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Note: lowing submitters of the information may or may not agree with the combining of the information: ELAINE P./DICKS/ (2069386) ROBERT HENRY/DICKS/ (2086002) ELAINE G PARRISH/DICKS/ (2190393) FRED V/PROVONCHA (2308626) 1834 1834 1834 1834 1834 LDS DATA FROM PAF.LIVING IN KS IN 1898. http://www.lindaslineage.com/durand.html The 4th child of Milo and Abigail (Perry) Durand, Almerion Milo Durand born 6 June 1834. He left Elizabethtown, NY. for Shelby Co, IL as a school teacher before 1860. By 1865 he had met and married Catharine Strohl. They had 4 children Among the teachers at Cherry Grove School in 1876 was A.M. Durand. Taxes in 1866 were 50 cents per $100. Hiram Graybill was paid $343.67 for building the schoolhouse. Owen B. Williams provided the land for the site. He continued to teach school until 1886 when he and wife Catharine packed up their family and belongings and headed for Rush County, KS. Almerion was 57 years of age. In 1889, he applied for a Homestead patent. The Almerion Durand family built a sod house April 1st 1890 upon 100 acres fenced, undulating prairie land which had a good well, granary and other out buildings worth $1000.00. The family consisted of self, wife and 4 children residing continuously on said claim. He had not been off said claim at anytime. They raised crops on 60 acres each year on the prairie land most useful for agricultural purposes. There was no indication of coal or other minerals. He filed a timber claim on Oct 16th, 1890. Claimant Almerion M. Durand filed a sworn statement on Oct 16, 1890 to be aged 61 years; his address to be P.O. Harmony, KS. He was a native born citizen born in the State of New York. Almerion Milo DURAND b. 6 Jun 1834, Elizabethtown, Essex Co, NY d. 30 Apr 1918, Nekoma, Rush Co, KS--age: 83 & Catharine STROHL b. 25 Sep 1846, Jackson Twp, Perry Co, OH--5th Child d. 9 Dec 1925, Nekoma, Rush Co, KS--age: 79 m. 2 Jul 1865, Shelbyville, Shelby Co, IL (5) Carrie Belle DURAND b. 10 Dec 1867, Shelby Co, IL--2nd Of 4 Children d. 15 Dec 1940, Rozel, Pawnee Co, KS--age: 73 & William “Will” Anderson KITCH b. 27 Feb 1861, Shelby Co, IL--2nd Of 10 Children d. 17 Nov 1943, Larned, Pawnee Co, KS--age: 82 m. 8 Jun 1890, Harmony, Pawnee Co, KS (6) Vera Juanita KITCH (Living) & Wilford Russell ANTRAM b. 20 Jan 1906, Farm Ridge Twp, LaSalle Co, IL d. 16 Aug 1972, Streator, LaSalle Co, IL--age: 66 m. 6 Jan 1932, Rozel, Pawnee Co, KS (7) Linda Lee ANTRAM (Living) & Roger Francis SMITH (Living) LDS DATA FROM PAF.LIVING IN KS IN 1898. LDS DATA FROM PAF.LIVING IN KS IN 1898.
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