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Information on the Family of Thomas Sexton


      9. Mary Mahaly2 Sexton (Thomas1) (Source: E-mail from Dennis Gurley <dlgjmk@bellsouth.net>, Nov. 2006.) was born 25 Jun 1840 in AL, and died 04 Nov 1909 in Tuscaloosa Co., AL. She married Brown L. Bigham 28 Oct 1855 in Tuscaloosa Co., AL. He was born 09 Apr 1830 in SC, and died 03 Aug 1895 in Tuscaloosa Co., AL.

Notes for Mary Mahaly Sexton:
Will of Ellen Sexton states Mahaly Sexton wife of John Bingham. Marriage Records Tuscaloosa Co., AL, Bk 4, show license issued to Brown L(ee) Bigham and Mahala Sexton on Oct 1, 1855. Marriage took place at residence of Thomas Sexton on Oct 28, 1855. Ceremony performed by Fletcher Smith.

1870 Tuscaloosa Co., AL, census - Brown Bigham 40 SC, Mahaly 29 AL, John 13 AL, James H. 13 AL, Wm. 9 AL, Eliz 7 AL, Sarah A. 5 AL, Nancy B. 3 AL, Flournoy 1 AL.
1880 Tusc. Co. census - Brown Begum 49 SC SC SC, Mahaly 40 AL SC SC, James 21 AL SC AL, Wm. 19 AL SC AL, Eliz 17 AL SC AL, Sarah 15 AL SC AL, Nancy 13 AL SC AL, Crane 10 AL SC AL, Benjamin 7 AL SC AL, Mary 6 AL SC AL, Alice 4 AL SC AL, Edward H. 2 AL SC AL.

Deed from Nancy Loftis to Brown L. Bigham - Book 4, p. 356, dated Dec 17, 1856 (land 3-20-11W).

Note dated March 21, 2003, from Darryl Higginbotham, St. Clair Co., AL, e-mail lhigg@mindspring.com, Mahala listed on 1900 Bibb Co., AL, census with daughter Alice and John D. Bennett.

Notes for Brown L. Bigham:
1850 Federal Census, Tuscaloosa Co., AL, p. 263-B, HH1014 - Robert Bigham 56 SC, Sarah 22 SC, Nancy 31 SC, Mary 29 SC, Dicey 26 SC, Martha 24 SC, John 23 SC, Brownlee 20 SC, Harris 18 SC, Rutha 15 SC, Crane? 14 SC.

1870 Tuscaloosa Co., AL, census, p. 275, HH7/7: Brown Bigham, 40, farmer, SC; Mahaley, 29, AL; John T., 13, AL; James H., 13, AL; William, 9, AL; Elizabeth, 7, AL; Sarah A., 5, AL; Nancy B., 3, AL; Flernoy, 1, AL.

1880 Census, Hassells, Tuscaloosa Co., AL. Source: FHL Film 1254033. National Archives Film T9-0033. Page 578A. Brown BIGUM, 49, SC SC SC, farmer; Mahaley, wife, 40 AL SC SC, keeping house; James, son, 21, AL SC AL, farm laborer; William, son, 19, AL SC AL, farm laborer; Elizabeth, 17, AL SC AL, farm laborer; Sarah, dau., 15, AL SC AL, farm laborer; Nancy, dau., 13, AL SC AL; farm laborer; Crane, son, 10, AL SC AL; Benjamin, son, 7, AL SC AL, farm laborer; Mary, dau., 6, AL SC AL; Allice, dau., 4, AL SC AL; Edward H., 2, AL SC AL.

Coaling Cemetery - From Tusc. take Hwy 11 about 10 miles north to county Road 15, turn right, cross RR tracks. Take left go past church on right. Take right at next intersection go up hill about 1/4 mile on Wire Rd. Cemetery on right.
     
Children of Mary Sexton and Brown Bigham are:
  56 i.   John G.3 Bigham, born Abt. 1857 in AL.
  57 ii.   James Harrison Bigham, born 02 Feb 1856 in Tuscaloosa Co., AL (Source: E-mail from Dennis Gurley <dlgjmk@bellsouth.net>, Nov. 2006.); died 13 May 1936 in Tuscaloosa Co., AL. He married Mary Catherine Gilliam 24 Sep 1881 in Tuscaloosa Co., AL; born 14 Aug 1859 in Tuscaloosa Co., AL; died 11 Feb 1936 in Moores Bridge, Tuscaloosa Co., AL.
  Notes for James Harrison Bigham:
1900 Marcumville Bear 4 Township 18, Dist. 110, Tuscaloosa Co., AL, SD 6 ED 110 Sheet 16A & B, p. 33, July 9 and 10, 1900: 277/278 -- James H. Bigham, Feb. 1856, 44, married at 20, farmer, AL AL AL; Mary C., wife, Apr. 1863, 37, married at 20, 8 children with 7 living, AL AL AL; Dixie J., dau., July 1884, 14, AL AL AL; George, son, May 1887, 13, AL AL AL; Lizzie, dau., May 1890, 10, AL AL AL; Harriett, dau., June 1891, 8, AL AL AL; Henry, son, Sept. 1893, 6, AL AL AL; Adam, son, Apr. 1895, 5, AL AL AL

1910 Tuscaloosa Co., AL census, Marcumville, SD? ED146 Sheet 14A HH249/250: James H. BIGHAM, 51 married 1 time, married 28 years, AL SC AL; Mary C., wife, 47, married 1 time, married 28 years, 11 children with 9 living, AL AL AL; Henry, son, 17; Adam, son, 10; Nancy, dau., 9; Lulu?, dau., 8; unreadable, dau., 4.

1930 census, Reese Prect. 24, Dist. 46, Tuscaloosa Co., AL, ED 63-46 SD 6 Sheet 9B: 177/187 -- James H. Bigham, 71, married at 23, AL SC AL; Mary, 70, wife, married at 22, AL SC AL; Lizzie MALONE, dau., 40, widow, AL AL AL; Nancy SHELBY, dau., 30, married at 15, AL AL AL; Johnie, grandson, 11, AL AL AL; Erline, granddau., 9, AL AL AL; Dan, g-son, 7, AL AL AL; William, g-son, 5, AL AL AL; Bertha M. BIGHAM, g-dau., 5, AL AL AL; James V., g-son 2 10/12, AL AL AL.


  Notes for Mary Catherine Gilliam:
Source: Original Record of Deaths, Registration District No. 63-0024, Registrar Mrs. Madie Ellis. Mary Catherine Bigham, husband Jas. H. Bigham, age 76, occupation - housework, birthplace - Alabama. Father - John Gilliam born AL. Mother - Lou Cannon born AL. Informant - George Bigham. Certificate filed Mar. 3, 1936. Date of death Feb. 11, 1936. Cause of death - paralysis. No physician. Burial Gilliam Cemetery, Tuscaloosa Co., AL, on Feb. 12, 1936. Undertaker? - Rev. Murk Montgomery, McConnels, Tuscaloosa Co., AL.

  58 iii.   William Bigham, born Abt. 1861 in AL.
  59 iv.   Elizabeth Bigham, born Abt. 1863 in AL. She married ??? Jones.
  60 v.   Sarah A. Bigham, born Abt. 1865; died Abt. 1941 in Montgomery Co., AL. She married Edward Wallace (Source: E-mail from Darryl Higginbotham <lhigg@mindspring.com>, St. Clair Co., AL, Mar 21, 2003..).
  61 vi.   Nancy Bell Bigham (Source: E-mail from Darryl Higginbotham <lhigg@mindspring.com>, St. Clair Co., AL, Mar 21, 2003.), born 02 May 1867 in Coaling, Tuscaloosa Co., AL; died 18 Jun 1963 in Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL. She married John Wiley Robertson (Source: E-mail from Darryl Higginbotham <lhigg@mindspring.com>, St. Clair Co., AL, Mar 21, 2003..) 30 Nov 1887 in Tuscaloosa Co., AL (Source: Tuscaloosa Genealogical Society - Morning Group, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Marriages, 1882-1888, v. iii, (1988), p. 47, Marriage Book 3, p. 438.); born 01 Aug 1866 in New Lexington, Tuscaloosa Co., AL; died 04 Apr 1942 in Royalton, Illinois.
  62 vii.   Flournoy Crane Bigham, born Abt. 1870 in AL. He married Emmie ??? Abt. 1899; born Abt. 1877 in AL/MS.
  Notes for Flournoy Crane Bigham:
1910 Tuscaloosa Co., AL census, Parson - Prec. 12, SD6 ED149? Sheet 31A HH656/671: Crane BIGHAM, 35, married one time, married 11 years, AL AL AL; Emmie, wife, 33, married one time, married 11 years, 4 children with 4 living, AL AL AL; Clarence, son, 10; James F., son, 7; unreadable, son, 5; Marmaduke, son, 1/12.

1920 census, Brookwood, Tuscaloosa Co., AL, Jan. 21, 1920: Crane Bigham, 48, AL; Emma, wife, 42, MS; Clarence, son, 19, AL; Fredric, son, 17, AL; Anderson, son, 14, AL; Duke, son, 10, AL; Edner, dau., 8, AL; Garner, son, 4?, AL; Sarah, dau., born AL. (1920 census information from Dennis Gurley)

  63 viii.   Benjamin Bigham, born 16 Sep 1873 in Tuscaloosa Co., AL (Source: E-mail from Darryl Higginbotham <lhigg@mindspring.com>, St. Clair Co., AL, Mar 21, 2003..); died 01 Apr 1892 in Tuscaloosa Co., AL.
  64 ix.   Mary Bigham, born Abt. 1874 in Tuscaloosa Co., AL.
  65 x.   Alice Bigham (Source: E-mail from Darryl Higginbotham <lhigg@mindspring.com>, St. Clair Co., AL, Mar 21, 2003..), born 15 Feb 1877 in AL; died 05 Sep 1959. She married (1) Wilburn L. Burnes 28 Dec 1890 in Coaling, Tuscaloosa Co., AL (Source: Tuscaloosa County Genealogical Society, Morning Group, Roots and Branches, November 1993, p. 27, Marriage Book 4, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Consent of father, B. L. Bigham.). She married (2) John D. Bennett Bef. 1899; born Sep 1864 in Italy. She married (3) William H. Goodwin (Source: E-mail from Darryl Higginbotham <lhigg@mindspring.com>, St. Clair Co., AL, Mar 21, 2003..) Aft. 1900; born 26 Jun 1877; died 24 May 1936.
  Notes for John D. Bennett:
1900 Federal Census Bibb Co., AL, 1 Prec. Kingdom, p. 19A, image 37 of 66 at Genealogy.com, SD 5 ED 1 Sheet 19, June 12, 1900: ?346/352? John D. BENNETT, Sept 1864, 35, married 2 years, Italy Italy Italy, coal miner, immi. in 1885, 15 yrs in US, NA (not sure of meaning, may be not naturalized); Alice, Feb 1876, 24, married 2 years, 3 children 3 living, AL AL AL ; Willie, son, July 1899, AL Italy AL; Ernest BURNES, step-son, Nov. 1892, 8, AL AL AL; Murry?, step-son, Jan. 1894, AL AL AL; Edward BIGHAM, brother-in-law, June 1878; Azilee, sister-in-law [wife of Edward], Jan 1882, GA GA GA; Mahala BIGHAM, mother-in-law, Sept 1842, 58, 12 children [number living unreadable], AL AL AL.

  66 xi.   Edward H. Bigham, born 13 Jun 1878 in Tuscaloosa Co., AL; died 25 Feb 1902 in Tuscaloosa Co., AL (Source: E-mail from Darryl Higginbotham <lhigg@mindspring.com>, St. Clair Co., AL, Mar 21, 2003..). He married Azalee ??? (Source: E-mail from Darryl Higginbotham <lhigg@mindspring.com>, St. Clair Co., AL, Mar 21, 2003..); born Jan 1882 in GA.

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