-------------------------CAUSEY FAMILY BIBLE RECORDS---------------------- Compiled by E. R. Killian, March 4, 2001 CONTENTS: printed earliest entry last entry William Causey, Sr. Bible 1816.........1805..........1883 Thomas Causey Bible, 1819.........1803..........1853 Josiah Chelson Causey Bible, 1844.........1808..........1955 William Isiah Causey Bible, 1869.........1775..........1939 Morgan S. Causey Bible, unknown.......1850..........1924 ========================================================================== ========================================================================== WILLIAM CAUSEY, SR., 1744-1828, BIBLE Source: Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History, Jackson, MS. Bible printed in 1816 by Collins & Co. Original in possession of Mrs. Sam O. Kuykendall, Jackson, MS. Photographed by R. W. Evans, Sweeny, TX. (Transcriber of the Josiah Chelson Bible) Transcribed by E. R. Killian. Spellings as written. --------------------DEATHS-------------------- "William Causey died the third day of July 1828. Susannah Causey died the 20th day of July 1855. James Malcolm Causey died April 8th 1883. -------------------MARRIAGES------------------- William Causey and Susannah Jackson were married in the year of our Lord September 2nd 1805. Thomas N. Jackson and Mary Alice Causey was married in the year of our Lord April 7th 1869. William I. Causey and Hattie McClain was married in the year of our Lord Feb 23 1881. T. Frank Causey and Florence Catchings was married Nov 15 1882. --------------------BIRTHS-------------------- Elexandria Scot Causey was born June 28, 1812. Anna K. Causey was born April 30, 1814 (or 1816). Sebern Tarant Causey was born Oct. 18, 1817. Ransom Jackson Causey was born July 25, 1819. Elexander S. Causey was born June 28, 1812. Zachariah Causey was born (too faded to read) Synthia Caroline Causey was born Sep 30, 1824. Amelia F. Causey was born 30 March 1825. James Malcom Causey was born May 2, 1828. Mary Alice Causey was born Jan 28, 1850 William Isaah Causey was born Nov 24, 1852. Thomas Franklin Causey was born Dec. 16, 1855. Johnie Causey was born Nov. 14, 1867. Julia Josiphine Causey was born 9 Jan 1844. Sarah Elizabeth Causey was born 16 Dec 1845. James Albert Causey was born Dec. 1, 1857." ========================================================================== ========================================================================== THOMAS CAUSEY, 1778-1853, BIBLE Source: Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History, Jackson, MS. Bible printed in 1819. Previous possession of I. L. Toler, Gloster, MS in 1957. Copied by J. H. Parker, Liberty, MS. (Also called the 'Jackson-Causey-Toler Family Bible') -----------------FAMILY RECORD----------------- "Isaac R. Jackson and Martha A. Causey was married January 6, 1831, Thomas M. Thompson and Salome R. Causey was married August 20, 1840, Thomas Causey was marryed to Martha Web the first day of March, 1803, I. Lafayette Causey was married to Evalina G. Carter the fourth day of February, 1852, First page............. Celina J. Causey was borned December 22nd in the year of our Lord 1803, Elizabeth D. Causey was bornd July 3rd in the year of our Lord 1806, Josiah C. Causey was bornd March 20th in the year of our Lord 1808, Thomas J. Causey was bornd January 11th in the year of our Lord 1810, Martha A. Causey was bornd December 18th in the year of our Lord 1811, Jonas W. Causey was bornd January 17th in the year of our Lord 1814, Gesintha Z. Causey was bornd November 22nd in the year of our Lord 1815, James M. Causey was bornd January 20th in the year of our Lord 1818, Died July 20, 1818, Sarah A. Causey was bornd September 27th in the year of our Lord 1819, Salome R. Causey was bornd February 12th in the year of our Lord 1822, Amelia E. Causey was bornd April 4 in the year of our Lord 1824, Iley L. Causey was bornd February 21 in the year of our Lord 1827, Thomas Mercer Thompson was born September 25, 1841, Second page............ Malvina H. Jackson was born 12th day of December, 1831 Thomas A. Jackson was born September 20, 1833 Elizabeth Jane Jackson was born November 24, 1835 Allice Jackson was born January 28, 1838, Died February 14, 1838, Prentis Jackson was born January 12, 1839, Victoria A. Jackson was born December 12, 1841, Willy Jackson was born Oct 23, 1844, Martha W. Toler and Margaret J. Toler born May 5, 1836, Martha died May 15, 1836, Sarah E. Toler was born August 27, 1837, Victoria J. Toler was born April 16, 1839, Amelia R. Toler was born Sept. 20, 1840, Mrs. Martha Causey died Dec. 27, 1866 Thomas Causey died March 11, 1853." ========================================================================== ========================================================================== JOSIAH CHELSON CAUSEY, 1808-1850, BIBLE The Bible was printed in Philadelphia, PA for the American and Foreign Bible Society by the Bible Association of Friends in America, 1844. Copied by E. R. Killian, November, 2000. The Josiah Chelson Causey Bible is a significant source of vital statistics for one branch of the Causey Family. The Bible is in possession of the Garnett Taylor Causey, II family of Doyline, LA and kept in a safe-deposit box and traditionally handed down to the second male descendant. Copies of the family information contained in the Bible has been published and widely distributed since May, 1964 when it was copied by R. W. Evans, 1111 Early Street, Sweeny, TX. Mr. Evans said to be a cousin of the Causeys. --------------------BIRTHS-------------------- page 1 of 'Family Record', all birth entries appear to have been written by the same hand and at the same time, while death notations appear in several hands done at different times. Spellings are as written in the Bible. "Josiah Chelson Causey was born March 20, 1808 (this entry starts the first column on the left) (beneath, a later notation: 'd. May 20, 1850') Margaret C. Clemons was born June 27, 1810 (surname spelled as written) (beneath, a later notation: 'd. Oct. 29, 1888') Thomas Jefferson Causey was born Feb. 18, 1831 Chelson Clemmons Causey was born April 7, 1833 (middle name spelled as written) (beneath, a later notation, 'died Aug 27, 1840') George Washington Causey, Oct. 5, 1835 (this entry is the last of the left hand column) (beneath a later notation, 'd. April 21, 1882') Isaac Theodore and Elizabeth Isadore Causey was born February 4, 1838 (this entry starts the second column on the right) Sarah Adaline Causey, was born April 21, 1840 (beneath a later notation, 'd. 12-1-1901') Benjamin Franklin Causey, was born April 16, 1842 Lelia Adalaid Causey was born May 1, 1844 (beneath a later notation, 'Mar 28, 1917') Henry Rufus Causey was born Dec. 14, 1846 (this entry is the last of the right hand column) (beneath a later notation, 'died Sept. 4, 1926') page 2 of 'Family Record - Births' (first column on the left) Catharine Ann Causey was born May 7, 1849 ('Catharine' spelled as written) Henry Edward Causey was born Aug 7, 1906 (beginning here the handwriting changes to a less grand style) Garnett T. Causey was born Oct. 15, 1908 May Lillian Causey was born Dec. 8, 1810 (a margin note arrows to 'C. B. Richardson, Talton, Gloria Ann, Nolan, Rhetta Mae, Reatha Faye) Victoria Causey was born Dec. 17, 1913 (a margin note arrows to 'Jewell R. Killian, Eddie Royce' E. E. Causey was born June 26, 1880 Helen D. Causey was born Sept. 19, 1879 (last entry in first, left hand column) page 2, right hand column- handwritten note, "Children of Garnett and Pauline Strong Causey" (This is the third hand writing on this page.) Garnett Taylor Causey, Jr. - Dec. 19, 1938, Doyline, Louisiana Milton Strong Causey, - Oct. 4, 1942, Doyline, Louisiana William Robert Causey, - Dec. 20, 1945, Doyline, Louisiana Paul Steven Causey, - Mar. 8, 1949, Doyline, Louisiana Helena Joyce Causey, - Feb. 3, 1955, Doyline, Louisiana (Note: Although the notations would indicate that each of these were born in Doyline, LA, some were born in Minden, LA, but the family lived in Doyline, LA at the time.) -------------------MARRIAGES------------------- page 3, Family Record - Marriages - Each marriage is written in a different hand, at different times. Josiah Chelson Causey and Margaret Caroline Clemmons was married Feb. 11, 1830 (same hand as for George W. Causey's marriage) E. E. Causey and Helen D. Causey was married Dec. 21, 1904 at Berwick, Miss. Garnett T. Causey married Pauline Strong Jan. 23, 1938, Rev. W. L. Stevens, Haughton, LA page 3, right hand column George W. Causey and Camoleete H. Jones was married Jan. 12, 1860 (same hand as for Josiah Chelson Causey's marriage) Gardener S. Sleeper and Elizabeth I. Causey was married June 12, 1860. H. R. Causey and Victoria Hinton was married Jan. 8, 1868 at No. 451 Annunciation St., New Orleans, LA Victoria Hinton born Oct. 30, 1845 (a later notation of three lines, added in a different hand) b. 10-30-1845 d. 5-29-1933 --------------------DEATHS-------------------- page 4, left hand column, each entry in apparently a different hand, but some may indicate just elderly changes in styles. Thomas J. Causey died June 25, 1832 Chelson C. Causey died Aug. 27, 1840 Benjamin F. Causey died June 30, 1849 Isaac Theadore Causey, killed in Battle on Aug. 5, 1862 ('Theadore' spelled as written.) Helen D. Causey died April 1, 1936 Eddie E. Causey died June 27, 1951(last entry in left column.) page 4, right hand column Josiah C. Causey died May 20, 1850 George W. Causey died April 21, 1882 M. C. Causey died Oct. 29, 1888 in the 79th year of her age Mrs. Lelia Dreher died in Wilson, LA in the 74th year of her age, March 28, 1917 H. R. Causey died Sept 4, 1926 in the 80th year of his age (in a very shakey hand) Henry Edward Causey died July 17, 1914" (last entry of right hand column.) ========================================================================== ========================================================================== WILLIAM ISIAH CAUSEY, 1852-1933 BIBLE - (Note 'Isiah') "Hitchcock's New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible; or, the Whole of the Old and New Testaments," J. A. Wilmore and Co., New York, 1869. Bible in the possession of Mrs. Mamie Causey Jackson and Ms. Tillie Causey. Copied by John H. Parker, Chancery Clerk, Amite Co., Liberty, Mississippi on Oct. 16, 1961, who noted that "This record was copied by James M. Causey, son of W. I. Causey, from an Older Bible Record for preservation." -----------------FAMILY RECORD--------------- "Allen McLain was born the 29th day of December, A. D., 1775, Naomi McLain was born on the 12th day of February, A. D., 1790, Enoch Bateman McLain was born on the 20th day of June, A. D., 1829, Mathilda Param McLain was born on the 24th day of Decemeber, A. D., 1836, Enoch B. McLain and Mathilda P. Longmire was married on the 21th day of May, A. D., 1857, Amite County, Mississippi. --------------------BIRTHS------------------- William I. Causey born on the 24th day of November, A. D., 1852, Hattie McLain born on the 30th day of March, A. D., 1863, James McLain Causey born on the 28th day of March, A. D., 1882, Lewis Dean Causey born on the 5th day of July, A. D., 1883, Mary Virginia Causey born on the 27th day of November, A. D., 1885, Johnie Barney Causey born on the 3rd day of September, A. D., 1887, William I. Causey born on the 15th day of August, A. D., 1889, Matilda Causey born on the 31th day of December, A. D., 1891, Lena Winifred Causey born on the 17th day of April, A. D., 1894, Malcolm Bateman Causey born on the 23rd day of August, A. D., 1896, Frank Allen Causey born on the 6th day of January, A. D., 1899, Murray Smith Causey born on the 10th day of December, A. D., 1900, --------------------DEATHS-------------------- James Malcolm Causey died April 8th, 1883, William Isiah Causey died March 18, 1933, Murray Smith Causey died April 17, 1939 ------------------MARRIAGES------------------- Wm. I. Causey and Hattie McLain married on the 23rd day of February, A. D., 1881, by the Rev. W. W. Bolle, James M. Causey and Maude Mayhall married on the 29th day of January, A. D., 1902, by the Rev. J. J. Walker, Mamie V. Causey and Wallace Jackson married on the 14th day of January, A. D., 1904. John B. Causey and Willye Ross Kinley married on the 30th day of August, A. D., 1917, by the Rev. Vere Hulat, W. I. Causey, Jr. and Charlotte Grim married on the 8th day of September, A. D., 1917, Lena Winifred Causey married Roy F. Collins, on the 16th day of July, 1921, by the Rev. C. T. Johnson, Frank Allen Causey married to Mattie Ruth McCune on the 21st day of December, 1926, by the Rev. Ben L. Sutherland, at Laurel, Miss. W. I. Causey, Jr. married to Mrs. Orpha S. Eastman on the 25th day of October, 1924, at Riverside, California, by_____. (Left Blank) --------------------MISCELLANEOUS-------------------- James Malcolm Causey was born May 2nd, 1828, died April 8th, 1883, Lucretia Virginia Cain was born May____, 1828, (Left Blank) Lucretia Virginia Causey (nee Cain) died June____, 1895, (Left Blank) Married the 5th day of December, A. D., 1848, by the Rev. Hamilton McKnight, James Malcolm Causey and Lucretia Virginia Cain." ========================================================================== ========================================================================== MORGAN S. CAUSEY, 1850-1922, BIBLE (Entered here only as a matter of Causey interest. There is no known connection of Morgan Causey's family to that of William Causey, 1744-1828.) ------------------FAMILY RECORD------------------ "Morgan S. Causey was borned Dec. 14, 1850, Coosa Co. AL, died July 6, 1922 married Lucy Mitchell Aug. 20, 1876 Lucy Mitchell was borned May 25, 1855, Claiborne Ph., LA, died July 21, 1899, married Morgan S. Causey, Aug. 20, 1876 Jessie Lee Causey was borned July 5, 1877, Lincoln Ph., LA, died Aug. 28, 1884 Allen N. Causey was borned Oct. 3, 1878, Lincoln Ph., LA, died Feb. 16, 1899 Dallas (Dallie) H. Causey was borned Oct. 31, 1881, died Mar. 6, 1899 Emma Alice Causey, was borned Nov. 7, 1883, Lincoln Ph., LA, died Feb. 7, 1888 Morgan S. Causey, (Jr.) was borned Oct. 27, 1886, died May 23, 1938 Geneva Causey was borned Aug. 26, 1888 Turner Causey was borned Oct. 18, 1890 Lula Causey was borned Oct. 13, 1892 Floyd Causey was borned Feb. 2, 1895, died Sept. 18, 1895 Elsie Mitchell died Nov. 4, 1884 (Mother or Sister of Lucy?) Sara Ann Causey died Nov. 17, 1884, age 66 years (i.e., born 1818 (Morgan's Mother?) Allen Causey died Aug 13, 1893 (Father of Morgan?) Turner Causey Family- (Turner born Oct. 18, 1890) Turner Causey, born Oct. 18, 1890, married Sept. 26, 1915 Pearl Causey, born Feb. 9, 1896, Tensas Ph., LA (wife of Turner?) Everett Causey, born June 15, 1916, Shreveport, LA Kenneth Causey, born Sept. 1, 1921, Shreveport, LA Jack Causey, born July 22, 1924, Shreveport, LA" -------------------------------END-------------------------------------