Elizabeth (Nunn) Durbin (1781 - 1852)

Born 1 Oct 1781 in Bourbon, Kentucky, United States

Wife of Clement Theobald — married 15 Oct 1817 in Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 20 Apr 1852 at age 70 in Kentucky

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Biography

Elizabeth was born in 1781. A clue to her parentage is found in a biographical sketch included in a book about her son, in which he states, "my maternal grandfather was from Georgia."^[1] p.4.

She married Nathaniel Durbin in 1799.^[1]

According to her son, John Price Durbin, as quoted in a book about his life and his oratorical skills:

My father, Hozier Durbin, married my mother, Elizabeth Nunn, A.D. 1799. I was their eldest child. There were five sons of us, all living at the death of my father....My father was a generous and highly honorable man, professing no religion. His fortunes were ruined by the faithlessness of friends whom he trusted....He died suddenly in March, 1813, and left us to the protection of my mother and the clemency of the world. Fortunately, she was a woman of extraordinary constitution, though small and delicate in appearance, and has rarely been equaled in point of industry, perseverance, economy, and the government of her family.

Assisted in some degree by her father, she supported us by her own industry until we were old enough to be put to trades. She spun and wove the material for our clothes , and, when woven, made them with her own hands. We were raised before the simplicity of the West yielded to the extravagance of the present day.^[1]p. 5.

She passed away in 1852.^[2]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Roche, John Alexander. The Life of John Price Durbin, D.D., LL.D., An Analysis of His Homiletic Skill and Sacred Oratory. New York: Phillips & Hunt, 1889.
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Elizabeth Nunn

See also:

• 1810; Census Place: Stoner, Bourbon, Kentucky; Roll: 5; Page: 161; Image: 00091
• Dodd, Jordan. Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850 [database on-line]

• "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWYJ-GRH : 23 February 2021), Clement Theobadon, 1817.