Noah G Durham

Noah G. Durham family portrait: 

(from the Album of Elsie D. Cox)

Front Row (left to right): Noah G Durham, Mary Frances Woodul Durham, Mary Elizabeth Durham, Etta Brasher Durham holding Tommy Durham.
BACK ROW (left to right): Starting left behind Noah is William Smith Durham, Dorsey Wren Durham and Jesse Noah Durham.

Noah G. Durham (Joab Lindsey) was born September 22, 1854 in Georgia.  He married (1) Martha Lorena Ponder on April 07, 1878.  She was born in 1847 and died in 1878. He married (2) Mary Francis Woodul on Febuary 09, 1879 in Nevada, Arkansas. He died November 03, 1915 in Nevada, Arkansas. 

   Mary Francis Woodul Durham

Quote from Henry E. Bates to Larry W. Priest "Grandpa Durham [Noah] was the finest person I knew"

Family tale told to the children was that Noah rode in to the Sutton area with his child Lorena and himself on a horse.  They meet Granny Durham [Mary Francis Woodul] at a spring.  They fell in love and soon after married.  It was told that Noah was widowed in the Durham, North Carolina area and he had left to find a new home.  My mother [Mary Lou Durham] was told this story all her life.  It turns out this story is not true.  To be more exact Noah had married Martha Ponder on April 7, 1878 in the Sutton, Arkansas area.  Their first child [Lorena B. "Rena" Durham] was born in 1878 according to an estimate from the 1880 Nevada County census.  Apparently Martha died giving birth to Lorena or very soon thereafter, as Noah married Mary Frances Woodul Bates on February 9, 1879.  Both marriages are recorded in Nevada County, Arkansas.  The grave location of Martha is not recorded or known.

Died of appendicitis at his blacksmith shop in Sutton, Arkansas Oct. 3, 1915.  Location today is where Hazel Lambert's house is.

The children of Noah G. & Martha (Ponder) Durham were:

1.  Lorena B. Durham was born in 1878.  She died November 22, 1916.

The children of Noah G & Mary (Woodul) Durham were:

1.  Susan Beulah Durham was born January 25, 1880 and died April 04, 1984 in Hope Arkansas.


2.  William Marvin Durham was born in 1882 in Nevada, Arkansas.  He married Etta Luticia Brasher July 30, 1901 in Elderado, Arkansas.  He was the son of Noah G. and Mary Francis (WOODUL) Durham. He died on November 27, 1907 in Nevada, Arkansas.

3.  Mary Elizabeth Durham was born September 27, 1884 and died January 24, 1917 in Nevada, Arkansas.

4.  William Smith Durham was born July 13, 1886 in Nevada, Arkansas and died January 16, 1928 in Nevada, Arkansas.

5.  Dorsey Wren Durham was born September 28, 1888 and died December 06, 1963 in Prescot, Nevada, Arkansas.

6.  John "Jesse" Noah Durham was born June 15, 1890 and died June 13, 1972 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

THOMAS NOAH DURHAM (TOMMY)

DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS NOAH DURHAM

                                                                Uncle Tommy Durham
                                                                            1906

                      Uncle Joe Taylor, Aunt Ruby Berti, Uncle Tommy Durham and Aunt Annie Taylor

Above is William Marvin & Etta Brasher Durham with Ruby, Tommy & Johnny

                                                     (from the Album of Elsie D. Cox)

THOMAS N DURHAM was born July 27, 1905 in Little Rock, Arkansas, and died December 04, 1992 in Zephyrhills, Florida. He was the son of William Marvin & Etta Luticia (BRASHER) Durham. He married DOROTHY E EHLERT.  She died February 1992 in Zephyrhills, Florida.

More About TOMMY DURHAM:

Cremation: Florida

Occupation: Chef

Children of Thomas N & Dorothy Ehlert Durham are: 


i.  Etta Louise Durham Russell b. October 15, 1930 and d. August 6, 1995
ii. Dorothy Delores Durham Fockler b January 13, 1933 in Ann Arbor, Michigan and d May 23, 2001 in Lapeer, Michigan

RUBY LEE DURHAM

                                                   

Etta Brasher Durham (Ruby's mom), Ruby & Baby

Etta, Ruby & my grandmother, Ida Elizabeth Martin Culberson

Uncle Joe & Aunt Ruby (Durham) Berti 

DESCENDANTS OF RUBY LEE DURHAM PIERCE BERTI

RUBY LEE DURHAM was born September 30, 1902 in Little Rock, Arkansas.  She married (1) JOE BERTI.   She married (2) MITCHELL PIERCE.  She was the daughter of William Marvin & Etta Luticia (BRASHER) Durham.  She died Nov 06, 1961 in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Ruby Lee Durham Berti: 
Cause of Death: Subdural hematoma & Contusion to the Brain.

                                                            (Above is Mitchell Pierce)

Child of RUBY DURHAM and MITCHELL PIERCE is:

                   i.    CAPE PIERCE

William Marvin Durham

Thanks to cousin Dick Bennett for this photo!
(from the Album of Elsie D. Cox)

William Marvin Durham was born in 1882 in Nevada, Arkansas.  He married Etta Luticia Brasher July 30, 1901 in Elderado, Arkansas.  He was the son of Noah G. and Mary Francis (WOODUL) Durham. He died on November 27, 1907 in Nevada, Arkansas.

The children of William Marvin & Etta Luticia Durham are:

1.  Ruby Lee Durham was born Sept 30, 1904 in Junction City, Arkansas.  She married Joe and died
2.  Thomas Durham was born July 27, 1905 in Camden, Arkansas.  He married Dorothy and died 1992 in Zephyrhills, Florida.
3.  Johnny Ashbury was born September 30, 1907.  He died September 1908 in Junction City, Arkansas.