John Durant 1879

DURANT, PHERRIS, THOMPKINS

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Date: 9/3/2009 at 19:52:20

JOHN DURANT, farmer and dairyman, Sec. 21; P.O. Preston; born in Cayuga Co., N.Y., May 31, 1823; in 1829, his parents removed to London, Canada; they removed to Michigan in 1836, to Illinois in 1837; in the spring of 1838, they came to Van Buren Township and settled in Section 22. His father, Samuel, is a native of England, born, November, 1794; his mother, Alma Pherris Durant, was born in Vermont in 1800; his parents are now residents of Butler Co., Kan. Mr. Durant was married, in 1851, to Amanda Thompkins, a native of Ohio; they have six sons and two daughters - Eliza, Alma, Albert, Lewis, George, Thomas J., Willie and Horace; have lost three children - Mary, May and Charlie. Mr. Durant has 281 acres of land; is engaged in general farming and dairying. - 1879 History of Jackson County Iowa, pg 719.