STROUD

Mother: Delilah BRYANT

 

Children:
 
 

1. Jan DURHAM (b. 1 June 1804, NC)
 

Notes:

  • May have been "Jane" Durham.

 

2. Alvis DURHAM (b. 1 June 1806 in Hillsboro, OranCtyNC; d. 11 Apr 1881, OranCtyNC

  • m1. Susanna FAUCETT (b. c. 1809; d. 13 Nov 1837) on 1 Sep 1827

  • m2. Catherine STRAYHORN (b. 8 July 1816, OranCtyNC; d. 27 May 1883, OranCtyNC) on 31 Oct 1838, OranCtyNC)

Children to Susanna:

  1. Franklin R. DURHAM  U. S. Civil War (b. 1828, NC)
 
  2. Archibald Marion DURHAM U. S. Civil War Confederate Soldier (b. 1830, NC)
 
  3. William DURHAM (b. 1831, NC)
 
  4. Nancy J. DURHAM (b. 1833, NC)
  • m. William J. CARUTHERS

 

Children to Catherine:

  1. John S. DURHAM (b. 1840, NC)
  • m. Sarah S. CAREATHERS
  2. James Samuel DURHAM (b. c. 1842)
  • m. Harriet Deliah STROUD
  3. George DURHAM (b. 1845, NC)
 
  4. Sarah C. DURHAM (b. c. 1848, NC)
  • m. Weldon Mansfield STROUD
  5. David DURHAM (b. c. 1852)
 
  6. Martha Ann DURHAM (b. c. 1855, NC)
  • m. Nathan R. S. PATTERSON
  7. Mary DURHAM (b. June 1860)
 

 

Notes:

  • For Alvis' marriage to Susanna Thomas Faucett was the bondsman. For Catherine, it was Jno. (John) Faucett.

  • John S. information from Duncan-Durham Family History on rootsweb.

 

3. Delilah DURHAM (b. 19 Feb 1808, OranCtyNC)

  • m. Green LLOYD in 1797, OranCtyNC)
       2nd wife: Ellen KING

Notes:

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4. Ferdinand DURHAM (b. 28 Dec 1809, OranCtyNC)

  • m. Susannah CARRUTHERS on 8 Oct 1829

Notes:

  • Their marriage bondsman was James Carruthers.
     

  • From 1850 US Census for Holmes Co, MS:
    Dwelling 23, Family 23
    Name Age Gender Race Occ Land
    Value
    Birth
    Place
    Ferdinand Durham 41 M W Farmer   NC
    Susanna Durham 41 F W     NC

 

5. Nancy DURHAM (b. 9 Aug 1812; d. c. 1852, OranCtyNC)

Children:

  1. William Prescott DURHAM (b. c. 1838, NC)
  • m. Nancy H. STROUD
  2. Sarah Ann DURHAM (b. c. 1839, NC)
  • m. Thomas A. LASHLEY
  3. James G. DURHAM (b. c. 1841, NC)
  • m. Mary STRAWN
  4. Margaret DURHAM (b. c. 1843, NC)
 
  5. Delilah Leticia DURHAM (b. 1848, NC)
  • m. Wesley C. LASHLEY

 

Notes:

2nd Marriage:
 

Archibald Marion DURHAM

Born: 1783, OranCtyNC
Died: 17 Jan 1840,
OranCtyNC

Find-A-Grave Entry 41376729, NC

Father: William L. DURHAM Sr.

Mother: Nancy Anne CATE

 

Married:
1 Feb 1816,
OranCtyNC

Jane CAREATHERS

Born: 1 June 1804, OranCtyNC

Died: 15 Jan 1867, OranCtyNC

Find-A-Grave Entry 41377030, NC

Father:

Mother:

 

Children:
 
 

1. Franklin DURHAM (b. 20 Jan 1817, OranCtyNC; d. 4 Nov 1819, OranCtyNC, age 2)
 

Notes:

 

2. William H. DURHAM (b. 9 Mar 1818; d. 26 Nov 1889, OranCtyNC)
 

Notes:

  • William appears in the 1880 Census, living with his brother, dock Durham.

 

3. Martha J. DURHAM (b. 16 Aug 1819)

  • m.  Henry ROBERTSON on 16 Aug 1858, OranCtyNC

Notes:

  • Martha also appears in the 1880 Census, living with her brother, doctor Durham.

 

4. Franklin DURHAM (b. 5 Dec 1821)
 

Notes:

  • It appears that after the eldest Franklin's death, then named another child Franklin.

 

5. Thomas Seaborn DURHAM (b. 12 Feb 1823; d. 16 June 1904, Fort Chaffee, SebaCtyAR)

  • m. Mary CHASTAIN (b. 26 Oct 1829, GA; d. 4 Jan 1899, SebaCtyAR) c. 1853, GA

Children:

Lorenzo Mansfield DURHAM 1. Lorenzo Mansfield DURHAM (b. c. 1854, GA)
  • m1. Martha E. PEPPER
  • m2. Minnie A. MOORE
  2. Infant son DURHAM (b. 1856)
 
  3. Byron DURHAM (b. 1857)
 
  4. John Milton DURHAM (b. 1856, GA)
  • m. Drucilla B. MILHOAN
  5. William Herbert DURHAM (b. c. 1860, GA)
 
  6. Thomas Franklin DURHAM (b. c. 1864, GA)
 

 

Notes:

  • Thomas went by "Seaborn" (Also spelled "Sebron" or "Seaborne").  He was a Mason.

 

6. Susanna Ann DURHAM "Suzy" (b. 5 Aug 1825)

  • m. Aaron EDWARDS on 18 Mar 1869

Notes:

 

7. Doctor Mansfield DURHAM "dock" (b. 5 Apr 1827, OranCtyNC)

  • m. Nancy Caroline PERRY (b. 18 July 1833; d. 24 Feb 1910) on Sep 19, 1855

Children:

  1. Caswell Murphy DURHAM (b. 1856)
 
  2. Claudius Purefoy DURHAM "Claude" (b. 22 Jan 1858)
  • m. Ardelia A. LLOYD
  3. Samuel Melvin DURHAM (b. 1860)
 
  4. Infant (b. 1863, OCNC)
 
  5. Martha Ann DURHAM (b. c. 1864)
 
  6. Martha Ozell DURHAM (b. 1865)
  • m. Paul C. LLOYD
  7. William Wilson DURHAM (b. 1871)
 
  8. Virginia DURHAM "Jennie" (b. 1873)
 
  9. John E. DURHAM (b. 1875)
 

 

Notes:

  • Dock and Nancy (Perry) Durham, and many of their descendants are buried at Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, OranCtyNC.

  • Was "dock" a physician? He is listed at age 43 in the census as "farming". 

  • Nancy's parents were Peter F. PERRY (b. c. 1798) and Martha LINDSEY "Patsy" (b. July 13, 1803, OranCtyNC; d. Aug 25, 1890). Info from Louise T. Overton.

 
Notes:
  • Archibald and his two wives, Peggy and Jane, are buried in Archibald Durham Family Cemetery, White Cross, OranCtyNC.

  • See Orange County NC - MARRIAGES - Marriage Bonds D - J, Indexed by Groom here.
     

  • From 1850 Census for x , x Co, x:
    Dwelling 1832 Family 1832
     
    Name Age Gender Race Occ Land Value Birth Place
    Jane Durham 50 F       NC
    William "  " 32 M   Farmer   NC
    Martha "  " 26 F       NC
    Lusy "  " 24 F       NC
    doctor "  " 23 M   Farmer   NC
    Stanford Powell 16 M   Farmer   NC

    Jane lived right next to David Durham.
     

  • Page Sources:
    1. Nancy D. Jones:  "dotsicle" on rootsweb.

    2. Donald R. Johnston Home Page web.

    3. Archibald Durham possible bible transcript bible.

    4. 1850 US Census, Orange Co, NC

    5. 1870 US Census, Orange Co, NC

    6. Additional info from David Dorsett (d_dorsett on rootsweb).

     

  • ModLog:

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

Names Added to Name Index: Yes

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