1855 - 1920 (65 years)
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Name |
Sarah Sally Lyons James |
Birth |
10 Mar 1855 |
Murray Co, GA |
Gender |
Female |
_UID |
29859693FC3CDB11BE2B00C0267EFAB0F224 |
Death |
16 Jul 1920 |
McKinney, TX |
Burial |
Horn Cemetery |
Person ID |
I33081 |
sorrells |
Last Modified |
5 Sep 2006 |
Father |
Thomas Jr James, b. 1824, Morgan Co, AL d. 1876, prob Maury Co, TN (Age 52 years) |
Mother |
Sallie Bailey Nix, b. Abt 1834, prob Pickens Co, SC d. 1873, prob Maury Co, TN (Age 39 years) |
Marriage |
Murray Co, GA |
Family ID |
F12212 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Bedford Forrest Durham, b. 10 Jun 1854, Maury Co, TN d. 2 Apr 1899, McKinney, TX (Age 44 years) |
Marriage |
1 Sep 1875 |
Maury Co, TN |
Children |
| 1. Unkn Durham |
| 2. Laura Durham, b. Jan 1877, TN d. TX |
| 3. William Bailey Durham, b. 19 Dec 1877, Bedford, TN d. 6 Apr 1941, Sweetwater, TX (Age 63 years) |
| 4. Mary Magdelene Durham, b. 29 Jan 1881, TX d. 9 May 1960, Denton, TX (Age 79 years) |
| 5. Samuel Lloyd Durham, b. 8 Apr 1890, Collin Co, TX d. Jul 1971, Collin Co, TX (Age 81 years) |
| 6. Eletha Florence Durham, b. 7 Jan 1898, McKinney, TX d. 15 Sep 1898, McKinney, TX (Age 0 years) |
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Family ID |
F12295 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
1 Oct 2024 |
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Notes |
- Sarah's great grandmother was Sarah Lyons. This may have been her middle name. Family records have her as Sallie Line James.
This is obit of Sarah James-Durham,, McKinney, Texas Newspaper dated July 21, 1920
Contributed by Terri Durham-Stone email terrigem@aol.com
(Anything in parentheses is a correction or full name spelled out)
Mrs. S. L. (Sarah Line) Durham died at the home of her son, W. B. (William Bailey) Durham in Foard Co, Texas on
the 16th inst. The remains were shipped to McKinney where they were received by the J. P. Crouch undertakers and conveyed
to the Horn Cemetery where internment was made by the side of her husbands grave. Funeral services were held by Eld. R. C.
Horn at noon on Sunday the 18th. Her husband, Bedford Forest Durham, during the last year of his life was sexton of the Walnut Grove
and Horn cemeteries and was well known to the older settlers of these communities. She was born in the state of Georgia on
March 10, 1855 and was 65 years, 4 months and 6 days old when death came. Her maiden name was James. She was a sister of Charley James of the Franklin community. She was the mother of 6, four of whom are living. They are W. B (William Bailey) Durham of Foard Co, S. L. (Samuel Loyd) Durham of Pilot Point, Mrs. L. A. (Laura A.) Deshong and Miss W. M Williams (Mrs. Mary Wilkinson). She had been a member of the M. E. Church from girlhood. Her former friends and neighbors sympathize with these sons and daughters and other relatives in their sorrow.
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