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Author: EugeneMartin52
Surnames: Durham, Baker
Classification: queries
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I have been searching for a George Durham from Rockcastle County that married a Hulda
Baker. A Son, John Harden Durham born about 1862 married Mary E Beeker on 21 May 1885
Jackson County IN. Their two children: Fannie Bell, 2 Nov 1887 Jackson County married
James Henry Lawson 15 May 1911 Jackson County; and Frances, born 9 Sep 1890 married John L
Durham 3 Nov 1911 Jackson County. Apparently John H and Mary E divorced shortly after the
birth of Frances, as we see Mary E married Gasper Weddle on 20 May 1893 Jackson County.
Gasper and Mary E had son, Thomas, and Gasper died in 1898. Mary E and children are
listed in 1900 and 1910 Jackson County Census. My conclusion is George Durham is most
likely the George, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Chasteen Durham though there is wide
discrepancy in age between 1850 and 1860 census; I have nothing other than census data for
age.
Jackson County IN 1860
Household Members: Name Age (all born KY)
George Durham 27
Huldah Durham 25
Sherrod Durham 8
James S Durham 6
Jesse Durham 4
Margaret Durham 3
Maria Durham 1
I have not been able to find George and Hulda after the 1860 census; I have John Durham,
age 8 in 1870 H/H of Anise Weddle, age 53; Sherrod Durham, age 17 in H/H of Elizabeth
Gallion age 77; and Margaret Durham, age 13 in H/H of John Matlock age 25 in the 1870
Jackson County Carr Township listings. I haven't found any of the other children.
The fact I can't find George and Hulda in the 1870 census and some of the children are
living with different families point to a catastrophic family incident between 1860 and
1870. I don't find John Harden Durham in the census until 1930. By this time he is
remarried to Annabelle Waterbury. They married about 1928. John Harden Durham died 2 Sep
1943 in Jackson County. You might take note that the John L Durham that Frances Durham
married 3 Nov 1911 was the son of another John Hardin Durham, who was born 1842 Indiana
and died 1926, probably in Jackson County.
Gene Martin
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