Fourth Generation

25. William R. DURHAM was born in Feb 1827 in North Carolina.^{47,49,50,51,52} In the 1900 Census for Wright County, Missouri (Clark - District 146), Mahala Harris, age 33 (b. Nov 1867 - North Carolina), and "widowed" is listed as "daughter" in the household of William Durham, age 73 (b. Feb 1827 - North Carolina) and wife, Caroline, age 75 (b. Jan 1825). William and "Caroline" are shown to be married for "53 years". The death certificate of Perlina Catherine Durham on 22 July 1912 in Boone, Douglas County, Missouri, shows her middle name as "Catherine", not "Caroline".

William R. DURHAM and Paulina "Perlina" Catherine FRY were married on 30 Jul 1846 in Stokes County, North Carolina.^24,25 Bondsman: Carter D. Nichol; Witness: Jno Hill, Clerk of County Court

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William Durham <https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZYD-BPB>
North Carolina, Marriages, 1759-1979
marriage: 30 Jul 1846 Stokes, North Carolina

spouse: Paulina Fry

groom's name: William Durham
bride's name: Paulina Fry
marriage date: 30 Jul 1846
marriage place: Stokes, North Carolina
indexing project (batch) number: M01392-3
system origin: North Carolina-EASy
source film number: 422159 Paulina "Perlina" Catherine FRY (daughter of John FRY) was born in Dec 1824 in North Carolina.^{49,50,51,52,53} She died Aortic Regurgitation on 22 Jul 1912 in Boone, Douglas County, Missouri.⁵³ Buried in White's Creek Cemetery. Informant at death listed as "Jane Roe" of Squirls, Missouri. Age of death - 84years, 7 months. William R. DURHAM and Paulina "Perlina" Catherine FRY had the following children:

112	i.	Elizabeth Frances DURHAM was born about 1847 in North Carolina.49
+113	ii.	William Robert DURHAM.
+114	iii.	John Henry DURHAM.
+115	iv.	Mary Ann DURHAM.
+116	v.	James Austin DURHAM.
+117	vi.	Alexander Thomas DURHAM.
118	vii.	Emily Jane DURHAM was born about 1861 in Kentucky.50,51
+119	viii.	Alfred Franklin DURHAM.
+120	ix.	Sarah Mahala DURHAM.