My Grandfather, James Bingham, came to this country as a young man prior to the Revolution. He was born and reared in County Down, Ireland, but do not know the parish. He married Sarah Freeman in North Carolina and settled on a farm near Charlotte, North Carolina, a portion of his family being born there.

Daniel Boone, likewise, lived in North Carolina on the Yadkin River, south of Charlotte, who in his travels as a hunter and trapper discovered Kentucky and was so taken with it that when he returned home, spread the news of its beauty to the settlers, soon organizing a large movement to go there, which he formed into trains, whole communities at times going and traveling in this manner for mutual protection against wild beast, Indians, and getting lost.

My Grandfather, like most others at that time and place, had very little money, but traded his farm and home for two pack horses to move his family and household effects across the mountains and wilderness to Kentucky, which was done by making hickory shafts from saplings which were harnessed to the horses and were of sufficient length to extend back far enough to form runners on slides on to which were fashioned uprights of a nature to carry their bedding et cetera and small children, the others walking. Also, armed hunters furnished by Boone convoyed them.

In this manner they arrived at their objective, Boonesboro Stockade or Fort, just a trifle ahead of the last armed mass attack by the Indians, who were repulsed so effectively and so soundly beaten, it removed all danger from them, other than from stragglers occasionally roaming around and committing their usual depredations. Then the people settled near by, selecting their home sites and building their cabins, no exchange of monies being necessary as the land was free and they helped each other in their buildings of free timber, hand-hewn and fashioned as wanted.

There was born my father (Samuel Young Bigham) in 1800, the youngest of a large family, principally boys. (Portrait on the right). He was not satisfied to remain there and began the study of medicine, attended Medical College at Princeton, Kentucky, then the outpost for such institutions. After graduating, he found himself the possessor of two hundred dollars, a saddle horse and his diploma. Also, there was an orphan child, left by some relative, which he took in charge and hearing that the Government had a “Land Office” at McLemoresville in West Tennessee, he decided to go there to practice his profession.

His mother, being widowed, he brought there to be with him and to conduct his home affairs for him, which was done until her death, then he married Louisa Mitchum, by whom he reared a large family or rather five sons and five daughters.

A few years after her death, he married my Mother (Margaret Jemis Morris) who had three children, two of whom died very young, I being the only one reared. Aunt Eliza Greer had taken my half brother, Sam, to rear upon the death of his Mother and while my Mother was a member of her family, but when Father later married my Mother Sam and she both went to his own home. He used to joke about calling so frequently and incidentally seeing Mother.

At the land office when he arrived, rich virgin land could be had from the Government for twenty-five cents the acre and that went to the Registrar for his fee. Into this, he put all the money he could command and by gradual accumulation had about four thousand acres and in order to adapt this to a profit he needed laborers, which caused him to acquire slaves both by purchase and natural increase.

He was a physician-planter and as his time was so preoccupied with his profession, it became necessary to have someone competent and trustworthy to represent him in his absence with the affairs of the plantation, which resulted in the hiring of an overseer as they were then called, being responsible for results.

So it went, big crops, big prices for cotton. The cotton factories from Memphis and New Orleans hotly competing for crop as it came from the gin, everybody happy until the North and South started their war which changed everything and a new era dawned.

General Nathan Bedford Forrest was endeavoring to raise and equip a cavalry regiment and called upon my father for help, which he gave in many ways then and later. The cost was very heavy at the outset. With his troop went my eldest half brother, Louis, as an officer. He is the one that started off on a black stallion, especially chosen for his qualities, fully and richly equipped as to uniform and arms, and taking with him a mounted negro man as his body servant (so called then), to look after his clothing, curry and care for his mount, but the joke was on him for as soon as headquarters was reached and formation started, the body servants were weeded out quickly and sent home. Forrest was an unlettered Mississippi planter, without technical military knowledge, but a genius in his own methods, at least England’s Lord Wolsey is quoted as saying that he had no peer as a cavalry Commander and Leader.

The farm that my Grandfather traded for two packhorses later developed the richest gold mine of that state. My Father in his younger years, with his brother, William, bought an original crown grant for land in Obion County, Tennessee on the Forked Deer River, but later the earthquake in that section sometime in the 1830’s, so disturbed and changed the terrain as to cause the Mississippi River to flood it and the depression caused it became Real Foot Lake covering two or three counties and inundating all of their land. This then became hunting and fishing paradise and he spent many winters there in a cabin indulging in these sports, sending home at intervals venison, fish and wild fowl. At times far out in the lake, when fishing from boats, they would see their boundary marks cut on tree trunks. In later years, they gave up going there and the squatters came in and took possession, existing by selling game they shot and trapped and it lapsed into a lawless section. Litigation started and raged for many years, eventually emerging in the hands of wealthy sportsmen’s clubs, who after certain compromises with the squatters, have built and maintain fine club houses, preserving the best they can certain order as to game fish regulations, but always with the squatter a thorn in their side.

Uncle William, who was in on this deal, was a Presbyterian Divine and author, writing many books of a theological nature, all of which Father had but do not know what became of them finally. My parents married in 1861 or 1862 and I was born in 1863, in the midst of the War Between the States and our home being so located we were in the pathway of both armies and with the impressments of property by the Union forces and voluntary giving to the Confederates proved a strain so severe it became a strong factor in weakening Father in resources. In impressing non-combatants property, the Union forces issued them script or promises to pay, but when the war was over and a Board came out to adjust claims, Father was summoned by them to appear and validate his claim, which he did, attaching all of their promises to pay to his claim, but was never paid anything; this was a blow, added to the loss of taking his slaves, many for whom he had paid large sums, while the legislature, under the guidance of patronizing carpetbaggers, voted taxes that were confiscatory as they were intended to be, endorsing for friends, all of which he eventually had to pay, coupled with the general abject situation, proved insurmountable to one so advanced in years and with a large family to support. Naturally, things went from bad to worse until finally there was to be sold his place, including the home to satisfy a mortgage he had placed on it to obtain money to loan his brother-in-law John Morris.

Happily, I was then working in Danville, Virginia and had enough to pay off the mortgage and keep my parents in their home undisturbed. Mother and Father are buried side-by-side at McLemoresville, Tennessee with an appropriate monument marking their resting place.

I am told that in the courthouse in Richman, Kentucky, which is the County Seat of Madison County, there is a marble tablet to commemorate the names of the ones in the Boonesboro Fort when last attacked. Father was born in a log cabin in this county near Richmond, in 1800, and dies at McLemoresville, Tennessee in 1888, after a noble and unselfish life. During the War of 1812, two of his brothers went with General Harrison in his Indian Campaign in what is now Ohio and Indiana and one being wounded was brought to the “Falls of the Ohio” later Louisville, where my Father was sent to meet and take him home, which involved him riding a horse, leading another for his brother to ride home. This meant that he, a boy twelve years old, was to make this trip alone through a wilderness to a place remote and unknown to him, but he did it successfully and was not again in Louisville until in 1883 when he and my Mother went with me to the Exposition. At this time, he was curious enough to want to again see and compare the then Louisville, with it as he remembered it in 1812.

This was a matter of vast difference and he was unable to see any similarity, as he was looking for the mouth of Beargrass Creek down on the levee at Fourth Street and it was not there, neither were the log trading post as formerly, and he abandon the idea of reconciling the past and present to fit his memories.

Mr. W. N. Haldeman, publisher of the Courier Journal, met him at the Exposition and was so much interested in him that he sent for one of his reporters and had him take notes of his statements, which appeared as two columns in next day’s paper, a copy of which I now have.

Father’s life was replete with adventure of the period and I have envied him the pleasure and thrill of it, despite the many hardships encountered and endured. He was a loyal follower of Andrew Jackson and his policies, thus opposing the faction that engineered the attack on Fort Sumter, but after that he could do nothing else but go along with them. He had a host of friends and among them were some notable for their achievements, such as Sam Houston and David Crockett. Both became identified with the Texas struggle, Crockett was one of the one hundred forty men in the Alamo, all of whom fought until only six survived and being starved and exhausted, surrendered to fair promises, but Santa Anna had them all shot at once.

The members of my family who are buried at McLemoresvill are: Father and Mother, Grandfather Henry Samuel Morris, Aunt Eliza Greer, baby Brother John, Sister Katherine, four years, from whose gravestones dates and information could be had in later years if wanted for any purpose.

The following article appeared in the
Louisville Courier Journal, on October 5, 1884.

One of the most deeply interesting visitors at the Exposition Friday night was Dr. Samuel Y. Bigham, an octogenarian of McLemoresville, Tenn., who is visiting his nephew, the Rev. J. W. Bigham, pastor of the Jefferson Street Methodist Church, who resides at 1917 West Jefferson Street.

The doctor has visited Louisville once before, but the great lapse of time that has intervened between visits gives his present sojourn in the city considerable interest. In conversation with a COURIER-JOURNAL reporter he remarked that a great change had taken place around the falls since he had last seen them. He was asked the date of his last visit.

“It was in 1812, he replied, and I think it was in September, if my memory serves me. At any rate, it was just after the Battle of the River Raisin. I had two brothers with General Harrison in that campaign, and one John M. Bigham, took the camp fever and was sent home on a sick furlough. We lived in Madison County, near Richmond and were notified by the military authorities that my brother was at the Falls of the Ohio awaiting transportation home. I was 12 years old, and was sent after him on horseback, leading a horse for him to ride. He was stopping with a family in a little place on the other side of the river, opposite the falls, and was brought across in a ferryboat that landed at the mouth of Beargrass Creek. I got my brother and we started on our journey homeward, and I never saw the place again until last Thursday, and then I didn’t recognize it. Both of my brothers were in the Battle of River Raisin, but escaped with their lives.

“Was Louisville much of a town at the time of your early visit?”

“ There were two little settlements. One was called the Falls of the Ohio, the other The Mouth of Beargrass, but they were both very small villages. There were some stores for groceries and bar rooms scattered around, and there were some nice dwelling houses, but I could not find yesterday where any of them were located.”

“Was the country settled between the Mouth of Beargrass and Madison County?”

“Not very much. I don’t remember the route of travel between the two places, but I heard the name of a hill on the train as we were coming to Louisville, which we traveled over. The name sounded familiar; it was Muldrough’s Hill. The name was impressed on my memory by the fact that shortly after my trip a man in our section came to this part of the state to get a legacy that had been left to him and in returning he was murdered and robbed at Muldrough’s Hill.

The Doctor was born October 20, 1800, and although he is keeping up with the century and is about to close his 84th year, he reads without glasses, writes with a steady hand, has a strong gait and walks without support. He takes as much interest in passing events and is anxious to see all that is new under the sun as anybody. He enjoys good health, and in hunting for the location of the city when he saw it 72 years ago almost walked his nephew down.

His parents moved from Kentucky to Tennessee when he was in his teens, and he has lived at the same place ever since, and during forty-five years of the time he practiced medicine. An injury sustained by being thrown from a horse twenty years ago caused him to give up active practice, but many of his old friends still rely on him in sickness.

He was a great admirer of Henry Clay, and voted the Whig ticket straight as long as that party existed. But at its demise he became a Democrat, and has voted that ticket straight ever since and expects to see Cleveland and Hendricks elected.

Headstone Photo

Descendants of Samuel Young Bigham of McLemoresville Tennessee

1. SAMUEL YOUNG BIGHAM (parents JAMES BIGHAM and SARAH FREEMAN) was born 20 Oct 1800 in Madison Co., Kentucky, and died 27 Apr 1887 in McLemoresville, Tennessee. He married (1) MARY LOUISE MITCHUM Abt. 1836 in Kentucky, daughter of ROBERT MITCHUM and MARY MANN. She was born Abt. 1820 in South Carolina, and died 25 Nov 1857 in McLemoresville, Tennessee. He married (2) MARGARET JEMIS MORRIS 14 May 1860 in Carroll Co., Tennessee. She was born 12 Jun 1836 in Henry Co., Virginia, and died 10 Jul 1902 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Children of SAMUEL BIGHAM and MARY MITCHUM are:
2. i. ALBERT MITCHUM BIGHAM, b. 17 Nov 1855, McLemoresville, Tennessee; d. 02 Dec 1917, Trezevant, Tennessee.
ii. MARY C. BIGHAM, b. 02 Jan 1837, McLemoresville, Tennessee; d. 02 Aug 1843, Carroll Co., Tennessee. (Buried at McLemoresville Cemetery)
iii. ROBERT LEWIS BIGHAM, b. 1840, McLemoresville, Tennessee; d. 1877, Arkansas; m. MOLLIE D. FLY, 23 May 1867, Tennessee; b. Abt. 1848, Texas; d. 16 May 1932, Arkansas.
3. iv. PENINA ADALINE BIGHAM, b. 1843, McLemoresville, Tennessee; d. 1896, McKenzie, Carroll Co., Tennessee.
4. v. ELIZABETH JANE BIGHAM, b. Mar 1844, McLemoresville, Tennessee; d. Aft. 1920, Los Angeles, California.
vi. SARAH A. BIGHAM, b. 30 Sep 1846, McLemoresville, Tennessee; d. 06 Oct 1846, Carroll Co., Tennessee. (Buried at McLemoresville Cemetery)
5. vii. HARRIET EMILINE BIGHAM, b. Sep 1847, McLemoresville, Tennessee; d. 11 Jan 1916, Haywood Co. Tennessee.
viii. CAROLINE DARCUS BIGHAM, b. 1848, McLemoresville, Tennessee; d. Aft. 1930; m. LOUIS P. MEYERS, 03 Jun 1872, Carroll Co., Tennessee; b. Abt. 1850, Ohio.
6. ix. WILLIAM HARVEY BIGHAM, b. Oct 1849, McLemoresville, Tennessee; d. Bef. 1917, Gibson County, Tennessee.
x. JAMES GILLIAN BIGHAM, b. 1852, McLemoresville, Tennessee; d. 24 Feb 1891, Carroll Co., Tennessee.
xi. MARY LOUISA BIGHAM, b. 1854, McLemoresville, Tennessee; d. Bef. 1875, Carroll Co., Tennessee; m. (1) WILLIAM H. DODGE; b. Tennessee; m. (2) SAMUEL M. O'NEILL, 01 Nov 1869, Carroll Co., Tennessee; b. May 1851, Carroll Co., Tennessee; d. Aft. 1910.
7. xii. SAMUEL MITCHUM BIGHAM, b. Oct 1857, McLemoresville, Tennessee; d. 1941, Carroll Co., Tennessee.

Children of SAMUEL BIGHAM and MARGARET MORRIS are:
8. xiii. HARRY HARRIS BINGHAM, b. 20 Jan 1863, McLemoresville, Tennessee; d. May 1950, Indianapolis, Indiana.
xiv. KATE MAY BIGHAM, b. 18 Aug 1865, McLemoresville, Tennessee; d. 06 Sep 1869. (Buried at McLemoresville Cemetery)
xv. JOHN MORRIS BIGHAM, b. 20 Jun 1869, McLemoresville, Tennessee; d. 06 Sep 1869. (Buried at McLemoresville Cemetery)

Generation No. 2

2. ALBERT MITCHUM BIGHAM (SAMUEL YOUNG, JAMES) was born 17 Nov 1855 in McLemoresville, Tennessee, and died 02 Dec 1917 in Trezevant, Tennessee.

He married (1) ESTELLE BLEDSOE in Tennessee. She was born 1868 in Tennessee, and died Aft. 1900.

He married (2) MABEL M. NASH Aft. 1906 in Gibson Co., Tennessee, daughter of JOHN NASH and SARAH MEREDITH. She was born 24 Mar 1885 in Gibson Co., Tennessee, and died 20 Mar 1979 in Ohio.

Children of ALBERT BIGHAM and MABEL NASH are:

9. i. RALPH M. BINGHAM, b. 22 May 1911, Cades Town, Gibson Co., Tennessee; d. 29 Oct 1984, Trappe, Talbot Co., Maryland.

10. ii. RACHEL BINGHAM, b. 24 May 1914, Cades Town, Gibson Co., Tennessee.

3. PENINA ADALINE BIGHAM (SAMUEL YOUNG, JAMES) was born 1843 in McLemoresville, Tennessee, and died 1896 in McKenzie, Carroll Co., Tennessee. She married (1) ALLEN MITCHELL. He was born in Ireland, and died 1882 in Colorado. She married (2) CASSINS F. OSBOURN 05 Feb 1868. He was born Abt. 1840 in Tennessee.

Child of PENINA BIGHAM and ALLEN MITCHELL is:
11. i. BLANEY C. MITCHELL, b. 02 Nov 1875, Humboldt, Tennessee; d. 20 Apr 1954, Hopkins Co., Kentucky.

4. ELIZABETH JANE BIGHAM (SAMUEL YOUNG, JAMES) was born Mar 1844 in McLemoresville, Tennessee, and died Aft. 1920 in Los Angeles, California. She married JOHN R. PLUMMER 14 Jul 1869 in Carroll Co., Tennessee. He was born Sep 1848 in Tennessee, and died Bef. 1910 in Wilbarger, Texas.

Children of ELIZABETH BIGHAM and JOHN PLUMMER are:
12. i. WILLIAM PLUMMER, b. 1870, Tennessee.
13. ii. NANNIE L. PLUMMER, b. 04 Sep 1871, Tennessee; d. 23 Nov 1960, Los Angeles, California.
14. iii. ROBERT E PLUMMER, b. 14 Aug 1877, Tennessee; d. 17 Jan 1943, Los Angeles, California.
iv. VERA PLUMMER, b. Dec 1880, Tennessee.

5. HARRIET EMILINE BIGHAM (SAMUEL YOUNG, JAMES) was born Sep 1847 in McLemoresville, Tennessee, and died 11 Jan 1916 in Haywood Co. Tennessee. She married JOHN P. JOHNSON 23 Jul 1866 in Carroll Co., Tennessee. He was born Abt. 1845 in Tennessee, and died Bef. 1880 in Tennessee.

Children of HARRIET BIGHAM and JOHN JOHNSON are:
i. EDNA E. JOHNSON, b. Aug 1867, Tennessee; m. JOHN CURTIS; b. Nov 1862, Tennessee.
ii. KATE JOHNSON, b. 1870, Tennessee; d. Bef. 1900, Tennessee.
15. iii. ROGER C. JOHNSON, b. 23 Sep 1872, Tennessee.

6. WILLIAM HARVEY BIGHAM (SAMUEL YOUNG, JAMES) was born Oct 1849 in McLemoresville, Tennessee, and died Bef. 1917 in Gibson County, Tennessee. He married (1) MATTIE MOORE 25 Mar 1879 in Tennessee. She was born 1859 in Tennessee. He married (2) JENNIE JACKSON Abt. 1893 in Tennessee. She was born 1873 in Tennessee. Child of WILLIAM BIGHAM and JENNIE JACKSON is: i. FRANK BIGHAM, b. 1893, Gibson Co., Tennessee.

7. SAMUEL MITCHUM BIGHAM (SAMUEL YOUNG, JAMES) was born Oct 1857 in McLemoresville, Tennessee, and died 1941 in Carroll Co., Tennessee. He married MARGARET E. WINSETT 26 Jan 1881 in Tennessee. She was born Sep 1855 in Tennessee, and died 1934 in Tennessee. Children of SAMUEL BIGHAM and MARGARET WINSETT are: i. ERNEST BIGHAM, b. May 1882, McLemoresvile, Tennessee; d. 1905, McLemoresvile, Tennessee. ii. WILLIAM HENRY BIGHAM, b. 21 Jul 1890, McLemoresvile, Tennessee; d. 1925, McLemoresvile, Tennessee.

8. HARRY HARRIS BINGHAM (SAMUEL YOUNG BIGHAM, JAMES) was born 20 Jan 1863 in McLemoresville, Tennessee, and died May 1950 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He married NINA HARLAN 01 Dec 1885 in Louisville, Kentucky. She was born Oct 1864 in Kentucky, and died 03 Nov 1945 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Children of HARRY BINGHAM and NINA HARLAN are:
16. i. SAMUEL YOUNG BINGHAM, b. 24 Sep 1886, Jefferson Co., Kentucky; d. 27 Mar 1962, Los Angeles, California.
17. ii. HATTIE ALIENE BINGHAM, b. 26 Sep 1890, Jefferson Co., Kentucky; d. 01 Mar 1980.
18. iii. NINA HARLAN BINGHAM, b. 09 Nov 1892, Jefferson Co., Kentucky; d. 15 Dec 1987, Jefferson Co., Kentucky.
19. iv. HELEN HARRIS BINGHAM, b. 25 May 1897, Jefferson Co., Kentucky; d. Apr 1990.

Generation No. 3

9. RALPH M. BINGHAM (ALBERT MITCHUM BIGHAM, SAMUEL YOUNG, JAMES) was born 22 May 1911 in Cades Town, Gibson Co., Tennessee, and died 29 Oct 1984 in Trappe, Talbot Co., Maryland.

He married MARGARET E. BERRYMAN 18 Aug 1932 in Brooklyn, Anne Arundel Co., Md., daughter of WALTER BERRYMAN and AGNES LEAF.

She was born 12 Mar 1914 in Baltimore Co., Maryland, and died 11 Jul 1997 in Baltimore Co., Maryland.

Children of RALPH BINGHAM and MARGARET BERRYMAN are:

20. i. RALPH IRVIN BINGHAM, b. 15 Mar 1935, Baltimore, Maryland.

    ii. SELDA ANITA BINGHAM, b. 01 Apr 1933, Baltimore, Maryland; d. 21 Mar 1934, Pikesville, Maryland.

21. iii. VIRGINIA PAT BINGHAM, b. 03 May 1937, Baltimore, Maryland.

22. iv. BARBARA ANN BINGHAM, b. 06 Mar 1940, Baltimore, Maryland.

23. v. NANCY LEE BINGHAM, b. 30 Nov 1942, Baltimore, Maryland.

10. RACHEL BINGHAM (ALBERT MITCHUM BIGHAM, SAMUEL YOUNG, JAMES) was born 24 May 1914 in Cades Town, Gibson Co., Tennessee. She married HERBERT LEWIS HUDSON. He was born 23 Jul 1916. Child of RACHEL BINGHAM and HERBERT HUDSON is HERBERT LEWIS HUDSON, JR, b. 13 May 1949, Ohio.

11. BLANEY C. MITCHELL (PENINA ADALINE BIGHAM, SAMUEL YOUNG, JAMES) was born 02 Nov 1875 in Humboldt, Tennessee, and died 20 Apr 1954 in Hopkins Co., Kentucky. He married ILA MAY HIBBS 10 Dec 1910 in Madisonville, Kentucky. She was born 1878 in Kentucky, and died 15 Oct 1966 in Hopkins Co., Kentucky. Child of BLANEY MITCHELL and ILA HIBBS is THOMAS B. MITCHELL, b. 02 May 1916, Madisonville, Kentuckey.

12. WILLIAM PLUMMER (ELIZABETH JANE BIGHAM, SAMUEL YOUNG, JAMES) was born 1870 in Tennessee. He married HATTIE L.. She was born 1873 in Illinouis. Children of WILLIAM PLUMMER and HATTIE L. are: i. MARSHAL PLUMMER, b. 1895, Texas; d. Bef. 1910, Kansas. ii. MARGARET L. PLUMMER, b. 1910, Kansas.

13. NANNIE L. PLUMMER (ELIZABETH JANE BIGHAM, SAMUEL YOUNG, JAMES) was born 04 Sep 1871 in Tennessee, and died 23 Nov 1960 in Los Angeles, California. She married BISMARK HOUSSELS 1892, son of ROBERT HOUSSELS and DORCIA YOUNG. He was born 1872 in Perry Co., Tennessee. Children of NANNIE PLUMMER and BISMARK HOUSSELS are: i. HUBERT L. HOUSSELS, b. 24 Sep 1902, Texas; d. 06 Apr 1977, Los Angeles, California; m. VIRGINIA H.; b. 18 May 1902, Texas. ii. ROBERT HOUSSELS, b. 15 Sep 1907, Texas; d. 12 Feb 1950, Los Angeles, California.

14. ROBERT E PLUMMER (ELIZABETH JANE BIGHAM, SAMUEL YOUNG, JAMES) was born 14 Aug 1877 in Tennessee, and died 17 Jan 1943 in Los Angeles, California. He married FLORA HATCHET. She was born 17 Feb 1875 in Arkansas, and died 11 Aug 1947 in Los Angeles, California. Children of ROBERT PLUMMER and FLORA HATCHET are: i. MARJORY PLUMMER, b. 1902, Texas; d. California. ii. DOROTHY PLUMMER, b. 1911, Texas; d. California.

15. ROGER C. JOHNSON (HARRIET EMILINE BIGHAM, SAMUEL YOUNG, JAMES) was born 23 Sep 1872 in Tennessee. He married MARY LOU Abt. 1905 in Tennessee. Children of ROGER JOHNSON and MARY LOU are: i. JOHN JOHNSON, b. 1909, Tennessee. ii. ROGER C. JOHNSON, b. 1911, Tennessee. iii. CATHERINE JOHNSON, b. 1914, Tennessee. iv. EDWIN JOHNSON, b. 1918, Tennessee.

16. SAMUEL YOUNG6 BINGHAM (HARRY HARRIS, SAMUEL YOUNG BIGHAM, JAMES) was born 24 Sep 1886 in Jefferson Co., Kentucky, and died 27 Mar 1962 in Los Angeles, California. He married (1) PEGGY MCCLOUCH. She was born 12 Feb 1892 in Kentucky, and died 13 Apr 1963 in Los Angeles, California. He married (2) MARY SPEED 07 Mar 1910 in New York, New York. Children of SAMUEL BINGHAM and PEGGY MCCLOUCH are: i. AMELIA HARRIS BINGHAM, b. 26 Dec 1910, Louisville, Kentucky; d. Jan 1915, Louisville, Kentucky. ii. NANCY HARLAN BINGHAM, b. 17 Dec 1917, Louisville, Kentucky.

17. HATTIE ALIENE BINGHAM (HARRY HARRIS, SAMUEL YOUNG BIGHAM, JAMES) was born 26 Sep 1890 in Jefferson Co., Kentucky, and died 01 Mar 1980. She married (1) PEASLEE GAULBERT BOOKER 15 Apr 1911 in Louisville, Kentucky. She married (2) EUGENE BISHOP MUMFORD 20 Nov 1920 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was born Abt. 1880 in Indiana. Children of HATTIE BINGHAM and PEASLEE BOOKER are: 24. i. HARRY BINGHAM BOOKER, b. 15 Jan 1912, Jefferson Co., Kentucky. ii. AILEEN BOOKER, b. 23 Apr 1916, Jefferson Co., Kentucky; m. THURSTON GREENE, 02 Oct 1937, Indianapolis, Indiana; b. New York.

18. NINA HARLAN BINGHAM (HARRY HARRIS, SAMUEL YOUNG BIGHAM, JAMES) was born 09 Nov 1892 in Jefferson Co., Kentucky, and died 15 Dec 1987 in Jefferson Co., Kentucky. She married PRESTON POPE JOYES 11 Oct 1916 in Louisville, Kentucky. He was born 12 Nov 1892 in Louisville, Kentucky, and died 06 Oct 1970 in Louisville, Kentucky. Children of NINA BINGHAM and PRESTON JOYES are: i. CAROLINE B. JOYES, b. 18 Dec 1921, Louisville, Kentucky. 25. ii. NINA BINGHAM JOYES, b. 25 Jul 1917, Louisville, Kentucky. iii. PRESTON POPE JOYES, b. 25 Dec 1918, Louisville, Kentucky; d. 05 Mar 2000, Louisville, Kentucky.

19. HELEN HARRIS BINGHAM (HARRY HARRIS, SAMUEL YOUNG BIGHAM, JAMES) was born 25 May 1897 in Jefferson Co., Kentucky, and died Apr 1990. She married RALPH GREENE LOCKWOOD 19 Jun 1920 in Marion Co., Indiana. He was born 24 Jun 1890 in Michigan, and died 1957. Children of HELEN BINGHAM and RALPH LOCKWOOD are: i. NANCY LOCKWOOD, b. 1922, Indiana. ii. MARGARET LOCKWOOD, b. 1924, Indiana. iii. NINA LOCKWOOD, b. 1926, Indiana.

Generation No. 4

20. RALPH IRVIN BINGHAM (RALPH M. BINGHAM, ALBERT MITCHUM BIGHAM, SAMUEL YOUNG, JAMES) was born 15 Mar 1935 in Baltimore, Maryland. He married (1) ALICE PATRICIA SHARPE 27 Apr 1954 in Baltimore, Maryland, daughter of ROBERT SHARPE and EDNA HURLEY. She was born 28 Mar 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland, and died 22 Nov 2006 in Sun City Center, Florida. Child of RALPH BINGHAM and ALICE SHARPE is: 26. i. RICAHRD W. BINGHAM, b. 05 Dec 1954, Baltimore, Maryland.

James Bigham the father of Samuey Young Bigham buried in KY