David H. DURR
David H. DURR was born @1819 in South Carolina
and died 24 Jan 1887 in Shelby Co., TX. He married
Paralee Allred, d/o
William Allred
& wife Lila, who was born @1820 in Tennessee and died 27 Jan 1887 in
Shelby Co., TX. They are buried in Good Hope Cemetery near Center, TX, along
with son, David Hilliard and daughters, Cynthia Ellen & Lucinda A.
"Belle". No record of their marriage has been found in LA or Alabama.
Living near David & Paralee in 1850 was her father, William Allred &
his wife Lila, and her siblings: Elizabeth (w/o Amos B. Fisher), James E.
Allred (h/o ? Carmichael), Aaron C. Allred (h/o M. Martha Clinton), Thomas J.
Allred, & Cavalier F. Allred. David first homesteaded then purchased 80
acres of land on the Sabine side of the Natchitoches/Sabine parish border in
9 Aug 1858 & the land was patented on 2 Apr 1860. This first tract of 80
acres of land is where the McCaskill Cemetery is located with forty acres
being where the cemetery now sits and the other 40 acres being across the
road. On 30 Nov 1885, they sold 160 acres of land including this tract and
some land in Natchitoches parish to Samuel F. & Lourania McCaskill for
$600 paid as $250 cash and balance due in notes to be paid 1 Jan 1887 &
1 Jan 1888. About this time David, Paralee, and son, David Hilliard, moved
to Shelby Co., TX where all died a few years later. There is no record of
them buying land in Shelby Co., TX.
Children:
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Rachel Fritz DURR,
b. 25 Nov 1848 in Sabine Pr., LA, d. 31 Jan 1920 in Sabine Pr., LA,
bur. Old Jerusalem Cemetery-Many, Sabine, LA.
She married
5 Jul 1865
in Sabine Pr., LA (1-134) William M. COBBS (s/o Willis L. COBBS &
Elizabeth "Bettie" WALDROP),
b. 3 Oct 1845 in Sabine Pr., LA, d. 7 Feb 1926 in Ouachita Pr., LA,
bur. Old Jerusalem Cemetery-Many, Sabine, LA.
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Michael D. DURR,
b. 1850 in Sabine Pr., LA, d. 1884 in Sabine Pr., LA,
bur. McCaskill Cemetery-Sabine Pr., LA.
He married
28 Feb 1869
in Natchitoches Pr., LA (5/87) Arabell N. D. BYRD, (d/o John Allen BYRD
& Isabella MacINTOSH),
b. 11 Feb 1850 in TX, d. 25 Dec 1892 in Shelby Co., TX,
bur. Sardis Cemetery-Shelby Co., TX.
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William Rufus DURR,
b. 7 Feb 1853 in Sabine Pr., LA, d. 9 May 1927 in Natchitoches Pr., LA,
bur. Beulah Methodist Church-Natchitoches Pr., LA.
He married
23 Dec 1869
in Natchitoches Pr., LA (5/46), Lucindy Melvina DYKES (d/o David DYKES
& Harriet Elizer McKINSEY),
b. 6 Jun 1852 in Barbour Co., AL, d. 19 Sept 1934 in Natchitoches Pr., LA,
bur. Beulah Methodist Church-Natchitoches Pr., LA.
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Cynthia Ellen DURR,
b. 15 May 1859 in Sabine Pr., LA, d. 29 Nov 1927 in Center, Shelby, TX,
bur. Good Hope Cemetery-Shelby Co., TX.
She married (1)
16 Jul 1875
in Natchitoches Pr., LA (5/287), John P. THOMAS (s/o Elizabeth ?),
b. @1848 in MS, d. 1880's in Natchitoches Pr., LA.
She married (2) 188?, Lewis W. DAVIS, b. 185?, d. @1896 in Shelby Co., TX.
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Lucinda A. "Belle" DURR,
b. 20 Apr 1862 in Sabine Pr., LA, d. 6 Nov 1915 in Shelby Co., TX,
bur. 7 Nov 1915 in Good Hope Cemetery-Shelby Co., TX.
She married
6 Dec 1883
in Natchitoches Pr., LA (8/244) Thomas Leroy BARNHILL, (s/o William Hodge
BARNHILL & Eliza Ellen GOSSETT),
b. 15 Mar 1860 in Natchitoches Pr., LA, d. 28 Nov 1944 in Shelby Co., TX,
bur. Good Hope Cemetery-Shelby Co., TX.
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David Hilliard DURR,
b. 1871 in Sabine Pr., LA, d. 1888 in Shelby Co., TX,
bur. Good Hope Cemetery-Shelby Co., TX.
For more information on the Durr family, contact:
Susan Laurent
(Susan@DoubleDurr.com).
(Last edited: 3/11/2012)
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