Mary Elizabeth Swillen

Birth and Death
Birth	1853	Georgia
Death	1895	Texas
Burial	Hazel Dell Cemetery, Comanche, Texas, USA
Family
Spouse	Thomas D Durham	1850	Arkansas	1929
Children	James D Durham	21 Jun 1877	Texas	30 Mar 1953	Texas
	Mollie Durham	1873	Texas
	Martha A Durham	1875	Texas
	Thomas Benjamin Durham	8 Feb 1887	Texas	22 Aug 1950	Texas
	Eddie J. Durham	4 Dec 1884		25 Oct 1945	Texas
Notes	Living in Bosque, TX, in 1880.

Notes

• Last name is a little problematic. There is a death certificate for Eddie J. Durham Weidner who lists Tom as the father and Mary Elizabeth Smelling as the mother (below). Another copy of this death certificate lists "Swelling", which is probably more correct. Sadly, Mary must have passed away when Eddie was young.
  James D's birth entry reads "Mary Swillen" as mother.
  Name: Eddie J. Weidner
  Gender: Female
  Burial Date: 26 Oct 1945
  Burial Place: , , Texas
  Death Date: 25 Oct 1945
  Death Place: Dublin, Erath, Texas
  Age: 60
  Birth Date: 04 Dec 1884
  Birthplace: , Hill County, Texas
  Occupation: Housewife
  Race: White
  Marital Status: Married
  Spouse's Name:
  Father's Name: Tom Durham
  Father's Birthplace: , , Arkansas
  Mother's Name: Mary Elizabeth Smelling
  Mother's Birthplace: , , Arkansas
  Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B00010-3
  System Origin: Texas-EASy
  GS Film number: 1845916
  Reference ID:
  
• There is a T.F. Swillen/Swilling in Alabama. Any relation?
  Robert Y. Swilling in Georgia has a Mary Elizabeth born in 1853, but a website has her marrying a different guy.
  

Documents

Headstone of Tom and Mary Durham

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=durham&GSfn=tom&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=46&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=67281556&df=all&

Tom Durham 1880 Census