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Matthew Durham > Matthew Durham Jr. > Seaborn J. Durham

Seaborn Jones DURHAM

Born: 22 Nov 1796
Died: 2 Sep 1877, Jackson, HindCtyMS

Find-A-Grave 28465358, MS

Father: Matthew DURHAM Jr.

Mother: Fannie SPENCER

 

Married:

Nancy STOVALL

Born: Aug 30, 1802
Died: 1829, age 27
Father: 

Mother:

 

Children:
 
 

1. Mary Stovall DURHAM (b. 1824)


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2. John DURHAM

 

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2nd Marriage

Seaborn Jones DURHAM

Born: 22 Nov 1796
Died: 2 Sep 1877, Jackson, HindCtyMS

Find-A-Grave 28465358, MS

Father: Matthew DURHAM Jr.

Mother: Fannie SPENCER

 

Married:

Mary CHAMBLISS (GEORGE) "Polly"

Born: 9 Oct 1806, GA
Died: 29 Oct 1881, MS

Find-A-Grave 28465197, MS
Father: 

Mother:

 

Children:
 
 

1. Virginia DURHAM (b. 1833, GA; d. 3 Sep 1879, CarrCtyMS)


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2. John Ebner DURHAM (b. 1837, MS)


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3. Eliza Love DURHAM (b. 30 Sep 1837, MS; d. 2 Oct 1859, MS, age 22; Find-A-Grave 26788247, MS)

  • m. Daniel B. COMFORT Sr. (b. 30 Mar 1824, LogaCtyKY; d. 6 Nov 1902, Kosciusko, AttaCtyMS, MS; Find-A-Grave 26788091, MS) c. 1855, MS
       Parents: William Whalen COMFORT / Nancy WILLIAMS; 2nd wife: Georgia Brown DURHAM (below)

Children:

Mary Elenor COMFORT Leonard 1. Mary Elenor COMFORT (b. 22 Jan 1856,  Kosciusko, AttaCtyMS; d. 4 Aug 1940, Kosciusko, AttaCtyMS; Find-A-Grave 20988736, MS)
  2.

Eliza Love COMFORT "Lovie" (b. 9 Dec 1857, Kosciusko, AttaCtyMS; d. 18 May 1870, age 12; Find-A-Grave 18878008, MS)
 

 

Notes:
  • After Eliza's death, Daniel Comfort married her sister, Georgia B. Durham. 3
  • Mary and Charles had three boys: Cecil, William and Herbert.
 

4. Rebecca Lafayette DURHAM "Fayette" (b. 5 Feb 1840, MS; d. 7 Feb 1912, MS; Find-A-Grave 50031144, MS)

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  • Arch Turner enlisted for the South in Carrolton, Miss. in 1861. He was assigned to the 11th Infantry.  He was a confederate POW during the US Civil War.
  • I have not be able to find any children for this couple.
Georgia Brown Durham Comfort

5. Georgia Brown DURHAM (b. 11 Apr 1842, MS; d. 27 Nov 1917, Kosciusko, AttaCtyMS; Find-A-Grave 26799389, MS)

Children:

  1. Edgar W. COMFORT (b. 16 May 1861, MS; d. 22 May 1921, Kosciusko, AttaCtyMS; Find-A-Grave 124008176, TX)
  • m. Eulah STROUD (b. 7 May 1866; d. 2 Jan 1905, age 38; Find-A-Grave 124629489, TX)
      Parents: Mandred STROUD / Narcissa OLIVER
  2. Kate C. COMFORT (b. 2 May 1863, MS; d. 20 Dec 1916; Find-A-Grave 49285432, MS)
  3. Daniel Benjamin COMFORT Jr. (b. 31 Dec 1864, MS; d. 13 Dec 1937, Dallas, DallCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 64024385, TX)
  • m. Mary ELLIOTT (b. 28 Feb 1871; d. 31 Jan 1910, age 38; Find-A-Grave 64024251, TX)
       Parents: Allen W. ELLIOTT
  4. Georgia Durham COMFORT (b. 9 Dec 1866, MS; d. 22 Feb 1940; Find-A-Grave 49862081, MS)
  • m. John Milton WEST (b. 6 Mar 1868, PontCtyMS; d. 23 Dec 1892, age 24; Find-A-Grave 36059553, MS)
           Parents: James Durham WEST / Mary Robertson WADDELL
  5. Dr. John William COMFORT (b. 18 Oct 1868, MS; d. 12 July 1938; Find-A-Grave 18869469, MS)
 
  6. Lida Love COMFORT (b. 22 Sep 1872, MS; d. 28 Apr 1948; Find-A-Grave 18875609, MS)
 
  7. Clifton Cardwell COMFORT Sr. (b. 13 May 1875, MS; d. 27 Sep 1925; Find-A-Grave 18869231, MS)
  8. Emily Elizabeth COMFORT (b. 31 Dec 1877, MS; d. 22 Oct 1957; Find-A-Grave 18871017, MS)
 
  9.

Hugh Alexander COMFORT (b. 6 Aug 1880, MS)
 

 

Notes:

  • After her sister Eliza's death, Georgia married her widower, Daniel B. Comfort. 3   Daniel was a druggist.

  • Dr. John Comfort practiced General Medicine in Kosciusko, his office located above Harvey's Drugstore. He never married.

  • Lida Comfort appears to be the "Eliza Lou" below in the 1880 Census. "Lida Love" is the name on her grave marker.

  • Clifton C.  and Eunice (Parker) Comfort had three children: Clifton C. Jr., Nacy Love Heilbronner and William F.

  • There is a Hugh A. Comfort buried at Canton Cemetery, Madison County, MS. More verification needed but this looks like our Hugh.
     

  • From 1880 US Census for Kosciusko, AttaCtyMS:

    Name Rel. Mar.Stat Gender Race Age Birth Place Occ. Father BPlace Mother BPlace
    D. B. Comfort Self M Male W 56 KY Druggist NY KY
    Georgia B. Comfort Wife M Female W 38 MS Keeping House GA GA
    Edgar W. Comfort Son S Male W 19 MS Clerk in Drug Store KY MS
    Kate C. Comfort Dau S Female W 17 MS At Home KY MS
    D. B. Comfort Son S Male W 15 MS At Home KY MS
    Georgia D. Comfort Dau S Female W 13 MS Student KY MS
    John William Comfort Son S Male W 11 MS Student KY MS
    James George Comfort Son S Male W 9 MS Student KY MS
    Eliza Lou Comfort Dau S Female W 7 MS Student KY MS
    Clifton C. Comfort Son S Male W 5 MS Student KY MS
    Elizabeth Emily Comfort Dau S Female W 2 MS At Home KY MS
    Mary Durham Mother-in-Law W Female W 75 GA   -- --
    Eugenia E. Durham Sister-in-Law S Female W 30 MS Keeping House GA GA
    Polly Webb Other W Female B 70 MS Servant Dish Washer __ __

 

6. Eugenia E. DURHAM (b. 1847, MS)


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  • In 1880, Eugenia Durham was living with her sister Georgia Comfort and family in AttaCtyMS.

 

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  • Before Seaborn, Mary was previously married to J. W. George and had a son, General J. Z. George of MS, who became a US Senator. 3
     

  • Mary's Obit:
    OBIT: Mary (Chambliss) George Durham
    DURHAM — In Kosciusko, Miss. on Saturday night, October 29, 1881, in the 76th year of her age, Mrs. Mary Durham, consort of the late Seaborn J. Durham.

    The news of the good woman’s death will carry sadness to the hearts of her many friends. Some twelve or thirteen years ago she experienced a paralytic-stroke, from which she never recovered, and since then has received several shocks of a like nature, the last one causing her death. The subject of this notice was born on the 9th day of October 1806, in what is now known as Baldwyn county (formerly Wilkinson) Georgia. She was united in marriage with Joseph Warren George in 1825, whom she survived, and was again married in May 1828 to Seaborn J. Durham. She was the mother of nine children, four of whom are now living, towit: Gen. J. Z. George of Jackson, the oldest; Mrs. Fayette Turner of Minter City; Mrs. D. B. Comfort, and Miss Eugenia Durham (the youngest) of Kosciusko. Mrs. Durham joined the Baptist Church at the age of twenty, and ever since has lived a devout and Christian life. For years she had been a sufferer, and all through her afflictions she was patient and christian-like. She was buried on Monday evening, being followed to her last resting place by a host of mourning friends and relatives.
     

  • US Census for CarrCtyMS 1850:
    Dwelling 148, Family 220
     
    Name Age Value Occupation Birth Place
    Seabourn J. Durham 53   Farmer GA
    Mary Durham 43 $800   GA
    Virginia Durham 17     GA
    John Durham 13     MS
    Eliza Durham 11     MS
    Rebecca Durham 10     MS
    Georgiann 8     MS
    Eugenia Durham 3     MS

     

  • Page Sources:

    1. Donald R. Johnston Home Page web.

    2. Shelman Durham's letter copying family bible bible.

     

  • 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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