Died at his home 2 1/2 miles south of Seneca, Jan. 25th, 1894, of la grippe, William W. Durham, aged 64 years, 4 months and 17 days.
Mr Durham was a well known and prominent man in Seneca and this section of the country. He was by profession a surveyor and has run many a line in Seneca and Newton county. He was born at Indianapolis, Ind., Sept 8, 1829; at the age of 18 moved to this state, and married at 20 to Miss Melissa Bell, who survives him. He has been a resident of Missouri, with the exception of five years in Kansas about the time of our civil war, and has lived in Seneca and vicinity 20 -25 years. He has been a member of the Baptist Church for more than 40 years and was a Christian gentleman, kind neighbor, and generous friend. He funeral was preached at the Baptist Church in this place, on Friday afternoon, and the remains interred in the Seneca Cemetery. Peace to his ashes"
Mr Durham was a well known and prominent man in Seneca and this section of the country. He was by profession a surveyor and has run many a line in Seneca and Newton county. He was born at Indianapolis, Ind., Sept 8, 1829; at the age of 18 moved to this state, and married at 20 to Miss Melissa Bell, who survives him. He has been a resident of Missouri, with the exception of five years in Kansas about the time of our civil war, and has lived in Seneca and vicinity 20 -25 years. He has been a member of the Baptist Church for more than 40 years and was a Christian gentleman, kind neighbor, and generous friend. He funeral was preached at the Baptist Church in this place, on Friday afternoon, and the remains interred in the Seneca Cemetery. Peace to his ashes"
Died at his home 2 1/2 miles south of Seneca, Jan. 25th, 1894, of la grippe, William W. Durham, aged 64 years, 4 months and 17 days.
Mr Durham was a well known and prominent man in Seneca and this section of the country. He was by profession a surveyor and has run many a line in Seneca and Newton county. He was born at Indianapolis, Ind., Sept 8, 1829; at the age of 18 moved to this state, and married at 20 to Miss Melissa Bell, who survives him. He has been a resident of Missouri, with the exception of five years in Kansas about the time of our civil war, and has lived in Seneca and vicinity 20 -25 years. He has been a member of the Baptist Church for more than 40 years and was a Christian gentleman, kind neighbor, and generous friend. He funeral was preached at the Baptist Church in this place, on Friday afternoon, and the remains interred in the Seneca Cemetery. Peace to his ashes"
Mr Durham was a well known and prominent man in Seneca and this section of the country. He was by profession a surveyor and has run many a line in Seneca and Newton county. He was born at Indianapolis, Ind., Sept 8, 1829; at the age of 18 moved to this state, and married at 20 to Miss Melissa Bell, who survives him. He has been a resident of Missouri, with the exception of five years in Kansas about the time of our civil war, and has lived in Seneca and vicinity 20 -25 years. He has been a member of the Baptist Church for more than 40 years and was a Christian gentleman, kind neighbor, and generous friend. He funeral was preached at the Baptist Church in this place, on Friday afternoon, and the remains interred in the Seneca Cemetery. Peace to his ashes"
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