Madison Ellsworth Durham
Son of John Durham and Harriet Cheatham
Born 02 Aug 1872 in [Prairie Twp.], Tipton Co., Indiana
Died 31 Dec 1962 in Jones Nursing Home, Fowlerton, Grant Co., Indiana
Farm Laborer, 1900, 1910; Laborer-Day Laborer, 1920; Farmer-General Farm, 1930
Married 12 Oct 1895 in Grant Co., Indiana to Martha L J Tygart
Born Jan 1878 in [Duck Creek Twp., Madison Co.], Indiana
Died 01 Oct 1900 in Phlox, Union Twp., Howard Co., Indiana
To them were born:
Married 16 Oct 1902 in Tipton Co., Indiana to Grace Davis
Born 15 Jul 1882 in Madison Co., Indiana
Died 12 Dec 1918 in Wildcat Twp., Tipton Co., Indiana
To them were born:
Married 17 Jul 1925 in [Tipton Co.], Indiana to Ida E McGraw
Born 02 Jan 1874 in Prairie Twp., Tipton Co., Indiana
Died 08 Dec 1937 in Prairie Twp., Tipton Co., Indiana
No children
Married 24 Dec 1938 in Elwood, Madison Co., Indiana to Sallie Campbell
Born 10 May 1878 in [Ellisville Pct.], Nicholas Co., Kentucky
Died 02 Mar 1965 in Tipton, Tipton Co., Indiana
No children
Notes
- Madison's age in the census records: in 1880, age 8; in 1900, age 24 (b. Mar 1876);
in 1910, age 37; in 1920, age 47; in 1930, age 56.
- Madison appears under the name Elsworth in the 1900 census.
- Madison appears under the name Elsworth in the 1920 census.
- Madison appears under the name Elsworth in the 1930 census.
- In 1930 Elsworth owned a farm.
- Ellsworth was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Tipton, Indiana.
- Obituary, Tipton Daily Tribune, 02 Jan 1963, courtesy of Laura Durham:
Ellsworth Durham / Succumbs Monday
Ellsworth (Dick) Durham, 90, of 121 Daniels street, died at 1 p.m. Monday at Jones Nursing Home in Fowlerton
after a three-year illness. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday from Leatherman-Morris Funderal Home with Rev.
Chester Perkins officiating and burial will be in Fairview cemetery. Friends may call anytime at the funeral home.
The deceased was born Aug. 2, 1872 in Tipton county, son of John Wesley and Harriett (Chetum) Durham. He
was married in 1895 to Martha Taggart who died in 1901; in 1902 he married Grace Davis and following her death in 1918
he married Sally Pugh in 1938 and she survives. He had attended Wesleyan Methodist Church and was a farmer in the county
until his retirement.
Surviving in addition to the widow are three daughters, Mrs. Cora Kelly of Kokomo; Mrs. Nelly Gillem, of
Kokomo; Mrs. Charles Tidler of Tipton; a son Paul Durham of Muncie; 34 grandchildren, 71 great-grandchildren and three
great-great-grandchildren.
Sources
- 1880 - U.S. Census, Indiana, Tipton Co.,
Wildcat Twp., E.D. 132, Page No. 15 [=8C], 134-140, 10/11 Jun 1880
- 1900 - U.S. Census, Indiana, Tipton Co.,
Wildcat Twp., E.D. 131, Sheet No. 10B [=243B], 210-211, 18 Jun 1900
- 1910 - U.S. Census, Indiana, Tipton Co.,
Wildcat Twp., E.D. 197, Sheet No. 2B [=206B], 30-31, 18 Apr 1910
- 1920 - U.S. Census, Indiana, Howard Co.,
Liberty Twp., Greentown Town, Ward 4, E.D. 152, Sheet No. 9B [=233B], 241-242, 21 Jan 1920
- 1930 - U.S. Census, Indiana, Tipton Co.,
Prairie Twp., E.D. 80-13, Sheet No. 3A [=133A], 59-59, 07 Apr 1930