Elizabeth Ann Barwick Durden (1820-1909)

Elizabeth Ann Barwick Durden

Birth

16 Dec 1820

Death

20 Dec 1909 (aged 89)

Burial

Barwick Cemetery

Norristown, Emanuel County, Georgia, USA Add to Map

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Husb: William Durden, Marriage: 1838. William was the son of William Durden and Mary Dekle.

October 30, 1909 Paper: Augusta Chronicle:

"Tribe of Durden" Emanuel County
Largest Family So Far Reported - Mrs. Elizabeth Durden Has 269 Living Descendants --Reads Without Glasses.

Special to The Chronicle
Swainsboro, Ga. Oct. 29 - Apropos to large families with two hundred and sixty-nine living members, that of Mrs. Elizabeth Durden, of Norristown, Ga. Mrs. Durden was born in 1817 where she now resides within one mile of Norristown, Ga. She is a daughter of Nathan Barwick and Elizabeth Whitten Barwick. Early in life she married William Durden who died about forty years ago. She is the mother of eleven children, all living. Her tribe has increased until at present there are sixty-five grandchildren, forty-three of this number being boys, one hundred and eighty great grandchildren and ten great great grandchildren.
Mrs. Durden is a consistent member of the Primitive Baptist Church, having joined at Old Canoochee about forty years ago. Her mind is still active and her eyesight good. At the present time she is able to read without glasses and can get about without assistance.
Mrs. Durden is a sister of Mrs. Eliza Youmans, the mother of the eight heavy weight Youmans brothers. The weight of these eight brother aggregating more than sixteen hundred pounds. These are Judge John E. Youmans, who was for several terms Ordinary of Emanuel County, Nathan Youmans member of Board of Education, S.H. Youmans, former Deputy Sheriff, T.W. Youmans, E.S. Youmans, member of the Board of Roads and Revenue Commissioners. George F. Youmans, Lott Youmans and Lawson Youmans. -

Inscription

Back side of marker reads:
Farewell dear mother
sweet thy rest.
Weary with years and
worn with pain,
Farewell till in some
happy place
We shall behold thy
face again.
Tis ours to miss thee
all our years,
And tender memories
of thee keep,
Thine in the Lord to
rest for so
He giveth his beloved
sleep.