William Elwin "Duck" Bickley

William married Dorothy Lou Duhon before 1939. Dorothy was born on 13 Jan 1922; died on 28 Jun 1986 in Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living

Notes:

Name: Robert William [???Wilson?? per son Clydes Death Certificate] Bickley
Death Date: 16 Dec 1955
Death Place: Beaumont, Jefferson Co., Texas (Length of Stay 4 years)
Gender: Male
Race: white
Death Age: 80 years 8 months 24 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 22 Mar 1875
Birthplace: Sabine County, Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: William W. Bickley
Father's Birthplace: Georgia
Mother's Name: Mattie Hutchison
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Lumberman
Place of Residence: Beaumont
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Hemphill, Texas
Burial Date: 16 Dec 1955
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2114548
Digital Film Number: 4163992
Image Number: 2189
Reference Number: 62134
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Research):

Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr. No. 6
Enumerated 3 May 1910
SD 2 ED 133 Sheet 25 B
75-75
Bickley, Robt W. Hd M W 33 M1 6 Tx Ga Ga BlackSmith Public Shop
Bickley, Nettie Wf F W 32 M 6 2/1 Tx Al Miss
Bickley, Elwynn Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Tx

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 6
Enumerated 7 Jan 1920
SD 326 Ed 173 Sheet 7A Stamped 203
129-129
Bickley, Robert W. Head M W 43 M Tx Ga Ga Blacksmith Own Shop
Bickley, Genette K Wf F W 42 M Tx Miss Ala
Bickley, Elwin W Son M W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Bickley, Ruth E Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Bickley, Clyde H Son M W 5 7/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1 East Mayfield Town
Enumerated April 4, 1920
ED 202-1 SD 19 Sheet 1B Stamped 50
13-19
Bickley, Robert W. Head O $1000 M W 55 M 28 Tx Ga Ga Blacksmith
Bickley, Nettie E Wf F WE 55 M 28 Tx Al Miss
Bickley, William E. Son M W 22 S Tx Tx Tx Agent Machines
Bickley, Ruth E. Dtr F W 18 S Tx Tx Tx
Bickley, Clyde H. Son M W 13 S Tx Tx Tx

Robert married Eliza Jeanette "Nettie" Davidson about 1904 in Texas. Eliza (daughter of William Richard Davidson and Sarah Josephine Drawhorn) was born on 5 Feb 1875 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 18 Jan 1941 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Nettie Bickley
Death Date: 17 or 18 Jan 1941
Death Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 65 years 11 months 13 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 05 Feb 1875
Birthplace: Sabine Co., Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: W. R. Davidson
Father's Birthplace: Sabine Co., Texas
Mother's Name: Unknown
Mother's Birthplace: Unknown
Informant: Clyde Bickley
Occupation: House Work
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Hemphill, Texas
Burial Date: 19 Jan 1941
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2138245
Digital Film Number: 4030500
Image Number: 352
Reference Number: cn 4923
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

On the "Betts-Tuttle-Roedel-Lang" tree at RootsWeb, he is shown as a son of Simon Peter Bickley and Martha Ann Culver, and half-brother of John S. Bickley, born 1847. This does not appear to be correct, as William Buckley can not be located in the household of Simon Bickley and Harriet Culver in the 1850 through 1880 census. The "Ancestors of William Gene Bowman", also on RootsWeb, also shows William Washington Bickley, along with a twin brother, Wilson W. Bickely, as sons of Simon Peter Bickley and Martha Ann Culver, again married 27 Jan 1846. The also shows Simon married second Ann Elizabeth Biggs, not Harriett.

Wilson Bickley, 17 years, 3 months, Farmer b. Ga; and W. Bickley, 17 years, 3 months, farmer, b . Ga were listed on the 1864 Census for Re-Organizing The Georgia Militia. They were in Talbot County, Twenty-fifth Senatorial District, 688 Militia District, John E. Barksdale, Enrolling Officer; Albert E. Acee, Aide de camp.

In that same district, other Bickley's listed were J. S. Bickley 17 years, 4 months, Farmer, b. GA ; and S. Bickley, 46 years, 2 months, Farmer, b. SC

(Research):

Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Precinct 5
Enumerated 29 Jun 1880
Page 21 SD 1 ED 86 Stamped 247A
185-185
Bickley, William W M 33 Farmer Ga Ga Ga
Bickley, Mattie W F 31 Wf Keeping House Ga Ga Ga
Bickley, Minnie L W F 9 Dtr Ga Ga Ga
Bickley, May T W F 6 Dtr Tx Ga Ga
Bickley, Robert W W M 4 Son Tx Ga Ga
Bickley, Horace W M 1 Son Tx Ga Ga

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Precinct 8
Enumerated 2 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 3B
33-33
Bickley, William Head W M Nov 1846 53 m 21 Ga Sc Ga Farmer
Bickley, Martha H. Wife W F about 51 M 31 6/5 Ala Ga Ga
Bickley, Lucy Dtr W F July 1871 28 Ga Ga Ala
Bickley, Robert W Son W Mch 1876 24 Tx Ga Ala Farmer
Bickley, Horace D Son W M Feb 1879 21 S Tx Ga Ga Farm Laborer
Bickley, Willie S Son W M Dec 1881 18 S Tx Ga Ala Farm Laborer
Bickley, Anna M Dtr W F Oct 1888 11 S Tx Ga Ala

William married Martha "Mattie" Hutchinson on 4 Jan 1870 in Georgia. Martha was born on 16 May 1848 in Georgia; died on 25 Jan 1925 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Could not locate a Texas Death Certificate on the Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976 database at Familysearch.org.

FindAGrave shows her as Martha "Mattie" Hutchinson Smith, and lists her location of birth as Autauga County, Alabama. It further shows that she and William Washington Bickley were married 4 Jan 1870 in Talbot County, Georgia, and had seven children. (Memorial # 39404881, showing Burial at the Hemphill City Cemetery). A second FindAGrave Memorial exists (# 64919395) which instead shows her burial at Bickley Cemetery. A photo of this double tombstone with her husband, William W. Bickley is shown. Her date of birth is engraved, apparently in error, as May 18, 1884.

On the death certificates of sons Robert and Willie Simon, she is shown as Mattie Hutchinson (Hutcherson). On the death certificate of daughter, Tinie May, and the one for her son, Horace Bickley, she is instead listed as Mattie Smith. Could she have remarried after her husband William Bickley died in 1907, perhaps accounting for the inconsistent names, and for the two headstones in differing cemeteries?

Notes:

When Napolean Mason of Sabine County, applied for a Confederate Pension, he stated that he served in the C. S. A. , Company I, 1rst Texas Regiment, Infantry as a private. He made his application on July 9, 1909 before County Judge J. H. McGown and witnesses W R Davidson and T B Davidson. They both testified that they served in the same company with Mr. Mason.


(Research):Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine, Precinct 1
Enumerated 9 June 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheets 4A and 4B
61-63
Davidson, Wm Hd W M Feb 1844 56 m30 Ala Tenn Va Farmer
Davidson, Sarah O Wf W F Oct 1846 53 M 30 10/8 Miss Ga Ga
Davidson, Eliza J Dtgr W F Feb 1876 25 S Tx Ala Miss
Davidson, Henry J Son W M Apr 1882 18 S Tx Ala Miss Farm La
borer
Davidson, Richard F Son W M Apr 1882 18 S Tx Ala Miss Farm Laborer
Davidson, Geo L Son W M Feb 1885 15 S Tx Ala Miss Farm Laborer
Davidson, John G Son W M Dec 1886 14 S Tx Ala Miss Farm Laborer
Davidson, Zollie O Dtgr W F July 1889 W S Tx Ala Miss At School

William married Sarah Josephine Drawhorn about 1869. Sarah was born on 28 Oct 1846 in Mississippi; died on 17 Jun 1934. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was the daughter of William Miles Drawhorn. At the time of the 1930 census, she was living with her daughter and son-in-law, Nettie and Robert Bickley in East Mayfield, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

Married:
A transcription of the 1910 census shows they had been married 41 years, and had a total of 10 children, six of whom were still living.

Notes:

Per "1850 Census Sabine County, Texas with added Family Information and Corrections," William Madison Davidson owned 16 slaves. Per OLDTIMERS OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS he fought along with his son-in-law Amazia Vardeman White in Company F, 11th Texas Infantry. He died on the way home, somewhere near Marshall, and the irony of it was that he volunteered after he was past the age of 55, in anothers place, in exchange for a slave.

He was said by White and Toole to be the son of William "Squire Billy" DAVIDSON and Jane BIRDWELL, and a brother of Blackburn Davidson, who married Harriet Goodrich. White and Toole show him as a grandson of Wm. Davidson, b ca 1755, in N.C., lived to be 96. When members of his family loaded their wagons in 1849, and departed for Texas, never to return, the old grandfather, nearly blind, stood by the side of the road and waved until they were out of sight. He had begged to be taken to Texas with them. SABINE COUNTY GENEALOGICAL RECORDS, pps 84-87, contains details of various early Davidson families settlers in Pennsylvania, Virginia and the Carolinas. Gen. Samuel Houston was the grandson of a Margaret Davidson. Thomas Whitfiled Davidson, a Texas state senator and Lietut. Governor, was claimed as a relative of Jefferson Oliver Davidson of Sabine County (personal interview with Beulah Davis Hughes). (White and Toole, p 87).

Other researchers show him instead as a son of William DAVIDSON (born 1779 Va, d. 1860 Texas) and Nancy ALBRIGHT (born 1779 Va), and an Uncle of Blackburn Davidson.

William married Martha Claiborne Goodrich about 1839. Martha (daughter of Thomas Benton Goodrich and Martha Smith) was born on 22 Jan 1814 in Virginia; died on 18 Nov 1895; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lived with her son, Jefferson Oliver Davidson, at the time of the 1880 census.