Ahira G.
Durgin
Born in Rutland, Vermont
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Cones) Durgin
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Caroline (Ford) Durgin
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
John Durgin, Nancy Ann (Durgin) Sutton, Elizabeth (Durgin) Hutchison, Robert Durgin, William O. Durgin, Mary E. Durgin, Samuel Durgin, Nathaniel Lewis Durgin and Henry (Paschal) Durgin
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Mar 2011
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Note
- Note: AHIRA G. DURGIN
- FATHER OF NANCY A. DURGIN SUTTON
- Born: October 12, 1804 at Rutland, Vermont.
- MILITARY: CIVIL WAR UNION TROOPS.
- He was a Captain of Militia.
- He came to Daviess County, Missouri in year 1841 from Clarksburg, Decatur County, Indiana. He was a pioneer in Daviess County, a farmer, and a millwright and did much work as a Millwright all over Daviess County, Missouri. He was a strong supporter of Abraham Lincoln , and it was his wish to vote for Abraham Lincoln, but Mr. Durgin died on Election Day in 1864 - in Indiana where he was visiting.
- Ahira Durgin was instrumental in laying out State roads in his part of of the state, and held community offices in getting Daviess county organized. He was a member of the Christian Church. His first wife
- was Elizebeth Cones, who died early in life and left two children, a son John who died before reaching manhood, and daughter Nancy A. Durgin. Captain Durgin's second wife was Caroline Ford, daughter of of Robert Ford of Harrison County, Missouri, who came from Decatur county, Indiana in 1841. Their children were: Robert, Elizabeth, who married Solomon Hutchins, Mary E. who married Alonzo Thomas, William 0., Samuel, Lewis, and Henry Paschal, named after the editor of the St. Louis Republic, which was Mr. Durgin's favorite newspaper before the war.
- Source: History of Northwest Missouri
- Library, University of Missouri
- Columbia, Missouri
- Sketch written by John Harvey Sutton
- Source: Alice Samp
Sources
- "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXFC-2QD : 3 August 2022), Ahira G Durgin and Elizabeth Canes, 15 Nov 1828; citing Rush, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004129317.
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