George Ross Causey, Sr.

Notes:

He has a military marker, embossed with a cross and "S Sgt US Army Air Forces World War II"

George married Hazel Ara Parnell on 12 May 1938. Hazel was born on 23 Sep 1919 in Hopkins County, Texas; died on 8 Dec 2001 in Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas; was buried in Resthaven Cemetery, Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Virgie Speights writes that "Ross and his wife, Hazel, have two children, George and Kay Causey."

Notes:

When he registered for the draft during the First World War, he was a resident of Milam, Texas, and worked as a Farmer for J. O. Toole. He had a wife and child, and was of medium heigth and build, with gray eyes and dark hair.

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Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP Our (4)
Enumerated 12 and 13 Feb 1920
SD 326 ED 168 Sheet 34B
680-703
Causey, George W Head M W 59 M Tx La La Farmer
Causey, Mattie F Wf F W 56 M La SC SC
Causey, Jack Son M W 31 M Tx Tx La Farmer
Causey, Mary Dtr in law F W 26 M Tx La Tx
Causey, Ross Grandson M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas,Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 28 and 29, 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 20A Stamped 42
61-65
Causey, Jack Head M W 41 M 21 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Causey, Mary Wf F W 37 M 17 Tx Tx Tx
Causey, Ross Son M W 17 S Tx Tx Tx
Causey, Lillian Dtr F W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Causey, Martha Mother F W 66 Wd Tx Ala Ala

Jack married Mary Elvie Russell about 1911 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas. Mary (daughter of Abraham Travis "Trav" Russell and Zorado Ellen Steele) was born on 28 May 1893 in Texas; died on 11 Jan 1978 in Cherokee County, Texas; was buried in Low's Chapel Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Virgie Speights writes that "when they were married in 1911, they drove their buggy to Milam where the were married at the home of Judge J. N. Draughn, with Bob Davidson; Lee Davidson; Steel Russell, the bride's brother; and Sid Causey, in the wedding party. After the wedding the group mounted their horses or climbed in buggies and went to the home of the groom's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wilson, for a big wedding supper. Their first home was on Godwin Bend, on the Sabine River, where Mr. Causey was engaged in the timber business with his parents..."

Notes:

According to Virgie Speights, they were engaged in the timber business, and also ran a boarding house for the workers.
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Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated 6 May 1910
SD 2 ED 134 Sheet 13A Stamped 163
188-193
Causey, George W Head M W 49 m1 25 Tx Miss La Farmer
Causey, Mattie F Wf F W 47 m1 3/2 La SC SC

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP Our (4)
Enumerated 12 and 13 Feb 1920
SD 326 ED 168 Sheet 34B
680-703
Causey, George W Head M W 59 M Tx La La Farmer
Causey, Mattie F Wf F W 56 M La SC SC
Causey, Jack Son M W 31 M Tx Tx La Farmer
Causey, Mary Dtr in law F W 26 M Tx La Tx
Causey, Ross Grandson M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx

George married Martha Foster "Mattie" Elmira Bennett on 24 Nov 1884 in Sabine County, Texas. Martha (daughter of Charles "Charlie" Milton Bennett, Sr. and Mary Louise Brazeale) was born on 8 Jul 1863 in Louisiana; died on 3 Nov 1946 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A copy of her actual Texas Death certificate can be viewed online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. The informant was Ross Causey. He indicated there was "no data" on her location of birth, or either of her parents. She was listed as a housewife, and resident of Hemphill, Texas.

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Married:
They were married by Wm. Gellatly, J.P.

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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Milam Precinct 4
Enumerated 16 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 71 Sheet 9A
152-152
Russell, Travis Head W M May 1851 49 m 19 Ala SC Ala Farmer
Russell, Ellen Wf W F Feb 1861 39 m 19 6/5 La Mo Miss
Russell, Winnie Dtr W F Sept 1889 10 S Tx Ala La
Russell, Mary A Dtr W F May 1893 7 S Tx Ala La
Russell, Steel Son W M Oct 1894 5 S Tx Ala La
Russell, Ida Dtr W M Nov 1895 4 S Tx Ala La
Russell, Ellen L Dtr W F Mar 1898 2 S la Ala La
Buckley, Mary Servant B F May 1882 18 S Tx Tx Tx
Buckley, Lillian Bhcild B F Oct 1898 1 S Tx Tx Tx

Abraham married Zorado Ellen Steele on 21 Aug 1888 in Sabine County, Texas. Zorado (daughter of Alvin Parcout Steele and Frances Ann Partin) was born in Feb 1861 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per the "1850 Census Sabine Co, Texas with added family information and corrections" Solomon Causey owned 2 slaves and his mother Nancy owned 3.

Was shown on the muster roll of Captain J.M. Burroughs Company of the Sabine County Volunteer Infantry, CSA, and was enlisted at Hemphill, Texas by Drury Field for 3 months duty on January 15, 1863.

Virgie Speights writes that they were an early pioneer family, "the Causeys being in Sabine County nearly as long as anybody. Early deeds writtn about 1830 or earlier mention them living at Pendleton or thereabouts, they came to Texas from South Carolina."

The Sabine County Reporter
October 22, 2014
Pages 1 and 2

"Milam Cemetery receives marker"

The Texas Historic Cemetery Dedication Ceremony for Milam Cemetery took place on Saturday, October 11, following the annual Nethery reunion...local historian Weldon McDaniel....gave a presentation outlining some of the significant historical events that took place in Milam and the importance of preserving the history of Milam Cemetery. He said as many as 85 percent of all early settlers coming into Texas put their boots in red dirt. Although San Augustine and Nacogdoches counties have a friendly battle over which is older, Milam is just as old as either of them....

Dorothy Nethery Spain had the honor of reading the script engraved on the marker:

"Milam, the first County Seat of Sabine County, has a history of travelers and visitors stretching back centuries. Native Americans and Spanish exploreres, soldiers and missionaries passed through and often camped on Las Boregas Creek. Texian settlers encountering the natural abundance echoed the words of Stephen F. Austin, who recorded in his diary entry of July 16, 1821: "We then suddenly came to an open rolling country thinly timbered soil about the color of Spanish browne, and in some places redder. This Red Land is very productive and is covered with the most luxuriant growth of grass I ever beheld in any country." The settlment first called Red Mound (Red Mount) was the seat of Government for the Sabine District since 1822, and was surveyed as a town site in 1828.

Milam Cemetery is on a high hill overlooking the historic community. The exact dated of the first burial will never be known Spanish Explorers were passing through present-day Milam as early as 1539 and camped on Las Boregas Creek a few hundred yards west of the cemetery. Local hisorians believed Anglo burials occurred here probably as early as 1775, since travelers used the campsite down the hill on the Las Boregas. The land on which the cemetery is located was granted to JOHN SMITH on Feb. 26, 1835. The first marked burial is dated 1864, although more than 100 unmarked graves are suspected. The numerous military Veterans dating back to the Creek War are interred here, as well as prominent early citizens from the CAUSEY, WEATHERRED. McGREW, and NETHERY families. Milam Cemetery may be the oldest organized cemetery in Sabine County, and cherished chronicle of generations of visitors and residents."


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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
Enumerated 6 and 7 Nov 1850
199-199
Solomon W. Causey 34 M Farmer 1000 Miss
Martha Ann Causey 12 F Miss
Alphia E Causey 10 F Tx
William E Causey 4 M Tx
Mary V. Causey 6/12 F Tx
Nancy Causey 67 F SC

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Milam Beat, PO Milam
Enumerated 12 Jun 1860
Page 2, Stamped 318
7-7
Solomon Cawsey 44 M Farmer 1000 2625 Miss
Harriet L. Cawsey 34 F $--- $1320 La
William M. Fullen 16 M Tx
John W. Fullen 12 M Tx
William E Cawsey 12 M Tx
Sebern J. Cawsey 2 M Tx
Geo W Cawsey 1/12 M Tx

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Beat No. 2, PO Sabine Town
Enumerated 23 July 1870
Pages 1 and 2 Stamped 7
320-320
Causey S 50 M W Farmer 300 600 Miss
Harriet L 43 F Keeping House La
Solomon J 13 M Tx
George W 10 M W Tx
Margeret 4 F W Tx
Alfred D 1 M W Tx
Williams Harriet 30 F B Domestic Servant Ga
Robert H 5 M B Tx
Virginia 1 F B Txs

Solomon married Harriet Louisa Harvey before 1860. Harriet (daughter of Seth Harvey and Zelotus Margaret Ann Boyd) was born about 1828 in Louisiana; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On the Lemon/Limon Tree at WorldConnect, she is instead shown as Harriett Slaughter.



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Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, 4th Precinct
Enumerated 15 Jun 1880
Page 4 SD 1 ED 86
39-39
Causey, Harriet L W F 52 Farming La NC NC
Causey, George W M 20 Son Works on Farm Tx Miss La
Causey, Margret W F 14 Dtr At Home Tx Miss La
Causey, Alfred D W M 10 Son Works on Farm Tx Miss La

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(Research):Census Information:

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Hemphill Beat
Enumerated 31 June 1870
Page 10
77-77
Bennett, Charles M 52 M W Blacksmith South Carolina
Bennett, Mary L 38 F W Keeping House South Carolina
Bennett, Sarah E 15 F W South Carolina
Bennett, Ruth J 13 F W Texas
Bennett, Mary L 10 F W Louisiana
Bennett, Martha J 8 F W Louisiana
Bennett, Caledonia 6 F W Louisiana
Bennett, Thomas 2 M W Tx
Bennett, Charles 6/12 M W Texas

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, 4rth Precinct
Enumerated 17 Jun 1880 by B.F. Meador
Page 6, SD 1, ED 86
51-51
Bennett, Charles M W M 61 Blacksmith SC SC SC
Bennett, Mary L W F 48 Wf Keeps House SC SC SC
Bennett, Mattie F W F 17 Dtr At Home Tx SC SC
Bennett, Kate W F 14 Dtr At School Tx SC SC
Bennett, Thomas W M 12 Son Works on Farm Tx SC SC
Bennett, Charles W M 10 Son Tx SC SC
Bennett, Fannie W F 8 Str Tx SC SC

Charles married Mary Louise Brazeale. Mary was born on 1 Apr 1830 in South Carolina; died on 10 Jun 1911 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Linda Davenport writes that the C.M. and M.L. Bennett had eight children, with three of their daughters marrying three Vickers brothers.

Notes:

According to Bettye Bragg Wagstaff, the Steele family had an interesting naming pattern. The boys were given first names that began with "A" and Parcout as a middle name, that being the maiden name of their grandmother. The girls were given first names begininng with "Z.". Susan Ann Steele was probably named after her grandmother Susannah Parcout Steele. He was said to be the son of Stephen Parcot Steele and Susannah McCarty. He died during the Civil War.

Alvin married Frances Ann Partin on 3 Mar 1857 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Frances (daughter of John C. Partin and Harriet McGrew) was born on 11 Nov 1834 in Mississippi; died on 20 Jan 1902 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]