James Lucas Durham; Winn Parish, Louisiana.
Contributed byGreggory E. Davies
120 Ted Price Lane
Winnfield, LA  71483
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James Lucas Durham


James Lucas Durham is a son of James Durham who was one of the early respected 
settlers in Winn Parish.  He was twice married and became the father of eighteen 
children.  The posterity are numerous throughout several parishes.

J. L. Durham was born in Georgia in 1848, but his father brought him to Winn Parish 
when a child and he was reared and educated here.  They lived in Sardis Community.

January 22, 1867, he married Miss Telltha McIlwain.  They have ten children, two 
of whom are dead.  These are pursuing various lines of life in this section.  Mr. 
Durham has always been a farmer, but is now dealing in real estate as well as operating 
his farms.  He has accumulated nicely and now owns above 2,000 acres of land and an 
elegant home in Winnfield.  He is a Baptist deacon and is a Knight of Pythias and has 
always been unselfish and generous in his community and section.  Many widows and 
the poor cherish the name of Jim Durham, as he has always been called.  He is the father 
of the pastor of the Baptist Church and also the tax assessor in Winn parish.  

Probably no man in this section is more enthusiastic about our future than Mr. Durham, 
who is willing to invest to the limit in her property.  He is vigorous, industrious, and 
persistent now as he approaches sixty.  He has dealt liberally with his children and is a 
useful man in any community.  

Motto:  "Aim high and reach the mark by all possible effort, and to make my life useful to
mankind."


(The above article copied from Volume XXVII of The Guardian newspaper, No. 8-9, 
published at Winnfield, LA., September-October, 1907.  On file at Watson Memorial 
Library, Cammie Henry Archives, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA.,
 and submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, LA.)