Tousey, Moses

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Title: Tousey, Moses
Gender: Male
Biography: Born in 1775 to Thomas and Mercy Platt Tousey, Moses Tousey was one of three brothers who migrated to Boone County just after 1800. The brothers established a ferry service directly across the Ohio River from Lawrenceburg, Indiana near what is now Petersburg, Kentucky.; Moses first married Lydia Percival, cousin to his brother's wife Lydia Elizabeth Percival, and after Lydia's death he married the widow Ann Stephenson in 1822. Moses Tousey is buried in Tousey Cemetery in Boone County.
Member: Tousey family
Birth date: 1 Feb 1778
Place of birth: Litchfield County (Conn.)
Father: Tousey, Thomas, Sr.
Mother: Platt, Mercy
Life event(s): Marriage 1: 1799; Green County (N.Y.); Greene County (N.Y.); Marriage 2: 22 May 1822; Boone County (Ky.); Boone County (Ky.)
Spouse(s): Percival, Lydia; Steadman, Ann
Child(ren): Tousey, Zerah; Tousey, Omer; Porter, Miranda Tousey; Tousey, George; Tousey, Zack; Tousey, Ralph; Oliphant, Caroline Tousey; Tousey, John; Tousey, Truman H.; Tousey, Arthur; Tousey, Van Vechten
Death date: 12 Sep 1834
Place of death: Boone County (Ky.)
Death and burial information: Tousey Cemetery (Boone County, Ky.)
Participant in: 1878--Henrietta Woods Lawsuit
Related resource: Lawrenceburg Ferry (Boone County, Ky.); Touseytown (Ky.)
Relationship: Known enslaved: unknown, Agness [2]; unknown, Bill [6]; unknown, child [8]; unknown, Daphne [1] ; unknown, Eliza [7]; unknown, Ellen [3]; unknown, Jane [8]; unknown, Joshua [2]; unknown, Mason [2]; unknown, Vicey; Wood, Henrietta; unknown, Agness [2]; unknown, Bill [6]; unknown, child [8]; unknown, Daphne [1]; unknown, Eliza [7]; unknown, Ellen [3]; unknown, Jane [8]; unknown, Joshua [2]; unknown, Mason [2]; unknown, Vicey; Wood, Henrietta
Description: Enslaved held in 1830: Males, 24 thru 35, two; Males, under 10, one; Females, 36 thru 54, one; Females, 10 thru 23, two; Females, under 10, four.
Bibliographic citation(s): FindAGrave.com, memorial #87672125
Source(s): Fifth Census of the United States, 1830; Northern Kentucky Marriages, 1795-1850; Find A Grave.com; The Tousey family in America (excerpt)

Item sets: AA--Slaveholders--Kentucky--Boone County