Barbara Markham Thompson Coleman Born About 1865

Wife of Thomas Thompson and Cupit Coleman, Jr
Mother of Henrietta Thompson and Dora Thompson Roberts
Daughter of James Markham and Marilda Whitney

How does Barbara connect to my family tree?
She was a sister to my great grandfather, Monroe Markham.

Photograph courtesy of Anita Christopher and Rance Brown.

Wordless Wednesday Dorcas Mae Coleman Thompson

How does she connect to my family?
Dorcas and I share a set of great grandparents,
Monroe and Mary Byrd Markham
We are second cousins. Dorcas lives in Mississippi.

Picture courtesy of Cory Broadnax

Lyntine Irene Culver Lenoir

1919-2004 Lyntine was a graduate of Alexander High School, Alcorn State University and Tuskegee Institute. She taught special education in Chicago and in Mississippi: Columbia, Hattiesburg, Clarksdale, Brookhaven, and Port Gibson.

She was born in Lincoln County, Mississippi, to Grover Cleveland Culver and Kathleen Thompson. In 1942, she married maternal cousin Lamar Lenoir. The couple enjoyed over 50 years of marriage.

Lyntine's Obituary

Photograph Courtesy of
Lincoln-Lawrence-Franklin Regional Library
100 S. Jackson St
Brookhaven, MS 39601
601-833-3369

Mary, Mary

Mary Markham
Daughter of James and Anna Markham
My 1st cousin once removed
The name Mary was ranked the number one name for infant girls born between 1900-1959 and it was popular in the 1800s. The Hebrew meaning of the name is rebellion. The full name Mary Markham is common on my tree. When the name Mary Markham comes up in conversation, we refer to them as Monroe's Mary or James' daughter. We distinguish them by their husband or father.

Born with the Name
Mary Ann Markham born 1850 - Daughter of James and Marilda Whitney Markham
Mary Viola Markham born 1868- Daughter of James and Jane McCray Markham
Mary I Markham born 1871 - Daughter of Alexander and Sally Smiley Markham
Mary Markham born 1882 - Daughter of Melvin Wooley and Alice Markham
Mary Jane Markham born 1884 - Daughter of Monroe and Mary Byrd Markham
Mary Markham born 1900 - Daughter of James and Anna Culver Markham
Mary Markham b about 1950 - Daughter of Samuel David Markham, Jr

Mary Jane Byrd Markham
1855-1937
My Great Grandmother
Married Name
Mary Jane Byrd born 1855 - Wife of Monroe Markham
Mary Lyons born 1868 - Wife of Grant Markham
Mary Howard born 1870 - Wife of William Markham
Mary L Thompson born 1901 - Wife of Samuel Markham
Mary White born about 1920 - Wife of Willie Markham
Mary Jacobs born 1922 - Wife of Robert Winfield Markham, Sr

Photographs courtesy of Allie Mae Markham Moncrief and the late Jessie Mae Markham.
Yeah Baby

Amanuensis Monday Hulda Coleman's Obituary 1883

The negro woman Hulda Coleman who was thrown from her horse sometime few weeks ago, died from injuries last Sunday.

I have not determine if Hulda is a member of my family. She lived in Caseyville, Lincoln County, MS, along side members of my family. Both surnames used by Hulda in the 1870 and 1880 census, Thompson and Coleman, were prominent surnames of the family. Hulda was noted as 50 years of age in 1870, and noted as 60 in 1880, which indicates Hulda was born about 1820.

I looked at a perpetual calendar for 1883. The newspaper obituary was written on Saturday, November 24, 1883. Based on her one sentence obituary, Hulda died Sunday, November 18, 1883.

Source: The Brookhaven Democrat, Brookhaven, Miss; November 24, 1883; Vol 1, No. 17, page 5.
Perpetual Calendar - Time and Date

Wordless Wednesday - Tuck Ephraim

Tuck was born about 1860, died 13 Sep 1929.
Son of Amanda Gaines
Husband of Elizabeth Thompson
Father of Mary, Revella, Bula, Versie, Smilie, Ovie, Bettie, Arvester, Hettie, Bernice, Annie, Arveld, and Ardella

Husband of May Ross
Father of Mae Artice, Arthur, Sinester, Percy, and Beatrice

Photograph Courtesy of Andrew and Terri Lyke

Wordless Wednesday - Elizabeth Thompson Ephraim

Lizzie was born about 1862, died 02 May 1915.
Daughter of Nimrod Thompson and Wontia Ann Watson
Wife of Tuck Ephraim
Mother of Mary, Revella, Bula, Versie, Smilie, Ovie, Bettie, Arvester, Hettie, Bernice, Annie, Arveld, and Ardella

Lizzie's daughter Ardella married my mother's 1st cousin once removed Willie Henderson. The family lived near Union Church, Jefferson County, Mississippi.

Photograph courtesy of Anthony Neal, Sr.

Wordless Wednesday - Mary Ephraim Bryant

Mary born about 1877 in Union Church, Mississippi, died after 1940
Daughter of Tuck Ephraim and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Thompson
Wife of Henry Keys Bryant
Mother of Robert John, Christine, Henry G, Brynetta, Leslie J, and Pauline

Mary's sister Ardella married my mother's 1st cousin once removed Willie Henderson.

Photograph Courtesy of Anthony Neal, Sr