Silas Emmett Causey (1881 - 1935)

Born 29 Jul 1881 in Bexar, Texas, USA

Husband of Annie May (Morgenstern) Causey — married 7 Dec 1904 in Bandera, Texas, USA

Died 29 Sep 1935 at age 54 in La Salle, Texas, USA

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Biography

Silas Emmett (or Emmitt) Causey was born on 29 July 1881, in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, the son of Walter Scott Causey and Martha Jane Rigsby.

In 1900, Silas was living in Justice Precincts 2-3, Medina, Texas, and working as a servant for Joseph Short, a stock raiser:

• Silas E Causey Servant M 19 Texas, servant ^[1]

Silas married Annie Morgenstern on 7 December 1904 in Bandera, Texas ^[2]

In 1910 the family were living in Justice Precinct 4, Zavala, Texas, United States:

• Silas E Causey Head M 28 Texas, a ranchman, showed father born Mississippi, mother born Missouri
• Annie M Causey Wife F 24 Texas
• Hulda Causey Daughter F 4 Texas
• Mildred Causey Daughter F 2 Texas
• Maud Causey Daughter F 0 Texas ^[3]

And by 1920, they had moved to Spofford, Kinney, Texas, United States:

• Silas E Causey Head M 38 Texas, foreman on a cattle ranch
• Annie M Causey Wife F 34 Texas
• Hulda A Causey Daughter F 14 Texas
• Mildred M Causey Daughter F 12 Texas
• Minnie M Causey Daughter F 10 Texas
• Emmett M Causey Son M 8 Texas
• Artie V Causey Daughter F 6 Texas
• Dorothy J Causey Daughter F 3 Texas
• Roland K Causey Son M 1 Texas ^[4]

Silas died on 29 September 1935 in Encinal, La Salle, Texas. ^[5]. His parents are named on the Texas Death index as Walter Scott Causey and Martha Rigsby ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3PN-9KK : accessed 30 November 2016), Silas E Causey in household of Joseph W Short, Justice Precincts 2-3, Medina, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 58, sheet 14A, family 287, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,657.
2. ↑ "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX39-DZB : 5 December 2014), S.E. Causey and Annie Morgansteine, 07 Dec 1904; citing Bandera, Texas, , reference 2:401P780; FHL microfilm 1,017,641.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MRQ3-3CQ : accessed 30 November 2016), Mildred Causey in household of Silas E Causey, Justice Precinct 4, Zavala, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 167, sheet 12A, family 160, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1596; FHL microfilm 1,375,609.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCS8-34H : accessed 30 November 2016), Mildred M Causey in household of Silas E Causey, Spofford, Kinney, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 117, sheet 2A, line 4, family 14, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1826; FHL microfilm 1,821,826.
5. ↑ Find a Grave website http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26045718
6. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3HT-KD5 : 5 December 2014), Walter Scott Causey in entry for S E Causey, 29 Sep 1935; citing certificate number 44510, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,116,626.