John Calvin Bickham

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Name: John Calvin Bickham
Death Date: 24 Jun 1976
Death Place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 85 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1891
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Hardy A. Bickham
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mary Mcbride
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Retired Logging Contractor, Saw Mill
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Deweyville Community Cemetery, Deweyville, Newton, Texas
Burial Date: 26 Jun 1976
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2243939
Digital Film Number: 4168244
Image Number: 1979
Reference Number: 54312
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Medical):See attached sources.

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(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Nacogdoches County, Melrose Pr. 3
Enumerated 6 and 7 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 43 Sheets 5B and 6A Stamped 122
90-91
Bickham, Hardy Head W M Apr 1858 42 M 22 La US US Farmer
Bickham, Mary R Wife W F Apr 1859 41 M 22 8/5 Tx Ga Ga
Bickham, Joseph T Son W M Aug 1881 18 M 1 Tx La Tx Farm Laborer
Bickham, Richard Son W M Apr 1882 18 S Tx La Tx Farm Laborer
Bickham, Mary E Dtr W F Apr 1896 4 S Tx La Tx
Bickham, Sarah Jane W F Mar 1898 2 S Tx La Tx
Bickham, May Dtr-in-law W F Nov 1881 18 M 1 0/0 Tx Tn Al

Hardy married Mary Rachel McBride before 1881. Mary was born on 1 Apr 1859 in Texas; died on 15 Jan 1945 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name Mary Bickham
Titles and Terms:
Event Type Death
Event Date 15 Jan 1945
Event Place Westlake, Calcasieu, Louisiana
Gender Female
Age 90
Race (Original) White
Birth Year (Estimated) 1855
Father's Name Baxter Mcbride
Father's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Titles and Terms:
Certificate Number 290
Page:
GS Film number 1220968
Digital Folder Number 004213516
Image Number 00667

Citing this Record:
"Louisiana, Deaths Index, 1850-1875, 1894-1956," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FSBC-SQK : accessed 05 Feb 2014), Mary Bickham, 1945.

Notes:

Bettye Bragg Wagstaff writes that he appears to have died during the Civil War.

Jackie Bickham emailed, on October 13, 2009, that "Zurada Bickham Travis and Hardy Alexandra Bickham are siblings.
parents:Unknown Bickham and Susan Francis Blackburn.

grandparents: Gabriel Blackburn and Francis Tyner Susan Francis Blackburn Bickham and Jasper Newton Bailey; 1.Hope Bailey 2.Sedonia Bailey 3.Trust Bailey 4.James Franklin Bailey Hardy Alexandra Bickham and Mary Rachel McBride; 1.Joesph Thomas Bickham 2.Richard Baxter Bickham 3.Mary Bickham 4.John Calvin Bickham 5.Janie Bickham We would like a name for the Unknown Bickham,I feel like someone knows.So please help us find our greatgrandfather."

If you know more about Mr. Bickham, please email Jackie directly at (a1jackie@windstream.net)

??? married Susan Francis Blackburn. Susan (daughter of Alexander S. Blackburn and Martha Cole) was born on 8 May 1838 in Marion County, Mississippi; died on 4 Dec 1924 in Texas; was buried in Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Email from Bettye Bragg Wagstaff:

Susan Blackburn was the daughter of Alexander S. Blackburn and his second wife, Martha Cole.

I have been in touch with a Bickham descendant, and she gave me info on the Bickhams. It seems that Susan and her parents moved to Louisiana (Can't remember the parish right now) where Alexander died and Susan married an unknown Bickham just before the Civil War. Evidently this Bickham was killed in the war, because she then married James Bailey (AKA Baylie) and they came to Texas bringing her two Bickham children and her mother Martha Blackburn. They settled in Sabine County and had several Bailey children. James Bailey did not appear on the census after 1870 so I just assumed he died. Wrong! According to the many Bailey descendents living around here today, James just went back to Louisiana, found him another woman and raised another family. The Bickham children were Hardy Alexander Bickham and Zurada. Hardy is buried in the Rosevine Cemetery and Zurada in Bronson. I have been trying to find out who is buried beside Zurada. No luck so far.

Susan's mother, Martha is buried in Brookland, she died in 1889 while living there with grand- children.

Jackie Bickham writes that Susan Blackburn and her second husband Jasper Newton Bailey were the parents of 1.Hope Bailey 2.Sedonia Bailey 3.Trust Bailey 4.James Franklin Bailey

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Mary Frances Smith Fisher shows that he servied in Pvt. L. C. Griffith's Co, Louisiana Militia during the War of 1812, enlisting on Oct. 29, 1814 and being discharged on 24 Mar 1815. She also notes that the family can be found on the Marion County, Mississippi census in 1830 and 1840, and in Washington Parish, LA in 1850.

His widow, Martha. applied for a pension based on his service during the War of 1812. He was shown as marrying Martha on 18 Jun 1820. He enlisted for the war on 29 Oct 1814, and was discharged on 24 mar 1815. He died in St. Tammany Parish, LA on 2 Feb 1863. Martha died in 1889. The Pension number is WC 30613, the Bounty Land Number 39669 80 50 and 10809 80 55.

He sold a tract of land on 27 Mar 1817 to James Scott Jrs. in East Feliciana Parish (Notorial Records, Book A, Page 319, East Feliciana Parish, Clinton, LA). Book B, page 30, of the West Feliciana Parish Notorial Records, St. Francisville, LA, shows that he and his wife Marry Ann sold property to John Randolph.

Bettye Bragg Wagstaff showed him as born in Feliciana Parish, LA, which contradicts the census information of Tennessee.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Louisiana, Washington Parish
Enumerated 4 Nov 1850
286-286
A. S. Blackburn 54 M Far 100 Tenn
Martha Blackburn 52 F SC
Susan Blackburn 12 F Miss

Alexander married Martha Cole on 17 Jun 1820 in Marion County, Mississippi. Martha was born on 4 Jul 1798 in South Carolina; died on 18 Apr 1889 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Betty Bragg Wagstaff shows her as adaughter of Richard and Hannah Cole, and sister of John Cole, who married Feliciana Blackburn.

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Married:
Marion County, Mississippi, Marriage Record Book "A" 1812-1824

Bondsmen were John Cole and Gabriel Blackburn