Christopher
C.
Durbin
Born in Hardin County, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John C. Durbin
and Rebecca (Logsdon) Durbin
Brother of
George A. Durbin
Husband of
Elizabeth (Lashley) Durbin
— married
18 Apr 1864 in Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States
Descendants 
Father of
John Christopher Durbin and James Elisha Durbin
Died
at about age 48
in Kentucky, United States
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Biography
Pvt Christopher Durbin served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Oct 8, 1864
Mustered out: May 15, 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 23rd Kentucky Infantry, Company K
Enlisted: Oct 8, 1864
Mustered out: May 15, 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 23rd Kentucky Infantry, Company K
- Christopher was born in 1832. He passed away in 1880.
Civil War Service
- Christopher Durbin was drafted into the Union Army for one year on September 24, 1864. He was mustered in at Owensboro on October 8, 1864, and assigned to Company K, 23rd Kentucky Infantry. He was 31 years old, 5 ft. 8 1/2 inches tall and had a fair complexion, blue eyes and light hair.
- Christopher was taken ill in December 1864 and absent from his Company. From February 1865 to April 1865 he was in a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. It appears he never returned to his unit. He was listed on the casualty sheet of his Company, and the casualty sheet he had been discharged for a disability. There is no indication if he had been wounded in battle or had been ill.[1]
- Civil War Service:[2]
- Name: Christopher Durbin
- Side: Union
- Regiment State/Origin: Kentucky
- Regiment: 23rd Regiment, Kentucky Infantry
- Company: K
- Rank In: Private
- Rank Out: Private
- Film Number: M386 roll 8
Notes
- The 23rd Kentucky Infantry was organized at Camp King in Lexington, Kentucky and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on January 2, 1862 under the command of Colonel Marcellus Mundy. The 23rd Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service on December 27, 1865.[3]
- Regiment: 23rd Infantry Regiment Kentucky
- Date of Organization: 1 Jan 1862
- Muster Date: 27 Dec 1865
- Regiment State: Kentucky
- Regiment Type: Infantry
- Regiment Number: 23rd
- Officers Killed or Mortally Wounded: 5
- Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 0
- Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 84
- Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 102
- Source: [2]
Sources
- ↑ The Durbin and Logsdon Genealogy with Related Families, 1626-1998, p. 534.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
- ↑ [[Wikipedia:23rd_Regiment_Kentucky_Volunteer_Infantry
- See Also:
- Carson, Betty Jewell Durbin, The Durbin and Logsdon Genealogy with Related Families, 1626-1998, 2nd Revised Edition, Heritage Books, Inc., p. 534-535.
- National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
- National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Christopher by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Christopher:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Christopher by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Christopher:
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~3.52%
~9.38%
Carol (Wilson) Hamilton 
:
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
Lori (Nelson) Dos Santos Pursell :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A376995 [compare], Ancestry member Lorinelson_06
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~3.12%
Peggy Miller :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Peggy_Elaine_Miller
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~1.56%
Stan Durbin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A613048 [compare], Ancestry member r_glide
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~1.56%
Richard Huffman :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T578086 [compare], FTDNA kit #181129
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~1.17%
Christie (Scott) Swentko :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A625278 [compare], Ancestry member curliegirlie74
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A625278 [compare], FTDNA kit #B44121
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~0.78%
Stephen Haley :
23andMe, GEDmatch M409230 [compare]
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~0.78%
Danny Haley :
23andMe, GEDmatch JP8294305 [compare]
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~0.78%
Robert Durbin :
23andMe
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B548481
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Sharon (York) Bedwell :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BT7129932 [compare], Ancestry member gtownnana
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