The Families of Moore Durden as of 6/18/2019
Moore Durden was born in May 1825 in Virginia, USA.
Moore was recorded in Greenwood, Caddo, Louisiana, USA, on June 29, 1870, in the census (as the 45 year old farmer and head of household). He was also counted in the census in June 1880 in Greenwood, Caddo, Louisiana, USA (as the 60 year old farmer and head of household). Later Moore appeared in the census in Police Jury Ward 5, Caddo, Louisiana, USA, on June 13, 1900 (as a 75 year old farmer and head of household). He was recorded in Greenwood, Caddo, Louisiana, USA, on April 22, 1910, in the census (as the 85 year old widow and father of Maltimore Durden at 164 Spring Ridge Rd, Greenwood, Caddo, Louisiana, USA). Moore died in Greenwood, Caddo, Louisiana, USA, between 1911 and 1919.
Based on the estimated birth date of his first son, John, reported, I have assumed Moore had two wives. The name of the first wife is unknown at this time, but was reported to have been born in Alabama. I estimate they were married around 1842 or 1843.
They had six children: John (ca.1843–), Maltimore (1845–1910), Curtis (ca.1847–1900), John (ca.1857–1870), Mahala (1857–) and Emma (ca.1860–1870).
It is unknown what happened to his first wife, she may have died prior to 1870 along with two children, John and Emma, who died due to intermittent fever.
Later, in 1869 Moore married Mariah. They had one daughter: Elnora (1891- ).
On Apr 18, 1894, The Times, a Shreveport newspaper reported the arrest of "an old colored man named Moore Durden and a boy, Ernest Smith, on the charge of larceny". I am still researching this event to get more details.
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