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Matthew DURHAM

Born: c. 1782, OranCtyNC
Died: ?

Father: Thomas DURHAM

Mother: Susannah CATE

 

Married:
22 July 1820,
OranCtyNC

Elizabeth KIRK

Born: c. 1793

Died:

Buried:

Father:

Mother:

 

Children:
 
 

1. Elisha DURHAM Veteran of US Civil War (b. c. 1826, OranCtyNC; d. 5 June 1865, died as a POW, Point Lookout, MD, age 38)

  • m. Mary ROACH "Pollie" on 19 Oct 1847, OranCtyNC

Children:

  1. Martha E. DURHAM (b. c. 1847, NC)
 
  2. William A. DURHAM (b. 1850, NC)
  • m1. Mary S. PETTIGREW
  • m2. Harriett THOMAS
  3. John R. DURHAM (b. Oct 1854, NC)
 
  4. Thomas F. DURHAM (b. c. 1857, NC)
 
  5. Margaret Jenis DURHAM (b. c. 1860, NC)
  • m. Edmon R. FORREST
  6.

Mary DURHAM (b. c. 1862)

 

 

Notes:

  • Elisha enlisted at age 38 on Oct 19, 1864 into the Confederacy. His unit was Company G, 27th Infantry Regiment North Carolina. He was a POW on Apr 7, 1865 at Petersburg, VA, confined on Apr 12, 1865 at Point Lookout, MD. He died as a Prisoner of War (POW) on June 5, 1865 at Point Lookout, MD.

 
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2nd Marriage:
 

Matthew DURHAM

Born: c. 1782, OranCtyNC
Died: ?

Father: Thomas DURHAM

Mother: Susannah CATE

 

Married:
29 Sep 1846,
OranCtyNC

Matilda M. WILLETT "Tilda" "Bettie"

Born: c. 1824, OranCtyNC
Died:  ?
Father: ?

Mother: ?

 

Children:
 
 

1. E. Ann DURHAM (b. c. 1841, OranCtyNC)
 

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2. Alpha A. DURHAM (b. 1844, OranCtyNC; d. 1934; Find-A-Grave 51947660, NC)

  • m. O. C. GODFREY

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3. Polly DURHAM (b. c. 1847, OranCtyNC)
 

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4. Nancy DURHAM (b. c. 1847, OranCtyNC; d. 4 July 1925, Greensboro, GuilCtyNC)

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5. Elizabeth DURHAM (b. c. 1848, NC)
 

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6. Thomas DURHAM (b. 3 Oct 1850, NC; d. 5 July 1920, AlamCtyNC)

  • m1. Martha J. CATES on 13 May 1873, Saxapahaw, AlamCtyNC

  • m2. Florence RIPPY

Children to Martha:

  1. Edward Winslow DURHAM (b. 1876, NC)
  • m. Lula Emily RICH
  2. James Cicero DURHAM Sr. (b. 1874 NC)
  • m. Elizabeth RIPPY "Eliza"
  3. Charles John DURHAM "Charlie" (b. 1877, NC)
  • m. Mary Emily RICH "Emma"
  4. Mary DURHAM "Mamie" (b. 1879, NC)
  • m. J. H. BOONE
  5. William Thomas DURHAM "Willie" (b. 1886, NC)
  • m. Lettie Speck ISLEY
  6. Berry W. DURHAM (b. 1889, NC)
  • m. Zelia HILEMAN

 

Children to Florence:

  1. Walter Mathews DURHAM (b. 1893, NC)
  • m. Ruth BROWNING
  2. Martha Lee DURHAM "Mattie" (b. 1895, NC)
  • m. James Arthur SATTERFIELD Sr.
  3. Leona DURHAM "Lowney" (b. 1896, NC)
 
  4. Florence Helen DURHAM (b. 1899, NC)
  • m. Ben Bryan TERRELL
  5. Joseph Ervin DURHAM (b. c. 1906, NC)
  • m. Josephine BRINKLEY

 

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7. Joseph DURHAM "Joe" (b. c. 1851, NC)
 

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8. Sallie DURHAM (b. c. 1853, NC)

 

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9. Matilda DURHAM "Tilda" (b. c. 1859, NC)
 

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Notes:

  • Matthew and Matilda appear on the 1850 OranCtyNC census:
     

    Name Relation Mar.Stat Gender Race Age Birth Place Occ. Land Value
    Matthew Durham Self M Male W 56 Orange, NC Blacksmith $50
    Matilda Durham Wife M Female W 26 Orange, NC     
    Ann Durham Dau S Female W 9 Orange, NC     
    Alpha Durham Dau S Female W 6 Orange, NC    
    Polly Durham Dau S Female W 3 Orange, NC     
    Nancy Durham Dau S Female W 3 Orange, NC     

     

  • Page Sources:
    1. Durham-Tiller-Pauley-Turley website hosted by Byron Durham.
    2. Donald R. Johnston Home Page web.
    3. Modified Register of William Henry Collins web page (record of Lindsey Fonier Durham's marriage to Mattie Collins)
    4. Descendents of of Matthew Durham and Susannah Lindsey webpage web.

     

  • ModLog:

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

 

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