Jay Seth Durham
Son of John Wesley Durham and Mary Elizabeth Berry
Born 29 Jan 1899 in [Cicero Twp.], Tipton Co., Indiana
Died 19 Nov 1971 in Tipton, Tipton Co., Indiana
Laborer-Dairy, 1930
Married 09 Dec 1916 in Tipton Co., Indiana to Alma Dorothy Dick
Born 23 Jul 1897 in [Kempton, Jefferson Twp.], Tipton Co., Indiana
Died 31 Mar 1956 in Windfall, Wildcat Twp., Tipton Co., Indiana
To them were born:
Married 1964 in [Tipton Co.], Indiana to Mary Mae Summers
Born 23 Mar 1901 in [Union Twp.], Howard Co., Indiana
Died 10 Mar 1984 in Tipton, Tipton Co., Indiana
No children
Notes
- Jay's age in the census records: in 1900, age 1 (b. Jan 1899); in 1910, age 11; in 1920, missing;
in 1930, age 29.
- Jay appears under the name Seth in the 1910 census.
- Jay was buried in Brookside Cemetery, Windfall, Indiana.
- Obituary, Tipton Daily Tribune, 20 Nov 1971, courtesy of Laura Durham:
Jay Durham, 72, Dies; Rites Planned at Windfall
Jay Durham, 72, of Windfall, died at 6 o'clock Friday evening at the Tipton Memorial Hospital.
He had been in failing health for two years and critically ill for two days.
Mr. Durham was a retired employe of the Stellite Corp. at Kokomo.
He was a member of the Windfall Masonic Lodge.
Mr. Durham was born near Windfall on Ja. 29, 1899, and was the son of John W. and Mary Ann
Berry Durham.
His first wife, Mrs. Alma Dick Durham, died in 1956.
Mr. Durham is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mae Smyser Durham, to whom he was married in 1964;
one daughter, Mrs. Rose Ellen Beckerdite of Kokomo; a son, Carl Phillip Durham of Rochester; one sister,
Mrs. Grace Fisher of Elwood, and one grandson.
Funeral services for Mr. Durham will be held at 2:30 o'clock at the Pritchard Funeral
Home at Windfall with Rev. Thomas Davis officiating, and burial will be made in the Brookside Cemetery.
It was announced that friends may call at the funeral home prior to the hour of the services.
Sources
- 1900 - U.S. Census, Indiana, Tipton Co.,
Cicero Twp., E.D. 119, Sheet No. 5A [=66A], 85-86, 07 Jun 1900
- 1910 - U.S. Census, Indiana, Tipton Co.,
Wildcat Twp., E.D. 195, Sheet No. 12A [=194A], 300-304, 28 Apr 1910
- 1930 - U.S. Census, Indiana, Tipton Co.,
Wildcat Twp., Windfall, E.D. 80-14, Sheet No. 2B [=145B], 56-56, Posey St., 04 Apr 1930
- SSDI 304-10-1210