| Submitter: | Franklin C. Durant, Sr. | |||
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| Husband: | Benjamin Franklin "Ben" DURANT | |||
| Born: | April 24, 1898 | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
| Married: | January 26, 1919 | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
| Died: | December 7, 1984 | Place: | Lufkin, Angelina Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Old Liberty Cemetery | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
| Father: | William Bethel DURANT | |||
| Mother: | Zelda McKANDLES | |||
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| Wife: | Clara Lee PARSONS | |||
| Born: | November 18, 1899 | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
| Died: | March 17, 1973 | Place: | Lufkin, Angelina Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Old Liberty Cemetery | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
| Father: | Sam T./P. PARSONS | |||
| Mother: | Mariah Lucresia "Creasy" RODGERS | |||
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| 1 Name: | M | Franklin Crowell DURANT, Sr. | ||
| Born: | October 27, 1919 | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
| Died: | December 21, 2010 | Place: | Tyler, Smith Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Liberty Cemetery | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
| Spouse 1: | Fannie Ophelia CRIM (deceased) | |||
| Married: | August 26, 1946 | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
| Spouse 2: | Dorothy THOMPSON | |||
| Married: | November 26, 1957 | Place: | Livingston, Polk Co., TX | |
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| 2 Name: | M | James Lawrence DURANT | ||
| Born: | June 8, 1922 | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
| Died: | July 12, 2006 | Place: | Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Rock Springs Cemetery | Place: | Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co., TX | |
| Spouse 1: | Mable HORN | |||
| Married: | January 13, 1945 | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
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| 3 Name: | M | Elton Lee DURANT | ||
| Born: | October 8, 1923 | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
| Died: | December 3, 2010 | Place: | Weatherford, TX | |
| Cemetery: | (Cremated-ashes will be buried at Tin Top Cemetery when wife dies) | Place: | Parker Co., TX | |
| Spouse 1: | "Lucy" Marion BRAUND | |||
| Married: | July 4, 1945 | Place: | Wales, Great Britain | |
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| 4 Name: | M | Melton Edward DURANT | ||
| Born: | living | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
| Died: | living | Place: | Jacksonville, TX | |
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| Spouse 1: | Nora Evelyn TOWNLEY | |||
| Married: | living | Place: | Livingston, Polk Co., TX | |
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| 5 Name: | F | Annie Mae DURANT | ||
| Born: | living | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
| Died: | living | Place: | ||
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| Spouse 1: | Ronald "Ronnie" Carlos DORMAN (deceased) | |||
| Married: | living | Place: | Buffalo, Leon Co., TX | |
| Spouse 2: | John NETTLES | |||
| Married: | living | Place: | Tuscon, Arizona | |
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| 6 Name: | F | Bennie Faye DURANT | ||
| Born: | living | Place: | Buffalo, Leon Co., TX | |
| Died: | living | Place: | Lufkin, TX | |
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| Spouse 1: | Samuel Thomas "Sam" STAFFORD | |||
| Married: | living | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
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| 7 Name: | M | Reagan Herald DURANT | ||
| Born: | living | Place: | Buffalo, Leon Co., TX | |
| Died: | living | Place: | Oakwood, Leon Co., TX | |
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| Spouse 1: | Barbara Ann McKAGUE | |||
| Married: | living | Place: | Port Arthur, TX | |
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| 8 Name: | M | Robert Alton DURANT | ||
| Born: | living | Place: | Buffalo, Leon Co., TX | |
| Died: | living | Place: | Lufkin, TX | |
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| Spouse 1: | Billie Dene WARREN | |||
| Married: | living | Place: | Angelina Co., TX | |
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| 9 Name: | F | Clara Virginia DURANT | ||
| Born: | living | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
| Died: | living | Place: | Natalia, TX | |
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| Spouse 1: | David Robinson HARRELL | |||
| Married: | living | Place: | Wichita Co., TX (Sheppard Air Force Base) | |
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| NOTES: Ben F. and Clara Lee Durant, are both deceased; however their nine children were living as of March 12, 2005 (6 as of 2011) Our GGG-Grandparents were Augustine Blackburn Hardin, Sr., and Mary Elizabeth (Garner) Hardin, of Columbia, Maury Co., TN. A.B. Sr., came to what is now Liberty, TX in 1825. He was one of the 59 signers of the Texas Independence from Mexico.--He acquired more than 35,000 acres of land in the 4 surrounding counties of Liberty Co. from the Mexican Government, as well as from Texas, after 1836.. His son, A. B. Hardin, Jr. and his mother were "Leon County Pioneers" in about 1840 until late after the 1860's. His mother and half-sister are buried in the Beaver Dam Cemetery in Leon Co. Our GGG-Grandmother died February 6, 1853. Her son was a dedicated Real Estate Person, and operated a Post Office, about where the old Guy's Store used to be on Hwy 7 toward Crockett. Our Great-grandparents were James Alexander McKandles and Francis "Mammie" Reeder, who also resided in Centerville, TX, rearing a large family there. |
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| SOURCES: Frank C. Durant, Sr. |
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