Tousey, Erastus

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Title: Tousey, Erastus
Alias: Towsey, Erastus
Gender: Male
Biography: 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.; 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.; Although a slaveholder, in 1849, Erastus Tousey was listed as a Friend of Emancipation in the Covington Journal, along with 47 other Boone Countians.
Member: Tousey family
Birth date: 9 Oct 1798
Place of birth: New York
Father: Tousey, Zerah
Mother: Johnson, Anna
Spouse(s): McHenry, Catherine S.
Child(ren): Tousey, Ann Eliza; Tousey, Juliet S.; Tousey, Mary F.; Tousey, Charles E.
Death date: 22 Jan 1863
Place of death: Burlington (Ky.)
Death and burial information: Old Burlington Cemetery (Burlington, Ky.)
Participant in: 1833--Thomas Freed by Laws of New York
Related resource: Erastus Tousey House (Burlington, Ky.); Touseytown (Ky.)
Member of: Friends of Emancipation (Boone County, Ky.)
Relationship: Known enslaved: unknown, Jefferson [3]; unknown, Lydia [3]; unknown, male [69]; unknown, Malvina [2]; unknown, Martha [13]; unknown, Thomas [10]; unknown, Tommy; unknown, Jefferson [3]; unknown, Lydia [3]; unknown, male [69]; unknown, Malvina [2]; unknown, Martha [13]; unknown, Thomas [10]; unknown, Tommy
Description: 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.; 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.; 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; Enslaved held in 1860: Male, 40 years old, black; Male, 18 years old, mulatto; Female, 70 years old, black; Female, 35 years old, black
Bibliographic citation(s): FindAGrave.com, memorial #73699473
Source(s): Fifth Census of the United States, 1830; Sixth Census of the United States, 1840; Population Schedules of the Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Slave Schedules; Population Schedules of the Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Slave Schedules; Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Eighth Census of the United States, 1860; Find A Grave.com; The Tousey family in America (excerpt)

Item sets: AA--Slaveholders--Kentucky--Boone County--T; Mexican War, 1846-1848--Veterans--Kentucky--Boone County

Media: Portrait of Erastus Tousey

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Items with "Participant: Tousey, Erastus"
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1833--Thomas Freed by Laws of New York	Event

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Title	Class
unknown, Jefferson [3]	Person
unknown, Lydia [3]	Person
unknown, male [69]	Person
unknown, Malvina [2]	Person
unknown, Martha [13]	Person
unknown, Thomas [10]	Person
unknown, Tommy	Person

Items with "Father: Tousey, Erastus"
Title	Class
Tousey, Ann Eliza	Person

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Title	Class
Tousey, Zerah	Person

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Title	Class
McHenry, Catherine S.	Person