Magee–Washington Parish Fair
Photo Collection
MAGEE PHOTOGRAPHS COPIED FOR WASHINGTON PARISH
FAIR
Roll No. 1
Group 1. Loaned by Howard Simmons
Neg. 0A James Osbon Simmons
Neg. 1A Eva Magee Simmons
Neg. 2A Front Row-L to R: Stella Magee, Effie Magee Willoughby,
Clothtilde Magee Carter, Velma Magee Mullings; Back Row-L to R: Eva
Magee Simmons, Jesse I. Magee, Robert Daniel Magee, Jr., Ada Magee
Babington
Group 2
. Loaned by Thos. B. Stanley, Jr.
Neg. 3A This is the Magee home on Bene St., Franklinton, built
in 1908. This picture taken in 1908 or 1909. Mrs. Henry Willis
Magee (Mary Salina Magee Magee), Winnie Magee (Lane), Doris Magee
(Foil-Pay), Roberta Magee (Bateman), Maurice Magee, Clarence
Clyde Magee, Henry Prentiss Magee, (Wilton Willis Magee not
shown), Lou Magee (Bateman), Myrtie Magee (Byrd), Lela Vestula
Magee (Pearson)
Group 3
. Loaned by Jerry Dick
Neg. 4A Rev. Charles T. Corkern and Mollie Magee Corkern
Neg. 5A Same as 4A
Neg. 6A Adolphe and Amanda Gayer and children. Grace Lewis to
Adolph’s right, Amanda Gayer to her mother, Amanda’s left. Sadie
Gayer McFarland in back. The two smaller children
unidentified.
Neg. 7A Miss Annette Corkern, daughter of C. T. and Mollie
Corkern
Neg. 8A Linea Amanda Magee Gayer
Neg. 9A Sons of Adolphe Gayer and Amanda Magee Gayer. Back
Row-L to R: Charles J., Homer, Theodore, Herman Front Row-L to R:
Frank, Louis, Harry
Neg. 10A Family of Zechariah T. Magee and Wife Timmie Morris
of the Spring Hill Community. The building is the store of E. L.
Magee–all their children (living) when picture made. J. T.
Magee, Mollie Corkern, Joe N. Magee, Eugene Magee, M. M. Magee
(Be???), Ida Simmons
Neg. 11A Gayer Brothers, L to R: Louis, Frank, Harry, Charles,
Theodore, and Herman
Group 4
. Loaded by Gloria Magee Alston
Neg. 12A Eldridge Magee, Mary Salena’s father
Neg. 13A Audrey Bickham Magee (b. 11/22/1899), daughter of Ida
Self Bickham
Neg. 14A Wilton Magee (b. 9/10/1891-d. 1/12/1956), son of Mary
Selena and Henry Willis
Neg. 15A Ida Self Bickham, daughter of Dorcas Bankston and
Levi Self, 1940s
Neg. 16A Same as 15A
Neg. 17A Mary Selena Magee, daughter of Eldridge Magee
Neg. 18A L to R: Lou Magee, Myrti Magee, Lela, Henry Willis
Magee, Doris, Mary M. Magee holding Clarence, next to Mrs. Magee
was Winnie, behind her was Wilton, Prentiss and Maurice (Picture
taken about 1903)
Neg. 19A Clarence Magee, b. 1/22/1902-d. 7/4/1963
Neg. 20A Maurice Magee
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Written on a piece of paper with above pictures:
Eldridge (b. 5/18/1829-d. 2/27/1854), Mary Selena (b.
4/4/1866-d. 9/15/1954), Lela Magee (b. 4/11/1885-d. 7/17/1976),
Myrti (b. 4/21/1887-d. 1/20/1967), Lou Amanda (b. 6/23/1889-d.
9/12/1929), Wilton Willis (b. 9/10/1891-d. 2/12/1956), Henry
Prentiss (b. 9/23/1893-d. 6/13/1973), Maurice Magee (b.
12/11/1895-?1964), Winnie Magee (b. 9/7/1898-Still Living), Doris
Magee (b. 6/26/1900-d. 2/24/1985), Clarence Magee-the baby (b.
1/22/1902-d.7/4/1963), Roberta is not shown on picture Ida Self
Bickham, daughter of Dorcas Bankston and Levi Self Audrey B.
Magee-b. 2/3/1873-d. 1/31/1957
Group 5
. Loaned by Betty Pittman
Neg. 21A Zachariah Magee (1839-1904) and Timmie Morris Magee
(1839-1914)–Zachariah Magee Family
Neg. 22A James Thomas Magee and Roseanne Corkern
Magee–Zachariah Magee Family
Neg. 23A James Thomas Magee (Jimmy)–Zachariah Magee
Family
Roll No. 2
Group 6. Loaned by Betty Saint
Neg. 1 Henry Prentiss Magee
Group 7
. Loaned by Bevin J. Creel
Neg. 2 L to R: Edmund Andrews Burris-b. 3/6/1864
Ophelia Pope Burris-b. 10/15/1892
Ruth Olivia Bateman Burris-b. 11/26/1871
Robert Hampton Burris-b. 12/25/1891
Neg. 3 Percy Toney, son of Robert Lee Toney and Lillie Magee,
and his wife Irma
Neg. 4 Allie Bateman
Neg. 5 Mary Winfred Bateman Magee-b. 4/20/1867, m. A. G.
Magee, Sr.
Neg. 6 Gabriellen Ellis Bateman; child unidentified
Neg. 7 Seated–Gabriellen Ellis-b. 1844-d. 1933, m. Hugh
Lawson Bateman; couple standing behind her unidentified
Neg. 8 L to R: John Wesley Bateman; Bertha M. Spring, wife of
Wesley Bateman; Jeni Magee, wife of Will Bateman; Wm. Madison
Bateman; Mary W. Bateman Magee (75th birthday), wife of A. G.
Magee, Sr. is standing in front of Bertha.
Neg. 9 Mary Winfred Bateman-b. 1867-d. 1955, m. Albert G.
Magee, Sr.
Neg. 10 Albert G. Magee Family; L to R: 1-Odile Magee, b.
1898-Living, m. Jewell M. Toney; 2-Wm. “Bill” Jacob Magee, b.
1893-d. 1974, m. Alice E. Daniel; 3-John Hampton Magee, b.
1905-d. 1989, m. Mildred Brock; 4-Mary Winfred Bateman, b.
1867-d. 1955, m. Albert George Magee, Sr.; 5-Albert G. Magee,
Jr., b. 1908, m. Alma Branch; 6-Claude Albert Magee, b. 1896-d.
1972, m. Grace V. Bahm
Neg. 11 1-Mary Winfred Bateman Magee; 2-Mary Louise Magee
Brumfield; 3-Mildred Louise Brock Magee; 4-Claude Albert Magee;
5-Odile Magee Toney; 6-Grace Vernon Bahm Magee; 7-Jewell Magee
Toney; 8-Claude A. Magee, Jr.; 9-Alma Branch Magee; 10-Albert
George Magee, Jr.; 11-John Hampton Magee, Sr.; 12-Willis Danny
Magee; 13-Eloise Magee Martin; 14-Alice Eudora Daniel Magee;
15-Wm. Jacob “Bill” Magee; 16-Mary Evelyn Magee McDaniel
Neg. 12 L to R: Vandelia Bateman, b. 1876-1939, m. Jacob
Carter Foil; Wm. Madison Bateman,
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b. 1878-d. 1949, m. Jeni Magee; Mary Winfred Bateman, b.
1867-1955, m. A. G. Magee, Sr.
Neg. 13 Jake Foil Family; L to R-1st Row: Gary Foil, Vandelia
Bateman Foil, Betty Jean Butler Brock, Mike Foil; Back Row: ?; ?;
?; Mildred Foil; ?; Maude Foil Ward; Eleanor Butler Bridges; Myra
Foil Butler; Homer Butler?
Neg. 14 Aunt Odile Magee, b. 6/6/1898; Uncle Jewell Magee
Toney-April 1963 printed on front of picture
Neg. 15 l-Mary Winfred Bateman, b. 1865, m. Albert G. Magee,
Sr.; 2-John Wesley Bateman, b. 1884, m. Bertha Spring; 3-Daniel
Franklin Bateman, b. 1875, m. 1st-Mollie Fisher, 2nd-Margaret
Williams; 4-Clara Bateman, b. 1883, m. Wm. Eugene Magee;
5-unidentified
Neg. 16 L to R: John Hampton Magee, b. 1905-d. 1989, m.
Mildred Brock; John Wesley Bateman, b. 1884-d. 1969, m. Bertha
Spring; Wm. Jacob Magee, b. 1893-d. 1974, m. Alice Daniel; Claude
Albert Magee, b. 1896-d. 1972, m. Grace Bahm; Odile Magee Toney,
b. 1898, m. Jewel M. Toney; Albert George Magee, Jr., b. 1908, m.
Alma Branch; Standing in front is Mary Winfred Bateman Magee, b.
1865-d. 1955, m. A. G. Magee, Sr.
Neg. 17 Same as 16
Neg. 18 John Wesley Bateman and Mary Winfred Bateman Magee
Neg. 19 Mary Winfred Bateman, b. 4/20/1867-d. 12/13/1955, m.
12/23/1886 to Albert George Magee, Sr.
Neg. 20 L to R: Claude Albert Magee, b. 1896, m. Grace V.
Bahm; Albert Geo. Magee, Jr., b. 1908, m. Alma Branch; Odile
Magee, b. 1898, m. Jewell M. Toney; Wm. Jacob Maee, b. 1893, m.
Alice Daniel; John Hampton Magee, b. 1905, m. Mildred Brock
Neg. 21 Wm. Jacob Magee, Claude Albert Magee, Mary Winfred
Bateman Magee, Albert George Magee, Jr., John Hampton Magee;
written on back of picture is March 1947
Neg. 22 Albert George Magee, Sr. and Mary Winfred Bateman
Magee on their wedding day, 12/23/1886
Neg. 23 Albert George Magee, Sr., b. 12/13/1865-d. 4/19/1950,
m. Mary Winfred Bateman
Neg. 24 L to R: Ruth Olivia Bateman, b. 1871-d. 1939, m.
Edmund A. Burris; Gabriellen Ellis, b. 1844-d. 1933, m. Hugh
Lawson Bateman; Mary Winfred Bateman, b. 1867-d. 1965, m. Albert
George Magee, Sr.; Emma Vandelia Bateman, b. 1876-d. 1939, m.
Jacob Carter Foil
Roll No. 3
Group 7. Loaned by Bevin J. Creel Continued
Neg. No # John Hampton Magee, Sr.
Neg. 0A John Hampton Magee, Sr.
Neg. 1A Hugh and Gabe Ellis Bateman Family taken about 1900
(I have xeroxed two pages of names for this picture)
Neg. 2A John Wesley Bateman
Group 8
. Loaned by Jesse H. Bankston
Neg. 3A Talitha (Magee) Bankston (daughter of Heziah Magee) b.
7/4/1840-d. 7/1/1909, married to Leslie Bankston, Dec. 27, 1859
(An obituary card)
Neg. 4A Talitha (Magee) Bankston-close up of samll picture in
middle of obituary card
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Group 9
. Loaned by Margie Welch
Neg. 5A Calvin Knight
Neg. 6A Edward M. Bailey, m. Sue Elizabeth Knight
Neg. 7A Mrs. Sue Elizabeth Knight Bailey
Neg. 8A Same as 7A
Neg. 9A Mrs. Calvin Knight
Neg. 10A Same as 9A
Group 10.
Loaned by Myrtle Bailey
Neg. 11A Mary Ella Magee, b. 1/20/1875-d. 5/18/1953, 5th child
of Elbert Magee, wife of Charlie Bankson
Group 11
. Loaned by Elizabeth Gibson
Neg. 12A Jeanette Garrett Magee (3rd wife) and James (Jimmy)
Magee-no children; Nathan Tullos in background
Neg. 13A James Thomas Magee, b. Dec. 15, 1860-d. Oct. 29, 1940
and 1st wife Rose Ann Corkern, b. 1862-d. Dec. 26, 1901. They had
ten children: (I have xeroxed the list of children)
Neg. 14A Zachariah Thomas Magee and Timmie Morris Magee;
Children-James Thomas Magee, Marion Monroe Magee (Bud), Eugene
(Gene) Magee, Joe Magee, Joel Magee, Ida Magee Simmons (The above
was told to me by my grandmother Eva Elizabeth Magee Tullos)
Neg. 15A Zachariah Thomas Magee and Timmie Morris Magee
Group 12.
Loaned by Clara Thomas
Neg. 16A John and Evie Magee, 1919, Delhi, La. (They were in
Franklinton, house guests of his sister Beulah Magee Bickham)
Neg. 17A Same as 16A
Neg. 18A Revival Sunday, July 13, 1947, at Fred Thomas home-L
to R: Beulah Magee Bickham, daughter of John Magee III; Noema
Magee Grady, daughter of Benjamin Magee, Jr.; Vanda Magee Warren,
daughter of Huey Ginn Magee; Alice Robbins Foil, daughter of
Eliza Graves Robbins, and granddaughter of Arcadia Magee Graves
(This picture represents four of Benjamin Magee I
granddaughters)
Neg. 19A Beulah Magee Bickham at home Jan 1, 1940 (Charles
Kulhawy, a photographer and his wife Elizabeth Andrews of N. O.
were weekend guests of Mr. & Mrs. Fred Thomas and dinner
guests of Beulah’s family for New Years. Charles insisted on
making this picture-note placing of objects. This is Jane Andrews
Magee’s spinning wheel. Beulah was frequently invited to visit
Franklinton schools to demonstrate use of spinning wheel.
Neg. 20A Gabriellen Andrews, b. 1831-d. 1908, m. Dr. William
Luke Magee, b. 1833-d. 1861 buried in Tylertown. They had two
daughters-one, Mary married an Edwards in Franklinton. She was
daughter of Edmund Andrews and Dorcas Magee-great aunt of Beulah
Magee-a half sister to J. W. Andrews, etc. (Picture was given by
cousin Martina Ellis Buck of Amite)
Neg. 21A Mary Ann Magee
Neg. 22A Jacob and Mary Scott Magee, grandparents of Dr.
William Luke Magee, b. 1833-d. Nov. 9, 1861
Neg. 23A Same as 22A
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Neg. 24A Mr. and Mrs. W. H. (Billy) and Beulah Bickham with
their second oldest child Mary Olivia Bickham, b. 3/1/1901.
Picture made at their home on Homestead of John Magee III on Pine
Hwy. Homestead date September 1890.
Roll No. 4
Group 12. Loaned by Clara Thomas Continued
Neg. 0 Same as Roll 3, Neg. 24A
Neg. 1 Beulah Elizabeth Magee Bickham and William Hinson Bickham
(Imogene’s)
Neg. 2 John W. Magee III, b. 4/15/1836-d. 2/1/1895, husband of
Jane Andrews Magee, son of Benjamin and Terry Ginn Magee, Beulah
Magee Bickham’s parents, grandfather of Clara B. Thomas, C.S.A.
1861-65
Neg. 3 Same as Neg. 2
Neg. 4 Jane Andrews Magee, b. 11/25/1843-d. 11/4/1914, wife of
John W. Magee III. Daughter of J. Warren and Sarah E. Ellis
Andrews, mother of Beulah Magee Bickham, grandmother of Clara B.
Thomas. First female teacher mentioned in histories of Washington
Parish schools.
Group 13.
Loaned by Ellen Levy
Neg. 5 Dr. Brock
Neg. 6 Tate M. Magee, Fannie Magee, Ellen Magee
Neg. 7 Ferdinand Marvin Magee, Mary Ellen Magee, Fannie
Victoria Bateman Magee
Neg. 8 Eustace Henderson Magee, Mary Ellen Magee, Maurice
Foil
Neg. 9 L to R: Hubert David Magee, Fannie Victoria Bateman
Magee, Ferdinand Marvin Magee, Brock Louise Magee, Margurete
Magee (Robert)
Neg. 10 Ferd Magee Family, 1st Row-L to R: Brock Magee Moore,
daughter; Fannie V. Bateman Magee, Mother; Ferd M. Magee, Father;
Margurete Magee Robert, daughter; 2nd Row-L to R: Tate M. Magee,
son; Ellen Magee Levy, daughter; Hubert Magee, son; Thad Magee,
son
Neg. 11 Ferd Marvin Magee 80th birthday; Brock Louise Magee
Moore, Tate Marvin Magee, Mary Ellen Magee Levy, Margurete Magee
Robert
Neg. 12 David Self and Margaret Ella Bateman, b. 4/16/1871-d.
1936
Neg. 13 Same as Neg. 12
Group 14.
Loaned by R. Le Gette Burris
Neg. 14 Stephen Hampton Burris, b. 7/20/1870-d. 5/9/1914; son
of James M. Burris and Sarah Ellis; grandson of Mary Polly Magee
and Rev. Stephen Ellis; great grandson of William Magee I and
Mary Margret James
Neg. 15 Same as Neg. 14
Group 15
. Loaned by Nurcelia Magee Stringfield
Neg. 16 Jack Stanley Jones, b. 9/23/1918-d. 8/1/1943
Neg. 17 Robert Elbert Magee, b. 6/15/1878-d. 3/4/1961 and
Florence Adeline Magee Wascom Magee, b. 8/9/1871-d.8/31/1941