DURDEN FAMILY LINEAGE
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DURDEN Family Tree
Dennis Dan

There's a few different Durden lines in Caddo, many lived around Greenwood. The main two trees in my family start with Jerry Durden & Jane Spearman and another starts with Moore Durden & Mariah. A suspected brother of Moore Durden is Fred Durden also from VA.

Children of *Jerry Durden 1840 (b-Georgia) & Jane Spearman 1850 (b- South Carolina) m/Apr 6, 1884

  1. Leonard Durden – 1868/?   m/Mary Jane Jackson  1898
  2. Meridy Durden – 1870/?
  3. John Durden – 1871/?
  4. Ellen Durden – 1872/1946  m/Marshall Gilliam  Feb 9, 1890
  5. William Durden – 1875/? 
  6. Floyd Durden – 1878/1968  m/Charlotte Payne

GRANDCHILDREN


Children of Leonard Durden & Jane Jackson

  1. Mora Durden – 1900/?

Children of Ellen Durden & Marshall Gilliam

  1. Fannie Gilliam – 1892/?
  2. Isabella Gilliam – 1892/?
  3. Caroline Gilliam – 1893//  m/Anderson Sanders
  4. Jerry Gilliam – 1898/1954  m/Fannie Tippins Dec 24, 1925
  5. Saba C Gilliam – 1900/?
  6. Marshall Gilliam Jr – 1904/1954  m/Hattie Tolliver  1947
  7. Lelia Gilliam – 1905/?
  8. Leon Gilliam – 1906/1986  m/Ira Dee Tyson
  9. Amos Gilliam – 1907/?
  10. John K Gilliam – 1910/1926
  11. James Gilliam – 1911/1927
  12. Janie Mae Gilliam - 1915/1953 m/Ruben Sanders (possible relation to Anderson Sanders)
  13. Woodrow Gilliam – 1919/1981  m/Catherine

Children of Floyd Durden & Charlotte Payne

  1. Mack Durden  - 1901/1990 
  2. Eastelle Durden  -  1904/1969  m/Charles Lewellen Hamlin 28 Jul 1921
  3. Johnnie Durden  -  1910/2005 -  m/Nevada Herd  Feb 20, 1941 & Catherine Collins
  4. Lloyd Durden -  1913/2009  -  m/Hattie ?
  5. Sesser Durden  -  1915/1999  -  m/Ernestine Carter  Aug 10, 1941

=18 grandchildren

Children of *Moore Durden 1825 (b-Virginia)

with Drucilla Davis (1800/1890)

  1. John Durden - 1844/? m/Priscilla ? Oct 15, 1885
  2. Maltimore Durden – 1845/?  m/ Paralee Glover  1870 and had kids with Mary Hunt

with Mariah 1830/?

  1. Curtis Durden – 1847/1900  m/Lucinda Bayliss  1866
  2. Bob Durden – 1854/?
  3. Mahala Durden – 1855/?
  4. Wade Durden – 1856/?
  5. John Durden –  1857/1870
  6. Emma Durden – 1860/1870
  7. James Durden – 1872/?  m/Rena Stewart  Mar 14, 1897
  8. Edward Durden – 1891/? (possibly adopted)

GRANDCHILDREN

Children of John Durden & Priscilla (1844/?)

  1. Aaron Durden – 1863/?
  2. Fannie Durden – 1865/?
  3. Jane Durden – 1867/?


Children of Maltimore Durden
With Paralee Glover

  1. William Durden – 1869/?
  2. Drucilla Durden – 1871/  m/Asa Haley
  3. Margaret Durden – 1874/1954  m/Ed Harris
  4. Rachel Durden – 1875/?  m/Robert Washington 1893
  5. Mahalia Durden – 1876/?  m/Isaac Adams & Mack Davis
  6. Wesley Durden – 1881/?
  7. Cedee Durden – 1883/?
  8. Orena Durden – 1883?  m/James Rainey
  9. Miseer Durden – 1884/?  m/Elbert Jackson
  10. Titons Durden – 1885/? 
  11. Laura M Durden – 1887/1945  m/Ed Johnson
  12. Pearly Durden - 1891/?
  13. Clara Durden – 1894/?
  14. Maggie S Durden – 1899/?

With Mary Hunt

  1. Nancie Durden - 1878/1943
  2. Jim Durden – 1884/1972
  3. Thomas Durden – 1885/?  m/Lulu ?
  4. Cornelius Durden – 1888/1972  m/Pearly Alford  Jul 12, 1906
  5. Alex Durden – 1892/1967  m/Lucy Fox

Children of Curtis Durden Sr & Lucinda Bayliss

  1. Willie Durden – 1868/?
  2. Derry Durden – 1875/?  m/Julia Ann Harden  Jan 14, 1896 (grandparents of baseball great Ernie Banks)
  3. Curtis Durden Jr – 1875/?  m/Phyllis Hunt  Sept 24, 1902
  4. Nancy Durden – 1878/?   m/Willie Ray  Sept 18, 1895
  5. C D Durden – 1880/?
  6. Dennis Dan Durden – 1883/1964  m/Patsy Sewell  Feb 20, 1910 (grandparents of OJ Simpson)
  7. Luther Durden – 1885/1967  m/Artesa Alford & Annie Rine
  8. Alvin Durden – 1886/?
  9. Olivia Durden – 1887/?  m/Early Jackson  1909
  10. Lucinda Durden – 1890/?
  11. William Durden – 1894/1972  m/Jenny Jackson

With Ophelia Rodgers (named in his death cert)

  1. Ira Durden – 1884/1963  m/Mary Beck 1903 and Polly Henderson

Children of James Durden & Rena Stewart

  1. John Durden - 1898

=35 grandchildren

Children of Fred Durden abt 1817/abt 1900 (b-Virginia) & Louvenia ? 1835/1880 (b-Mississippi)

  1. Sarah Durden – 1856/?
  2. Daniel Durden – 1859/?
  3. John Durden – 1863/?
  4. Moore Durden – 1867/?
  5. Fred Durden Jr – 1871??  m/Caroline McKnight
  6. Julia Durden – 1875/?  m/James Hunt J

Children of Green Durden 1836/? & Ellen ? 1836/?

  1. Alice Durden – 1866/?
  2. Nancy Durden – 1868/?
  3. Sarah Durden – 1869/?
Floyd Durden
Dennis Dan Durden
Floyd Durden
Mahalia DurdenMahalia Durden
Sesser DurdenSesser Durden Sr
Johnny Durden
Lloyd Durden
Johnnie Durden
Lloyd Durden
 
   
   

*footnotes: possible sibling for Jerry Durden- Green Durden, living near by and states birth place as Georgia.