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

James Samuel DURHAM Veteran of US Civil War Confederate Soldier

Born: c. 1842
Died: 1895

Father: Alvis DURHAM

Mother: Catherine STRAYHORN

 

Married:
29 July 1865,
OranCtyNC 3

Harriett Delilah STROUD

Born: 26 Dec 1845, OranCtyNC
Died: 13 Apr 1913

Find-A-Grave 47251680, NC

Father: Hawkins STROUD

Mother: Mary EDWARDS "Polly"

 

Children:
 
 

1. Mary Adelaide DURHAM "Addie" (b. 31 Oct 1866, DurhCtyNC; d. 23 Aug 1885, NC, age 18; Find-A-Grave 47251448, NC)


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2. Robert Luther DURHAM (b. 28 Mar 1869, Raleigh, WakeCtyNC; d. 3 Mar 1927, Lynchburg City, CommCtyVA; Find-A-Grave 128499973, VA)

Children:

  1. Hazel James DURHAM (b. 12 July 1895, Lynchburg, CommCtyVA; d. 6 Apr 1971, Lynchburg, CommCtyVA; Find-A-Grave 143847652, VA)
  2. Clarice Mae DURHAM (b. 19 Mar 1897, VA; d. 1 Apr 1986, Portsmouth, VA; Find-A-Grave 180886980, VA)
  • m. William Matthews BRUFFY (b. 15 May 1875, AlbeCtyVA; d. 12 Nov 1953, Madison Heights, AmheCtyVA; Find-A-Grave 180887268, VA)
       Parents: William Mathews BRUFFY  / Lucy Diggs HICKS; 1st wife: Laura Jane BRYANT
  3. Francis Marion DURHAM "Frank" Veteran of World War I (b. 26 Sep 1899, Lynchburg, CommCtyVA; d. 10 Nov  1953, Boydton, MeckCtyVA; Find-A-Grave 180887507, VA)
  • m1. ?
     
  • m2. Willie Scott BALLOWE (b. 21 Apr 1904, VA; d. 9 Jan 1996, Lynchburg, CommCtyVA; Find-A-Grave 168827695, VA) on 24 Sep 1938, AmheCtyVA
       Parents: David Nelson BALLOWE  / Emma Frances ADCOCK; 1st husband: Vernon C. BELL; 3rd husband: Loyd McKinley REYNOLDS (b. 1979)
  4. Beatrice E. DURHAM (b. 1 Feb 1902, VA; d. 21 Aug 1982, Norfolk, NorfCtyVA; Find-A-Grave 76662207, VA)
  5. Helen Louise DURHAM (b. 29 Mar 1903, Lynchburg, CommCtyVA; d. 8 July 1963, Lynchburg, CommCtyVA; Find-A-Grave 181798956, VA)
  • m. James Robert KENT (b. 16 May 1905, Charlottesville, VA; d. 27 July 1967, Lynchburg, CommCtyVA; Find-A-Grave 196949419, VA) on 18 June 1937, Lynchburg, VA
       Parents: James William KENT / Vida L. NEWMAN
  6. Robert William DURHAM (b. 1906; d. 18 Feb 1907, age 6 months; Find-A-Grave 128499992, VA)
 

 

Notes:

  • Per the online marriage certificate, Kate Hatter's parents were S. C. and Catharine Hatter.  Her middle name

  • Francis M. Durham served during World War I. He was in Company #E, 1st Regiment, Infantry VA National Guard (May 1919 - Feb 1921, then Battery E, 246th Coast Artillery (Apr 1924 to April 1927.

    He married Willie S. (Ballowe) Bell, he was divorced and she was a widow. Her first husband was Vernon C. Bell.  In 1979, we married again to Loyd Mckinley Reynolds. She must have lived quite a life!

  • It appears that Beatrice E. Durham married her sister's stepson, William M. Bruffy, Jr.

  • From 1910 US Census for Lynchburg Ward 3, Lynchburg, CommCtyVA:
    Family 385
     

    • Name Rel. Race Sex Age Mar.Stat Birth Place Father BPlace Mother BPlace
    Robert L. Durham Self W M 41 M NC NC NC
    Kate M. Durham Wife W F 40 M VA VA VA
    Hazel J. Durham Dau W F 15 S VA NC VA
    Clarice J. Durham Dau W F 13 S VA NC VA
    Frances M. Durham Son W M 16 S VA NC VA
    Beatrice E. Durham Dau W M 8 S VA NC VA
    Louise H. Durham Dau W F 7 S VA NC VA
    Henry M. Durham Brother W M 25 S NC NC NC

     

  • From 1920 US Census for Campbell, VA:

    Name Rel Sex Race Est.
    DOB    		 Age Mar.Stat Birth Place Father BPlace Mother BPlace
    Robt Durham Self M W     M VA VA VA
    Kate M. Durham Wife F W 1895 25 M VA VA VA
    Frank M. Durham Son M W 1900 20 S VA VA VA
    Beatrice Durham Dau F W 1903 17 S VA VA VA
    Helen L. Durham Dau F W 1905 15 S VA VA VA
    Clarence M. Durham Dau F W 1898 22 S VA VA VA
 

3. Lula Katherine DURHAM (b. 22 Sep 1871, DurhCtyNC; d. 28 May 1958, Durham, DurhCtyNC; Find-A-Grave 47253529, NC)

Children:

  1. Harriett Durham WATSON (b. 17 Oct 1906, Newport City, VA; d. 5 May 1966, DurhCtyNC; Find-A-Grave 123032262, NC)
  • m. Claude Johnson MOODY (b. 1 Aug 1907, SC; d. 30 May 1998, DurhCtyNC, age 90; Find-A-Grave 122066932, NC) on 9 June 1934
       Parents: Murdock R. MOODY / Mary AVANT
  2. Joseph Stroud WATSON (b. 24 Jan 1911, Newport News, VA; d. 2 Oct 1984, DeKaCtyGA)
  • m. Margaret ?

 

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."
 

4. David Elwood DURHAM (b. 10 Dec 1873, OranCtyNC; d. 15 Feb 1957, DurhCtyNC; Find-A-Grave 47251588, NC)

Children:

  1. Rosa Magdalene DURHAM (b. 21 Apr, 1896; d. 7 July 1986, age 90; Find-A-Grave 53140128, NC)
  • m. Sexton Yates HARGROVE Veteran of World War I (b. 17 June 1894; d. 5 Feb 1970; Find-A-Grave 27618510, NC)
       Parents: Nicholas Fennel HARGROVE / Sarah E. YATES
  2. James Elwood DURHAM "Smut" (b. 25 Nov 1902, DurhCtyNC; d. 25 May 1971, Durham, DurhCtyNC; Find-A-Grave 47251816, NC)
  • m. Mattie WEBSTER (b. 24 Aug 1905, NC; d. 3 Nov 1977, Durham, DurhCtyNC; Find-A-Grave 47252463, NC)
       Parents: Robert Lee WEBSTER / Cora Elizabeth O'BRIANT

 

Notes:

  • Sexton Y. Hargrove served during World War I as a US Army Private First Class.
 

5. Mattie Helen DURHAM (b. 23 Sep 1876, NC; d. 1 June 1975, DurhCtyNC, age 98; Find-A-Grave 43142511, NC)

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6. James A. DURHAM (b. 21 Apr 1878, NC; 22 June 1888, NC; age 10)

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7. Olyntheus Benjamin DURHAM (b. 17 July 1881; d. 10 Mar 1888, age 7; Find-A-Grave 47252617, NC)


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8. Henry MacDonald DURHAM "Jack" (b. 17 July 1885, DurhCtyNC; d. 23 Sep 1942, DurhCtyNC; Find-A-Grave 47251721, NC)

  • m. Nell Hobson FULTON (b. 9 Sep 1898, Stokes, NC; d. 18 Nov 1984, Greensboro, GuilCtyNC) on 14 Nov 1931, GuilCtyNC
       Parents: J. F. FULTON / Emma GENTRY

Notes:

  • Henry Durham was age 40 when he and Nell were married.

  • Nell H. Fulton Durham worked for an Insurance Company.


Notes:

  • Per T. Moody 2:
    "James Samuel Durham was born in 1842 in eastern Orange County (later to become Durham County) to Alvis Durham and Catherine Strayhorn. He had a brother John S. (born 1840, died 1910) and two sisters, Sarah, born 1849, and Martha, born 1854, as well as four older half-siblings from his father's first marriage to Susanna Faucett (born 1809, died 1837).

    He enlisted in the Orange County "Guards of Independence" on September 2, 1861. The group became Company G of the 28th North Carolina Infantry Regiment 19 days later at Camp Fisher in High Point, N.C. James was captured and exchanged at Fredericksburg in December 1862, hospitalized in Richmond in May 1864 from a gunshot wound, and surrendered as First Sergeant of his company at Appomattox in April 1865.

    He returned home at the war's end and on July 29, 1865, married Harriett Deliah Stroud, apparently the daughter of a Justice of the Peace, born December 26, 1844. They lived in the new town of Durham and had five sons and three daughters. They attended Durham Baptist Church (later First) and in January 1888 helped found Blackwell Baptist Church (later Temple). James died in 1895 and Harriet on April 14, 1913. Harriet is buried in Durham's Maplewood Cemetery as are all of her children except Robert. Her husband James' gravesite is undiscovered."
     

  • From 1870 US Census, Lenior, Kingston Twp, NC:
    Dwelling: 604, Family 604

    Name Age Gender Race Occupation Birth Place
    Jas Durham 28 M W Farmer NC
    Harriet Durham 25 F W Keeping House NC
    Mary A. Durham 3 F W At Home NC
    Robert Durham 1 Male W At Home NC


    From 1880 US Census, Oak Grove, Wake Co, NC:

    Name Relation Mar.Status Gender Race Age Birth Place Occ. Father BPlace Mother BPlace
    James S. Durham Self M Male W 38 NC Farmer NC NC
    Harriet Durham Wife M Female W 36 NC Keeping House NC NC
    Mary A. Durham Dau S Female W 13 NC   NC NC
    Robert L. Durham Son S Male W 11 NC Works on Farm NC NC
    Lula C. Durham Dau S Female W 9 NC   NC NC
    David E. Durham Son S Male W 7 NC   NC NC
    Mattie Durham Dau S Female W 4 NC   NC NC
    James A. Durham Son S Male W 1 NC   NC NC

     

  • Page Sources:

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

    2. Tom Moody

    3. North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979, Indexing Project (Batch) No.: M75218-9, System Origin: North Carolina-EASy, Source Film No.: 306036, Reference No.: 1851-1872 Vol 1 p252

     

  • 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