Here is a new message on the Causey Biographies GenConnect Board that may be
of interest to some of the Causey researchers.
Carolyn Switzer
Keeper of CAUSEY-L mailing list and CAUSEY GenConnect Boards
Causey Biographies
A new message, "William Henry Causey AL>LA," was posted by Elizabeth Howell
Brunner on Tue, 15 Feb 2000
Surname: Howell, Jowers, Causey, Gardner
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NAME: Elizabeth Howell Brunner
EMAIL: liz(a)fictionland.com
DATE: Feb 15 2000
LINK: Elizabeth's Genealogy Page
URL:
http://elizabeth.ourfamily.com
QRYTEXT: This is a brief extract about William Henry Causey originally
submitted by Joy Ann Cook, from a 1982 publication "Jackson Parish, LA" by
the Jackson Parish Chamber of Commerce in Jonesboro, Louisiana. The document
was passed to me by the wonderful researcher Debra Dame.
"The original Causey clan started their migration from North Carolina after
the Louisiana Purchase. Their route eventually took them through Atlanta,
Birmingham, and Natchez. Some traveled the Ouachita River by flatboat and
landed at "Linwood Landing," some settled near Marion, and others went into
Arkansas and Texas.
William Henry Causey (b. ca. 1824 in Ala.) married Delania Houston (b. ca.
1827 in Ga.) August 21, 1844 in Coosa County, Alabama, and they had these
children: I. John Welborn Causey (August 1845-June 1934); II. James Jasper
Causey (Jan. 1847-April 1926); III. William Baxter Causey, (October
1848-October 1928); IV. Allen Columbus Causey (March 1858-January, 1941); V.
M. Jane Causey (1860-October 1901). It was after 1855 that William and his
family left their home in Alabama and started their westward journey, and not
until 1861 that they finally settled in Jackson Parish, Louisiana. Traveling
with them were the Allen and Sarah Causey family who settled in Lincoln
Parish, Louisiana. [NOTE: Elizabeth Howell Brunner descends directly from
Allen & Sarah Causey, who are briefly mentioned here]
When the Civil War began, William and his oldest son John became soldiers for
the Confederacy, served their time and returned home to find that Delania's
only brother, Daniel, and her brother-in-law Dock Merchant, had both died
during the siege of Vicksburg. The Causey men were all farmers and during the
following years worked the land for food. . . ."
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