Just received this from a new subscriber. Please join me in welcoming Christie to the list! It's interesting how the variations in name spelling occurred throughout the years. >Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 07:00:26 -0500 >From: Johnny & Christia Causbie <ccausbie@beaulib.dtx.net> >Reply-To: ccausbie@beaulib.dtx.net >MIME-Version: 1.0 >To: wcr@netunlimited.net >Subject: Causbie surname > >Hi! > >John Robert Causbie was born in Lewisburg, Marshall Co., TN 9 Nov 1869 >and married Myrtle Mae Butler 25 Dec 1893 in Dallas, TX. He died 29 Jun >1970 in Weatherford, Parker Co., TX. Myrtle died there also 17 May >1967. Their children were James Marion Causbie, Ora Bell (Jacobs), Dora >Adelade (Nelson, Leland & Dyer), John Leonard, Jewell Mae (Sneed & >Norrell), Ona Mary (Harper), Benjamin Samuel Cosby (he changed his name >to simplify things), William Chester, Allie Evalyn (Werner) and John >Robert Causbie. My husband's father is John Leonard Causbie. Sam, >Evalyn, Ona and Robert are still living. > >John Robert's father was Washington Jackson Cosby. He was born in >Marshall Co., TN Dec. 1826 and married Rhoda Ellen Russell. Rhoda died >in 1876 in Lewisburg. From there Wash and his children moved to >Arkansas. Somewhere along the line, the children started spelling their >names "Causbie". Wash's children were James Marshall, John Robert, >Samuel Monroe and Ella. I have seen her name as Mary Ella. > >Wash's father was Josiah Cosby, born in 1798 in North Carolina. He was >possibly married to Ann Crunk(?). The census showed a Nancy Crunk in >the residence who was considerably older than Ann and Josiah. We >presume it was Ann's mother. Ann was born in 1802 in North Carolina. >Their children were Samuel Monroe who was born in 1824 and Washington >Jackson Cosby. Wash was called "Hick" after Old Hickory Andy Jackson. >Sam married a Martha A. (Aunt Mat) Russell 31 Mar 1855 in TN and Wash >married Rhoda Ellen Russell, probably sisters. > >We are trying to locate any information previous to Josiah Cosby. The >tradition is that the original family name was Corsbie and that they >immigrated from Scotland. There is a listing in the "Directory of Scots >Banished to the American Plantations 1650-1775" by David Dobson, >Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1983 for James Corsbie who was >transported from Leith to Jamaica by John Ewing, August 1685. This is >all we have. We don't know if this is our connection or not. > >Do you have anything to help us? > >Thank you so much. I have more to share. > >Christia Causbie >3195 Hwy 26 >De Ridder, LA 70634 >ccausbie@beaulib.dtx.net > Wanda Rabb (researching Rabb (NC/SC), (Gantt (NC), Nix, Robertson, Wilson, Conner (Rutherford Co.NC), Laws(Yancey,Rutherford Co., NC), Edwards (Yancey Co, NC), Causby and Patton (Burke/McDowell Co., NC) Paxton (Union Co, NC > Lancaster, SC), Farris and Morris (York Co., SC) Lovelace, Hamrick, Green and McSwain (Cleveland Co NC) Listowner for CAUSBY, RABB, PAXTON and FARRIS Family Mailing LIsts Homepage: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr