{"id":3178,"date":"2022-01-10T14:49:23","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T20:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/?p=3178"},"modified":"2022-01-10T14:49:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T20:49:23","slug":"durham-bartlett-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/2022\/01\/10\/durham-bartlett-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Durham, Bartlett C."},"content":{"rendered":"

Bartlett C. Durham<\/strong>, clerk of circuit court, is a son of Albert S. and Mary
\n(Cleaves) Durham, both natives of Orange County, N.C., he born in 1815, and
\nshe in 1818. They were married in that county, and remained there till 1845,
\nwhen they moved to northern Mississippi, and there passed the remainder of
\ntheir days. Their family consisted of five children, four sons and one
\ndaughter. In 1856 the mother died, and two years later the father married Mrs.
\nJane E. Balch, and to this union were born four children. The father was a
\nmember of the Methodist Church, as were also both wives. He was a farmer and
\nan uncompromising Democrat. He died in 1869. Our subject inherits English
\nblood form bother paternal and maternal ancestors, and was born September 8,
\n1842. He grew up on the farm, and was educated at the country schools. At the
\nage of eighteen he volunteered in Company E, First Mississippi Infantry,
\nwhere, after serving a while as private, he was promoted to the position of
\nsergeant, and from that to quartermaster-sergeant, and finally to second
\nlieutenant, holding that position till the close of the war. He was one of the
\nbrave boys who defended Fort Donelson, where he was captured and taken to Camp
\nMorton, Ind. After six month’s imprisonment he was exchanged, and again re-
\nentered the service; was again taken at Port Hudson, La., but, paroled,
\nthereupon he a third time joined his comrades. During four years’ service he
\nnever received a wound. At the close of the war he entered a dry goods house,
\nwhere he remained till 1868. He then moved to Lauderdale County, and in 1869
\nwas married to Melissa V. Shelton, a native of this county, born April 29,
\n1847, and this union resulted in the birth of six children. Mr. Durham is a
\nfarmer, a Democrat, and a member of the Methodist Church. In connection with
\nhis farming interests he ran a mill. He was occupied the position of
\nmagistrate and circuit court clerk, holding the latter position for the third
\ntime, and has proved a faithful public servant and a trustworthy citizen. At
\nhis last election he received 2,841 out of 3,214 votes cast. On the 18th of
\nOctober, 1886, his faithful companion passed away, after many months of
\nwasting sickness.<\/p>\n

Goodspeed’s Biographies of Lauderdale Co., TN <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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