Person:James Durham (12)

1900 Greencastle, Putnam, Indiana Census Name: James Durham Home in 1900: Age: 66 Estimated birth year: 1834 Birthplace: Indiana Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Head Sarah A Durham Greencastle, Putnam, Indiana abt 1840 Kentucky White Wife Robert E Durham Greencastle, Putnam, Indiana abt 1876 Indiana White Son Margaret B Durham Greencastle, Putnam, Indiana abt 1866 Indiana White Daughter

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James Vallentine Durham (b. 1833)

His father was Jacob Durham, who was born in January 31, 1805, in Kentucky. Jacob married Hannah Spears on January 18, 1826. The family moved to Indiana in 1829. James V. Durham was their third child (of six). After Hannah died in 1840, Jacob married Rachel G. Hawkins Vanschoick later in the year but there no children born of that marriage.

Jacob Durham’s father was Benjamin Durham, who was born on April 3, 1778 and died on June 5, 1847. He married Margarett Roberson on December 16, 1802. She was born on June 25, 1782 and died on February 26, 1855. They had eleven children of whom Jacob was second oldest.

Jacob Durham’s mother, Margarett Roberson, was the daughter of James Roberson (died Jan. 13, 1808) and Elizabeth Huberry (died Aug. 13, 1821) who were married in 1778.

James V. Durham’s mother, Hannah Spears, was the daughter (and fifth child) of David Spears, who was born on Feb. 4, 1779 and died on Oct. 13, 1835, and of Barberry Bovier, who died on March 8, 1812. David Spears later married Nancy Hill and Hanna Bigham, but there were no children from either marriage.

From Benjamin Durham, the Durham family line in America goes back to the 17th Century.

Benjamin Durham’s father was John Durham, who was born on October 20, 1742 and who died on May 22, 1817. His mother was Martha Bugg, who was born on July 17, 1747 in Kentucky. They were married on December 28, 1765. Benjamin was the seventh of thirteen children.

John Durham’s father was also named John Durham. He had one son (John) by his first wife. The earlier John Durham came to America (along with James and Samuel Durham) from Teasewater, Durhamshire, in England, between 1690 and 1720. John first settled in Farquier County, Virginia, and then in Perrysville, Kentucky, where he died. He was one of the organizers of the first Methodist Church in Kentucky along with George Rogers Clark.

An earlier ancestor, William Durham (1611-1684), took his degree in Divinity at Oxford in 1635 and later became a preacher at Polks Chapel. The second John Durham’s son, Col.. Jesse Bugg Durham, was one of the commissioners who located the capital of Indiana at Indianapolis. Samuel Wallace Durham settled in Muscatine, Iowa. http://www.identityindependence.com/familytree.html

Wednesday 17 March 1915 Indianapolis Star

RUSSELLVILLE BANKER DIES

GREENCASTLE, Ind., March 16 --- James Valentine Durham, 82 years old, father of Andrew Durham, Putnam county representative in the last Legislature is dead at his home in Russellville. Bronchial pneumonia was the immediate cause. Mr. Durham formerly was connected with the Central National Bank here, but later established the Russellville bank, of which he was president at the time of his death. He is survived by the widow and four children, Ernest Durham of Russellville and Andrew Durham, Earl Durham and Mrs. J. C. Bridges of Greencastle.

1. ↑ Handwritten Note.

   Handwritten Note. Photocopy of note in Laura's Moore Black's handwriting, given to Brenda by Janie Black Scheutz (2001)

2. ↑ 1880 TN Census.
3. ↑ Raymond Finley Hughes and Howard Clift Black. William Black and his Descendents A Genealogy of the Descendents of William Black of Augusta County, VA and la. (Unpublished. Copyrighted 1973 by Hughes).
4. ↑ 1900 IN Census.
5. ↑ My Family Tree - William Howard Taft McGaughey, Jr..