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2. Hiram Hansford DURHAM was born on 24 Jan 1828 in Tennessee.5,6,8,9,10,11 He died on 26 Feb 1905 in Franklin County, Tennessee.1,5 Information provided by Barb and Smitty's Legacy - ROOTSWEB
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Source: Copy of newspaper clipping (probably Franklin Co. News in Franklin Co, TN) [see transcriber notes at end of document]

Obituary of Hiram Hansford Durham
1828-1905

We are sorry to note the death of Mr. Hiram Durham, one of our aged men. He was called from his labors below into the realities of the beyond Sunday, February 26. He fell victim to that much dreaded disease, pneumonia, which carries so many off the field of action. He lasted only a short time after the disease had taken hold of him. The bereaved ones have the sympathy of their friends.

TRANSCRIBER NOTES: Transcribed September 6, 2000 by Josephine Anne (Bolden) Pani

Hiram Hansford Durham was born 24 Jan 1828 and died 19 Feb, 1905 in Lexie Cross Roads, Franklin Co, TN.

He married Nancy Clementine Everett on 16 Sept 1849 in Roane Co, TN. (reference Marriage Record Book 2, Page 173. License was issued 13 Sept 1849.

Nancy C. (Everett) Durham was born June 1827 and died Sunday, the 14th of June, 1896 in Franklin Co, TN.

Nancy and Hiram are my great, great grandparents.
Barbara Lucia Durham Smith
[Barbs Legacy 2.FTW]

DURHAM, H.H., Pvt., Co. E
served under:
Albert Smith Marks
Captain, Company E 17th Tennessee May 1861 - May 1862
Colonel 17th Tennessee May 1862 - Jan. 1863.
Wounded at Battle of Murfreesboro Dec. 31, 1862
On Confederate Roll of Honor for Conduct at Battle of Murfreesboro
Twenty-third Governer, State of Tennessee

I have Hiram's Soldier's Application for Pension. But I got this information from Brenda Roberts (Allie Elizabeth Durham Loveless' granddaughter:
[Loveless.FTW]

In 1860 value of personal was $75. In 1870 value of real property was $500. And personal was $800. In the 1850 census they are living with Hiram 's mother.
George . Forkner was sur. for marriage bond.
Hiram served in the CSA in Co. C 17 Tenn. Inf.

Hiram Hansford Durham was born in Jan. on the 24th day in 1828. He was born in Roane Co. Tennessee. His father either divorced or ran off to South Carolina about 1835 and remarried Cynthia Jeanette Hames. Hiram and h is siblings were reared by his mother, Charlotte.

On September 16, 1849 he married Nancy C. Everett. They evidently started married life living with his family. The 1850 census lists them with his mother. According to Hiram's War Pension Application they moved to Missouri in 1852 and stayed until 1854. By 1860 he and his wife were found in Franklin County TN. In the1860 census his occupation was listed as overseer, probably for a Mr. Gregory as he lived on this man's land before the Civil War. In 1870 and 1880 he is listed as a farmer.

In May 1861 he joined Co. E of the 17th Tennessee Regt. Later that year he was discharged from the service at Camp Trousdale because of pneumonia. A Lt. Taint? went with him to Nashville and put him on the train to go home. After he recovered he went back and rejoined his company at Tupelo. In 1863 in Kingston Georgia he was discharged again. He had developed inflammatory rheumatism and then chronic diarrhea. (According to two men who knew him, a Jacob Tipps and Jack Lumbaugh, he develop ed chronic diarrhea and then typhoid fever and was in the hospital in Kingston Georgia from July until September.)
According to his application in 1903 , he never recovered from the illnes ses he developed during the war and had not been stout since then. In 1903 he lived on a 50 acre farm with only 5 acres in cultivation and was unable to do manual labor. His health had been failing for years and he w as finallly unable to support himself. Also, he evidently had two daughters living with him at the time and one was an invalid.
He died sometime after April, 1903. (his application is dated then) He is buried in Franklin Co. in the old Bean's Creek Cem. His tombstone reads Hiram H. Durham Co. E 17 Tenn. Inf. C.S.A.

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Hiram Hansford DURHAM and Nancy Clemetine EVERETT were married on 16 Sep 1849 in Roane County, Tennessee.12 Nancy Clemetine EVERETT (daughter of Aquilla EVERETT and Sarah THOMPSON) was born about 1827 in Tennessee.8,9,10,11 She died on 19 Feb 1905 in Franklin County, Tennessee.1 Information provided by Barb and Smitty's Legacy
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Obituary of Nancy Clementine (Everett) Durham
1827-1896

Source: Copy of newspaper clipping (probably Franklin Co. News in Franklin Co, TN) [see transcriber notes at end of document]

The most deplorable accident in the history of this community occurred here last Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. H.H. Durham started to preaching, on reaching the house of Wm. Busby, two miles distance, Mr. Durham alighted to get some water. While the bucket was being lowered the mule became frightened at the rattle of the windless and ran into the fence. Mrs. Durham was thrown from the buggy and sustained injuries that resulted in her death three hours afterwards. Mrs. Durham was a devoted member of the Baptist church and her kindly disposition and nobleness of heart made her friends wherever she was known. Weep not, husband and children, at the untimely and awful summons. While you are overwhelmed with grief be consoled by the fact that sweet mother is enjoying that glorious rest that remaineth for the people of God. "Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord. Yea sayeth the spirit for they rest from their labor and their works so follow them." Exile.

TRANSCRIBER NOTES: Transcribed September 6, 2000 by Josephine Anne (Bold en) Pani.

Nancy C. (Everett) Durham was born June 1827 and died Sunday, the 14th of June, 1896 in Franklin Co, TN.

She married Hiram Hansford Durham 16 Sept 1849 in Roane Co, TN. (reference Marriage Record Book 2, Page 173. License was issued 13 Sept 1849.

Nancy’s husband, Hiram, was born 21 Jan 1828 and died 19 Feb, 1905 in Franklin Co, TN.

Nancy and Hiram are my great, great grandparents.
Barbara Lucia Durham Smith

According to the 1880 census she was the mother of 7. She died between 1880 and 1903, probably in Frankllin Co. If she is buried beside her husband; she has no stone.
Her parents were Aquilla Everett and Sarah Thompson of Roane/Knox/Loudon Co.
Hiram Hansford DURHAM and Nancy Clemetine EVERETT had the following children:

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i.

John Henry DURHAM.

13

ii.

Henry DURHAM was born about 1856 in Tennessee.11

14

iii.

Mary Ann DURHAM was born about 1857 in Tennessee.9,10,11

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iv.

Thomas James "Tom" DURHAM.

16

v.

Martha C. "Mattie" DURHAM was born in Mar 1866 in Tennessee.8,10,11,13,14

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vi.

James Singleton "Jim" DURHAM.

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vii.

William Allen "Bill" DURHAM.

19

viii.

Nannie E. Lelia DURHAM was born in Nov 1873 in Tennessee.14