Hello everybody! My great great grandfather, John B. Markham, was stabbed to death by a Mr. Morris at Morris' home near Minden. The judge let Morris go scot free. Killed by a jealous husband? I do not know. This happened around February 1856. There was a very short mention of it in a collection of newspapers someone found in the San Antonio library. I believe Minden was in Bienville Parish in 1856. The newspaper said that both men were from Claiborne Parish. But Markham was an early landowner in Bienville and his estate was settled in Bienville in 1857. Markham's widow, Sarah E. Upshaw Markham, was in Bell County Texas by 1865. Her brother, James Upshaw, was the sheriff of Bienville Parish for awhile. I would really like to know where John B. [Bunyon?] Markham is buried. I would also like the burial place of his father-in-law, John Upshaw. John Markham was born about 1819, married Sarh in Noxubee Co Miss in 1843, probably had brothers, Nimrod Markham, and James C. Markham. David dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii Archives Manager --- OKGenWeb & NMGenWeb Projects Tombstone Project -- OKGenWeb & NCGenweb Projects http://www.rootsweb.com/~okbeckha/coordinate.html