Susan Francis Blackburn

1838 - 1924  (86 years)

• Name	Susan Francis Blackburn  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	8 May 1838	Marion County, Mississippi   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	4 Dec 1924	Texas   [2]
  Burial	Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas   [2]
  Notes	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
  Person ID	I13476	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Alexander S. Blackburn,   b. Abt 1797, Tennessee d. 2 Feb 1863, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana (Age ~ 66 years)
  Mother	Martha Cole,   b. 4 Jul 1798, South Carolina d. 18 Apr 1889, Sabine County, Texas (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	17 Jun 1820	Marion County, Mississippi   [4]
  	Marion County, Mississippi, Marriage Record Book "A" 1812-1824 Bondsmen were John Cole and Gabriel Blackburn
  Family ID	F1635	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	??? Bickham,   b. Bef 1820   d. Aft 1861 (Age ~ 42 years)
  Children	1. Hardy Alexander Bickham,   b. 3 Apr 1859, Louisiana d. 20 Nov 1913, Texas (Age 54 years)   2. Zurada Bickham,   b. Abt 1861   d. Abt 1923, Texas (Age ~ 62 years)
  Family ID	F2161	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 8 May 1838 - Marion County, Mississippi Death - 4 Dec 1924 - Texas Burial - - Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S451] Wagstaff, Bettye Bragg-Family Researcher [bfwag@jas.net]. [S779] Wagstaff, Bettye Bragg "Bronson Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/. [S144] 1850 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1850 Federal Census.), Louisiana, Washington Parish Enumerated 4 Nov 1850 286-286 (Reliability: 3). [S451] Wagstaff, Bettye Bragg-Family Researcher [bfwag@jas.net], Correspondence and Family Group Sheets dated August 1995 exchanged between Bettye Bragg Wagstaff of Bronson, Texas and Mary Frances Smith Fisher of Jackson, Mississippi, copies in files of Melinda McLemore Strong of San Antonio, Texas (Reliability: 3).