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found at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jhmims4&id=I19885
ID: I19885
Name: Susan Thompson 1 2 3 4
Sex: F
Reference Number: 19911
Birth: ABT 1828 in Tennessee, USA 4
Burial: Land owned by Mr Jenkins near Cains Creek, White County, Arkansas, USA 5
Death: about 4 miles from Bebee Station, JUL 1862 in White County, Arkansas, USA 6
Father: Allen Thompson b: 11 DEC 1796 in Pendleton County, South Carolina
Mother: Sarah Barnett b: ABT 1798 in South Carolina, USA
Marriage 1 Louis Alexander Bickers b: ABT 1825 in Virginia, USA
Married: 01 NOV 1848
Note:
[NOTE - Due to space constraints in Family Tree Maker only a small portion of Mrs. Lucyle Bickers Middleton's thorough research of the BICKERS various lines is provided here. The file in it's entirety will be placed on my website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mimsfamily - JHM 3/11/2006]
LEWIS ALEXANDER BICKERS (G4/N2)
4TH GENERATION
Virginia- Kentucky-Arkansas-Tennessee b.ca1824 (d.between 1871-1877)
Confederate War
m. 1st - Susan Thompson
m. 2nd - Sarah Whitford
m. 3d - Lucinda Leathers
Son of Benjamin Carty Bickers (G3/N2) & Joanna Martin VA-KY-TN ca1782-1847
Grandson of Nicholas Bickers (G2/R1) & Jane Carty VA 1744-1836
Great-Grandson of Robert Bickers (G1) & Elizabeth VA ca1709-1808
Draft - As of 30 September 2004
Lewis Alexander Bickers (G4/N2), of the Fourth Generation of Robert & Elizabeth Bickers of Orange County, Virginia, was born in Orange County, Virginia, about 1824 and is said to have died 23 November 1915 in Independence County, Arkansas. Lewis Alexander Bickers married Susan Thompson [1*]. Witnesses - L.A. Bickers, D.M. Quinley. Issued 01 Nov 1848 by Clerk Thomas W. Gamewell. He married, second, Lucinda Leathers in 1871 in Obion County, Tennessee. Susan Thompson died in Arkansas before the Confederate War.
The census for 1850 of Madison County, Tennessee [2*]:
Lewis Alexander Bickers, white male, 25, b.VA, farmer
Susan Bickers, white female, 21, b.TN, wife
James Madison Bickers, 1, b.TN
According to the genealogy by James Madison Bickers, son of Lewis Alexander Bickers...In conclusion of this history of the Bickers family, I will give a short history of my own family. As I have said heretofore, my father, Lewis Alexander Bickers, married Susan Thompson, a daughter of Allen Thompson, a Baptist preacher who lived at that time 2-1/2 miles West of Medon Station now on the railroad. After my father and mother was married, they moved to what was then known as Wesbrook farm and on the 23rd day of September A.D. 1848, I was borned in a little log house on said farm near Clover Creek in Madison County, Tennessee. My father then bought a place near a Mr. Thomas and we lived there until I was about 3 years old, then he moved to a place near my grandfather Thompson and soon after that, my father went to work on the bridge at Bolivar, Tennessee. I was then 6 years old. Mother sent me to school. That was my first year in school. Mr. C.C. Ruddle was my teacher. He taught in a log school house near a Mr. Joel Rains and William Graves. We called the school house Lick Skillet. I did not learn very much but I have a receipt in my possession that Mr. Ruddle gave my father for the payment of my tuition and I think a great deal of that receipt, for in after years this same Ruddle was my Sunday School teacher and I thought a great deal of Mr. Ruddle and his family, but in December 1856, my father and mother and 2 sisters moved to Prairie County, Arkansas. My father built a house on the edge of the prairie and in that house my sister Sarah Ann was borned in February 1857. My father then took a contract to overseer nigras for a Mr. Holoway. We lived there some time which was near Hickory Plains, Arkansas.
We then moved to White County, Arkansas, about 4 miles from Bebee Station. After we moved to that place, I got lost in the wild woods and was away from my father and mother for a day and night and at that day that part of the country was full of all kinds of wild animals. in December 1856 father built a house on the edge of the prairie and in that house my sister Sarah Ann was borned in February 1857...they had 5 children, 2 boys and 3 girls. Their names were James Madison, Ally, Dora, Sarah Ann, and Charlie Bickers, who died when 2 years, and Dora died when a girl.. My father then took a contract to overseer nigras for a Mr. Holoway [3*]. We lived there some time which was near Hickory Plains, Arkansas...We then moved to White County, Arkansas, about 4 miles from Bebee Station ...
When Lewis Alexander Bickers left for the War, his remaining children went to their Grandfather Thompson, where they found the orp[h]ans of their Uncle Robert Bickers, who had been murdered in Arkansas at the age of 35. Further from the genealogy by James Madison Bickers (G5/N2):
While we lived at that place, my brother Charlie was borned and later on Charlie died and my sister Dora died and, in July 1862, my mother died and the three of them are buried in White County, Arkansas, on a piece of land then owned by a Mr. Jinkins. Mr. Jinkins himself being the first one buried on that land near Cain Creek.. I and my two sisters Ally and Sarah Ann was left in a bad fix, no mother and our father had to go to war. Us three children left without a mother or father to protect us in that wild wilderness of a country and no kin folks to look to for help, but God was with us and taken care of us 3 orphan children. We got a old man Childress to take us children in a wagon 150 miles to Memphis, Tennessee, and we had a time getting there, bad weather and we had to pass through both southern and northern armys, but we finly got to Memphis and the northern army had possession of Memphis when we got there and we had a time getting away from Memphis. It was when Grant was making the second attack on Vicksburg.
When we arrived at our grandfather Thompson's we found there 3 other orphan children at grandfather's house, they were the sons and daughter of Uncle Robert Bickers who was killed by a nigre in Arkansas. This increased my grandfather Thompson to 6 orphan children, which made a great burden on my grandfather and grandmother for they was both old and feeble and my grandfather was nearly blind and he had a blind daughter, Aunt Ally [Alice] Thompson, who was then 50 years old and had been blind all her life, but Aunt Ally did not live but a few months after we got there. Aunt Ally was a good woman and as I write this I can see in my mind tonight that good blind aunt of mine going around that old place and doing things that looks to me now unreasonable for a blind person to do. My grandfather managed to take care of us 6 orphan children very well considering the war times. Both northern and southern armys were at that time making raids in West Tennessee and it was hard on anyone to make anything and keep it.
In 1865, L.A. Bickers married Sara Whitford in Hardeman County, TN, where his brothers, Horace E, and Jefferson Ross were married in the years 1853.
The 1870 Census, p085, Richland TWP, Phillips Co, AR
Lewis Alexander Bickers, white male, 34, b. VA, farmer, RE/$1,200 P/$150.
In 1870, L.A. Bickers was listed among the Notable Men' in Phillips Co, AR [4*]. At some time after this event, Louis Alexander Bickers moved to Tennessee.
On 05 September 1871 he married Lucinda Leathers in Obion County [5*]. The genealogy written by his son, James Madison, in 1907, did not mention this marriage; however, he did relate that he and his cousin, William Thompson, moved from Madison County to Obion County in 1870. Probably Allen Thompson died and remaining family went to his brother. Lewis Alexander must have died before 1877, because James Madison also wrote that his wife, Ann Boyett, died in 1877 and he was all alone, having no children. To be all alone' probably meant all of his immediate family, including his father, were now dead.
The children of Lewis Alexander Bickers (G4/N2) & Susan Thompson:
James Madison Bickers (G5/N2)
Ally M. Bickers (G5/N2)
Dora Bickers (G5/N2) d. in childhood
Sarah Ann Bickers (G5/N2)
Charlie Bickers (G5/N2) d. age 2
[1*] Madison County, TN, Marriages 1846-1866, Historic Records Survey of May 22, 1939; Sistler; Early W. TN Marriages, Vol I, Grooms; Nashville ©1989
[2*] 1850 Census, Madison Co, TN, p244, 3d district
[3*] could this be Hollowell?
[4*] Book of Three States-Notable Men of MS, AR, TN; Commercial Appeal Publ. Co., Memphis, TN; 1914
[5*] LDS Library (batch WA-M519592-0552)
Source: Research of Lucyle Bickers Middleton provided on CD. This info is listed on the 11Nov2004 CD under "G" and "G2-6Nich-2BenjC".
[NOTE - Due to space constraints in Family Tree Maker only a small portion of Mrs. Lucyle Bickers Middleton's thorough research of the BICKERS various lines is provided here. The file in it's entirety will be placed on my website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mimsfamily - JHM 3/11/2006]
LEWIS ALEXANDER BICKERS (G4/N2) b. VA ca1824; fought in Civil War. 1870 Census Richland, Philips Co, AR: Louis A. Bickers, 45, b.VA ca1824
m. 1st Susan Thompson (d. AR Jul 1862), License issued 01 Nov 1838, Witness: D.M. Quinley, before he went to war; he served in Confed Army;
the children of Lewis Alexander (G4/N2) Bickers & 1-Susan Thompson:
James Madison Bickers (G5/N2) b.TN Sep 1849 -d.TX;
Allie M. Bickers (G5/N2) m. James Percival
Dora Bickers (G5/N2)
Sarah Ann Bickers (G5/N2)
Charles Bickers (G5/N2) d.2 yrs of age in White Co, AR
m. 2nd *Sarah Whitford in Hardeman Co, TN [Source: Source: www.picosearch.com ]
m. 3rd Lucinda *Leathers, Obion Co, TN, 05 Sep 1871 Lewis Alexander Bickers, now home from the war, married Lucinda Leathers in Obion County in 1870
Note 1: *Did he also marry Sarah Whitford in Hardeman Co, TN in Oct 1865?
Note 1: *In Virginia, William Bickers (G3/T2), son of Thomas (G2/R1) married Sally Leathers.
Source: Research of Lucyle Bickers Middleton provided on CD. This info is listed on the 11Nov2004 CD under "G" and "G2-6Nich-2BenjC".
35. Page 8: Lewis Alexander Bickers married Susan Thompson; Witnesses - L.A. Bickers, D.M. Quinley. Issued 01 Nov 1848 by Clerk Thomas W. Gamewell. No date given for marriage.
Madison County, TN, Marriages 1846-1866; Historic Records Survey of May 22, 1939
36. b.ca1825 VA Lewis Alexander Bickers, white male, 25, b.VA, farmer [Gen IV]
b.1828 TN Susan Bickers, white female, wife 21, b.TN
b.1848 TN James Madison Bickers, son, 1, b.TN [Gen V]
1850 Census, Madison Co, TN, p244, 3d district
37. Lewis Alexander Bickers, white male, 34, b.VA, farmer, RE/$1,200 P/$150.
1870 Census, Phillips, 085, Richland TWP, Phillips Co, AR - son of Benj Carty Bickers (III)
38. Allie M. Bickers m. James T. Perciful [Percival]; witness: James Rook. Issued 24 Dec 1868, Returned 04 Jan 1869. Clerk, P.O. McCowat. J.P.: C.H. Weathers
Madison County, TN, Marriages 1846-1866; Historic Records Survey of May 22, 1939
39. 1870 AR L.A. [Lewis Alexander] Bickers, Phillips Co, AR
Book of Three States-Notable Men of MS, AR, TN; Commercial Appeal Publ. Co., Memphis, TN; 1914
Source: BICKERS FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY, INC., NEWSLETTER #6, JUNE 1995, Lucyle Bickers Middleton, President
Children1.Has No Children James Madison Bickers b: 13 SEP 1849 in Near Cloves Creek, Madison County, Tennessee
2.Has Children Allie Bickers b: 23 APR 1851 in Tennessee, USA
3.Has No Children Dora Bickers b: BET FEB 1857 AND JUL 1862 in White County, Arkansas, USA
4.Has No Children Sarah Ann Bickers b: FEB 1857 in Prairie County, Arkansas, USA
5.Has No Children Charlie Bickers b: BET FEB 1857 AND JUL 1862 in White County, Arkansas, USA
Sources: 1.Author: James Madison Bickers
Title: Generalogy and a Short History of the Bickers Famley
Publication: Name: Written April and May of 1907;
Repository: Name: Personal copy of handwritten original
Note:
Source Medium: Book
This copy belonged to Virginia Bickers Hatcher and is now in the possession of James Henry Mims, IV as of March 2005.
Page: 24
Text: ...Robert Bickers was killed before the War in Phillips County Ark. while Over seeing Nigras. he married Iby Thompson a Sister to my mother. They had three children two Boys + a girl there names were Benjamin and Martha Bickers all are dead except William Henry Bickers who lives at Ripley Tenn...
2.Author: James Madison Bickers
Title: Generalogy and a Short History of the Bickers Famley
Publication: Name: Written April and May of 1907;
Repository: Name: Personal copy of handwritten original
Note:
Source Medium: Book
This copy belonged to Virginia Bickers Hatcher and is now in the possession of James Henry Mims, IV as of March 2005.
Page: 25
Text: ...My Father Louis Alexander Bickers married Susan Thompson a Daughter of Allen Thompson...
3.Author: James Madison Bickers
Title: Generalogy and a Short History of the Bickers Famley
Publication: Name: Written April and May of 1907;
Repository: Name: Personal copy of handwritten original
Note:
Source Medium: Book
This copy belonged to Virginia Bickers Hatcher and is now in the possession of James Henry Mims, IV as of March 2005.
Page: 25
Text: ...They had five children two Sons and three girls there names were James Madison Alley Dora Sarah Ann and Charlie Bickers...
4.Author: U.S. Government
Title: 1850 Madison County, Tennessee Census
Publication: Name: HeritageQuest Online;
Repository: Name: Houston Public Library Online
Note:
Source Medium: Census
Text: District #3
Census taken 6 September 1850
Dwelling 413 Family 413
L. A. Bickers 25 M Farmer 400 VA
Susan Bickers 21 F TN
James M. Bickers 1 M TN
5.Author: James Madison Bickers
Title: Generalogy and a Short History of the Bickers Famley
Publication: Name: Written April and May of 1907;
Repository: Name: Personal copy of handwritten original
Note:
Source Medium: Book
This copy belonged to Virginia Bickers Hatcher and is now in the possession of James Henry Mims, IV as of March 2005.
Page: 30
Text: ...three of them are Buried in White County Ark on a piece of Land then own by a Mr Jinkins. Mr Jinkins him Self being the first one buried on that Land near Cain Creek...
6.Author: James Madison Bickers
Title: Generalogy and a Short History of the Bickers Famley
Publication: Name: Written April and May of 1907;
Repository: Name: Personal copy of handwritten original
Note:
Source Medium: Book
This copy belonged to Virginia Bickers Hatcher and is now in the possession of James Henry Mims, IV as of March 2005.
Page: 30
Text: ...We then moved to White County Ark about 4 miles from Bebee Station....While we live at that place my Brother Charlie was bornd and later on Charlie died and my Sister Dora died and in July 1862 my mother died...
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