TITLE: Francis Marion Duram SOURCE: The Keowee Courier SUBMITTED BY: Susan Brock-Booker FORMATTED BY: Kim Grissom, Jun 2003 *********************************************************************** DURAM, Francis Marion (1835-1913) From Keowee Courier June 25, 1913 Death of an Old Soldier Clemson College, June 23---Special: The many friends of F. M. Durham will be grieved to learn of his death, which occurred at his home near Clemson. He was stricken with paralysis on Sunday, June 1st and lived until June 13th at 11 o'clock. Dr. Durham was an old soldier---age 78 yrs, 4 months and 8 days. He was born in Pickens county, but had lived in Oconee for a number of years. He is survived by an aged wife and three children---John Durham of Anderson; Mrs. Eliza Galloway, of Greenville; Mrs. Annie Garves of Charleston and a step-daughter, Miss Lizzie Rice, of Clemson College. His body was laid to rest in the Newry cemetery on June 14th. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. H. Mills of Clemson, and Rev. Henderson of Newry. He leaves a number of friends and relatives to mourn his death. Contributed by: Susan Brock-Booker, sbrockbooker@aol.com *********************************************************************************************** NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commerical individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. *********************************************************************************************** The USGenWeb project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.