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Matthew Durham > John DURHAM Sr. > James Mebane Durham

James Mebane DURHAM

Born: Jan 21, 1809, OranNC
Died: Sep 4, 1897, OranNC

Buried: Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, OranNC

Find-A-Grave 39671550
Father: John DURHAM Sr.

Mother: Mary Robertson

 

Married:

Elizabeth LLOYD

Born: b. c. 1808, NC
Died:

Father:

Mother:

 

Children:
 

1. Thomas M. DURHAM (b. c. 1839, OranNC; Find-A-Grave 39672066)
m. Cormelia M. KING (b. Nov 19, 1841, NC; d. May 25, 1901; Find-A-Grave 39671270) on Mar 31, 1861, OranNC
Children:

  1. Wilbert DURHAM (b. Apr 26, 1878; d. May 17, 1897)

 

Notes:
  • Thomas and Cormelia Durham had 6 children: Arlena, Elizabeth, Mary A., Annie B., Thomas M., and Lena H. 
 

2.  Sidney C. DURHAM (b. Jun 7, 1843, OranNC; d. Apr 15, 1913; Find-A-Grave 39671908)
m. Mary Bethel CHEEK (b. Jan 12, 1846, NC; d. Apr 19, 1898; Find-A-Grave 39671766) on c. 1870, NC

 

Notes:

  • Sidney and Mary had 2 children: Lily B., and Leila D.
  3. Atlas Jackson DURHAM "Jack" (b. c. 1846, OranNC; d. Aug 9, 1905, OranNC)
m. Winifred West WARD "Bennie" (b. Mar 20, 1850, ChatNC; d. Mar 31, 1940, Bingham, OranNC, age 90) on Nov 15, 1869, OranNC)
Children:
  1. Alonzo Lawrence DURHAM "Lonnie" (b. Jan 11, 1871, NC)
    m1. ?
    m2. Mattie SMITH
  2. James Robert DURHAM (b. Jun 1875)
  3. Lemuel S. DURHAM (b. Feb 27, 1874, OranNC)
    m. Alice G. LLOYD
  4. Demetrus Ward DURHAM "Dee" (b. Oct 7, 1875, NC)
    m. Elizabeth E. LLOYD
  5. Martha E. DURHAM "Bessie" (b. Sep 20, 1878)
    m. June L. CHEEK
  6. Otis DURHAM (b. Mar 1881, NC)
    m. Swannie BUTLER
  7. Effie G. DURHAM (b. Jul 4, 1884, OranNC)
    m. Frederick J. EUBANKS
  8. Clyde Stroud DURHAM (b. Nov 27, 1886, OranNC)
    m. Mae EDWARDS
  9. Bernice C. DURHAM "Bennie" (b. Jan 18, 1891, OranNC)
    m. George W. PARIS
  10. Annie Bell DURHAM (b. Jul 29, 1895, NC)
Notes:

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Notes:

  • James M. Durham went by "Mebane".

  • James and many of his family are buried at Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Orange County, NC. Many of the rest are buried at Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery in White, Orange Co, NC.

  • Mebane and Elizabeth appear on the 1850 Orange Co. census:
     
    Name Relation Marital
    Status    		 Gender Race Age Birth
    Place    		 Occ.
    Mebane Durham Self M Male W 41   Farmer
    Elizabeth Durham Wife M Female W 41    
    Thomas Durham Son M Male W 11    
    Sidney Durham Son M Male W 8    
    Jackson Durham Son M Male W 3    

     

  • County/State Abbreviations:
    ChatNC - Chatham County, NC
    OranNC - Orange County, NC
     

  • Page Sources:

    1. Byron Durham's Durham Family Database on rootsweb.

    2. Scott Eubank's Eubanks Genealogy page on rootsweb.

    3. Donald J. Cheeks' Cheek, Cheeks, Chick, Kelly, Jones, and other families page on rootsweb.

    4. North Carolina Deaths and Burials online. Indexing Batch Num: B02142-4, System Origin: North Carolina-EASy; Source Film Num: 1943096, Ref. Num: fn 1767 cn 11.

    5. Mel Harmon

Names Added to Name Index: YES