Cassandra Lincecum
1836 - 1877 (~ 45 years)-
Name Cassandra Lincecum [1, 2, 3] Born Between 1832 and 1836 Mississippi, USA [2, 4, 5] Gender Female Died 8 Apr 1877 [3] Buried 9 Apr 1877 Austin, Travis, Texas, USA [3, 6] - Oakwood Cemetery
Person ID I7648 My Genealogy Last Modified 22 Feb 2020
Father Gideon Lincecum, II, b. 22 Apr 1793, Georgia, USA , d. 28 Nov 1874, Washington, Texas, USA (Age 81 years) Relationship natural Mother Sarah Bryan, b. Between 1794 and 1799, Georgia, USA , d. 2 Feb 1867, Long Point, Washington, Texas, USA (Age ~ 73 years) Relationship natural Married Oct 1814 Putnam, Georgia, USA [7, 8] Family ID F2881 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family George John Durham, b. 12 May 1820, Norwich, Norfolk, England , d. 10 Apr 1869 (Age 48 years) Married 23 Dec 1852 Washington, Texas, USA [9, 10] Notes - - The couple might have met through Cassandra's father. Following from Lois Burkhalter's 1965 biography of Gideon Lincecum (1793-1874):
Cassandra, the third daughter, was married to George J. Durham, an Englishman of Austin, Texas?This marriage pleased Gideon. He and Durham had been drawn together through mutual interest in ornithology and grape culture and were friends before Durham met Cassandra.
Children 1. Sarah Lincecum Durham, b. Abt 1858, Texas, USA , d. 9 Apr 1862, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA (Age ~ 4 years) [natural] 2. Royal Wheeler Durham, b. Aft 1860, d. 21 Apr 1866 (Age < 4 years) [natural] 3. Sidney Johnson Durham, b. Abt Jul 1860, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA , d. 24 Jan 1926, Alameda, California, USA (Age ~ 65 years) [natural] 4. Mary Leonora Durham, b. Abt 1854, Texas, USA , d. 10 Apr 1862, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA (Age ~ 8 years) [natural] 5. Walter Winn Durham, b. 20 Dec 1855, Texas, USA , d. 7 Mar 1929, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA (Age 73 years) [natural] 6. Prior Durham, b. Abt 1866, Texas, USA , d. Bef 1872 (Age ~ 5 years) [natural] 7. Leila Durham, b. Abt 1868, Texas, USA [natural] Last Modified 22 Feb 2020 Family ID F2673 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map Born - Between 1832 and 1836 - Mississippi, USA Married - 23 Dec 1852 - Washington, Texas, USA Buried - 9 Apr 1877 - Austin, Travis, Texas, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - - From Gideon Lincecum, 1793-1874 by Lois Wood Burkhalter (1965) -- pg. 73:
"On November 9, 1848, M. Austin Bryan for $1,371.00 conveyed to Gideon Lincecum the northeast corner of League No. 5, containing 1,828 acres (Deed Records, Washington County, H, 355-356). The Lincecum land was disposed of, in differing lots and acreages and over a period of time until Gideon's death, to the following (Deed Records, Washington County): ...Leonora Campbell...Mary J. Rutherford...L. J. Lincecum...L. W. Lincecum...E. C. Lincecum...L. W. C. Lincecum...L. L. Lincecum...L. R. Lincecum...Sarah L. Doran...Cassandra Durham...Mary Matson..."
- From Gideon Lincecum, 1793-1874 by Lois Wood Burkhalter (1965):
[Pg. 84, diary entry of Mrs. Amelia Barr, wife of Robert, who worked with George Durham] "...The Durhams lived in a small log house on the road to the ferry. Everyone coming into town and every one going out of town passed Mrs. Durham's. Her sitting room was as entertaining as the local news in the weekly paper. There was no restraint in Mrs. Durham's company; people could be themselves without fear of criticism. She was not pretty, not stylish, not clever, not in the least fashionable, but she was the favorite of women who were all these things. There were no carpets on the floors and there was a bed in the room wherein her friends congregated. She did not go to entertainments and I never saw a cup of tea served in her house, yet she was the most popular woman in Austin, and not to be free of Mrs. Durham's primitive log house, was to be without the hallmark of the inner circle."
- From Gideon Lincecum, 1793-1874 by Lois Wood Burkhalter (1965):
[Pgs. 292-294, first from Gideon's letter to Sioux Doran, dated 8 July 1873] "...Cassandra and her family are all well. Cass does all the cooking herself, with Sidney's help. He supplies the wood and water, attends to setting the table, etc. Walter rises early, feeds and waters the dogs and chickens, goes to market, and then, until breakfast, fixes up anything that is out of order. That over, he goes off to the house that pays him for his services and is seen no more until dark. The little girl [Leila] is very healthy, looks handsome and though she is beginning to help her Mamma a little, she spends half her time with Monterrey who nursed and suckled her...
Gideon's grief and heartache because of Cassandra's neglect [with writing him letters] melted when he visited her in Austin. She was supporting herself and three children, Walter, Sidney, and Leila, by operating a boarding house. Her father was proud of her...
...Leonora in Tuxpan and Cassandra in Austin...my two widowed daughters. Both hold in the society to which they belong high positions. I don't know which of the two is most sought after or most beliked...Cassandra, the stately, slow moving, young looking, rather handsome Cassandra."
- Per Oakwood Cemetery Database <http://www.austinlibrary.com/ahc/oakwood.htm>
Mrs. Causauda Durham
Nativity: Austin
Disease: Pneumonia
Attending Physician: Taylor & Stalnaker
Where Buried: Familie [sic] Lot No. 14
- - From Gideon Lincecum, 1793-1874 by Lois Wood Burkhalter (1965) -- pg. 73:
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Sources - [S573] Texas State Historical Association, The Handbook of Texas Online, Accessed 9 July 2000, article about George John Durham (1820-1868).
- [S821] Burkhalter, Lois Wood, Gideon Lincecum, 1793 - 1874, Pgs 68 - 78.
- [S1187] Oakwood Cemetery (Austin, Travis County, Texas), Grave Markers, Tombstone image by Robert Sage (2013) via FindAGrave memorial #63909453 -- Cassandra Lincecum Durham.
- [S822] 1850 Census of United States, Texas, Washington, population Schedule; Online Images, Dwelling & Family 122, G. Lincecum household, accessed 12 September 2016, National Archives and Records Administration credited.
- [S1191] 1870 Census of United States, Texas, Travis, The City of Austin, population Schedule; Online Images, Page No. 102, dwelling 703, family 773, Cassandra Durham household, accessed April 2018.
Includes Walter (age 14); Sidney (male, age 12); Prior (male, age 4); Lila (age 2) - [S1188] Austin History Center, Compiler, Oakwood Cemetery Database, Database entry for Mrs. Causauda Durham, buried 9 April 1877.
- [S222] Lineages, Inc., comp. GENE POOL INDIVIDUAL RECORDS. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000.
- [S2] Jacobson, Judy, Alabama & Mississippi Connections, Digital images. Jacobson, Judy. Alabama & Mississippi Connections: Historical & Biographical Sketches of Families Who Settled on Both Sides of the Tombigbee River.
- [S821] Burkhalter, Lois Wood, Gideon Lincecum, 1793 - 1874.
- [S1194] Texas State Gazette, Austin, Texas (online archive), "Married," issued 8 January 1853, accessed 5 April 2018, names of interest: George J. Durham, Esq. and Miss Cassandria Lincecum.
- [S573] Texas State Historical Association, The Handbook of Texas Online, Accessed 9 July 2000, article about George John Durham (1820-1868).