Tousey, Erastus
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Title
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Tousey, Erastus
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Alias
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Towsey, Erastus
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Gender
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Male
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Biography
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Erastus Tousey was born on 9 October 1798 in New York to Zerah and Anna Tousey. The family moved from New York to Boone County by 1805, when Zerah and his brothers established a ferry crossing to Lawrenceburg at Second Creek.
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In 1822, Erastus built a federalist style home within Burlington, where he and his wife Catherine McHenry (1805-1895) raised four known children: Ann Eliza (1822-1865); Juliet S. (1825-1888); Mary F. (1829-1856); and Charles E. (1839-1882). Ann Eliza married Benjamin F. Stevenson in May 1843.
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Although a slaveholder, in 1849, Erastus Tousey was listed as a Friend of Emancipation in the Covington Journal, along with 47 other Boone Countians.
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Birth date
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9 Oct 1798
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Mother
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Johnson, Anna
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Death date
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22 Jan 1863
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Relationship
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Known enslaved: unknown, Jefferson [3]; unknown, Lydia [3]; unknown, male [69]; unknown, Malvina [2]; unknown, Martha [13]; unknown, Thomas [10]; unknown, Tommy
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unknown, Jefferson [3]
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unknown, Lydia [3]
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unknown, male [69]
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unknown, Malvina [2]
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unknown, Martha [13]
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unknown, Thomas [10]
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unknown, Tommy
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Description
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Enslaved held in 1830: 2 M aged 24-35; 1 M aged 10-23; 1 M aged under 10; 1 F aged 36-54; 1 F aged 24-35; 1 F aged 10-23; 3 F aged under 10.
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Enslaved held in 1840: 1 M aged 10-23; 1 M aged under 10; 1 F aged 36-54; 2 F aged 10-23; 2 F aged under 10.
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Enslaved held in 1850: Female, 60 years old, black; Male, 35 years old, black; Male, 30 years old, black; Male, 30 years old, black; Male, 25 years old, black; Male, 18 years old, black; Male, 6 years old, black; Female, 30 years old, black; Female, 18 years old, black; Female, 15 years old, black
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Enslaved held in 1860: Male, 40 years old, black; Male, 18 years old, mulatto; Female, 70 years old, black; Female, 35 years old, black
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Bibliographic citation(s)
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FindAGrave.com, memorial #73699473
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