| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Gedcom File Email Us | Fifth Generation181. Susan Elizabeth (Eliza) DURHAM was born in Mar 1853 in Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina.55,60,61,62,86,129 She died before 1930 in Mercer County, VA/WV. In 1910, William Durham is living in the household of Elizabeth Durham married to Andrew Melvin, in the Beaver Pond District, Mercer Co., WV. William is listed as "brother-in-law" to Andrew Melvin. I am not sure who this William is. Could be Warren, but Warren is listed elsewhere in the census living with his daughter Minnie. This could be "Alexander Durham" born 1860, who appears in the 1920 census for Tazewell County, VA with a second wife "Lilly" who is one half his age, and have several "step-children" listed, except for the youngest "Gladys". Susan Elizabeth (Eliza) DURHAM and Andrew
J. MELVIN were married on 20 Feb 1872 in Mercer County, West Virginia.130,131
Susan Elizabeth Durham and Andrew J. Melvin marriage is listed on Reel #3, Page
21, Line #28 of the Mercer County, WV Marriages Volume I - 1854-1914. Andrew
J. MELVIN (son of Hezekiah MELVIN and Elizabeth THOMAS) was born in May 1845
in Oakvale, Mercer County, VA/WV.60,62,86,132,133
He died before 1920 in Mercer County, VA/WV.129 Buried at the Brush Fork Cemetery in Mercer Co., WV.
(Research of Vicki Mills). In the 1870 Census for Mercer County, West Virginia
(East River - District 20), Andrew J. Melvin, age 23 (Virginia) and Napoleon
B. Melvin, age 19 (Virginia), are listed in the household of Robert M. Thomas
and wife, Martha. Susan Elizabeth (Eliza) DURHAM and Andrew J. MELVIN had the
following children:
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