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The starting point for this Bingham line begins with James S. Bingham, who seems to have dropped out of the sky in 1850. That Year's census in Williamson County, TX shows him to be living in the home of his father-in-law, William C. Dyches, with his wife Lavica Ann Dyches Bingham. The census reveals that he was born in Missouri. The 1880 Milam county census reveals that both of his parents were born in South Carolina.
There is a discrepancy is in the listed ages of both James and Lavica. The 1850 census shows his age as 21 and hers as 18, making their birth years approximately 1829 and 1832. But the 1880 census lists their ages as 54 and 51, which would make their birth years about 1826 and 1829. Lavica's tombstone in Junction City, TX shows her birth date as December 08, 1831. Both the 1860 and 1870 censuses have James as 6 - 7 years older than Lavica, and this seems more likely to be correct. That would mean that James was probably about 25 when they were married.
In 1862, James and his brother-in-law, Elias P. Dyches enlisted in Flournoy's 16th Texas infantry during the Civil War. Both men served in Company "A". David Mack Bingham had been born the previous year, and John H. Bingham was born in June of 1962. It seems likely that he was already in Virginia at that time. After the war was over, he returned to Milam County and Nancy Ann Bingham was born the following July 4th in 1866.
The 1860 census has Nancy Woodard and her children living with James and Lavica. Her age is close to that of James; and I am convinced that she is a widowed sister. But I have had no luck in finding her anywhere else.
JAMES S. BINGHAM was born Abt. 1825 in Missouri, and died November 10, 1882 in Milam County, TX. He married LAVICA ANN DYCHES March 05, 1850 in Williamson County, TX, daughter of WILLIAM DYCHES and JANE MEEKS. She was born December 08, 1831 in Washington Parish, LA, and died January 03, 1910 in Junction, Kimble County, TX.
| ELECTRA JANE BINGHAM | b. March 18, 1851, Milam County, TX; d. March 28, 1928, Junction, Kimble County, TX. |
| WILLIAM WARREN BINGHAM | b. October 22, 1852, Milam County, TX; d. Bef. January 1880, Milam County, TX. |
| JAMES RILEY BINGHAM | b. June 06, 1854, Milam County, TX; d. May 12, 1918. |
| BEN BINGHAM | b. about 1856; d. before 1870 in Milam County, TX. |
| LUCINDA R BINGHAM | b. Abt. 1858, Milam County, TX; m. NATHAN WARD, December 03, 1879, Milam County, TX; b. Abt. 1857, Mississippi. |
| DAVID MACK BINGHAM | b. August 18, 1861, Milam County, TX; d. January 26, 1942, Brady, TX. |
| JOHN H. BINGHAM | b. June 1862. |
| NANCY ANN BINGHAM | b. July 04, 1866; d. January 08, 1943, Granger, Williamson County, TX. |
| SAMUEL W. BINGHAM | b. 1870, Milam County, TX; d. 1872, Milam County, TX. Burial: Bingham Cemetary, Milam County, TX |