Union Cemetery

Durham, Josephine B


BORN IN: Pennsylvania
DIED: 2/5/1909
AGED: 66
CAUSE OF DEATH: Epilepsy & Heart Disease
DEATH LOCATION: near Summit Springs


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  • 1846 Mexican-American War
  • 1849 California Gold Rush
  • 1850 California became the 31st State
  • 1860 The Pony Express
  • 1861 Abraham Lincoln elected President
  • 1861 American Civil War
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  • 1866 Ku Klux Klan
  • 1869 National Woman Suffrage Assoc.
  • 1871 The Great Chicago Fire
  • 1876 Telephones (Alexander Graham Bell)
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  • 1901 Teddy Roosevelt elected President
  • 1903 First powered flight (Wright Brothers)
  • 1906 The San Francisco Earthquake
OBITUARY ---------------

MRS. JOSEPHINE R. DURHAM

Redwood City Democrat

February 11, 1909

Mrs. Josephine R. Durham, the wife of Wm. W. Durham passed away at her home near Summit springs on the 5th instant. The deceased was a native of Pennsylvania, aged 66 years and during her long residence in the county had endeared herself to many friends and neighbors. Her death was the result of an illness of several months. Mrs. Durham was the daughter of the late John Ralston of San Gregorio and was married in 1870. Besides her aged husband and brothers and sisters, she leaves six grown up children. The funeral took place Sunday. the burial being in Union Cemetery. The services were conducted at the grave by Rev. C.C. Kirkland. Plot 69

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