First Generation

1. William "Billy" Tiant Henry DURHAM was born about 1809 in Kentucky.^1,2,3,4 He died before 1900 in Kentucky.⁵ Ancestry.com spells William Durham's name as "William Hupam" in the 1880 Census for Rockcastle County, Kentucky.

In the 1880 Census for Rockcastle County, Kentucky (District 95), Isaac A. Durham, age 2, is listed as "son" in the household of William Durham, age 71 and wife, Julia (Ballinger).

William "Billy" Tiant Henry DURHAM and Eliza Jane JOHNSON were married on 4 Jul 1833 in Madison County, Kentucky. Information provided by Darrell Miller, via email

In Madison County, Kentucky
marriage book 1823-1851:
William Durham married Eliza Jane Johnson
1 JUL 1833, Bondsman was John Nickerson,
consent was Stephen S., father of Bride

Eliza Jane JOHNSON (daughter of Stephen JOHNSON) was born about 1813 in Kentucky.^1,2,3 William "Billy" Tiant Henry DURHAM and Eliza Jane JOHNSON had the following children:

+2	i.	Elizabeth "Lizzie" DURHAM.
+3	ii.	Minerva DURHAM.
+4	iii.	John Richard DURHAM.
+5	iv.	Joseph M. J. DURHAM.
+6	v.	Elizabeth "Eliza" Jane DURHAM.
+7	vi.	Stephen Louis DURHAM.
+8	vii.	Simeon Perry DURHAM.
9	viii.	(Female) DURHAM was born in 1853 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky.6 She died Born dead. in 1853 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky.6 Kentucky Birth Records, 1852-1910 (Rockcastle) (Female) Durham, b. 1853; born "Dead"; Father: William Durham; Mother; Eliza Johnson
10	ix.	Elias G. "Eli" DURHAM was born about 1857 in Kentucky.1,3

William "Billy" Tiant Henry DURHAM and Julia "July" (UNKNOWN) were married on 1 Jan 1877 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky.⁷ Julia "July" (UNKNOWN) was born in Dec 1835 in Kentucky.^4,5 William "Billy" Tiant Henry DURHAM and Julia "July" (UNKNOWN) had the following children:

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Isaac A. DURHAM was born in Mar 1879 in Kentucky.4,5