George A. Durham

Life and Orange County connections

Dated events connected with this person, in date order. See these 11 dated events in the chronology →

1. 1896 Allen J. Ruffin and James H. Webb Jr. found the Eno Cotton Mill Ruffin and Webb, both of old Hillsborough families, founded the Eno Cotton Mill on the north bank of the Eno west of town, chartered by special act of the General Assembly in 1896. It was the first textile mill in Hillsborough and in present-day Orange County. People: George A. Durham, James Webb Jr.Search the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Eno Cotton Mill, National Register nomination (OR1300, 2011), section 8, p. 10
2. by November 26, 1896 Eno Cotton Mill's buildings near completion and its first cottages are occupied Work on the Eno Cotton Mill at West Hillsborough was well along: about a million bricks had gone into the two-story main building, some 252 feet long, and several mill cottages were finished and occupied. The company, capitalized at $100,000 with Allen J. Ruffin as president and Thomas H. Webb as superintendent, planned to start with 10,000 spindles and hoped to run by April. People: Allen Jones Ruffin, James Webb Jr., George A. DurhamOrange County Observer (Hillsborough), November 26, 1896, p. 3
3. May 3, 1898 John T. Shaw unseats Mayor Joseph A. Harris by one vote Hillsborough voters elected John T. Shaw mayor over the sitting mayor, Joseph A. Harris, by 74 votes to 73, with one vote for P. B. Ruffin. They chose E. G. Sherrill, E. A. Rosemond, Dr. C. D. Jones, S. E. Cole, F. R. Faucette, George A. Durham and J. R. Roach as town commissioners. People: Joseph A. Harris, Clarence Dupre Jones, Edward Atkins Rosemond, George A. DurhamSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 5, 1898, p. 3
4. May 1, 1899 Hillsborough elects Joseph A. Harris mayor again over Chester D. Turner Hillsborough voters returned Joseph A. Harris as mayor, 73 votes to 28 for Chester D. Turner, a year after he lost the office to John T. Shaw. The new board sworn in on May 8 was H. L. Parish, J. A. Cheek, D. M. Laws, George A. Durham, James H. Hedgpeth, E. A. Rosemond and S. J. [surname lost]. People: Harry L. Parish, Edward Atkins Rosemond, Chester D. Turner, James A. Cheek, George A. Durham, Dudley M. LawsSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 4, 1899, p. 3
5. May 8, 1905 Hillsborough's town board elects George A. Durham treasurer At its first business meeting under Mayor Joseph A. Harris, the new Hillsborough board elected Arthur W. Ray clerk, George A. Durham treasurer and Thomas H. Dickson constable. Durham was still town treasurer in 1910. People: Joseph A. HarrisSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 11, 1905, p. 3 (town board)
6. July 2, 1906 The Durham-Parish Company is incorporated to keep a general store in Hillsboro George A. Durham and S. M. Gattis of Hillsboro and H. L. Parish of Mayodan incorporated the Durham-Parish Company with the Secretary of State to do a general mercantile business, with $25,000 authorized capital and $3,500 paid in. By August the firm was selling dry goods, hardware, harness and groceries from the old D. C. Parks store on King Street. People: Samuel Mallett Gattis, Harry L. Parish, George A. DurhamSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), July 5, 1906, p. 3
7. by August 25, 1910 George A. Durham buys H. L. Parish's share of the Durham-Parish Company George A. Durham bought his partner H. L. Parish's interest in the Durham-Parish Company, the Hillsboro general store begun in July 1906, and took over its sole management. People: Harry L. Parish, George A. DurhamSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 25, 1910, p. 1
8. August 1, 1911 The Durham-Parish Company of Hillsboro is dissolved The stockholders of the Durham-Parish Company, a Hillsboro store corporation, filed their consent to dissolve with the Secretary of State. George A. Durham carried on the business as its successor, stocking fall goods and groceries. People: George A. DurhamSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), September 7, 1911, p. 4
9. August 11, 1913 A Just Freight Rate Association organizes at Hillsboro Hillsboro business men organized a branch of the Just Freight Rate Association, electing James H. Webb president, George A. Durham vice president and John T. Johnston secretary-treasurer. A delegation was named for the state meeting in Raleigh. People: George A. DurhamSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 14, 1913, p. 5
10. August 11, 1913 The Globe Warehouse Company organizes to open a tobacco market at Hillsboro The Globe Warehouse Company organized permanently, electing George A. Durham president, O. J. Forrest vice president and R. D. Bain secretary-treasurer, with H. L. Parish and P. C. Collins also on the board. Its warehouse for selling leaf tobacco was to open in September. People: Paul C. Collins, Robert D. Bain, Harry L. Parish, George A. Durham, O. J. ForrestSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 14, 1913, p. 5
11. by April 30, 1925 Brown and Lloyd put up a brick store on the site of Hillsboro's old livery stable During a burst of building inside Hillsboro's fire zone, where the law now required fireproof walls, the merchants Brown and Lloyd, who had bought the George A. Durham store a few years before, put up a white pressed-brick building on the site of the old livery stable, which the Weekly called the town's worst fire-trap. It held their store and Bunn Turner's meat market, and an addition on the north side housed J. M. Carr's barber shop. People: George A. DurhamSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, April 30, 1925, p. 6