Durr Cemetery
Name of Deceased |
Born |
Died |
Remarks |
| Brown, John F | Oct 11 1846 | May 12 1864 | 2022 photo |
| Brown, Joseph | 1772 | 1852 | 2022 photo |
| Brown, Joseph P | Jan 25 1847 | 14 y son of WP Brown; 2022 photo | |
| Brown, Mary | 1813 | 1857 | wife of WP Brown 2022 photo |
| Brown, Phoebe S | 1842 | 1864 | 2022 photo |
| Brown, Susannah | 1782 | Dec 30 1857 | 2022 photo |
| Brown, W P | 1805 | 1877 | 2022 photo |
| Chaplin, Hattie | May 25 1888 | Sept 16 1980 | nee Durr |
| Durr, Anna B | Jun 10 1914 | Jun 21 1916 | dau of J & H Durr |
| Durr, Bertha M | 1886 | 1972 | Mother |
| Durr, Gordon F | 1909 | 1936 | son |
| Durr, Hattie | May 25 1888 | Sept 16 1960 | |
| Durr, Jane E | 1857 | 1936 | |
| Durr, Joseph | Jan 29 1887 | Jan 08 1919 | |
| Durr, Melinda | 1820 | 1905 | |
| Durr, Vivian | 1916 | 1916 | |
| Durr, William G | 1890 | 1967 | father |
| Durr, William H | 1856 | 1935 | |
| Hewett, A J | Oct 26 1877 | 27 y 9m 18 d | |
| Hill, Mary | Jan 14 1858 | 10 d | |
| Kimbrough, Frederick | Jun 6 1833 | Oct 25 1871 | |
| Kimbrough, Frederick | May 2 1788 | Mar 2 1855 | |
| Mason, Elizabeth | Dec 12 1865 | wife of Haywood Mason | |
| Mason, Haywood | Oct 25 1871 | 44y | |
| May, Charity | |||
| May, John | |||
| Segrest, Josiah | Oct 4 1857 | 30y | |
| Sloan, Samuel | Feb 1803 | Nov 1853 | |
| Straub, Henry | Sept 28 1845 | 47 y 10 m 26 d | |
| Straub, Henry | July 6 1861 | aged 14 y 8 days 24 d; son of H | |
| Straub, Jacob | Feb 22 1823 | Feb 24 1867 | |
| Williams, A L | 1863 | 1927 | |
| Williams, Alfred | May 15 1892 | May 6 1894 | |
| Williams, Charity | Jun 25 1838 | Dec 12 1900 | |
| Williams, Mary C | 1870 | 1943 | |
| Wright, Rebecca | Mar 3 1839 | Mar 3 1883 | wife of Charles Wright |
You are welcome to view the photos of currently unidentified markers.
Information and photos contributed by Frank Elam
Revisited by Betty Dodson
Relatives on my mother's side are buried in Durr Cemetery. I have been up
there a few times recently to try to figure out what was what. I have
relatives from her side buried all over Bond county but I started with Durr.
Turns out the headstones had so much growth on them, they were nearly
impossible to read. I read up about how to clean and not do any damage. I
tried some of those suggestions and made some progress but not enough.
Finally I broke down and ordered a gallon of D/2, the cleaner guaranteed to
do a better job of cleaning tombstones. It does work pretty well.
One big error I saw [above] was William Porter Brown, known I guess as
W.P.... he was listed as J.P Brown. Wrong. I knew it was him when i read the
dates. 1805 to 1877. Too big of a coincidence, buried with several
relatives, etc. I have cleaned his stone pretty well. It takes hours to
clean them. I spent a few hours there and then I had to just give up and go
back another day. I'm sending a new photo of the grave of William Porter
Brown.
His wife, Mary, is buried there too but she died 20 years before he did.
He died 1877. She died 1857. To the left of her graves is son, Joseph. To
the right is John F. and Phoebe Susan. W. P.'s mother, Susanna, and father,
Joseph, are buried there also. Next to Mary (their mom) are John F. (age
18), Joseph P. (age 14), and Susan. Susan must've been named Phoebe Susan
but went by Susan on all the documents. However on the tombstone it lists
her as Phebe S. (misspelled Phoebe).
Note that John and Susan died 2 weeks apart. How devastating for the family.
Both young. Joseph P died first in 1847. Then Mary in 1857. I suppose if she
was ill and suspected she was dying, she may have said to bury her by
Joseph. Then in May 1864, John and Susan died. They were buried on the other
side of Mary.
On the ILGenWeb site for Durr Cemetery, there are 4 unknown markers. I
believe #3 is Susanna Brown. When I found her grave a month ago. I could
barely tell what it said. It's been cleaned 3-4 times since then and now is
more clear. You can see what you think. [#3 "unknown" photo has been removed
2022 May 25.]
When Mary Brown died, she left 10 children. She was 44. Nancy the oldest was
about 17. The youngest was 5. She stayed at home and raised her siblings it
appears. She did not marry till she was about 30. She is buried in Elm
Point. She married a man named Ezra Wood.
Sorry about Mary Brown's photo. It's not great but that tombstone is tilting
forward and you have to about lie on the ground to try to take the picture.
I wish I knew who oversees Durr Cemetery. But would they intervene to keep
it from falling flat? I cannot budge it to move it back into place. I am
sure it will fall forward at some point. Sadly.
Betty Dodson bdodson5@gmail.com
2022 May 23
