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Matthew Durham > Matthew Durham Jr. > Seaborn J. Durham

Seaborn Jones DURHAM

Born: Nov 22, 1796
Died: Sep 2, 1877, Jackson, HindMS, age 81

Buried: Kosciusko City Cemetery, AttaMS

Find-A-Grave 28465358

Father: Matthew DURHAM Jr.

Mother: Fannie SPENCER

 

Married:

Nancy STOVALL

Born: Aug 30, 1802
Died: 1829
Father: 

Mother:

 

Children:
 

1. Mary Stovall Durham (b. 1824)
 

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2. John Durham
 

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2nd Marriage

Seaborn Jones DURHAM

(see above)

 

Married:

Mary CHAMBLISS (GEORGE)

Born: Oct 9, 1806, GA
Died: Oct 29, 1881, MS

Buried: Kosciusko City Cemetery, AttaMS

Find-A-Grave 28465197
Father: 

Mother:

 

Children:
 

1. Virginia Durham (b. 1833 in GA)
 

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2. John Ebner Durham (b. 1837 in MS)
 

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3. Eliza Love Durham (b. Sep 30, 1837, MS; d. Oct 2, 1859; Find-A-Grave 26788247)
m. Daniel B. COMFORT (b. Mar 30, 1824, LogaKY; d. Nov 6, 1902, Kosciusko, AttaMS) c. 1855, MS
Children:

  1. Mary Ellen Comfort (b. Jan 22, 1856, MS; d. Aug 4, 1940, Kosciusko, AttaMS; Find-A-Grave 20988736)
    m. Charles Henry LEONARD (b. Jul 1, 1853; d. Feb 8, 1889; Find-A-Grave 22791587)

  2. Eliza Love Comfort "Lovie" (b. Dec 9, 1857, Kosciusko, AttaMS; d. May 18, 1870, age 12; Find-A-Grave 18878008)

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  • After Eliza's death, Daniel Comfort married her sister, Georgia B. Durham. 3
  • Mary and Charles had three boys: Cecil, William and Herbert.
 

4. Rebecca Durham (b. 1840, MS)
 

Notes:

  • This may be Fayette Durham. The obituary below for Mary Chambliss Durham indicates one of her survivors is a "Fayette Turner of Minter City".  There is a Fayette Durham Turner (b. Feb 5, 1840; d. Feb 7, 1912) buried at Kosciusko City Cemetery, AttaMS. View her Find-A-Grave 50031144 Entry. This is more than likely her.
Georgia Brown Durham Comfort

5. Georgia Brown Durham (b. Apr 11, 1842, MS; d. Nov 27, 1917, Kosciusko, AttaMS; Find-A-Grave 26799389)
m. Daniel Benjamin COMFORT Sr. (b. Mar 30, 1824, LogaKY; d. Nov 6, 1902, Kosciusko, AttaMS; Find-A-Grave 26788091) on May 15, 1860, CarrMS

Children:

  1. Edgar W. Comfort (b. c. 1861, MS)

  2. Kate C. Comfort (b. May 2, 1863, MS; d. Dec 20, 1916)
    m. Frank W. MCCUNE (b. Apr 2, 1860, ShelOH; d. Mar 25, 1950, AttaMS)

  3. Daniel Benjamin Comfort Jr. (b. Dec 31, 1864, MS)

  4. Georgia D. Comfort (b. Dec 9, 1866, MS; d. Feb 22, 1940)
    m. ? WEST

  5. Dr. John William Comfort (b. Oct 18, 1868, MS; d. Jul 12, 1938; Find-A-Grave 18869469)

  6. Lida Love Comfort (b. Sep 22, 1872, MS; d. Apr 28, 1948; Find-A-Grave 18875609)

  7. Clifton Cardwell Comfort Sr. (b. May 13, 1875, MS; d. Sep 27, 1925; Find-A-Grave 18869231)
    m. Eunice PARKER (b. Jul 9, 1882; d. Sep 14, 1961; Find-A-Grave 18872726)

  8. Emily Elizabeth Comfort (b. Dec 31, 1877, MS; d. Oct 22, 1957; Find-A-Grave 18871017)

  9. Hugh Alexander Comfort (b. Aug 6, 1880, MS)

Notes:

  • After her sister Eliza's death, Georgia married her widower, Daniel B. Comfort. 3   Daniel was a druggist.

  • Dr. John Comfort practiced General Medicine in Kosciusko, his office located above Harvey's Drugstore. He never married.

  • Lida Comfort appears to be the "Eliza Lou" below in the 1880 Census. "Lida Love" is the name on her grave marker.

  • Clifton C.  and Eunice (Parker) Comfort had three children: Clifton C. Jr., Nacy Love Heilbronner and William F.

  • There is a Hugh A. Comfort buried at Canton Cemetery, Madison County, MS. More verification needed but this looks like our Hugh.

  • From 1880 US Census for Kosciusko, Attala County, MS:
     
    Name Rel. Mar.
    Stat
    Gender Race Age Birth
    Place
    Occ. Father
    BPlace
    Mother
    BPlace
    D. B. Comfort Self M Male W 56 KY Druggist NY KY
    Georgia B. Comfort Wife M Female W 38 MS Keeping
    House
    GA GA
    Edgar W. Comfort Son S Male W 19 MS Clerk in
    Drug Store
    KY MS
    Kate C. Comfort Dau S Female W 17 MS At Home KY MS
    D. B. Comfort Son S Male W 15 MS At Home KY MS
    Georgia D. Comfort Dau S Female W 13 MS Student KY MS
    John William Comfort Son S Male W 11 MS Student KY MS
    James George Comfort Son S Male W 9 MS Student KY MS
    Eliza Lou Comfort Dau S Female W 7 MS Student KY MS
    Clifton C. Comfort Son S Male W 5 MS Student KY MS
    Elizabeth Emily Comfort Dau S Female W 2 MS At Home KY MS
    Mary Durham MotherL W Female W 75 GA   -- --
    Eugenia E. Durham SisterL S Female W 30 MS Keeping
    House
    GA GA
    Polly Webb Other W Female B 70 MS Servant -
    Dish Washer
    __ __

 

6. Eugenia E. Durham (b. 1847, MS)  
 

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  • Before Seaborn, Mary was previously married to J. W. George and had a son, General J. Z. George of MS, who became a US Senator. 3

  • Mary's Obit:
    OBIT: Mary (Chambliss) George Durham
    DURHAM � In Kosciusko, Miss. on Saturday night, October 29, 1881, in the 76th year of her age, Mrs. Mary Durham, consort of the late Seaborn J. Durham.

    The news of the good woman�s death will carry sadness to the hearts of her many friends. Some twelve or thirteen years ago she experienced a paralytic-stroke, from which she never recovered, and since then has received several shocks of a like nature, the last one causing her death. The subject of this notice was born on the 9th day of October 1806, in what is now known as Baldwyn county (formerly Wilkinson) Georgia. She was united in marriage with Joseph Warren George in 1825, whom she survived, and was again married in May 1828 to Seaborn J. Durham. She was the mother of nine children, four of whom are now living, towit: Gen. J. Z. George of Jackson, the oldest; Mrs. Fayette Turner of Minter City; Mrs. D. B. Comfort, and Miss Eugenia Durham (the youngest) of Kosciusko. Mrs. Durham joined the Baptist Church at the age of twenty, and ever since has lived a devout and Christian life. For years she had been a sufferer, and all through her afflictions she was patient and christian-like. She was buried on Monday evening, being followed to her last resting place by a host of mourning friends and relatives.

  • US Census for Carroll County, MS 1850:
    Dwelling 148, Family 220
    Name Age Value Occupation Birth
    Place
    Seabourn J. Durham 53   Farmer GA
    Mary Durham 43 $800   GA
    Virginia Durham 17     GA
    John Durham 13     MS
    Eliza Durham 11     MS
    Rebecca Durham 10     MS
    Georgiann 8     MS
    Eugenia Durham 3     MS

     

  • County/State Abbreviations:
    AttaMS - Attala County, MS
    CarrMS - Carroll County, MS
    HindMS - Hinds County, MS
    LogaKY - Logan County, KY
    ShelOH - Shelby County, OH
     

  • Page Sources:
    1. Donald R. Johnston Home Page web.

    2. Shelman Durham's letter copying family bible bible.

    3. Cemetery Listing for Kosiusko City Cemetery cem.

 

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