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Children:
 

	1. Katie DURHAM (b. c. 1867, IL)   Notes:
	2. Robert L. DURHAM (b. Sep 1867, IL; d. 6 May 1940, LosACtyCA) m. Dorothy E. ROCKFELLER (b. 25 Aug 1867, CA; d. 25 Oct 1959, San Francisco, SanFCtyCA, age 92; Find-A-Grave 144245895, CA)    Parents: Hiram ROCKFELLER / Helen HABBEL Notes: It does not appear that Robert and Dorothy had children of their own, but they did raise a nephew and niece.
	3. Laura L. DURHAM (b. July 1870, KY) m. Lawrence SLIFF (b. Apr 1866, IL) on 12 Dec 1888, SaliCtyIL Children:   1. Roscoe SLIFF (b. Aug 1889, IL)     2. Harry TAYLOR SLIFF (b. 1 May 1893, Chillicothe, PeorCtyIL; d. 30 Mar 1963, ImpeCtyCA; Find-A-Grave 117134837, CA) m. Hazel Lucille ? (b. 19 Mar 1898, KS; d. 23 Aug 1981, LosACtyCA)    2nd husband: Chester Carl FRASEUR   3. Luella Helen SLIFF (b. Sep 1895, IL)     4. Luke Wilbur SLIFF (b. 7 Dec 1895, Harrisburg, SaliCtyIL; d. 28 Apr 1968, Walla Walla, WallCtyCA; Find-A-Grave 129207222, CA) m. Florence Mae FLETCHER (b. 14 Aug 1895, CT; d. 9 Jan 1973, RiveCtyCA; Find-A-Grave 26395664, CA) on 9 Mar 1918, RiveCtyCA   5. Vivian Ina SLIFF (b. 10 June 1899, IL; d. 5 Sep 1979, OranCtyCA) m. William John SHACKLETON (b. c. 1891, VA; d. 7 Dec 1927, age 36, SanDCtyCA; Find-A-Grave 3541636, CA) on 22 July 1919, LosACtyCA   Notes:   From 1900 US Census for Harrisburg, SaliCtyIL: Laura had six children, 5 alive at census time, married 11 years   Name Rel. Race Sex Birth Date Age Mar. Stat Birth Place Father BPlace Mother BPlace Occ. Lawerance Stiff Head W M Apr 1866 34 M IL IL IL Day Labor Laura L. Stiff Wife W F July 1870 29 M KY IL IL   Roscoe Stiff Son W M Aug 1889 10 S IL KY IL   Harry Stiff Son W M May 1892 8 S IL KY IL   Louella Stiff Dau W F Sep 1895 4 S IL KY IL   Luke Stiff Son W M Dec 1896 3 S IL KY IL   Vivian Stiff Dau W F June 1899 11/12 S IL KY IL
	4. Carrie I. DURHAM (b. 12 Nov 1872, KY; d. 27 Apr 1959, Riverside, CA; Find-A-Grave 85372559, CA) m1. Earl SHERWOOD on 20 Feb 1889, SaliCtyIL m2. Milo Orlin CRATON (b. 22 Feb 1877, IA; d. 13 Mar 1970, OranCtyCA, age 93) on 12 Aug 1900, Joplin, JaspCtyMO Children to Milo:   1. Rebecca Eunice CRATON (b. 22 May 1899, KS; d. 1 Feb 1986, LosACtyCA; Find-A-Grave 3765801, CA) m1. Elvie Lee HARVEY (b. 14 Nov 1897, KS; d. 28 Dec 1972, SolaCtyCA) on 30 Dec 1914, TulsCtyOK    Parents: W. M. HARVEY   m2. Ferdinand Charles WISE "Ferd" (b. 7 Mar 1888, Philadelphia, PhilCtyPA; d. 29 July 1947, LosACtyCA; Find-A-Grave 80896099, CA)    Parents: Ferdinand C WISE / Mary NOLLER   2. Mary Olive CRATON (b. 11 Apr 1903, MO; d. 17 July 1988, OranCtyCA; Find-A-Grave 85495887, CA) m. Charles L. REPP (b. c. 1900, PA) on 18 May 1922, LosACtyCA   3. Paul Fred CRATON (b. 3 Aug 1905, St. Louis, StLoCtyMO; d. 5 July 1999, CA) m1. Juanita BIVINGS (b. 1907; d. 1976; Find-A-Grave 145241717, CA) on 25 Feb 1933, LosACtyCA    Parents: Albert Eugene BIVINGS / Mattie L. COFFEY; 1st husband: Joseph A. HYDE; 2nd husband: Mr. LACY; 3rd husband: William ROUSCHE   m2. Nell Dezonia COLE on 25 Feb 1956, LosACtyCA   4. Pauline Laura CRATON (b. 3 Aug 1905, St. Louis, StLoCtyMO; d. Dec 1982, CA) m1. Raymond Lonzo HAMBLIN (b. 1 Feb 1893, MO; d. 28 Apr 1945, RiveCtyCA; Find-A-Grave 146760928, CA)    Parents: Simon L. HAMBLIN / Mary B. DRUIN   m2. Franklin H. LUSK (b. 30 June 1912; d. 12 Oct 1989)   Notes:  Ferd C. Wise was in the Navy during World War I.
	5. William Anthony DURHAM (b. 2 Oct 1875, IL; d. 23 Jan 1939; Find-A-Grave 112453653, CA) m. Anne Frances MOLONY (b. 20 June 1881, Ireland; d. 20 May 1961, San Francisco, SanFCtyCA; Find-A-Grave 107418569, CA)    Parents:  John MOLONY / Margaret KENNEDY Notes:
	6. Benjamin L. DURHAM (b. 31 Jan 1877; d. Unk., age 6 days; Find-A-Grave 179350050, CA)   Notes:

 

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Simeon L. Durham was a private in the Illinois 18th Infantry Regiment. He also was a Dentist. He moved his family to California. He died from "Paralysis". Rhoda (Roark) Durham lived for years in California, but was buried with her husband in Illinois   Page Sources: Some information comes from genforum postings by "Captain Durham" Gordon Ralls on rootsweb. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947, Digital Folder No: 4008249, Image No: 322, Film No: 1643319, Volume/Page/Certificate No: 32393 Kansas State Census, Mar 1, 1875   ModLog: Date of ModLog Source of Information Description of Changes 24 Sep 2022 Author's upgrade Changed county links.

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