Third Generation

31. Nathan Ernest DURHAM was born on 20 Jul 1877 in Missouri or Alabama.^{12,13,14,34,39} He died Intestinal Obstruction - Senility on 24 Aug 1956 in Coleman, Coleman County, Texas.¹³ Buried in Coleman City Cemetery in Coleman, Texas. Informant at death listed as "Lewis W. Durham". In the 1910 Census for Bosque County, Texas (Justice Precinct 4 - District 9), Amanda Durham, age 74 and "widowed" is listed as "Mother" in the household of Nathan E. Durham, age 32 and wife, Lillie.

Occupation on death certificate: Retired Blacksmith

Nathan Ernest DURHAM and Lillie M. SPARKMAN were married about 1900 in Texas.¹⁴ Lillie M. SPARKMAN (daughter of Lewis SPARKMAN and Mollie GILLIAM) was born in Nov 1879 in Texas.^13,14,39 She died Typhoid Fever on 16 Nov 1914 in Pendleton, Bell County, Texas.¹³ Buried in Shilo Cemetery. Informant at death listed as "N. E. Durham" of Pendleton, Texas. Family Search website has Lillie's death certificate listed as "Lillie Dustam". Nathan Ernest DURHAM and Lillie M. SPARKMAN had the following children:

+101	i.	Clarance E. DURHAM.
102	ii.	Ruth DURHAM was born about 1909 in Texas.39