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361. William Walter DURHAM was born on 23 Dec 1875 in Tazewell County, Virginia.60,149,231 ******NOT 100% PROVEN THAT WILLIAM WALTER DURHAM IS A SON OF NANCY A. DURHAM - DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM AND PHEOBE.

Occupation of William Walter Durham, listed on Marriage Certificate: Railroading.

Notes from Lisa Cumby - Rootsweb
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2658127&id=I11523
William Walter Durham was born of the Cherokee Indian Tribe of North and South Carolina.

THEORY:
The marriage certificate of William W. Durham and Elizabeth Patrick shows the parents of William W. Durham as "William and Nancy Durham". William Walter Durham may possibly be the son of "Nancy A. Durham", daughter of William H. Durham and wife Phoebe. MORE RESEARCH is NEEDED. (William H. Durham is considered by some as "half-cherokee" - not totally proven).

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William W. Durham is listed as "William W. Duram" in the 1910 Census for Wise County, Virginia.

William Walter DURHAM and Hattie Elizabeth PATRICK were married on 29 Jan 1896 in Tazewell County, Virginia.136 W. W. Durham <https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XR3S-315>
Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940
birth: 1874, Tazewell, Va
marriage: 29 Jan 1896 Tazewell, Virginia

parents: William, Nancy
spouse: E. H. Patrick

groom's name: W. W. Durham
groom's birth date: 1874
groom's birthplace: , Tazewell, Va
groom's age: 22
bride's name: E. H. Patrick
bride's birth date: 1876
bride's birthplace: , Washington, Va
bride's age: 20
marriage date: 29 Jan 1896
marriage place: Tazewell, Virginia
groom's father's name: William
groom's mother's name: Nancy
bride's father's name: E. M.
bride's mother's name: Mary F.
groom's race: White
groom's marital status: Single
bride's race: White
bride's marital status: Single
indexing project (batch) number: M01695-4
system origin: Virginia-EASy
source film number: 34214

Hattie Elizabeth PATRICK (daughter of Emmitt Martin PATRICK and Mary Francis JACKSON) was born on 3 Jun 1875 in Washington County, Virginia.60 William Walter DURHAM and Hattie Elizabeth PATRICK had the following children:

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i.

Minnie Mabel DURHAM.

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ii.

Maude Hazel DURHAM.

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iii.

Willie DURHAM was born about 1903 in place unknown.231

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iv.

Charles Milo DURHAM was born about 1906 in place unknown.231

William Walter DURHAM and Lou HONAKER were married on 24 Jun 1909 in Wise County, Virginia.238 Wise County, Virginia Marriages - Book 2, 1909-1912 by William C. Gobble
(page 38)
Durham, W. W., age 33, widowed, born Tazewell County, Virginia; & Honaker, Lou, age 36; single; born Russell County, Va; daughter of Henry & Nan Honaker Lou HONAKER was born about 1873 in Russell County, Virginia.231