| Submitter: | Franklin C. Durant, Sr. | |||
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| Husband: | Ben F. DURANT | |||
| Born: | April 24, 1898 | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
| Married: | January 26, 1919 | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
| Died: | December 7, 1984 | Place: | Lufkin, TX | |
| Cemetery: | Old Liberty Cemetery | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
| Father: | William B. 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, TX | |
| Cemetery: | Old Liberty Cemetery | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
| Father: | Sam Parson | |||
| Mother: | LuCreasy ROGERS | |||
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| 1 Name: | M | Frank C. DURANT, Sr. | ||
| Born: | October 27, 1919 | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
| Died: | living | Place: | Mesquite, TX | |
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| Spouse 1: | Fannie 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: | living | Place: | Nacogdoches, TX | |
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| Spouse 1: | Mable Horn | |||
| Married: | 1943 | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
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| 3 Name: | M | Elton Lee DURANT | ||
| Born: | October 8, 1923 | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
| Died: | living | Place: | Weatherford, TX | |
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| Spouse 1: | "Lucy" Marion BRAUND | |||
| Married: | 1943 | Place: | England | |
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| 4 Name: | M | Melton Edward DURANT | ||
| Born: | March 25, 1926 | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
| Died: | living | Place: | Jacksonville, TX | |
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| Spouse 1: | Evelyn TOWNLEY | |||
| Married: | 1952 | Place: | Livingston, Polk Co., TX | |
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| 5 Name: | F | Annie Mae DURANT | ||
| Born: | December 12, 1927 | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
| Died: | living | Place: | Palestine, Anderson Co., TX | |
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| Spouse 1: | Ronnie DORMAN (deceased) | |||
| Married: | December 1, 1945 | Place: | Buffalo, Leon Co., TX | |
| Spouse 2: | John NETTLES | |||
| Married: | March 19, 1982 | Place: | Tuscon, Arizona | |
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| 6 Name: | F | Faye DURANT | ||
| Born: | November 25, 1930 | Place: | Buffalo, Leon Co., TX | |
| Died: | living | Place: | Lufkin, TX | |
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| Spouse 1: | Sam STAFFORD | |||
| Married: | 1949 | Place: | Leon Co., TX | |
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| 7 Name: | M | Herald DURANT | ||
| Born: | November 25, 1932 | Place: | Buffalo, Leon Co., TX | |
| Died: | living | Place: | Oakwood, Leon Co., TX | |
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| Spouse 1: | Barbara McKague | |||
| Married: | 1955 | Place: | Port Arthur, TX | |
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| 8 Name: | M | Robert Alton DURANT | ||
| Born: | March 24, 1936 | Place: | Buffalo, Leon Co., TX | |
| Died: | living | Place: | Lufkin, TX | |
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| Spouse 1: | Dean WARREN | |||
| Married: | April 5, 1958 | Place: | ||
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| 9 Name: | F | Clara Virginia DURANT | ||
| Born: | May 3, 1938 | Place: | ||
| Died: | living | Place: | Natalia, TX | |
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| NOTES: Ben F. and Clara Lee Durant, are both deceased; however their nine children are all living as of March 12, 2005 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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