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  to 
  lose 
  his 
  father 
  by 
  death, 
  the 
  responsibility 
  of 
  bri;ig 
  the 
  

   chief 
  support 
  and 
  dependence 
  of 
  his 
  affectionate 
  and 
  doting 
  

   mother 
  and 
  six 
  brothers 
  and 
  sisters. 
  Though 
  so 
  young 
  

   and 
  inexperienced 
  in 
  the 
  care 
  of 
  so 
  weighty 
  a 
  charge, 
  yet 
  

   he 
  faithfully 
  and 
  handsomely 
  supported 
  the 
  family 
  until 
  

   he 
  was 
  24 
  years 
  of 
  age, 
  when 
  other 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  family 
  

   became 
  old 
  enough 
  to 
  share 
  his 
  work 
  of 
  love 
  and 
  devotion. 
  

   He 
  was 
  married 
  in 
  1849 
  to 
  Miss 
  Elizabeth 
  Proctor, 
  of 
  Orange 
  

   county, 
  IMoved 
  to 
  Durham 
  in 
  1857, 
  and 
  erected 
  a 
  work- 
  

   shop 
  at 
  the 
  intersection 
  of 
  Maugum 
  street 
  and 
  the 
  N. 
  G. 
  

   Railroad. 
  This 
  shop 
  has 
  since 
  been 
  moved 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  railroad 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  occupied 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Seaman. 
  

   This 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  workshop 
  ever 
  erected 
  in 
  Durham, 
  and 
  

   is, 
  consequently, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  oldest 
  buildings 
  in 
  the 
  town. 
  In 
  

   1867, 
  he 
  erected 
  another 
  workshop 
  near 
  the 
  Trinity 
  Methodist 
  

   church, 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  now 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  new 
  Parrish 
  

   Prize 
  House, 
  the 
  land 
  being 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  Pratt 
  es- 
  

   tate. 
  Was 
  burned 
  out, 
  for 
  the 
  third 
  time, 
  in 
  1876, 
  but 
  im- 
  

   mediately 
  rebuilt 
  a 
  Blind 
  and 
  Sash 
  Factory, 
  grist 
  and 
  saw 
  

   mills 
  and 
  a 
  cotton 
  gin 
  on 
  Green 
  street, 
  in 
  rear 
  of 
  Banner 
  

   Warehouse. 
  From 
  these 
  works 
  he 
  is 
  constantly 
  turning 
  

   out 
  the 
  very 
  best 
  qualities 
  of 
  work. 
  Has 
  been 
  elected 
  town 
  

   commissioner 
  for 
  several 
  terms, 
  and 
  while 
  acting 
  in 
  that 
  

   capacity 
  was 
  ever 
  mindful 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  interest 
  of 
  the 
  people. 
  

   Furnished 
  material 
  from 
  his 
  own 
  mill 
  and 
  built 
  the 
  first 
  

   Methodist 
  Church 
  ever 
  erected 
  in 
  Durham. 
  The 
  cost 
  of 
  

   building 
  this 
  church 
  was 
  §650, 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  donated 
  §25, 
  

   although 
  not 
  a 
  member. 
  He 
  also 
  built 
  the 
  first 
  Baptist 
  

   Church 
  erected 
  after 
  Durham 
  became 
  a 
  Station, 
  taking 
  as 
  

   compensation 
  the 
  old 
  Baptist 
  structure, 
  situated 
  at 
  the 
  in- 
  

   tersection 
  of 
  Mangum 
  street 
  and 
  the 
  railroad, 
  afterwards 
  

   converting 
  said 
  structure 
  into 
  a 
  store 
  and 
  then 
  a 
  residence. 
  

   Mr. 
  Maugum 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  those 
  affable 
  and 
  enterprising 
  busi- 
  

   ness 
  men 
  who, 
  like 
  such 
  men 
  as 
  Blackwell, 
  Carr, 
  Angier 
  and 
  

   Duke, 
  form 
  the 
  bone 
  and 
  sinew 
  of 
  Durham's 
  greatness, 
  and 
  

  

  