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Surnames: DURMAN, CAYWOOD
Classification: Query
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Thomas Durman has been something of a mystery
to my family. We knew his name as Thomas Durman
but he was actually James Thomas Durman who was
born in Iowa or Indiana about 1831 or 1832. He
married Margaret P Caywood 21 June 1851 in
Hendricks Country Indiana ( he is listed as Dearmon
in the transcription of the marriage records). He had
two daughters Sarah Ann Durman born in Indiana in
1851 and Candace Amelia (mygreat great grandmother)
who was born 11 Sept 1865 in Boulder, Colorado. He
died when Candace was small.
I DO have a James DURMAN, born some time after 1827. He was the son of Harvy DURMAN,
b.abt.1816, and the grandson of William Franklin DURMAN, Sr., b.3May1783. Wm. Franklin
was the brother to my g-g-g-grandfather, John DURMAN, b.abt. 1787. I don't know if
this James fits with your James, but he's the only one I have that DOESN'T have a
middle name or initial, and the only James that has a birth year within 50 years of 1831
or 1832.
I have a William Crockett DURMAN who migrated to IN sometime in the last quarter of the
1800's. He perfectly fit the description "peripatetic", as he moved around
all over the country. He was born in Blacksburg, Montgomery Co., VA, moved to Greene Co.,
TN, then back to VA, then to WV, then back to Greene Co., TN, then worked his way north
through KY and IN. He died in Trafalgar, Johnson Co., IN. Two his children died in
Greene Co., one(James Frank DURMAN) in Morgan Co., IN, and one (Charles Alexander DURMAN)
in Golden City, Barton Co., MO. There is evidence that some members of this family, or
descendants, meandered through IA also.
Wm. Crockett DURMAN was the first cousin to the James above (b.after 1827).
Using the logic that members of closely related branches of the same family sometimes
migrated to the same places, it is possible that your James Thomas DURMAN is of this
lineage.
Keep in touch,
George
(If you wish, you can email me direct about the DURMAN family at
germannaresearch(a)comcast.net.)