Son of Lenford Magee and Cynthia Ellen Bullock Magee
De Avelon
Husband of Alice Leah Bickham Magee
Father of
Eugene Rufus Magee
Ira Dewitt Magee
Ida Leah Magee Wagner
Albert L. Magee
Pearl Magee Barnett
Jacob A. A. Magee was the son and only child of the union of Lentford Magee (CSA
Vet.) and his first wife Cynthia E. (Bullock) Magee. Jacob married Alice Leah
Bickham on the 7th of June, 1874. She was born on the 3rd of March 1858 in the
Clifton community of Washington Parish, Louisiana and was the daughter of Thomas
Carroll Bickham and Elizabeth “Betsy” (Magee) Bickham.
“The following material is from the supplement to the book on the family of
William Magee and Mary James: ‘Jacob was one of the leading cattlemen of South
Texas. He was well known and one of the last cattlemen to use open ranging of
cattle. Jacob also adjusted rapidly to the use of barbed wire when it was
introduced in 1877. Jacob’s younger brothers-in-law John Oscar Bickham and
Benjamin Oliver Bickham and his first cousin John G. Brumfield came to Texas in
the 1870’s and raised cattle, sheep, and goats. They ranched with Jacob until
they managed to get on their own and later at different times they worked in
partnership with Jacob. John Brumfield (single) stayed in Texas from the late
1870’s until 1910’s and then sold out and moved back to Mississippi …John Oscar
Bickham married three times. Once in Louisiana/Mississippi and twice in South
Texas. His second wife died in childbirth, but the baby girl Mary (Mamie Bickham
Ault) lived and was raised by her Aunt Alice and Uncle Jacob. She was treated
just like a sister to the other children. John Oscar Bickham raised a large
family in the Calallen, Texas area by his third wife. Benjamin Oliver Bickham
never married. He had throat cancer and drank alcohol heavily, probably to
relieve the pain of cancer. He was quite a character who liked to use his pistol
when drinking. He used it once too often and killed a man in a saloon fight in
Corpus Christi sometime in the late 1890's or early 1900’s. He was tried for
murder but acquitted.’ [Jesse H. Bankston, ed. Supplement to William Magee and
Mary Margaret James and Their Descendants, ca. 1996, p. 78]. Most of this
information is from Michael McCown, Dickinson, TX. In addition to their 6
children Jacob and Alice also raised her niece, Mary Elizabeth “Mamie” Bickham.”
"Jacob was killed by Mexican
cattle rustlers."
This material is from page 624 of Magee Histories: The Progenitors and
Descendants of Jacob Magee (b. 1750-1755, Edgecomb Co., NC & d. 1816, Marion
Co., Mississippi) and Mary Scott (b. 1750-1755, NC & d. 1832, Marion Co.,
Mississippi) by Bevin J. Creel, Franklinton, Louisiana, 2004.
De Avelon
Husband of Alice Leah Bickham Magee
Father of
Eugene Rufus Magee
Ira Dewitt Magee
Ida Leah Magee Wagner
Albert L. Magee
Pearl Magee Barnett
Jacob A. A. Magee was the son and only child of the union of Lentford Magee (CSA
Vet.) and his first wife Cynthia E. (Bullock) Magee. Jacob married Alice Leah
Bickham on the 7th of June, 1874. She was born on the 3rd of March 1858 in the
Clifton community of Washington Parish, Louisiana and was the daughter of Thomas
Carroll Bickham and Elizabeth “Betsy” (Magee) Bickham.
“The following material is from the supplement to the book on the family of
William Magee and Mary James: ‘Jacob was one of the leading cattlemen of South
Texas. He was well known and one of the last cattlemen to use open ranging of
cattle. Jacob also adjusted rapidly to the use of barbed wire when it was
introduced in 1877. Jacob’s younger brothers-in-law John Oscar Bickham and
Benjamin Oliver Bickham and his first cousin John G. Brumfield came to Texas in
the 1870’s and raised cattle, sheep, and goats. They ranched with Jacob until
they managed to get on their own and later at different times they worked in
partnership with Jacob. John Brumfield (single) stayed in Texas from the late
1870’s until 1910’s and then sold out and moved back to Mississippi …John Oscar
Bickham married three times. Once in Louisiana/Mississippi and twice in South
Texas. His second wife died in childbirth, but the baby girl Mary (Mamie Bickham
Ault) lived and was raised by her Aunt Alice and Uncle Jacob. She was treated
just like a sister to the other children. John Oscar Bickham raised a large
family in the Calallen, Texas area by his third wife. Benjamin Oliver Bickham
never married. He had throat cancer and drank alcohol heavily, probably to
relieve the pain of cancer. He was quite a character who liked to use his pistol
when drinking. He used it once too often and killed a man in a saloon fight in
Corpus Christi sometime in the late 1890's or early 1900’s. He was tried for
murder but acquitted.’ [Jesse H. Bankston, ed. Supplement to William Magee and
Mary Margaret James and Their Descendants, ca. 1996, p. 78]. Most of this
information is from Michael McCown, Dickinson, TX. In addition to their 6
children Jacob and Alice also raised her niece, Mary Elizabeth “Mamie” Bickham.”
"Jacob was killed by Mexican
cattle rustlers."
This material is from page 624 of Magee Histories: The Progenitors and
Descendants of Jacob Magee (b. 1750-1755, Edgecomb Co., NC & d. 1816, Marion
Co., Mississippi) and Mary Scott (b. 1750-1755, NC & d. 1832, Marion Co.,
Mississippi) by Bevin J. Creel, Franklinton, Louisiana, 2004.
Son of Lenford Magee and Cynthia Ellen Bullock Magee
De Avelon
Husband of Alice Leah Bickham Magee
Father of
Eugene Rufus Magee
Ira Dewitt Magee
Ida Leah Magee Wagner
Albert L. Magee
Pearl Magee Barnett
Jacob A. A. Magee was the son and only child of the union of Lentford Magee (CSA
Vet.) and his first wife Cynthia E. (Bullock) Magee. Jacob married Alice Leah
Bickham on the 7th of June, 1874. She was born on the 3rd of March 1858 in the
Clifton community of Washington Parish, Louisiana and was the daughter of Thomas
Carroll Bickham and Elizabeth “Betsy” (Magee) Bickham.
“The following material is from the supplement to the book on the family of
William Magee and Mary James: ‘Jacob was one of the leading cattlemen of South
Texas. He was well known and one of the last cattlemen to use open ranging of
cattle. Jacob also adjusted rapidly to the use of barbed wire when it was
introduced in 1877. Jacob’s younger brothers-in-law John Oscar Bickham and
Benjamin Oliver Bickham and his first cousin John G. Brumfield came to Texas in
the 1870’s and raised cattle, sheep, and goats. They ranched with Jacob until
they managed to get on their own and later at different times they worked in
partnership with Jacob. John Brumfield (single) stayed in Texas from the late
1870’s until 1910’s and then sold out and moved back to Mississippi …John Oscar
Bickham married three times. Once in Louisiana/Mississippi and twice in South
Texas. His second wife died in childbirth, but the baby girl Mary (Mamie Bickham
Ault) lived and was raised by her Aunt Alice and Uncle Jacob. She was treated
just like a sister to the other children. John Oscar Bickham raised a large
family in the Calallen, Texas area by his third wife. Benjamin Oliver Bickham
never married. He had throat cancer and drank alcohol heavily, probably to
relieve the pain of cancer. He was quite a character who liked to use his pistol
when drinking. He used it once too often and killed a man in a saloon fight in
Corpus Christi sometime in the late 1890's or early 1900’s. He was tried for
murder but acquitted.’ [Jesse H. Bankston, ed. Supplement to William Magee and
Mary Margaret James and Their Descendants, ca. 1996, p. 78]. Most of this
information is from Michael McCown, Dickinson, TX. In addition to their 6
children Jacob and Alice also raised her niece, Mary Elizabeth “Mamie” Bickham.”
"Jacob was killed by Mexican
cattle rustlers."
This material is from page 624 of Magee Histories: The Progenitors and
Descendants of Jacob Magee (b. 1750-1755, Edgecomb Co., NC & d. 1816, Marion
Co., Mississippi) and Mary Scott (b. 1750-1755, NC & d. 1832, Marion Co.,
Mississippi) by Bevin J. Creel, Franklinton, Louisiana, 2004.
De Avelon
Husband of Alice Leah Bickham Magee
Father of
Eugene Rufus Magee
Ira Dewitt Magee
Ida Leah Magee Wagner
Albert L. Magee
Pearl Magee Barnett
Jacob A. A. Magee was the son and only child of the union of Lentford Magee (CSA
Vet.) and his first wife Cynthia E. (Bullock) Magee. Jacob married Alice Leah
Bickham on the 7th of June, 1874. She was born on the 3rd of March 1858 in the
Clifton community of Washington Parish, Louisiana and was the daughter of Thomas
Carroll Bickham and Elizabeth “Betsy” (Magee) Bickham.
“The following material is from the supplement to the book on the family of
William Magee and Mary James: ‘Jacob was one of the leading cattlemen of South
Texas. He was well known and one of the last cattlemen to use open ranging of
cattle. Jacob also adjusted rapidly to the use of barbed wire when it was
introduced in 1877. Jacob’s younger brothers-in-law John Oscar Bickham and
Benjamin Oliver Bickham and his first cousin John G. Brumfield came to Texas in
the 1870’s and raised cattle, sheep, and goats. They ranched with Jacob until
they managed to get on their own and later at different times they worked in
partnership with Jacob. John Brumfield (single) stayed in Texas from the late
1870’s until 1910’s and then sold out and moved back to Mississippi …John Oscar
Bickham married three times. Once in Louisiana/Mississippi and twice in South
Texas. His second wife died in childbirth, but the baby girl Mary (Mamie Bickham
Ault) lived and was raised by her Aunt Alice and Uncle Jacob. She was treated
just like a sister to the other children. John Oscar Bickham raised a large
family in the Calallen, Texas area by his third wife. Benjamin Oliver Bickham
never married. He had throat cancer and drank alcohol heavily, probably to
relieve the pain of cancer. He was quite a character who liked to use his pistol
when drinking. He used it once too often and killed a man in a saloon fight in
Corpus Christi sometime in the late 1890's or early 1900’s. He was tried for
murder but acquitted.’ [Jesse H. Bankston, ed. Supplement to William Magee and
Mary Margaret James and Their Descendants, ca. 1996, p. 78]. Most of this
information is from Michael McCown, Dickinson, TX. In addition to their 6
children Jacob and Alice also raised her niece, Mary Elizabeth “Mamie” Bickham.”
"Jacob was killed by Mexican
cattle rustlers."
This material is from page 624 of Magee Histories: The Progenitors and
Descendants of Jacob Magee (b. 1750-1755, Edgecomb Co., NC & d. 1816, Marion
Co., Mississippi) and Mary Scott (b. 1750-1755, NC & d. 1832, Marion Co.,
Mississippi) by Bevin J. Creel, Franklinton, Louisiana, 2004.
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