William Francis DURISOE

1840C: Edgefield, SC- 30 to 40 yrs, w/wife & 3 sons (by head count)
1850C: Dist, Edgefield, SC- 45 yrs, b. SC, printer- publisher, w/wife & 8 children, listed as W F Durisoe
1860C: Edgefield, SC- 55 yrs, b. SC, Ordinary (probate judge), w/wife & 8 children
1870C: Turkey Creek twp, Edgefield, SC- 65 yrs, b. SC, merchant, listed as W F Durisoe, w/3 children ²

  Research Notes:

(res-Durisoe1-02 & 03)
Though the history cited below indicates he was born in New Orleans, William was noted as born in SC on three censuses.
1811 Edgefield Advertiser history-
The Edgefield Advertiser was born to fight a war. In events leading up to the War of 1812, the British and French were harassing American commercial shipping, and President James Madison called for increased preparations for the national defense. Thomas M. Davenport of Edgefield County was so angry that he created a new newspaper, Anti-Monarchist, and South Carolina Advertiser, May 27, 1811 just to support Madison's call for increased preparations for the national defense. His motto was a Benjamin Franklin quotation, "Where Liberty Dwells, There is My Country." . . . . . .
Pierre Fabian LaBorde, brother of Maximilian, was born in 1807. He attended South Carolina College but left in 1824 to work at The Advertiser. When Maximilian left Edgefield in 1840, Pierre LaBorde bought his brother's share and became co-publisher with William Francis Durisoe. LaBorde believed in state's rights and opposed the U. S. Bank. At first LaBorde ran translations of French poetry and prose, but after a few weeks, he turned to discussions of cotton and corn. He resigned because of poor health in 1840, turning everything over to Durisoe, editor and publisher. LaBorde died in 1850.
The Durisoes and the LaBordes fled Santa Domingo during a slave uprising in 1791. William Francis Durisoe, who was born in 1790, lived with his family in New Orleans and Savannah, but after his parents died of yellow fever and his two brothers were killed in the War of 1812, he was bound out as a printer's apprentice. He ran away before his term expired, first to Charleston and then to Edgefield, where he became a typesetter on The Hive. When Maximilian LaBorde moved to Columbia in 1840, he sold The Advertiser to his brother, Pierre, and Durisoe. When Pierre resigned, Durisoe was editor and publisher until 1859, when he became an Ordinary (Probate Judge) until 1868. Three of his sons died as Confederate soldiers in the Civil War.

William Durisoe died in 1874 from injuries suffered falling from a buggy after attending a funeral

William married Mary Ann Elizabeth ROPER, daughter of Daniel ROPER and Elizabeth ADAMS, on 7 Mar 1830 in Edgefield, SC.¹ (Mary Ann Elizabeth ROPER was born about 1815 in SC ¹ and died on 4 Mar 1869 in Edgefield, SC ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

Source: Edgefield Marriage Records-Carlee McClendon-Pottersville Museum
William F. Durisoe Spouse: Mary Ann E. Roper Marriage Date: 7 Mar 1830
Married by Robert Kenney, Esq.