Sibling Saturday - Bynums

Jessie Lois, Johnnie Louise, Mildred Annette and James Wilder Bynum

Children of

John Buel Bynum and Flora Jane McIver

Sibling Saturday ~ Bruce and Punch Edmonds

Bruce and Alphonso Hilliard "Punch" Edmonds

sons of

William Newell Edmonds and Laura Smith

Sibling Saturday ~ Allye and Lucille Steele

Mary Allye Steele and Clara Lucille Steele

Daughters of

Isham Alfonso "I. A." Steele and Mary Virginia "Mollie" Blackman

Sibling Saturday - Charlie and Bruce Edmonds

Charlie and Bruce were the sons of William Newell Edmonds and Laura Smith.  Both were born in Whelen Springs, Clark County, Arkansas.  Charles Douglas "Charlie" was born on September 13, 1900 and Bruce was born on January 23, 1904.

The 1910 and 1920 census records show the family living in Union Parish and Allen Parish, Louisiana, respectively.

Bruce married Mary Allye Steele on March 29, 1926.  They made their home in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana where they had one son, Bruce Alfonso Edmonds.

On June 3, 1929, Charlie married Ruth Crouch in McGehee, Desha County, Arkansas.

The following children were born to the marriage of Charlie and Ruth Edmonds:

Though living in different states, the two brothers remained close.  Old home movies captured visits between the brothers over the years.  Below is one of the last photographs of the brothers together.  It was taken in Gurdon, Arkansas prior to Bruce's death in 1974.

Bruce, nephew Buck Halsell, Charlie

Sibling Saturday - Ludie and Flora McIver

Ludie Emaline and Flora Jane McIver

Ludie and Flora were the daughters of Evander Wilder McIver and Lillie Tufford.  Flora was born in 1898 when the family was living in North Carolina.  Ludie was born in 1903 after the family had moved to Mississippi.

Ludie married Clifford Messer in the mid 1920s.  They made their home in Sumrall, Lamar County, Mississippi where they had the following children:

Donald Clifford, 1927-2011 (m. Annette Davis)
Patsy, 1929 (m. David Sanders)
Kenneth, 1933-2004 (m. Phyllis Phadelia)
Frederick C, 1941

Flora married John Buel Bynum in 1921 and had the following children:

Jessie Lois, 1922-2006 (m. Lloyd Livingston)
Johnnie Louise, 1922-2013 (m. 1. William Riley; 2. Edwin Luper)
Mildred Annette, 1926-2012 (m. Bruce Alfonso Edmonds)
James Wilder "Jimmie", 1928-2012 (m. Virginia Mikell)

Sibling Saturday - Lucinda and Tom

Lucinda Chisum Steele and Thomas Jefferson Chisum

Lucinda and Thomas Jefferson Chisum were born to the marriage of Isham Russell Chisum and Mary Polly Walling.

Lucinda was born on May 2, 1846 in Nacogdoches County, Texas.  She married Francis "Frank" Marion Steele ca. 1865 and made her home in Kosse, Limestone County, Texas where she and Frank had the following children:

Lula, 1866-1955 (m. Henry Harrison Stubbs)
Lydia Frances, 1867-1941 (m. Silas Abraham Greer)
Louella, 1868-1954 (m. Walter A. Walling)
Isham Alfonso, 1870-1934 (m. Mary Virginia Blackman)
Mary Allye, 1872-1961 (m. Henry Robert Eaton)
Lena Rhoda, 1877-1960 (m. James A. McLelland)

Lucinda Chisum Steele died in Kosse on December 30, 1897 and is buried alongside her husband in the Thornton Cemetery in Thornton, Limestone County, Texas.

Thomas Jefferson was born on January 3, 1852 in Limestone County, Texas.  In 1876, Tom traveled to Sicily Island (formerly Florence), Catahoula Parish, Louisiana to sell horses.  He remained in Sicily Island where he later met and married Catherine "Kate" Smith on March 23 1881.

Tom and Kate had the following children:

Thomas Jefferson, Jr., 1881-1882
Mary Eva, 1883-1955 (m. Dr. Charles J. Gordon)
Jessie, 1884-1962 (m. John Grafton McNair)
Edward Walling, 1886-1955 (m. Nellie Elizabeth Ballard)
Emmett DeWitt, 1888-1949 (m. Laura Eveline Ballard)

Thomas Jefferson Chisum died in Sicily Island on December 4, 1934 and is buried alongside his wife in the Old Pine Hill Cemetery in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.

Sibling Saturday - Nettie and Mollie

Nettie and Mollie Blackman

Henrietta "Nettie" and Mary Virginia "Mollie" Blackman were the daughters of Virginia "Jennie" Smith and Joseph A. Blackman.

Nettie was born on June 13, 1874 and  Mollie was born on September 17, 1876. Their mother died several weeks after giving birth to Mollie.  The two young sisters lost their father just two years later in 1878.

Nettie and Mollie

Raised by their maternal grandparents, James Luther and Henrietta D. Smith, Nettie and Mollie grew up in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.

Nettie married Henry Osborne Fairbanks in 1894 and had the following children:

Russell Usher (1895-1971; m. S. Knight)
Thomas Osborne (1897-1900)
Henrietta "Sister" (1899-1922)

Henry Fairbanks died in 1899 and Nettie married a second time to Dr. Henry J. Disch.  Children born to the marriage of Nettie and Dr. Disch were:

Willie Joseph (1902-1990)
Mary E. (1904-1953)

Mollie married Isham Alfonso Steele in 1898 and had the following children:

Edna
Mary Allye
Clara Lucille
Lena Juanita

Nettie died on October 21, 1932 and Mollie died on July 19, 1945.  Both are buried in the Old Pine Hill Cemetery in Sicily Island.