Bickham Cemetery, AKA James Cemetery,  Washington Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Edie McKinney Talley

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Source:  Cemetery Records: Louisiana, Vol. IV, pp. 19-20.  Documented and 
compiled by Mrs. R.A. Magee, Franklinton, La. and Mrs. Doyle L. Bateman,
Baton Rouge, La.  1966  Contributed by Mrs. Dixie Sylvest Moss.

Located at 6th Ward, Washington Parish  La. at Mrs. Wilson Smith's 
place.

Smith
  Fletcher                          Maggie C.
  July 16, 1891                     Aug. 19, 1883
  July 19, 1950

Louella E., daughter of F. L. and M. C. Smith
  Feb. 23, 1915 - May 29, 1916

Lula C. James, beloved wife of C. B. James
  July 14, 1861  -  June 1, 1914

Chesley B. James - Oct. 6, 1855 - Apr. 2, 1922.

Infant - a blue vase - no marker (of Altha and Lem  James)

Elva A, wife of J. W. Bickham
  Mar. 9, 1867 - Dec. 16, 1899

2 children - wood stobs.

Rosa Ella, daughter of A. J. and M. U. Bridges
  Feb. 9, 1900 - May 29, 1911

Infant of A. J. and M. U. Bridges - no dates.

Infant of A. J. and M. U. Bridges - no dates.

Mrs. Mollie Taylor Bridges - a piece of concrete - dates illegible

Woodman of the World:
  A. J. Bridges - Dec. 10, 1882 - Jan. 16, 1935

Nancy Cole Bridges - Feb. 10, 1882 - Nov. 24, 1932

Hyacine Cole - Dec. 5, 1906 - Feb. 19, 1937

Wilbur H. Bickham - Jan. 11, 1889 - Dee. 15, 1952

Beth Bickham - Oct. 29, 1920 - Oct. 30, 1920

Mary E., dau. of Louis A. and Lou E. James
  Mar. 20, 1897 - Feb. 25, 1903

Lou E. James - Mar. 7, 1873  -  Nov.  8, 1937.

Louis A. James - beloved husband of Lou E. James
  Mar. 15, 1857 - Dec. 8, 1908

Barlow W. Magee -  Nov. 15, 1869 - July 18, 1955

Adelia T. Magee, wife of Barlow Magee
  d. Aug. 25, 1965 - Age 89 yrs. - 11 mo. 3 days
  Brown FHM

Two graves - concrete covered - no inscription
  (Note:  Mr. and Mrs. J. Iverson King graves,
   great-grandparents of J. S. King at Clifton.
   Information by Mrs. Mattie Bickham,
   Franklinton, La.)

C.S.A. Marker:  T. R. "Trigger" Bickham
  Co. C 3rd La. Cav.
  Dec. 23, 1827  -  Apr. 10, 1863

Giles, beloved husband of M. E. Bickham
  Apr. 29, 1869  - Aug. 30, 1899

T. Julian Bickham - Sept. 14, 1875 - Aug. 27, 1899.

Christian Lewis,. wife of W. Bickham
  Jan. 31, 1835  -  Aug. 29, 1899

Thomas W. Bickham - Dec. 29, 1827 - June 26, 1890

Several infants - unmarked

Ella Magee Taylor - Nov. 15, 1857 - Feb. 14, 1893
  Has a picture of her and her husband, Wes Taylor
  (Daughter of Zachariah Magee)

Two graves with wood stobs:
  Zachariah Magee
  Wife,  Mary Frances King

Adult grave - no marker

Tom Magee - (Zachariah Magee's son)
(The above information was given by Charles Magee, a
nephew of Ella and Tom and Mrs. Mattie Bickham a life
long neighbor.)

William C  Fussell - May 22, 1858  -  Sept. 5, 1905.

Harriet Magee - on a broken marker: md Thomas W. Bickham
  (They were grandparents of Wilbur H. Bickham -
  info by Mrs. W. H. (Mattie) Bickham, wife of Wilbur Bickham)