Ransom Jackson Causey (1818 - 1894)

Born 25 Jul 1818 in Amite, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elvira (Jones) Causey — married 7 Aug 1843 in Amite, Mississippi, United States

Husband of Zerilla Glanara (Jones) Causey — married 3 Jun 1858 in Amite, Mississippi, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Jan 1894 at age 75 in Amite, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Ransom was born in 1818, son of William Causey and Susana Jackson. He did in 1894. ^[1]

Marriage Elvira married second to Ransom J. Causey on 7 August 1843. Children were Martha, Mary, Gillie, William, Adelaide, Francis, Sarah, and Charlie. She died during childbirth with her last child. ^[2] Married Zerilla G Jones on 3 Jun 1858 in Amite County, MS. ^[3]

Residence 1850 Amite County, MS census: ^[4]

R T Cawsey Male 30 Mississippi

Elvira Cawsey Female 27 Mississippi

Martha A Cawsey Female 6 Mississippi

Mary E Cawsey Female 5 Mississippi

Gilly Y Cawsey Female 4 Mississippi

Wm H Cawsey Male 3 Mississippi

Frances A Cawsey Female 0 Mississippi

Virginia C Thompson Female 10 Mississippi

Elijah I Thompson Male 7 Mississippi

Year: 1860; Census Place: Amite, Mississippi; Roll: M653_577; Page: 226; Family History Library Film: 803577. ^[5] Year: 1870; Census Place: Between Meadville and Jackson R, Amite, Mississippi; Roll: M593_721; Page: 392A. ^[6] Year: 1880; Census Place: Beat 1, Amite, Mississippi; Roll: 640; Page: 414D; Enumeration District: 043. ^[7]

Military CSA Company I 4th Regiment, Mississippi Calvary surrendered on 4 May 1865 in Citronelle, Alabama and paroled from prisoner of war camp on 12 May 1865 in Gainsville, AL.^[8]

Burial R J Causey Cemetery, Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi. ^[9][10]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
2. ↑ "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2ZF-P9Y : 14 February 2020), R. J. Causey, 1843.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Mississippi, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LW-VNZ : 22 December 2020), R J Cawsey, Amite, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
7. ↑ Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
8. ↑ National Archives at Washington DC; Washington, DC. USA; War Department Collection of Confederate Records; NARA film publicaton #:: M598; Record Group: War Department Collection of Confederate Records; Record Group Number: 109
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 March 2021), memorial page for Ransom Jackson Causey (25 Jul 1818–9 Jan 1894), Find a Grave Memorial no. 50561031, citing R J Causey Cemetery, Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Eleanor Colson (contributor 46550010) .
10. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

• "Mississippi, State Archives, Various Records, 1820-1951", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WD8M-P7N2 : 18 February 2021), R J Causey, 1853.