Hezekiah Magee (1796-1870), the second child of William Magee I (1762-1837) and Mary Margaret James Magee (1771-1867), had thirteen children with wife Dicey Magee (1800-1878). We pick up this week with their third child Morgany who was born in January of 1824. And my source for this column is the "William Magee and Mary Margaret James and their Descendants 1770 - 1993" book.
Morgany Magee (1824-1846) married George Roberts Bickham. Married at age 14, Morgany died at age 22, just two days after her fourth child was born. The couple had moved from Washington Parish between the birth of their second and third child. They had the following children: Francis Green Bickham, who married Sarah Rebecca Daniel; Benjamin Hezekiah Bickham, who married Christain Caroline Currie; David Wiggins Bickham; and George J. Bickham. Both David Wiggins and George J. were relatively young when they died.
David Magee (1825-1881) married Elizabeth Ann Peake. They are buried in the Magee cemetery near Franklinton. Their children were: Louisa "Ludie" Magee, who married Thomas Jefferson Wood; Adolphus Magee; and Americus Magee.
Bethany Magee (1828-1887) married George Washington Dyson. According to the Magee book, after Bethany wed, she united with the Beulah Baptist Church on July 19, 1948. She is buried with her husband in the Dyson Cemetery. Their children were: Margaret Jane Dyson, who married Daniel Edward Tate, first, Leslie Preston Parker, second; Martha Ann Dyson; Cecelia Louise Dyson; Calvin H. Clay Dyson, who married Laura Roberts; Frances Ann Dyson; Georgia Dyson; William Dyson; John Thomas Dyson, who married Rose Richardson; Lesley M. Dyson, who married Fredonia Mims; Charles Dyson, who married Sarah Elliott; Florence Dyson, who married L. Felder Brumfield; George W. Dyson, Jr.; Benjamin Franklin "Doc" Dyson, who married Rosa Brumfield; Joseph Warren Dyson, who married Martha "Mattie" Louise Dees; and Penny Dyson.
Elbert Magee (1829-1917) married Louisa Burkhalter, who was the widow of Henry Willis Magee, Sr. Their children were O. K. Magee; Rosa Magee, who married Joe J. Stringfield; John Harney Magee, who married Julia Christ; Emma Magee, who married Harry Brashier; Mary Ella Magee, who married Charles Kenner Bankston; and Robert Elbert Magee, who married Florence Adeline Magee.
Louisa Magee (1831-1920) married young Peter Bankston. During the early years of their marriage, they lived in Tangipahoa Parish where seven of their ten children were born, but in 1868 they purchased the William Brumfield place between Clifton and Mt. Hermon. William Brumfield was my great-great-great grandfather. After the purchase the Bankstons, just as the Brumfields before them, operated the Post Office there, which remained within the home until it was closed in 1895 and moved first to Mt. Point and then to Mt. Hermon. The residence was originally a Spanish trading post, being transformed into a home around 1837. It remains owned by Bankston descendants. Louisa Magee and husband Peter Bankston had the following children: Cleo Olivia Bankston, who married George W. McGehee; Geneva Jemima Bankston; Leah Bankston; Nicholas Whitfield Bankston; Marion Peter Bankston; Lillie Louise Bankston, who married Charlie A. Burch; Claudius Bailey Bankston, who married Louvinia Wilkes; Leon Victor Bankston, who married Allie Ames Magee; Kate Etta Bankston, who married William Merideth Burch; and Angus Carl Bankston, who married Hazel Wilkes.
Hezekiah Magee II (1834-1881) married Harriett Bickham. They were buried in the Magee Cemetery near Franklinton. The couple's children were: George Winston Magee, who married Dora Schilling; Madison Magee; Warren Magee; Fannie Magee; Elizabeth Magee; Laura Mae Magee, who married Whitney Hall Erwin; and Hezia "Hezzie" Magee. Madison, Fannie, and Elizabeth Magee died relatively young.
Jefferson Magee (1836-1844), who died in his youth, was buried in the Magee Cemetery near Franklinton.
Tabitha Magee (1840-1909) married Leslie Bankston. The couple attended Mt. Nebo Baptist Church in Tangipahoa Parish. Their children were Eudora Bankston, who married Malone Micajah Hendry; Martin Luther Bankston, who married Francis Cornelia Hendry; Wilkes B. Bankston; Leslie Layton Bankston, who married Cornellia Russell; and Simeon C. Bankston, who married Catherine Bradley. Tabitha Magee Bankston died from tuberculosis in 1909.
Thomas M. Magee (1841-1874) married Martha Pritchard. They were buried in the Magee Cemetery near Franklinton. The couple's children were: Mamie Magee; Beulah Magee, who married a Varnado, Ida Magee, who married an Olmstead; and Thomas M. Magee, Jr., who married Sally Bateman, first, and Lillie Howard, second.
Warren Magee (1844-1850) died as a youth and was buried in the Magee Cemetery near Franklinton.
Francis Sarah Magee (1847-1885) married Jesse C. Waller, who died of yellow fever in 1878. Their children were Homer Harris Waller, who married Margaret Susan Hitchinson; Arelius Waller, who died in 1875 at one year of age; Cena C. Waller, who at age one died of yellow fever, six days before her father succumbed to the same in 1878; and Jesse C. Waller, Jr., born two months after his father's death and married Nora Lee Pullen.
Stay tuned for more on the Magee ancestry in August.
