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Note: 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 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 aout 1835 and remarried Cynthia Jeanette Hames. Hiram and his 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 developed 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 illnesses 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 was 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. ********************************************** Hiram's Will Deed Book 28 page 424 Franklin County TN For and in consideration of the love and affection and the services rendered our father as housekeepers and the care taken of him during his illness, we, J.H. Durham, T.J. Durham, J.S. Durham and W.A. Durham, each bargain, transfer and convey our undivided interest in our father's, H. H. Durham, land and his personal property to Miss Mattie Durham and Miss Nannie E. Durham equally. Said land is in the 3rd Civil District of Franklin County and is near Neals Cross Roads about two miles east of Lexie between the Beens Creek and the Old Salem roads lying on the public road running from Neals Cross Road to Walnut Grove Church and bounded as follows: Beginning at a stake or stone the N.E. corner of C.E. Brandon's land running north 3* E with Allen Neals west B, line to a stone and pointer in Cabin Hollow, Neals, Russels, and the Brinage corner thence west in a zigzag line, passing Russels S. W. corner, in all 102 poles to a stone and pointer. The east boundry of the old Ivy Neal land thence with the same south 3* east to C E Brandon's N. W. corner. Thence in an easterly direction with said Brandon's North boundry line to the beginning and containing in all 50 acres, more or less. To have and to hold the said land and personel property to the above mentioned Mattie C. Durham and Nannie E. Durham, their heris are theri representives, we, the aforesaid, J. H. Durham, T.J. Durham, J.S. Durham and W.A. Durham are lawful heirs to said land and personal property and each own 1/6 interest and the above said Mattie C and Nannie E. Durham each owns 1/6 interest and we aforesaid party of the first part covenant with said Mattie C Durham and Nannie E. Durham said land is unencumbered and we have a perfect rith to convey or transfer it and we further covenant with said Mattie C. Durham and Nannie Durham and warrant the peaceful possession of said land or any part therof to them, their heirs and assigns forever, and will defend it against the claims of all persons whomsoever. Binding ourselves, our heirs and our assigns to all of which we this day set our seals this August 5, 1905. J. S. Durham W.A. Durham J.H. Durham T. J. Durham Signed and acknowledged in the presence of Charles C. Swisher, Chas. G. Mortiner, witness as to J. H. Durham. State of Ohio, Franklin County S.S. Be it remembered that on this the 22 day of August A.D. 1905, before me the subscribers, a notary public in and for said county, personally came the aforenamed John H. Durham on and of the Grantors in the forgoing deed and acknowledged the signing of the same to be his voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein mentioned. In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name and affixed my official seal on the day and year last aforesaid. Charles C. Swisher Notory Public in and for Franklin County, Ohio. This state of Ohio, Franklin County S.S. I, John W. Mc Carferty, clerk of the court of common pleas, which is a court of records within and for said county and state aforesaid, do hereby certify that Charles C Swisher, whose signature as a Norary Public is attached to the within. Acknowledgement was at the date thereof, a duly commissioned adn qualified Norory Public in and for said county, and as such officer was duly authroized to take acknowledgements of deeds, mortgages, leins, powers of attorneys and other instruments of writing and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and believe that the signature to the acknowledgement herein is genuine and that the foregoing instrument is executed according to the laws of the state of Ohio. In testimony whereof, I hve hereunto set my hand and affixed a seal of said court at Columbus, this 22nd day of August, A.D. 1905. John W. McCafferty, clerk commision expires Dec. 19, 1907 ********************************************** Common Pleas Court, Franklin County, Ohio *************************** State of Tennessee Franklin County Personally appeared before me, Geo. Mosley, clerk of county Court of said county the within named J. S. Durham, W.A. Durham and T.J. Durham, the bargainors with whom I am personally acquainted, and who acknowledged that they executed the within attached instrument for the purposes therein contained. Witness my hand at office this 19th day of August, 1905. Geo. Mosley, Clerk by I. N. Mattin D. C. Filed for registration November 24, 1905 at 12 N. and entered in note book D, page 319 J. A. Auderton Register by Isam P. Byram D. R. ********************************************** The following was transcribed by Josephine Anne (Bolden) Pani on August 3, 2000. (Her ancestor was Hiram's son, James Singleton Durham.) Transcribed from handwritten document by my father, Thomas Edward Bolden (deceased). It is unknown when he wrote this. Original document currently in my possession. End of Document] Grampa Hiram & Gramma Nancy C. Durham Born Died 1st born: Sarah S. Durham 9 Dec 1850 3 Nov 1854 Aquilla H.15 Nov 1852 3 Jan 1853 John Harvey 9 Aug 1854 in MO Reflecting on above dates, Sarah was born in Roane Co. and made the long trek to Mo. from Roane Co., Tenn. Aquilla might have been born in Roane Co. too, but I would rather believe they were already in Mo. before his birth. It is entirely possible, of course, that Aquilla b[orn] enroute to Mo. and Sarah died on trip to Franklin Co Tenn from Mo. Poor Grandma! She was having rough time! She hardly had time to recover from Aquilla's loss when 9 mo.'s later John Harvey's birth occurred and 4 mo's later they are possibly on the road to Tenn! I wonder if Sarah was the baby who died on trip into Tenn. that Grandma Mary Jane Durham used to speak of recounting the Durhams' harsh travel and arrival into Franklin Co. Tenn.? Quite possibly. But it was a very busy, trying time. I'm inclined to believe that Brother James & Wife Sarah had by this time arrived on the scene and were perhaps helping with all the preparations necessary for the long trip. Who knows? Maybe Grampa Hiram used the same Wagon to carry things to Tenn that bro. James used from Roane Co into Mo. Perhaps also James & Sarah moved right into the abode being vacated by Hiram & Nancy. The more I think of it, the more practical it appears for both parties concerned. In the 2 years spent in Mo. (using Grampa Hiram's own words in Confed. Pension application) Hiram & Nancy were esp. busy, what with either one or perhaps two Deaths and one more birth?! That's a lot of things to take care of. Yes I would lay odds that young Brother James & wife Sarah J. & young baby John got there in time to help Hiram & Nancy get going on their Way to Franklin Co. Tenn. James & Sarah must have liked Mo. very much for they never returned to Tenn.
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