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Hiram J Durham 1830–1889 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 Aug 1830

Birth Location: Franklin County, Indiana, USA

Death Date: 09 Mar 1889

Death Location: Crooked Creek, Cumberland, Illinois, USA

Father: Jeremiah Laws

Mother: Sarah Cooley

Spouse(s): Margaret Kelly

Children(s): Reubin Durham

Hiram J Durham was born in 1830 in Franklin County, Indiana, USA, the child of Jeremiah Jesmiah Durham Laws And Sarah Cooley. Hiram J Durham married Margaret E Kelly, and had children including Reubin Finley Durham. Hiram J Durham passed away in 1889 in Crooked Creek, Cumberland, Illinois, USA.

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Biography

  • Hiram J Durham was born in 1830 in Franklin County, Indiana, USA, the child of Jeremiah Jesmiah Durham Laws And Sarah Cooley.
  • Hiram J Durham married Margaret E Kelly, and had children including Reubin Finley Durham.
  • Hiram J Durham passed away in 1889 in Crooked Creek, Cumberland, Illinois, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Jeremiah Laws
1792–1845
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
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Sarah Cooley
1793–1851
Birth Location: Kentucky, United States
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Kelly
1836–1906
Birth Location: New Point, Fugit Twp, Decatur, Indiana (Bartholomew Co?)
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Children(s)

Reubin Durham
1859–1946
Birth Location: Decatur County, Indiana, United States of America
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Hiram Durham's Ancestors

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Hiram Durham
1830–1889
Birth Place: Franklin County, Indiana, USA
Parents
Jeremiah (Jesmiah) Durham Laws
1792–1845
Kentucky, USA
Sarah Cooley
1793–1851
Kentucky, United States
Grandparents
Jeremiah Laws
1766–1845
Harrodsburg, Mercer, Kentucky, United States
Ebenezer Cooley
1773–1809
New York, New York, USA
Julyann Thomas
1776–1836
Virginia
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Hiram Durham's Descendants

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Hiram (J) Durham (28 Aug 1830–09 Mar 1889) m. Margaret (E) Kelly (31 Jan 1836–20 Jan 1906)
  1. 1. Reubin (Finley) Durham 1859–1946 m. Sarah (Jennie) Bratton 1858–1951
    1. 1. Elmer (Franklin) Durham 1882–1973 m. Nancy (Maude) Medkiff 1887–1938
      1. 1. Harold (Edward) Durham 1906–1977 m. Elvira (Leta) Love 1906–1998
        1. 1. Esther (Lenore) Durham 1926–2005 m. Kenneth (Cecil) Roberts 1923–1986

Hiram Durham's Timeline

2 Records

1830
28 Aug 1830
Birth of Hiram J Durham in Franklin County, Indiana, USA
Franklin County, Indiana, USA
1889
09 Mar 1889
Age 59
Death of Hiram J Durham in Crooked Creek, Cumberland, Illinois, USA
Crooked Creek, Cumberland, Illinois, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Aug 1830
    Event Place: Franklin County, Indiana, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 09 Mar 1889
    Event Place: Crooked Creek, Cumberland, Illinois, USA
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