County:  Warren
Title:  J. A. Durden Bible
Submitter:  Delores Sanders
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Present owner (1957): Mrs. S. L. Burwell - 665 N. Street, Jackson, Ms.

Note: John Anthony Durden was s/o Anthony Durden, a Rev. soldier.
      George Selser Jr. ( 16 Jan, 1795 ; 29 Oct, 1875 ) was s/o George
Selser Sr., a soldier in the Rev. War.  He was a Captain in Joseph Mendenhall's
Company, Pa. Militia, 1780 - 81.  He came to Ms. in 1789 and founded
Selsertown, 12 miles north of Natchez.

Births
George Selser was b. ___, s/o George & Rachiel Newman Selser
Esther Howard Selser was b. 31 Sept d/o Edward & Jane Howard
Their children:
John M. Selser b. 1 Jan, 1822
Emily r. Selser b. ___
Matilda C. Selser b. 27 Oct, 1826
Rebecca C. Selser b. ___
George E. Selser b. 15 Oct, 1830
Howard Selser b. 17 Oct,___
Drucilla E. Selser b. 7 Dec, 1834
Delia F. Selser b. 22 Jy, 1838

(John A. Durden was b. 12 Sept, 1822 s/o Anthony & Mary E. Durden ,and
married
Caroline Matilda T Selser b. 27 Oct, 1826 d/o George & Esther Selser )
Children:
 Mary Jane Durden b. 10 Feb, 1843 ; d. 19 Jy, 1844
 William Willis Durden b. 28 Mar, 1845
 Martha Rosaline Durden b. 13 Sept, 1846
 Rebecca Claudine Durden b. 11 Ap, 1848
 Mary Matilda Durden b. 29 Aug, 1850
 Esther Helen Durden b. 12 Aug, 1852
 Drusilla Eugenia Durden b. 14 Feb, 1854
 Emmie Louise b. 17 Sept, 1866
 Fannie (illegible) b. 13 Feb, 1858
 John Selser Durden b. 28 Jy, 1860 ; d. 27 June, 1862
 Annie Selser b. 2 Oct, 1862
 George Anthony b. 24 Oct, 1864
 Walter Keirn Durden b. 11 Feb, 1869

Marriages
Married 19 May, 1842 Jno. a. Durden & Caroline Matilda Thayer Selser
Married 25 May, 1865 at the residence of the bride's father, S. D. Gwin
to M. R. Darden
Married 18 Mar, 1868 in New Orleans W. L. Keirn to C. R. Durden
Married 11 Oct, 1870 at the residence of the bride's father W. F.
Stansbury to M. M. Durden
Married on 26 Feb, 1878 at the residence of the bride's father Gabriel
Swayze to H. E. Durden

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