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Thomas Durham >
Joab Lindsey Durham >
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Children:
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1. Joshua
Columbus DURHAM (b. 10 Dec 1871, Atlanta, WinnParLA;
d. Jan 1872, age 1 month)
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Joshua C. Durham was Caleb's twin.
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2. Caleb M. DURHAM (b. 10 Dec 1871, Atlanta,
WinnParLA; d.
2 May 1940,
Houston, HarrCtyTX;
Find-A-Grave 42334085, TX)
Children:
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Charles Mahlon DURHAM
(b. 12 July 1891, LA; d. 24 Mar 1959, Houston,
HarrCtyTX;
Find-A-Grave 89112664, TX)
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Dr. Mylie Eugene DURHAM Sr.
(b. 7 Mar 1893, Winnfield, WinnParLA; d. 7 Mar
1962, Houston, HarrCtyTX;
Find-A-Grave 89112118, TX)
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William James DURHAM (b.
2 Sep 1894, Winnfield, WinnParLA; d. 30 Apr
1941, Houston, HarrCtyTX, age 46;
Find-A-Grave 81750290, TX)
- m. Berthat Louise FIRESTONE (b. July 1898, AR) on 10 June 1920,
HarrCtyTX
Parents: Alfred L. FIRESTONE / Mary Emily ?
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Alva A. DURHAM (b. 1899,
LA)
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Ardis Henry DURHAM Sr.
(b. Dec 1899, LA; d. 23 July 1970;
Find-A-Grave 76993974, TX)
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Clarence A. DURHAM (b.
4 Aug 1905, Winnfield, WinnParLA; d. 26 Nov
1973, Houston, HarrCtyTX;
Find-A-Grave 89110515, TX)
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3. Rev. James
Washington DURHAM (b.
22 Aug 1874, Atlanta, WinnParLA; d. 2 Feb 1965, Dallas,
DallCtyTX, age 90;
Find-A-Grave 10912370, TX)
Children
to Sallie:
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Gladys Lole DURHAM (b. 7
Sep 1898, LA; d. 6 Jan 1929, Houston, HarrCtyTX,
age 30;
Find-A-Grave 129066251, TX)
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Houston Lockett DURHAM
(b. 10 Nov 1899, LA; d. 12 Feb 1901, age 3 months;
Find-A-Grave 75137429, LA)
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Carroll William DURHAM
(b. 30 Nov 1901, LA; d. 27 Apr 1962, HarrCtyTX;
Find-A-Grave 154963847, TX)
- m. Ruby DWYER (b. 14 Nov 1900, Houston,
HarrCtyTX;
30 Mar 1972, Houston, HarrCtyTX;
Find-A-Grave 172272916, TX) in 17 July 1933
Parents:
Joseph P. DWYER / Anna Edna Marie PRICE;
1st husband: Max E. HEINZE (m. 1920)
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Jewell M. DURHAM (b. 7
Sep 1905, LA; d. 23 May 1979, HarrCtyTX;
Find-A-Grave 44679740, TX)
- m1. Edwin Osborne GILBERT (b. 3 Jan
1901, IL; d. 3 June 1952, Dallas, DallCtyTX;
Find-A-Grave 178103942, TX) on 7 Mar 1926, Fort Worth,
TarrCtyTX
Parents: Harley M. GILBERT / Amaryn Lavina LEFTCOVITCH
- m2. Mr.
HALL
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Dewitt DURHAM (b. 12 Mar
1909, TX; d. 9 Nov 1910, Houston, HarrCtyTX,
age 1;
Find-A-Grave 154965410, TX)
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4. Eleanor
Caroline
DURHAM "Callie" (b. 17 Oct
1875; d. 5 Dec 1958;
Find-A-Grave 67032814, TX)
Children:
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Ruth Leola GRIFFIN (b. 26 Jan 1904,
GranParLA; d. 9 Nov 1985, Monroe,
OuacParLA;
Find-A-Grave 10353298, LA)
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Joy Eleanor GRIFFIN (b. 21 Nov 1905; d. 6
Oct 2000, age 94;
Find-A-Grave 49634060, LA)
- m1. Iley O'Quinn FOGLEMAN
(b. 10 Mar 1902; d. 21 Dec 1934, age 32;
Find-A-Grave 49634047, LA)
Parents: John O'Quinn FOGLEMAN / Annie Allie KELLER
- m2. Jerry PHELPS on 4 July
1941, GarlCtyAR
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Justin O. GRIFFIN (b. 2 Sep 1907; d. 9 May
1999;
Find-A-Grave 31491361, TX)
- m. Beulah Catherine TRAVIS
(b. 25 Dec 1916, Uvalde, UvalCtyTX; d. 17 Jan
2007, TX, age 90;
Find-A-Grave 37038288, TX)
Parents: Charles Claude TRAVIS / Miranda SIAS
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John GRIFFIN (b. c. 1913, LA) |
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Pauline Beatrice GRIFFIN (b. 7 May 1916,
Pollock, GranParLA; d. 12 Oct 2007,
age 91;
Find-A-Grave 40702974, LA)
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Ancil
Seph |
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Mary Elizabeth
DURHAM "Mollie" (b. 17 Oct
1877, Atlanta, WinnParLA; d. 17 Oct 1956, Shreveport,
CaddParLA;
Find-A-Grave 9367422, LA)
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m1.
Ancil PREUETT (b. 8 Jan 1874, Colfax,
GranParLA; d. 28 Aug 1904, Mars Hill,
WinnParLA,
age 28;
Find-A-Grave 100716426, LA)
Parents: Henry David PREUETT / Sarah Teresa CARR
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m.
Josephus S. MITCHELL "Seph" (b. 14 Feb 1893,
WinnParLA;
d. 26 Dec 1909, Wheeling, WinnParLA,
age 36;
Find-A-Grave 42381261, LA)
Parents: Jonathan G. MITCHELL / Virginia Alabama WILSON;
1st wife:
Bettie PHARIS
Children
to Ancil:
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Olive Katherine DURHAM (b. 1879, LA; d. 30 Apr 1961;
Find-A-Grave 52489935, LA)
Children:
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Marshall James SUMMERLIN (b.
24 Oct 1897, LA; d. 26 Feb 1981)
- m. Bessie L. BRIGHT (b. 4
Feb 1902, LA; d. 31 Mar 1996)
Parents: Barton R. BRIGHT / Theodocia Virginia POWELL "Docia"
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John SUMMERLIN (b. Apr 1899,
LA) |
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Bertha SUMMERLIN (b. 28 Aug
1901, LA; d. Feb 1990;
Find-A-Grave 31519003, LA) |
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Gertrude SUMMERLIN (b. 26 Mar
1904, Jena, LaSaParLA; d. 23 Dec 1993;
Find-A-Grave 31393541, LA)
- m. Luther Ray DOUGHTY (b. 11
Feb 1902; d. 3 Jan 1993, age 90;
Find-A-Grave 31393679, LA)
Parents: Archibald DOUGHTY / Louisa Ann MCCLURE
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Olivle Elzie SUMMERLIN
(male; b.
8 Aug 1906, LA; d. 19 June 1987;
Find-A-Grave 89742399, LA)
- m. Adel LAHOOD "Dell" (b. 18
Feb 1915, LA; d. 30 Jan 1998;
Find-A-Grave 195116273, LA)
Parents: Abraham and Tamam LAHOOD
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Helen Myrtle SUMMERLIN (b. 2
Mar 1910, LA; d. 12 Aug 1992;
Find-A-Grave 31517099, LA)
- m. Floyd M. PRITCHARD
(b. 2 Dec 1905; d. July 1978)
Parents: John Moses PRITCHARD / Francis Ella SMITH
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O. E.
Summerlin was in the US Army during World War II, enlisting in
Jan of 1944, and released 10 Sep 1945. His wife's family are listed
in the 1920 Census for Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, LA as being
"Assyrian", though that empire was long gone. In Find-A-Grave,
Dell's father, Abraham Lahood, is show as born in Beirut,
Lebanon.
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Helen M. Pritchard
went by "Myrtle". Her husband, Floyd M. Pritchard, served in
World War II, enlisting 3 Dec 1942, released 19 July 1945.
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7.
Thomas Madison DURHAM Sr. (b. 13 Nov 1880,
Atlanta, WinnParLA; d. 2 Apr 1954, Alexandria,
RapiParLA;
Find-A-Grave 98915906, LA)
Children:
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Norrid Kathryn DURHAM (b. 18
Sep 1907, LA; d. 1 Aug 1968, Houston,
HarrCtyTX;
Find-A-Grave 128613032, TX)
- m. Elmer Joseph DUCHAMP Sr.
(b. 10 Sep 1895, LA; d. 24 Nov 1981,
HarrCtyTX)
Parents: Louis J. DUCHAMP / Philomene M. DUCREST
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Sydney Marie DURHAM (b. 25 Sep
1909, LA; d. 10 May 1969;
Find-A-Grave 156412114, LA)
- m. Curtis Richard BOLLAR (b.
21 Aug 1905; d. 5 May 1972;
Find-A-Grave 156412144, LA)
Parents:
Charles M. BOLLAR / Stella Maude GREATHOUSE
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Dr. Thomas Madison DURHAM Jr.
(b. 27 Aug 1919, Memphis, ShelCtyTN; d. 16 Aug
1991;
Find-A-Grave 7804307, AR)
- m. Elizabeth Mae DALLDORF
(b. 2 May 1922, Ramsey, AnokCtyMN; d. 4 May
1974)
Parents:
Martin W. DALLDORF / Bessie THUNE
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8. Amy Virginia
DURHAM (b. 6 Feb
1883, Atlanta, WinnParLA; d. 2 Aug 1971, Winnfield,
WinnParLA;
Find-A-Grave 42331281, LA)
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m1.
Jesse Ritzeal BUTLER (b. 23 Mar 1880,
CaldParLA; d. 13 July 1955, Texas City,
GalvCtyTX;
Find-A-Grave 28961430, LA)
Parents: Stephen H. BUTLER / Mattie A BENOIT
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m2.
George W. LORRAINE (b. c. 1862, OH; d. 9 Nov 1944,
WinnParLA)
1st wife: Mary Elizabeth BROWN
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Joe SMOOT
(b. 14 Nov 1910, Pollock,
GranParLA; d. 12 Nov 1970,
Winnfield, WinnParLA;
Find-A-Grave 42338441,
LA)
Child to
Jesse:
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John Pryor DURHAM Jr. (b.
5 June 1885, Atlanta, WinnParLA; d .6 Apr 1964, Shreveport,
CaddParLA;
Find-A-Grave 36976814, LA)
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m. Beulah Josephine PERKINS (b.
23 June 1888, LA;
d. 24 Sep 1964, Shreveport, CaddParLA;
Find-A-Grave 36976679,
LA)
Parents: Henry Jackson PERKINS / Josephine ERSKINS
Children:
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Wayne Jackson DURHAM (b.
22 July 1907, LA; d. 16 Oct 1998, Bogalusa, WashParLA)
- m1. Cayloma M. HEMSELL
(b. c. 1911, TX; d. 23 Mar 1944, Shreveport,
CaddParLA)
Parents: D. L. HEMSELL / Alice JOCAN
- m2. Dollie ?
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Jessie Harris DURHAM (b.
15 Aug 1912, Houston, HarrCtyTX; d. 10 June
1988, Shreveport, CaddParLA)
- m. Margaret Rose PROCK (b. 9 Mar 1913,
Mesquite, DallCtyTX)
Parents: Abraham PROCK / Sally CUMBY
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Eula Bess DURHAM "Bebe"
(b. 8 Jan 1920, Shreveport,
CaddParLA; d. 18 Apr 2014)
- m. James Jefferson MITCHELL
(b. 27 Nov 1915, Simsboro, LincParLA; d. 15 Mar 1954,
Shreveport, CaddParLA)
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10. Henry
Alonzo DURHAM (b.
1 Oct 1887, Atlanta, WinnParLA; d. 19 Aug 1974, Natchitoches,
NatcParLA;
Find-A-Grave 41673974, LA)
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m. Linnie CARTER
(b. Jan 4, 1890,
LA; d. Dec 6, 1964, Dallas, DallCtyTX;
Find-A-Grave 42313439,
LA)
Parents: William B. CARTER / Sarah Phillips THOMPSON
Children:
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Rev. William Oliver DURHAM
(b. 30 Oct 1909, Wheeling, WinnParLA; d. 4 Dec
1988, CalcParLA;
Find-A-Grave 7009785, LA)
- m. Pettie BEASON (b. 15 June 1925;
Find-A-Grave 7009774, LA;
d. 2019)
Parents: Joseph A. BEASON / Bertha TILLEY
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Evelyn DURHAM (b. 10 Apr 1911, Wheeling,
WinnParLA; d.
22 Apr 1989,
LA;
Find-A-Grave 42735773, LA)
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Mildred DURHAM (b. 28 Jan 1913, Wheeling,
WinnParLA; d.
2 Oct 1982,
Shreveport, CaddParLA;
Find-A-Grave 43084699, LA)
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Ola DURHAM (b. 16 May
1915; d. 3 Nov 2006, Freeport, CumbCtyME,
age 91;
Find-A-Grave 16602516, LA)
- m. Kenneth R. BLOOM
(b. 1 Apr 1914; d. 20 Feb 1971;
Find-A-Grave 8853165, LA)
Parents:
Raymond Morgan BLOOM / Alva E. HARTMAN
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Floyce DURHAM (b. 28 Aug 1921, Montgomery,
GranParLA; d. 4 Jan 2015, Leesville,
VernParLA, age 93;
Find-A-Grave 21904713, LA)
- m1. Roy Leon COOKE (b. 13 Oct 1908; d.
29 May 1951, age 42;
Find-A-Grave 84038294, LA)
Parents:
John C. COOKE / Elsie BOWMER
- m2. Reuel Stephen LOFTIN
(b. 21 Oct 1909; d.
5 July 1991;
Find-A-Grave 21904715, LA)
Parents:
Benjamin Theester LOFTIN / Annie Dora BUSH
- m3. Vernon Ray HERRING "Shorty"
(b. 8 Jan
1915; d. 21 Nov 2008, age 93;
Find-A-Grave 31728359, LA)
Parents:
John HERRING / Catherine ?; 1st wife:
Rosabel DESHOTEL
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Allie Almedie DURHAM (b. 9 Feb 1892, Atlanta,
WinnParLA;
d. 28 May 1903, LA, age 11;
Find-A-Grave 75137379, LA)
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12.
Addie DURHAM (b. 1892; d. 8 Aug 1928,
EFelParLA, age 38;
Find-A-Grave 76500812, LA)
Children:
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Iva Mae DEEN (b. 1910; d. 22
Nov 1928, CaddParLA, age 18)
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Clyde Earl DEEN (b. 6 Apr
1913, TX; d. 11 Mar 2008, LA, age 94;
Find-A-Grave 176667027, Unk)
- m. Katharine Barnwell MAZYCK
(b. 8 Sep 1916; d. 27 Aug 2001, LA;
Find-A-Grave 176670201, Unk)
Parents: William Barnwell MAZYCK / Ida Claire STEIDLEY
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Opal DEEN
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Jonnie Lee DEEN (b. 1916; d.
1926, age 9;
Find-A-Grave 84038303, LA)
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Charles Edward DEEN "C. E.,
"Charlie", "Red" (b. 28 Jan
1922; d. 22 May 2013, age 91;
Find-A-Grave 111156338, LA)
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About police office Abney
E. Deen:
"Mr. Deen had been a member of the Shreveport police
department for about 12 years and was one of the most popular members of
that force. He was held in high esteem by police officials and fellow
officers and his death came as a shock to them as well as to his large
circle of friends. Mr. Deen was a man of pleasing disposition and made
friends easily. He was well liked by the public."
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Charles E Deen's
story is really incredible. If you are ever sitting about feeling sorry
for yourself, read this and you will be inspired to not complain so
much.
(from Find-a-Grave)
Known to his friends as C.E., Charlie, or Red, Charles
was born in Shreveport to Abney Earl and Addie Mae Durham Deen on
January 28, 1922.
Due to his mother's ill health, he was raised with loving care by Sarah
Lillie and Charles Edward Brown, a brakeman for KCS, until his foster
father's death from tuberculosis when Charles was five. After his foster
mother remarried, his early elementary school years were spent in
Ellsinore, Missouri, where Sarah and Samuel Jackson operated a general
store. With the advent of the depression and the loss of her husband and
the store, Sarah was unable to feed, clothe and educate Charles and
returned him to his father, a Shreveport policeman. Charles attended
Barrett Street School and Byrd High School and ushered at the Strand
Theatre. He lost his father in 1938 and spent two years with his uncle,
Albert Deen, and his family on their farm in Appleby, Texas. He
graduated from Nacogdoches High School in 1940.
He loved observing nature, especially wood ducks.
Charles will be remembered for his warmth, cheerfulness, wisdom, sense
of humor, and kind, gentle nature. He will be lovingly remembered and
greatly missed by those who were blessed to know him.
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