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James Madison PICKENS

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PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by Sharp:
 p. 93. "James Madison PICKENS died on July 3, 1963 at the age of 90, at his
home in Chevy Chase, MD 4817 Dorset Ave. He left home at age of 13 to work for
himself, continued studying typing and short hand. He went to Washington D.C.
in January 1897 and took a civil service position in the Bureau of Animal
Industry and became secretary to D. E. SALMON the bureau's first chief. In
1906 he was placed in charge of the Bureau of Animal Industry editorial and
publication work, transferred in 1926 to Bureau of Plant Industry, retiring as
a technical editor in 1942. After his retirement he organized and conducted a
correspondence course in report writing in graduate school of the Agriculture
Department until 1961. From 1897 to 1906 he served in the District of Columbia
National Guard. In 1918 went overseas with the YMCA and assigned to work with
returning French troops at Besancon, France. He was a close friend and
associate in YMCA work with Mr. Poincenot, whose daughter he later married as
his second wife. Mr. PICKENS was a member of the National Press Club, the
Botanical Society of Washington, and the Bethesda Christian Church. He was
always active in his church. He was a founder and chairman of the board of The
French Protestant Congregation of Washington. He was buried in Glenwood
Cemetery, 2219 Lincoln Road NE, Washington DC.".

Marjorie Milner, 'Additions to PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH;
 p. 2. "James... was born ... in Eutaw, Greene Co., AL, where his father was
teaching for one year; ... [died in] Somerset (Chevy Chase), Montgomery
County, Maryland. Lived Washington DC and suburb from 1897 to death.
 Somerset is a suburb of Washington DC, a small incorporated town just
outside of the District of Columbia; its Post Office is Chevy Chase, Maryland.
The STARRATTs built a house there in 1911; the PICKENSes built next door to
them in 1939."

Mary Evans DROWN

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James Madison PICKENS

UPDATE: 1998-03-30

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PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by Sharp:
 p. 93. "James Madison PICKENS died on July 3, 1963 at the age of 90, at his
home in Chevy Chase, MD 4817 Dorset Ave. He left home at age of 13 to work for
himself, continued studying typing and short hand. He went to Washington D.C.
in January 1897 and took a civil service position in the Bureau of Animal
Industry and became secretary to D. E. SALMON the bureau's first chief. In
1906 he was placed in charge of the Bureau of Animal Industry editorial and
publication work, transferred in 1926 to Bureau of Plant Industry, retiring as
a technical editor in 1942. After his retirement he organized and conducted a
correspondence course in report writing in graduate school of the Agriculture
Department until 1961. From 1897 to 1906 he served in the District of Columbia
National Guard. In 1918 went overseas with the YMCA and assigned to work with
returning French troops at Besancon, France. He was a close friend and
associate in YMCA work with Mr. Poincenot, whose daughter he later married as
his second wife. Mr. PICKENS was a member of the National Press Club, the
Botanical Society of Washington, and the Bethesda Christian Church. He was
always active in his church. He was a founder and chairman of the board of The
French Protestant Congregation of Washington. He was buried in Glenwood
Cemetery, 2219 Lincoln Road NE, Washington DC.".

Marjorie Milner, 'Additions to PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH;
 p. 2. "James... was born ... in Eutaw, Greene Co., AL, where his father was
teaching for one year; ... [died in] Somerset (Chevy Chase), Montgomery
County, Maryland. Lived Washington DC and suburb from 1897 to death.
 Somerset is a suburb of Washington DC, a small incorporated town just
outside of the District of Columbia; its Post Office is Chevy Chase, Maryland.
The STARRATTs built a house there in 1911; the PICKENSes built next door to
them in 1939."

Edith Jeanne Marthe POINCENOT

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Sarah Suzanne PICKENS

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Sallie Bruce PICKENS

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Reid Thompson MILNER

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Marjorie PICKENS

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Reid Thompson MILNER

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Vivien COOK

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John Bruce SNIDER

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Nannie

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John Bruce SNIDER

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Bessie CANSLER

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Ralph Madison SNIDER

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William Hickman PICKENS Sr.

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William Hickman PICKENS Sr.

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