Third Generation

15. William Franklin "Bud" DURHAM was born on 4 Apr 1853 in Oconee County, South Carolina.^2,8,10 He died Pneumonia on 20 Feb 1918 in Anderson County, South Carolina.¹⁰ Buried in Fants? Grove Cemetery. Informant at death listed as "W. M. Durham" of Pendleton, South Carolina. Delayed birth records for Essie Sarapheigm Durham shows that William F. Durham was born in 1851 and died at the age of 65. It also shows his wife Sina Melissa Dodd's death at 76 years old. This birth record, signed by Essie (Durham) Siegler on February 7, 1956, shows both William F. Durham and Sina Melissa Dodd as born in Oconee County, South Carolina.

The delayed birth record for Victoria Durham, born 1 Aug 1877, shows "Lissie Dodd" died at age 82. The informant for Victoria Durham's birth was "Fred Durham", age 72 who siged the document on 22 Sept. 1952. This delayed birth record also shows that William Franklin Durham and Sina Melissa "Lissie" Dodd were both born in Oconee County, South Carolina.

William Franklin "Bud" DURHAM and Senai Melissa "Lissie" DODD were married about 1875 in South Carolina.²⁴ Senai Melissa "Lissie" DODD (daughter of Ira E. DODD and Saraphrign HENSLEY) was born on 8 May 1855 in Oconee County, South Carolina.^2,8,9,24 She died Acute Appendix on 4 Sep 1931 in Seneca, Oconee County, South Carolina.⁹ Buried in Fants Grove Cemetery. Informant at death listed as "W. M. Durham" of Pendleton, South Carolina. William Franklin "Bud" DURHAM and Senai Melissa "Lissie" DODD had the following children:

+74	i.	Queen Victoria "Tori" DURHAM.
75	ii.	Oscar DURHAM was born about 1879 in South Carolina.24
+76	iii.	William Murphy DURHAM.
+77	iv.	Pascal Jones "Pack" DURHAM.
+78	v.	Alonzo Fernando DURHAM.
+79	vi.	Lola Daisy "Dais" DURHAM.
+80	vii.	Lillie D. DURHAM.
81	viii.	Rosa Elloree "Elloree" DURHAM was born on 18 Sep 1893 in South Carolina.8 She died on 22 Apr 1915 in Fants Grove, Anderson County, SC. She died at the age of 21 years and 7 months old on Thursday morning at 4:20 o'clock from a shot gun blast near her heart on the previous Tuesday afternoon about 3:30 o'clock. She was buried in Fant's Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Anderson County, SC. Her tombstone spells her name as Rosa Eleree Durham at Fants Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Elloree was considered a slow learner.
+82	ix.	Essie Sarapheigm DURHAM.