Fifth Generation

342. William Esker "Elton" DURHAM was born on 4 Oct 1869 in Tyler County, Texas.^{3,75,77,78,193,194,195,196} He died Coronary Heart Disease on 8 Feb 1953 in Warren, Tyler County, Texas.⁷⁵ Buried in Fellowship Cemetery in Warren, Texas. Informant at death listed as "Ed Durham" of Warren, Texas. In the 1900 Census for Tyler County, Texas (Justice Precinct 2 - District 103), Alice Durham (wife), age 24 (b. June 1875) is listed as being married for "9" years, having 4 children, 4 of which were still living, in the household of Willie Durham, age 30.

In the 1910 Census for Tyler County, Texas (Justice Precinct 2 - District 160), Martha N. Durham (wife), age 35, is listed as "1st" marriage with William E. Durham, age 40, being married for "19" years. Considering the years of marriage, "9" in 1900, and "19" in 1910, I would assume that "Alice Durham" and "Martha N. Durham", were the same person. Their ages are the same, the 1910 listed both as being married only "1" time, and the number of children are consistent.

In the 1910 Census for Tyler County, Texas (Justice Precinct 2 - District 160), John Neal, age 30 and "single" is listed as "brother-in-law" in the household of William E. Durham and wife Martha N. (The 1880 Census for Tyler County, Texas, shows John Neal the son of Jefferson G. Neal.)

In the 1930 Census for Tyler County, Texas (Precinct 2 - District 3), Green Neal, age 81, "widowed" and born in "Mississippi", is listed as "Father-in-law" in the household of William E. Durham and wife "Pair Lee". The 1930 census shows Paralee (Neal) Durham, age married around age "45", which puts her marriage to William E. Durham around 1918.

William Esker "Elton" DURHAM and Alice NEAL were married about 1891 in Texas.¹⁹⁴ Alice NEAL (daughter of Jefferson Greenlee NEAL and Eliza Jane WOOLEY) was born in Jun 1875 in Tyler County, Texas.^{75,78,193,194,195,196} William Esker "Elton" DURHAM and Alice NEAL had the following children:

+860	i.	Jesse Levi DURHAM.
+861	ii.	Harvey Coleman DURHAM.
+862	iii.	Mattie May DURHAM.
863	iv.	Edmund Wheat "Ed" DURHAM was born in 1899 in Texas.96,193,194,196 Listed as "Edna W." in the 1910 Census for Tyler County, Texas.
864	v.	Jewel DURHAM was born about 1902 in Texas.193,196
+865	vi.	Carl Elton DURHAM.
866	vii.	Bessie I. DURHAM was born about 1911 in Texas.193,195
867	viii.	John Hassel DURHAM was born about 1913 in Texas.193,195

William Esker "Elton" DURHAM and Martha Paralee NEAL were married about 1918 in Texas.¹⁹⁴ Martha Paralee NEAL (daughter of Jefferson Greenlee NEAL and Eliza Jane WOOLEY) was born on 8 Nov 1872 in Warren, Tyler County, Texas.^75,194 In the 1880 Census for Tyler County, Texas (Precinct 2 - District 106), Martha P. Neal, age 7, listed as "daughter", is listed in the household of J. Green Neil and wife Eliza J. There is also another "daughter" listed named "Alice Neil", age 6. She died Cerebral Hemorhage on 30 Sep 1956 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas.⁷⁵ Buried in Fellowship Cemetery in Warren, Texas. Informant at death listed as "Berry Neal".