Third Generation

8. Jesse Wilson DURHAM was born on 9 Sep 1831 in Kentucky.^{1,18,19,20,21} Death Certificate states birth as "9 Sept 1831", but 1900 Census for Mitchell County, Texas shows "Sept. 1868" which is definitely an error. He died Heart Disease on 3 Jan 1918 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.²¹ Buried in Oak Cliff Cemetery. Informant at death listed as "Mrs. A. B. Murdock" of Dallas, Texas. (Death certificate states father as "W. B. Durham". Mother is listed as "unknown".) Name: Alice Ramer Rice Bratcher
Email: ARBratcher@aol.com

Note:
Jesse Wilson Durham, Private, Company E, 6th Regiment Kentucky Mounted Infantry, CSA. He lived in Barren County, KY when he entered the Confederate Army. Died Jan 18,1918 born Sep 9, 1839(verify year). wife's name: Mary Stephens (1848-1907). He is buried at Oak Cliff Cemetery, Dallas, Texas. Jesse Wilson Durham member of the famous ORPHAN BRIGADE.

Jesse Wilson DURHAM and Mary STEPHENS/STEVENS were married about 1865.¹⁸ Mary STEPHENS/STEVENS was born in Sep 1849 in South Carolina.^18,19,20 She died in 1907. Jesse Wilson DURHAM and Mary STEPHENS/STEVENS had the following children:

45	i.	Florence J. DURHAM was born about 1866 in South Carolina.18,19
46	ii.	William "Willie" DURHAM was born about 1868 in South Carolina.18,19
+47	iii.	Clarence Sullivan DURHAM.
48	iv.	Milford DURHAM was born about 1873 in South Carolina.18
+49	v.	Charles "Charlie" W. DURHAM.
+50	vi.	Jesse Layton DURHAM.
+51	vii.	Elmer Gerard DURHAM.
+52	viii.	Edith Irene DURHAM.
+53	ix.	Harold "Harry" Wentworth DURHAM.